diff -aruN osbuild-53/runners/org.osbuild.almalinux86 osbuild-53_alma/runners/org.osbuild.almalinux86
--- osbuild-53/runners/org.osbuild.almalinux86	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ osbuild-53_alma/runners/org.osbuild.almalinux86	2022-03-24 02:05:32.000000000 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/libexec/platform-python
+
+import os
+import platform
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import osbuild.api
+
+
+def quirks():
+    # Platform specific quirks
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+
+    if platform.machine() == "aarch64":
+        # Work around a bug in qemu-img on aarch64 that can lead to qemu-img
+        # hangs when more then one coroutine is use (which is the default)
+        # See https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1805256
+        env["OSBUILD_QEMU_IMG_COROUTINES"] = "1"
+
+    return env
+
+
+def ldconfig():
+    # ld.so.conf must exist, or `ldconfig` throws a warning
+    subprocess.run(["touch", "/etc/ld.so.conf"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["ldconfig"], check=True)
+
+
+def sysusers():
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(["systemd-sysusers"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:
+        sys.stderr.write(error.stdout)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def tmpfiles():
+    # Allow systemd-tmpfiles to return non-0. Some packages want to create
+    # directories owned by users that are not set up with systemd-sysusers.
+    subprocess.run(["systemd-tmpfiles", "--create"], check=False)
+
+
+def nsswitch():
+    # the default behavior is fine, but using nss-resolve does not
+    # necessarily work in a non-booted container, so make sure that
+    # is not configured.
+    try:
+        os.remove("/etc/nsswitch.conf")
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
+
+def python_alternatives():
+    """/usr/bin/python3 is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/python3, which points
+    to /usr/bin/python3.6 by default. Recreate the link in /etc, so that
+    shebang lines in stages and assemblers work.
+    """
+    os.makedirs("/etc/alternatives", exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        os.symlink("/usr/bin/python3.6", "/etc/alternatives/python3")
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
+
+
+def main():
+    with osbuild.api.exception_handler():
+        ldconfig()
+        sysusers()
+        tmpfiles()
+        nsswitch()
+        python_alternatives()
+
+        env = quirks()
+
+        r = subprocess.run(sys.argv[1:],
+                           env=env,
+                           check=False)
+        sys.exit(r.returncode)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff -aruN osbuild-53/runners/org.osbuild.almalinux90 osbuild-53_alma/runners/org.osbuild.almalinux90
--- osbuild-53/runners/org.osbuild.almalinux90	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ osbuild-53_alma/runners/org.osbuild.almalinux90	2022-03-24 02:05:32.000000000 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import osbuild.api
+
+
+def ldconfig():
+    # ld.so.conf must exist, or `ldconfig` throws a warning
+    subprocess.run(["touch", "/etc/ld.so.conf"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["ldconfig"], check=True)
+
+
+def sysusers():
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(["systemd-sysusers"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:
+        sys.stderr.write(error.stdout)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def tmpfiles():
+    # Allow systemd-tmpfiles to return non-0. Some packages want to create
+    # directories owned by users that are not set up with systemd-sysusers.
+    subprocess.run(["systemd-tmpfiles", "--create"], check=False)
+
+
+def nsswitch():
+    # the default behavior is fine, but using nss-resolve does not
+    # necessarily work in a non-booted container, so make sure that
+    # is not configured.
+    try:
+        os.remove("/etc/nsswitch.conf")
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    with osbuild.api.exception_handler():
+        ldconfig()
+        sysusers()
+        tmpfiles()
+        nsswitch()
+
+        r = subprocess.run(sys.argv[1:], check=False)
+        sys.exit(r.returncode)