diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 3a68fa6c..720d93f1 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ docker_builder:
     - sudo apt-get update
     - sudo apt-get -y upgrade
     - sudo apt-get -y install podman
+  work_around_podman_issue_9390_script:
+    # https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/9390
+    - echo 'unqualified-search-registries=["docker.io"]' > /etc/containers/registries.conf.d/docker-io.conf
   run_podman_background_script:
     - podman system service -t 0 unix:///tmp/podman.sock
   test_script: