diff --git a/packaging/makeself/build-static.sh b/packaging/makeself/build-static.sh
index c7c5a4bcc7..f9f635c79a 100755
--- a/packaging/makeself/build-static.sh
+++ b/packaging/makeself/build-static.sh
@@ -15,30 +15,44 @@ if [ -z "${platform}" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if command -v docker > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    docker="docker"
+elif command -v podman > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    docker="podman"
+else
+    echo "Could not find a usable OCI runtime, need either Docker or Podman."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME="netdata/static-builder"
 
 if [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "$(uname -m)" ] && [ "$(uname -m)" = 'x86_64' ] && [ -z "${SKIP_EMULATION}" ]; then
-    docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes || exit 1
+    ${docker} run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes || exit 1
 fi
 
-if docker inspect "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    img_platform="$(docker image inspect netdata/static-builder --format '{{.Os}}/{{.Architecture}}/{{.Variant}}')"
-    if [ "${img_platform%'/'}" != "${platform}" ]; then
-        docker image rm "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" || exit 1
+if ${docker} inspect "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ${docker} image inspect "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" | grep -q 'Variant'; then
+        img_platform="$(${docker} image inspect "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" --format '{{.Os}}/{{.Architecture}}/{{.Variant}}')"
+    else
+        img_platform="$(${docker} image inspect "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" --format '{{.Os}}/{{.Architecture}}')"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "${img_platform}" != "${platform}" ]; then
+        ${docker} image rm "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" || exit 1
     fi
 fi
 
-if ! docker inspect "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    docker pull --platform "${platform}" "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}"
+if ! ${docker} inspect "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    ${docker} pull --platform "${platform}" "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}"
 fi
 
 # Run the build script inside the container
 if [ -t 1 ]; then
-  run docker run --rm -e BUILDARCH="${BUILDARCH}" -a stdin -a stdout -a stderr -i -t -v "$(pwd)":/netdata:rw \
+  run ${docker} run --rm -e BUILDARCH="${BUILDARCH}" -a stdin -a stdout -a stderr -i -t -v "$(pwd)":/netdata:rw \
     "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" \
     /bin/sh /netdata/packaging/makeself/build.sh "${@}"
 else
-  run docker run --rm -e BUILDARCH="${BUILDARCH}" -v "$(pwd)":/netdata:rw \
+  run ${docker} run --rm -e BUILDARCH="${BUILDARCH}" -v "$(pwd)":/netdata:rw \
     -e GITHUB_ACTIONS="${GITHUB_ACTIONS}" "${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}" \
     /bin/sh /netdata/packaging/makeself/build.sh "${@}"
 fi
diff --git a/packaging/makeself/install-alpine-packages.sh b/packaging/makeself/install-alpine-packages.sh
index 06bcd56222..d7974339ee 100755
--- a/packaging/makeself/install-alpine-packages.sh
+++ b/packaging/makeself/install-alpine-packages.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ apk add --no-cache -U \
   git \
   gnutls-dev \
   gzip \
+  jq \
   libelf-static \
   libmnl-dev \
   libnetfilter_acct-dev \
diff --git a/packaging/makeself/jobs/90-netdata-runtime-check.sh b/packaging/makeself/jobs/90-netdata-runtime-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a3c94ffcb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/makeself/jobs/90-netdata-runtime-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# shellcheck source=./packaging/makeself/functions.sh
+. "${NETDATA_MAKESELF_PATH}"/functions.sh "${@}" || exit 1
+
+dump_log() {
+  cat ./netdata.log
+}
+
+wait_for() {
+  host="${1}"
+  port="${2}"
+  name="${3}"
+  timeout="30"
+
+  if command -v nc > /dev/null ; then
+    netcat="nc"
+  elif command -v netcat > /dev/null ; then
+    netcat="netcat"
+  else
+    printf "Unable to find a usable netcat command.\n"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  printf "Waiting for %s on %s:%s ... " "${name}" "${host}" "${port}"
+
+  sleep 30
+
+  i=0
+  while ! ${netcat} -z "${host}" "${port}"; do
+    sleep 1
+    if [ "$i" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
+      printf "Timed out!\n"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    i="$((i + 1))"
+  done
+  printf "OK\n"
+}
+
+trap dump_log EXIT
+
+"${NETDATA_INSTALL_PATH}/bin/netdata" -D > ./netdata.log 2>&1 &
+
+wait_for localhost 19999 netdata || exit 1
+
+curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:19999/api/v1/info > ./response || exit 1
+
+cat ./response
+
+jq '.version' ./response || exit 1
+
+trap - EXIT