diff --git a/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/include/oniro-packageconfig.inc b/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/include/oniro-packageconfig.inc
index d499ba7397b3931f0b03e64014e1164a0a177aee..bb4425c33edc9f94d45fcea92c0ee2c92dc6b9f8 100644
--- a/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/include/oniro-packageconfig.inc
+++ b/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/include/oniro-packageconfig.inc
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG:remove:pn-mosquitto = "dlt"
 # We use NetworkManager as the default network manager (included in our
 # reference images).
 PACKAGECONFIG:remove:pn-systemd = "networkd wheel-group"
+
+# Enable podman rootless support
+PACKAGECONFIG:append:pn-podman = " rootless"