diff --git a/pde2e-image/Containerfile b/pde2e-image/Containerfile
index 6b7ed11..a8e8883 100644
--- a/pde2e-image/Containerfile
+++ b/pde2e-image/Containerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ FROM base AS linux
 ENV OS=linux
 
 FROM linux AS rhel
+COPY /lib/unix/scripts/ ${ASSETS_FOLDER}/scripts/
 COPY /lib/rhel/ ${ASSETS_FOLDER}/
 COPY /lib/unix/ ${ASSETS_FOLDER}/unix/
 COPY /common/unix/ ${ASSETS_FOLDER}/unix/common/
diff --git a/pde2e-image/lib/rhel/scripts/install_docker.sh b/pde2e-image/lib/rhel/scripts/install_docker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1ac2574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pde2e-image/lib/rhel/scripts/install_docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "Installing Docker Engine on RHEL..."
+
+echo "Installing dnf-plugins-core..."
+sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
+
+echo "Adding Docker CE repository..."
+sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/rhel/docker-ce.repo
+
+echo "Installing Docker Engine packages..."
+sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+
+echo "Starting and enabling Docker service..."
+sudo systemctl enable --now docker
+
+echo "Adding current user to docker group..."
+sudo usermod -aG docker "$(whoami)"
+
+docker --version
+echo "Docker Engine installation complete."
diff --git a/pde2e-image/lib/unix/scripts/install_podman_compose.sh b/pde2e-image/lib/unix/scripts/install_podman_compose.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dcb43bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pde2e-image/lib/unix/scripts/install_podman_compose.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "Installing podman-compose..."
+
+if sudo dnf install -y podman-compose 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "podman-compose installed via dnf."
+else
+    echo "dnf installation failed, falling back to pip..."
+    sudo dnf install -y python3-pip
+    pip3 install --user podman-compose
+    export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+podman-compose --version
+echo "podman-compose installation complete."