diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-build.yml b/.github/workflows/image-build.yml
index 0c65fdc..cbfd3af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
   ImageBuild:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [fedora, suse, debian, ubuntu]
+        os: [fedora, suse, debian, ubuntu, rocky]
         lang: [c,latex]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/Containerfile.rocky b/Containerfile.rocky
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..963751f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Containerfile.rocky
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+FROM docker.io/library/rockylinux:8
+
+LABEL maintainer="Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>"
+
+ARG BUILD_LANG=""
+ARG INSTALL_SCRIPT=""
+ARG VERIFY_SCRIPT=""
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="${BUILD_LANG}  Build Container"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="Rocky Linux Container for building ${BUILD_LANG} projects"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.vendor="buildbox"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/TheBuildBox/buildbox"
+
+
+
+COPY "${VERIFY_SCRIPT}" /usr/local/bin/verify.sh
+COPY common.sh /usr/local/bin/common.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/verify.sh
+COPY  "${INSTALL_SCRIPT}" /usr/local/bin/install-packages.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/install-packages.sh
+# force a sane PATH for the duration of the install
+ENV PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbib:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin
+# install, fix, and verify in ONE ATOMIC STEP
+RUN true && \
+/usr/local/bin/install-packages.sh && \
+echo "Verifying binaries before layer commit..." && \
+/usr/local/bin/verify.sh && \
+echo "your buildbox is ready."
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b97b54d..9d8c6eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ It is however of course also possible to use the images interactively.
 * Debian Linux
 * Ubuntu Linux
 * openSUSE Linux
+* Rocky Linux
 
 ### Existing Language variants/installed tools
 
diff --git a/cli/builbo b/cli/builbo
index b964422..1ec40a7 100755
--- a/cli/builbo
+++ b/cli/builbo
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ These are the supported options:
 [ -l | --lang (c|latex) ]                    - compilation language (default: $LANG)
 [ -r | --registry (quay.io|... ]             - container registry (default: $REGISTRY)
 [ -c | --container-cmd (podman|docker) ]     - default: $CONTAINER_CMD (auto-detected)
-[ -o | --os (fedora|debian|ubuntu|suse) ]         - linux distro (default: $OS)
+[ -o | --os (fedora|debian|ubuntu|rocky|suse) ]         - linux distro (default: $OS)
 [ -n | --registry-namespace (...) ]          - default: $NAMESPACE 
 [ -s  | --build-script (command|path) ]              - command or local script (in the CWD)  for building the project.
 [ -d | --deps (pkg,pkg,pkg,...) ]            - additional packages to install (comma-separated)
diff --git a/install-packages_rocky_c.sh b/install-packages_rocky_c.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..248d24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-packages_rocky_c.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+		set -euo pipefail
+
+
+		dnf group install -y "Development Tools" && \
+		dnf install  -y git gcc make cmake automake autoconf vim less python3
+
+		RC=$?
+
+		if [ ${RC} -eq 0 ]; then
+				echo "successfully installed packages."
+		else
+				echo "error installing packages."
+        fi
+
+		exit ${RC}
+
diff --git a/install-packages_rocky_latex.sh b/install-packages_rocky_latex.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ad3d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-packages_rocky_latex.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+		set -euo pipefail
+
+
+	dnf --refresh upgrade -y && \
+	dnf group install -y "Development Tools" && \
+	dnf install -y \
+	ghostscript \
+	texlive \
+	texlive-beamer \
+	texlive-amscls \
+	texlive-amsmath \
+	texlive-amsfonts \
+	texlive-bibtex \
+	texlive-makeindex \
+	texlive-metafont \
+	texlive-cm-super \
+	texlive-dvips \
+	texlive-bibtex\
+	texlive-makeindex \
+	texlive-fancyhdr \
+	texlive-cm \
+	texlive-metafont\
+	texlive-ec \
+	texlive-cm-super && \
+	dnf clean all && \
+    echo "DONE dnf install and clean. now syncing." && \
+	sync
+
+	RC=$?
+
+#wiki2beamer: use the legacy RPM (The Fedora 38 package)
+
+		if [ ${RC} -eq 0 ]; then
+				echo "SUCCESSfully installed packages."
+		else
+				echo "ERROR installing packages."
+        fi
+
+		exit ${RC}
+