diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3136b7c1..0c40f407 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,5 +65,10 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
             <version>2.15.2</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.9</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/AntTaskFactory.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/AntTaskFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e49ef18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/AntTaskFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/**
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2023.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.openliberty.tools.common.plugins.util;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.DefaultLogger;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class AntTaskFactory {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AntTaskFactory.class);
+
+    private final Project ant;
+
+    public AntTaskFactory(File projectDir) {
+        this.ant = new Project();
+        ant.setBaseDir(projectDir);
+
+        initAntLogger(ant);
+
+        ant.init();
+    }
+
+    protected void initAntLogger(final Project ant) {
+        Slf4jLoggingBuildListener antLogger = new Slf4jLoggingBuildListener(LOG);
+        antLogger.setEmacsMode(true);
+        antLogger.setOutputPrintStream(System.out);
+        antLogger.setErrorPrintStream(System.err);
+
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            antLogger.setMessageOutputLevel(Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
+        } else {
+            antLogger.setMessageOutputLevel(Project.MSG_INFO);
+        }
+
+        ant.addBuildListener(antLogger);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public <T extends Task> T createTask(String taskName) {
+        return (T) this.ant.createTask(taskName);
+    }
+
+    static class Slf4jLoggingBuildListener extends DefaultLogger {
+
+        private final Logger logger;
+
+        public Slf4jLoggingBuildListener(Logger logger) {
+            super();
+            this.logger = Objects.requireNonNull(logger);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void printMessage(String message, PrintStream stream, int priority) {
+            switch (priority) {
+                case Project.MSG_ERR:
+                    logger.error(message);
+                    break;
+                case Project.MSG_WARN:
+                    logger.warn(message);
+                    break;
+                case Project.MSG_INFO:
+                    logger.info(message);
+                    break;
+                case Project.MSG_DEBUG:
+                    logger.debug(message);
+                    break;
+                case Project.MSG_VERBOSE:
+                    logger.trace(message);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unknown logging level: " + priority);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
index f2d3ca97..a6e95af4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/util/DevUtil.java
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 
 import com.sun.nio.file.SensitivityWatchEventModifier;
 
+import io.openliberty.tools.ant.ServerTask;
+
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
@@ -91,13 +93,13 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileAlterationListener;
 import org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileAlterationListenerAdaptor;
 import org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileAlterationObserver;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
-import io.openliberty.tools.ant.ServerTask;
-
 /**
  * Utility class for dev mode.
  */
@@ -1280,7 +1282,12 @@ private void buildContainerImage(File tempContainerfile, File userContainerfile,
                 info("The RUN features.sh command is detected in the Containerfile and extra time may be necessary when installing features.");
             }
             long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            execContainerCmdAndLog(getRunProcess(buildCmd), containerBuildTimeout);
+            //Run build command with an Ant task if using Podman on Windows, see https://github.com/OpenLiberty/ci.maven/issues/1746
+            if (!isDocker && OSUtil.isWindows()) {
+                containerAntRun(buildCmd);
+            } else {
+                execContainerCmdAndLog(getRunProcess(buildCmd), containerBuildTimeout);
+            }
             checkContainerBuildTime(startTime, buildContext);
             info("Completed building container image.");
         } catch (IllegalThreadStateException  e) {
@@ -5689,6 +5696,18 @@ private Set<String> getGeneratedFeatures() {
         return genFeatSet;
     }
 
+    public void containerAntRun(String command) throws PluginExecutionException {
+        try {
+            AntTaskFactory ant = new AntTaskFactory(projectDirectory);
+            ExecTask antExecTask = (ExecTask) ant.createTask("exec");
+
+            antExecTask.setCommand(new Commandline(command));
+            antExecTask.execute();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new PluginExecutionException("Error building container image: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create metadata when running devc mode and containers
      * Language server then uses metadata file to connect