diff --git a/nix/configuration/roles/podman/default.nix b/nix/configuration/roles/podman/default.nix
index ba4abe6..09c9261 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/roles/podman/default.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/roles/podman/default.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@
       DOCKER_HOST = "unix://$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/podman/podman.sock";
     };
 
+    # Increase subuid / subgid to support running buildkit-rootless
+    # ref: https://github.com/moby/buildkit/issues/3297
+    users.users.talexander = {
+      subUidRanges = [
+        {
+          startUid = 100000;
+          count = 262144; # default = 65536
+        }
+      ];
+      subGidRanges = [
+        {
+          startGid = 100000;
+          count = 262144; # default = 65536
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+
     environment.persistence."/state" = lib.mkIf (config.me.mountPersistence) {
       hideMounts = true;
       directories = [