diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 26fc6f4e45e..2ba768b3968 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ binaries: clean \
 	_output/bin/lima \
 	_output/bin/limactl \
 	_output/bin/nerdctl.lima \
+	_output/bin/docker.lima \
+	_output/bin/podman.lima \
 	_output/share/lima/lima-guestagent.Linux-x86_64 \
 	_output/share/lima/lima-guestagent.Linux-aarch64 \
 	_output/share/lima/lima-guestagent.Linux-riscv64
@@ -40,6 +42,14 @@ _output/bin/nerdctl.lima:
 	mkdir -p _output/bin
 	cp -a ./cmd/nerdctl.lima $@
 
+_output/bin/docker.lima: ./cmd/docker.lima
+	@mkdir -p _output/bin
+	cp -a $^ $@
+
+_output/bin/podman.lima: ./cmd/podman.lima
+	@mkdir -p _output/bin
+	cp -a $^ $@
+
 .PHONY: _output/bin/limactl
 _output/bin/limactl:
 	# The hostagent must be compiled with CGO_ENABLED=1 so that net.LookupIP() in the DNS server
diff --git a/cmd/docker.lima b/cmd/docker.lima
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5f79ca5ff51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker.lima
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+: "${LIMA_INSTANCE:=docker}"
+: "${DOCKER:=docker}"
+
+if [ "$(limactl ls -q "$LIMA_INSTANCE" 2>/dev/null)" != "$LIMA_INSTANCE" ]; then
+  echo "instance \"$LIMA_INSTANCE\" does not exist, run \`limactl start --name=$LIMA_INSTANCE template://docker\` to create a new instance" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+DOCKER=$(command -v "$DOCKER" || true)
+if [ -n "$DOCKER" ]; then
+  DOCKER_HOST=$(limactl list "$LIMA_INSTANCE" --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/docker.sock')
+  export DOCKER_HOST
+  exec "$DOCKER" "$@"
+else
+  export LIMA_INSTANCE
+  exec lima docker "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/cmd/podman.lima b/cmd/podman.lima
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a5dfed85b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman.lima
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+: "${LIMA_INSTANCE:=podman}"
+: "${PODMAN:=podman}"
+
+if [ "$(limactl ls -q "$LIMA_INSTANCE" 2>/dev/null)" != "$LIMA_INSTANCE" ]; then
+  echo "instance \"$LIMA_INSTANCE\" does not exist, run \`limactl start --name=$LIMA_INSTANCE template://podman\` to create a new instance" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+PODMAN=$(command -v "$PODMAN" || true)
+if [ -n "$PODMAN" ]; then
+  CONTAINER_HOST=$(limactl list "$LIMA_INSTANCE" --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/podman.sock')
+  export CONTAINER_HOST
+  exec "$PODMAN" --remote "$@"
+else
+  export LIMA_INSTANCE
+  exec lima podman "$@"
+fi