diff --git a/rpm/containerd.spec b/rpm/containerd.spec
index 749e7270..8a552a86 100644
--- a/rpm/containerd.spec
+++ b/rpm/containerd.spec
@@ -30,18 +30,23 @@ AutoReq: no
 
 Name: containerd.io
 Provides: containerd
-# For some reason on rhel 8 if we "provide" runc then it makes this package unsearchable
+# Since runc lives in in a module stream on RHEL 8, it won't work to provide
+# it here. Better to use the OS version.
 %if 0%{!?el8:1}
 Provides: runc
 %endif
 
 # Obsolete packages
 Obsoletes: containerd
+%if 0%{!?el8:1}
 Obsoletes: runc
+%endif
 
 # Conflicting packages
 Conflicts: containerd
+%if 0%{!?el8:1}
 Conflicts: runc
+%endif
 
 Version: %{getenv:RPM_VERSION}
 Release: %{getenv:RPM_RELEASE_VERSION}%{?dist}
@@ -64,6 +69,9 @@ Requires: libseccomp
 # and libseccomp is named libseccomp2
 Requires: libseccomp2
 %endif
+%if 0%{?el8:1}
+Requires: runc
+%endif
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: systemd
@@ -97,10 +105,12 @@ fi
 # symlink the go source path to our build directory
 ln -s /go/src/%{import_path} %{_topdir}/BUILD
 
+%if 0%{!?el8:1}
 if [ ! -d %{_topdir}/SOURCES/runc ]; then
     # Copy over our source code from our gopath to our source directory
     cp -rf /go/src/github.com/opencontainers/runc %{_topdir}/SOURCES/runc
 fi
+%endif
 cd %{_topdir}/BUILD/
 
 
@@ -120,8 +130,9 @@ rm -f bin/containerd-stress
 bin/containerd --version
 bin/ctr --version
 
+%if 0%{!?el8:1}
 GO111MODULE=auto make -C /go/src/github.com/opencontainers/runc BINDIR=%{_topdir}/BUILD/bin BUILDTAGS='seccomp apparmor selinux %{runc_nokmem}' runc install
-
+%endif
 
 %install
 cd %{_topdir}/BUILD
@@ -161,6 +172,9 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 18 2022 Göran Uddeborg <goeran@uddeborg.se>
+- Use OS version of runc on RHEL8 to avoid conflict with podman.
+
 * Fri Mar 04 2022 Sebastiaan van Stijn <thajeztah@docker.com> - 1.5.10-3.1
 - Update containerd to v1.5.10