diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 73fa3632d..0a756ae62 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ RUN \
   apt-get clean \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# NOTE(ianw) 2022-08-02 : move this into its own cgroup on cgroupsv2
+# hosts for nested podman calls to work; see comments in
+#  https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/14884
 CMD _DAEMON_FLAG=${DEBUG:+-d} && \
     _DAEMON_FLAG=${_DAEMON_FLAG:--f} && \
+    if [ -e /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.controllers ]; then \
+      sudo mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/nodepool && \
+      for p in `cat /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.procs`; do echo $p | sudo tee /sys/fs/cgroup/nodepool/cgroup.procs || true; done \
+    fi; \
     /usr/local/bin/nodepool-builder ${_DAEMON_FLAG}