diff --git a/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_darwin.go b/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_darwin.go
index b29222459ef5..9153e9e79d1b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_darwin.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var supportedDrivers = func() []string {
 		// on darwin/arm64 only docker and ssh are supported yet
 		return []string{
 			Docker,
+			Podman,
 			SSH,
 		}
 	}
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ var supportedDrivers = func() []string {
 		HyperKit,
 		VMware,
 		Docker,
+		Podman,
 		SSH,
 	}
 }()
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_windows.go b/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_windows.go
index 1ebc9d5f1d62..8352366ae29b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_windows.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var supportedDrivers = []string{
 	HyperV,
 	VMware,
 	Docker,
+	Podman,
 	SSH,
 }
 
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/podman.md b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/podman.md
index be670dfc57ed..5ad39a8e09dd 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/podman.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/podman.md
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ The podman driver is an alternative container runtime to the [Docker]({{< ref "/
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- Linux operating system
 - Install [podman](https://podman.io/getting-started/installation.html)
 
 {{% readfile file="/docs/drivers/includes/podman_usage.inc" %}}
 
 ## Known Issues
 
-- Podman requirements passwordless running of sudo. If you run into an error about sudo, do the following:
+- On Linux, Podman requires passwordless running of sudo. If you run into an error about sudo, do the following:
 
 ```shell
 $ sudo visudo
@@ -35,6 +34,13 @@ Be sure this text is *after* `#includedir /etc/sudoers.d`. To confirm it worked,
 sudo -k -n podman version
 ```
 
+- On all other operating systems, make sure to create and start the virtual machine that is needed for Podman.
+
+```shell
+podman machine init --cpus 2 --memory 2048 --disk-size 20
+podman machine start
+```
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 - Run `minikube start --alsologtostderr -v=7` to debug errors and crashes