diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index b6ab905837..16f79ee5ef 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -887,6 +887,9 @@ class BaseTask(object):
         '''
         return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *args))
 
+    def build_execution_environment_params(self, instance):
+        return {}
+
     def build_private_data(self, instance, private_data_dir):
         '''
         Return SSH private key data (only if stored in DB as ssh_key_data).
@@ -1129,12 +1132,13 @@ class BaseTask(object):
             for hostname, hv in script_data.get('_meta', {}).get('hostvars', {}).items()
         }
         json_data = json.dumps(script_data)
-        handle, path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=private_data_dir)
-        f = os.fdopen(handle, 'w')
-        f.write('#! /usr/bin/env python\n# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\nprint(%r)\n' % json_data)
-        f.close()
-        os.chmod(path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
-        return path
+        path = os.path.join(private_data_dir, 'inventory')
+        os.makedirs(path, mode=0o700)
+        fn = os.path.join(path, 'hosts')
+        with open(fn, 'w') as f:
+            os.chmod(fn, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
+            f.write('#! /usr/bin/env python3\n# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\nprint(%r)\n' % json_data)
+        return fn
 
     def build_args(self, instance, private_data_dir, passwords):
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -1429,6 +1433,7 @@ class BaseTask(object):
             process_isolation_params = self.build_params_process_isolation(self.instance,
                                                                            private_data_dir,
                                                                            cwd)
+            execution_environment_params = self.build_execution_environment_params(self.instance)
             env = self.build_env(self.instance, private_data_dir, isolated,
                                  private_data_files=private_data_files)
             self.safe_env = build_safe_env(env)
@@ -1463,7 +1468,8 @@ class BaseTask(object):
                 'settings': {
                     'job_timeout': self.get_instance_timeout(self.instance),
                     'suppress_ansible_output': True,
-                    **process_isolation_params,
+                    #**process_isolation_params,
+                    **execution_environment_params,
                     **resource_profiling_params,
                 },
             }
@@ -2003,6 +2009,14 @@ class RunJob(BaseTask):
             if inventory is not None:
                 update_inventory_computed_fields.delay(inventory.id)
 
+    def build_execution_environment_params(self, instance):
+        execution_environment_params = {
+            "container_image": settings.AWX_EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT_DEFAULT_IMAGE,
+            "process_isolation": True
+        }
+        return execution_environment_params
+
+
 
 @task(queue=get_local_queuename)
 class RunProjectUpdate(BaseTask):
@@ -2349,7 +2363,7 @@ class RunProjectUpdate(BaseTask):
 
         # the project update playbook is not in a git repo, but uses a vendoring directory
         # to be consistent with the ansible-runner model,
-        # that is moved into the runner projecct folder here
+        # that is moved into the runner project folder here
         awx_playbooks = self.get_path_to('..', 'playbooks')
         copy_tree(awx_playbooks, os.path.join(private_data_dir, 'project'))
 
@@ -2484,6 +2498,18 @@ class RunProjectUpdate(BaseTask):
         '''
         return getattr(settings, 'AWX_PROOT_ENABLED', False)
 
+    def build_execution_environment_params(self, instance):
+        project_path = os.path.dirname(instance.get_project_path(check_if_exists=False))
+        execution_environment_params = {
+            "process_isolation": True,
+            "container_image": settings.AWX_EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT_DEFAULT_IMAGE,
+            "container_volume_mounts": [
+                f"{project_path}:{project_path}",
+            ]
+
+        }
+        return execution_environment_params
+
 
 @task(queue=get_local_queuename)
 class RunInventoryUpdate(BaseTask):
@@ -2983,6 +3009,13 @@ class RunAdHocCommand(BaseTask):
         if isolated_manager_instance:
             isolated_manager_instance.cleanup()
 
+    def build_execution_environment_params(self, instance):
+        execution_environment_params = {
+            "container_image": settings.AWX_EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT_DEFAULT_IMAGE,
+            "process_isolation": True
+        }
+        return execution_environment_params
+
 
