diff --git a/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-image-ci.bb b/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-image-ci.bb
index e5d51e6e..9133da74 100644
--- a/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-image-ci.bb
+++ b/meta-test/recipes-core/images/isar-image-ci.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL += "sshd-regen-keys"
 
 # qemuamd64-bookworm
 WKS_FILE:qemuamd64:debian-bookworm ?= "multipart-efi.wks"
+IMAGE_INSTALL:append:qemuamd64:debian-bookworm = " prebuilt-docker-img prebuilt-podman-img"
 
 # qemuamd64-bullseye
 IMAGE_FSTYPES:append:qemuamd64:debian-bullseye ?= " cpio.gz tar.gz"
@@ -51,3 +52,4 @@ IMAGER_INSTALL:append:qemuarm:debian-bookworm ?= " ${SYSTEMD_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}
 # qemuarm64-bookworm
 IMAGE_FSTYPES:append:qemuarm64:debian-bookworm ?= " wic.xz"
 IMAGER_INSTALL:append:qemuarm64:debian-bookworm ?= " ${GRUB_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
+IMAGE_INSTALL:append:qemuarm64:debian-bookworm = " prebuilt-docker-img prebuilt-podman-img"
diff --git a/testsuite/citest.py b/testsuite/citest.py
index 8dd907d0..539c9440 100755
--- a/testsuite/citest.py
+++ b/testsuite/citest.py
@@ -522,3 +522,24 @@ class VmBootTestFull(CIBaseTest):
         self.init()
         self.vm_start('mipsel','bookworm', image='isar-image-ci',
                       script='test_kernel_module.sh example_module')
+
+
+    def test_amd64_bookworm_prebuilt_containers(self):
+        self.init()
+        self.vm_start('amd64', 'bookworm', image='isar-image-ci',
+                      cmd='echo root | su -c \'' \
+                          'PATH=\$PATH:/usr/sbin;' \
+                          'for n in \$(seq 30); do docker images | grep -q alpine && break; sleep 10; done;' \
+                          'docker run --rm quay.io/libpod/alpine:3.10.2 true && ' \
+                          'for n in \$(seq 30); do podman images | grep -q alpine && break; sleep 10; done;' \
+                          'podman run --rm quay.io/libpod/alpine:latest true\'')
+
+    def test_arm64_bookworm_prebuilt_containers(self):
+        self.init()
+        self.vm_start('arm64', 'bookworm', image='isar-image-ci',
+                      cmd='echo root | su -c \'' \
+                          'PATH=\$PATH:/usr/sbin;' \
+                          'for n in \$(seq 30); do docker images | grep -q alpine && break; sleep 10; done;' \
+                          'docker run --rm quay.io/libpod/alpine:3.10.2 true && ' \
+                          'for n in \$(seq 30); do podman images | grep -q alpine && break; sleep 10; done;' \
+                          'podman run --rm quay.io/libpod/alpine:latest true\'')