diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 697adc052..4c029068b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ target
 # These directories don't contribute to our container build
 docs/
 plans/
+Containerfile
+build_seed.sh
diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17028971e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream9 as build
+COPY hack/build.sh /build.sh
+COPY ./contrib/packaging/bootc.spec ./contrib/packaging/bootc.spec
+RUN /build.sh && rm -v /build.sh
+COPY . /build
+WORKDIR /build
+RUN mkdir -p /build/target/dev-rootfs  # This can hold arbitrary extra content
+# See https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/126xeyx/exploring_the_problem_of_faster_cargo_docker/
+# We aren't using the full recommendations there, just the simple bits.
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/build/target --mount=type=cache,target=/var/roothome make test-bin-archive && mkdir -p /out && cp target/bootc.tar /out
+RUN mkdir -p /build/target/dev-rootfs  # This can hold arbitrary extra content
+
+FROM quay.io/otuchfel/bootc:seed30 as seed
+
+# ____________________________________________________________________________
+
+FROM quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:66b5f9d8f1af5acee783db84a25c08338252ff9c276d33e391680168a22f42ee
+
+
+LABEL com.openshift.lifecycle-agent.seed_format_version=4
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/lib/bootc/install
+
+COPY --from=seed --exclude=ostree.tgz / /usr/lib/openshift/seed
+
+COPY --from=build /out/bootc.tar /tmp
+
+COPY baseimage/base/usr/lib/ostree/prepare-root.conf /usr/lib/ostree/prepare-root.conf
+
+RUN tar -C / -xvf /tmp/bootc.tar && rm -vrf /tmp/*
+RUN sed -i '/PermitRootLogin no/d' /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/40-rhcos-defaults.conf
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8d515eb89..a87d46b20 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ install-all: install install-ostree-hooks
 	install -D -m 0755 target/release/tests-integration $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/bootc-integration-tests 
 
 bin-archive: all
-	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=tmp-install && $(TAR_REPRODUCIBLE) --zstd -C tmp-install -cf target/bootc.tar.zst . && rm tmp-install -rf
+	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=tmp-install && $(TAR_REPRODUCIBLE) -C tmp-install -cf target/bootc.tar . && rm tmp-install -rf
 
 test-bin-archive: all
-	$(MAKE) install-all DESTDIR=tmp-install && $(TAR_REPRODUCIBLE) --zstd -C tmp-install -cf target/bootc.tar.zst . && rm tmp-install -rf
+	$(MAKE) install-all DESTDIR=tmp-install && $(TAR_REPRODUCIBLE) -C tmp-install -cf target/bootc.tar . && rm tmp-install -rf
 
 test-tmt:
 	cargo xtask test-tmt
diff --git a/build_seed.sh b/build_seed.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9ee46684a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_seed.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+cd $SCRIPT_DIR
+
+podman build -t bootcseed -f Containerfile .
+podman tag bootcseed:latest quay.io/otuchfel/bootc:seed61
+podman push quay.io/otuchfel/bootc:seed61
diff --git a/hack/Containerfile b/hack/Containerfile
index 41eea1dad..e23d90651 100644
--- a/hack/Containerfile
+++ b/hack/Containerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ WORKDIR /build
 RUN mkdir -p /build/target/dev-rootfs  # This can hold arbitrary extra content
 # See https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/126xeyx/exploring_the_problem_of_faster_cargo_docker/
 # We aren't using the full recommendations there, just the simple bits.
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/build/target --mount=type=cache,target=/var/roothome make test-bin-archive && mkdir -p /out && cp target/bootc.tar.zst /out
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/build/target --mount=type=cache,target=/var/roothome make test-bin-archive && mkdir -p /out && cp target/bootc.tar /out
 
 FROM $base
 # We support e.g. adding cloud-init
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ COPY hack/install-test-configs/* /usr/lib/bootc/install/
 # And some test kargs
 COPY hack/test-kargs /usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d/
 # Inject our built code
-COPY --from=build /out/bootc.tar.zst /tmp
-RUN tar -C / --zstd -xvf /tmp/bootc.tar.zst && rm -vrf /tmp/*
+COPY --from=build /out/bootc.tar /tmp
+RUN tar -C / -xvf /tmp/bootc.tar && rm -vrf /tmp/*
 # Also copy over arbitrary bits from the target root
 COPY --from=build /build/target/dev-rootfs/ /
 # Test our own linting