 @task(queue=get_local_queuename)
 class RunSystemJob(BaseTask):
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index e0c1db197b..849d6220bc 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_POD_LAUNCH_RETRY_DELAY = 5
 AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = 'default'
 AWX_CONTAINER_GROUP_DEFAULT_IMAGE = 'ansible/ansible-runner'
 
+AWX_EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT_DEFAULT_IMAGE = 'quay.io/ansible/ansible-runner:devel'
+
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/
 #
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 5829401c78..a6901fd3ef 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 adal==1.2.2               # via msrestazure
 aiohttp==3.6.2            # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
 aioredis==1.3.1           # via channels-redis
-ansible-runner==1.4.7     # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
+# ansible-runner==1.4.7     # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
 ansiconv==1.0.0           # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
 asciichartpy==1.5.25      # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
 asgiref==3.2.5            # via channels, channels-redis, daphne
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_git.txt b/requirements/requirements_git.txt
index 340cbfdcc7..04eac859a4 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_git.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_git.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 git+https://github.com/ansible/system-certifi.git@devel#egg=certifi
+git+git://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner@devel#egg=ansible-runner
diff --git a/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2 b/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
index a03ac7d238..e056b10fb1 100644
--- a/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ RUN dnf -y update && \
     krb5-workstation \
     libcgroup-tools \
     nginx \
+    podman \
     @postgresql:12 \
     python3-devel \
     python3-libselinux \
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ RUN for dir in \
       /var/lib/awx \
       /var/lib/awx/rsyslog \
       /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/conf.d \
+      /var/lib/awx/.local/share/containers/storage \
       /var/run/awx-rsyslog \
       /var/log/tower \
       /var/log/nginx \
@@ -225,6 +227,8 @@ RUN for dir in \
       /var/lib/nginx ; \
     do mkdir -m 0775 -p $dir ; chmod g+rw $dir ; chgrp root $dir ; done && \
     for file in \
+      /etc/subuid \
+      /etc/subgid \
       /etc/passwd \
       /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf ; \
     do touch $file ; chmod g+rw $file ; chgrp root $file ; done
@@ -255,6 +259,8 @@ RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log && \
     ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log
 {% endif %}
 
+RUN echo -e 'cgroup_manager = "cgroupfs"\nevents_logger = "file"' > /etc/containers/libpod.conf
+
 ENV HOME="/var/lib/awx"
 ENV PATH="/usr/pgsql-10/bin:${PATH}"
 
@@ -272,3 +278,5 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]
 CMD /usr/bin/launch_awx.sh
 VOLUME /var/lib/nginx
 {% endif %}
+
+VOLUME /var/lib/awx/.local/share/containers/storage
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
index 0cdf4f6728..754bc803f9 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/ansible/roles/sources/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ services:
       - "../../docker-compose/_sources/local_settings.py:/etc/tower/conf.d/local_settings.py"
       - "../../docker-compose/_sources/SECRET_KEY:/etc/tower/SECRET_KEY"
       - "redis_socket:/var/run/redis/:rw"
+      - "/sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup"
     privileged: true
     tty: true
   # A useful container that simply passes through log messages to the console
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/entrypoint.sh b/tools/docker-compose/entrypoint.sh
index 8ed9bf2abd..13c858b441 100755
--- a/tools/docker-compose/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,23 @@
 
 if [ `id -u` -ge 500 ] || [ -z "${CURRENT_UID}" ]; then
 
-  cat << EOF > /tmp/passwd
+cat << EOF > /etc/passwd
 root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
-awx:x:`id -u`:`id -g`:,,,:/tmp:/bin/bash
+awx:x:`id -u`:`id -g`:,,,:/var/lib/awx:/bin/bash
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > /etc/subuid
+awx:100000:50001
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > /etc/subgid
+awx:100000:50001
 EOF
 
-  cat /tmp/passwd > /etc/passwd
-  rm /tmp/passwd
 fi
 
+# Required to get rootless podman working after
+# writing out the sub*id files above
+podman system migrate
+
 exec $@