diff --git a/podvm/Dockerfile.podvm_builder.fedora b/podvm/Dockerfile.podvm_builder.fedora
index 5a90fb457..01236780d 100644
--- a/podvm/Dockerfile.podvm_builder.fedora
+++ b/podvm/Dockerfile.podvm_builder.fedora
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 #
 # Build binaries for mkosi podvm image
 #
+FROM multiarch/qemu-user-static:s390x-6.1.0-8 as qemu
 FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:39
 
+COPY --from=qemu /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /usr/bin
+
 ARG ARCH="amd64"
 ARG YQ_ARCH="amd64"
 ARG PROTOC_ARCH="x86_64"