diff --git a/e2e/e2e_test.go b/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 8b63e1b5bea..0b0f024cfbe 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/metrics"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/nomad09upgrade"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/nomadexec"
+	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/podman"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/spread"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/systemsched"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/taskevents"
diff --git a/e2e/podman/input/redis.nomad b/e2e/podman/input/redis.nomad
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e141f34761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/podman/input/redis.nomad
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+job "redis" {
+  datacenters = ["dc1"]
+  type        = "service"
+
+  group "redis" {
+    task "redis" {
+      driver = "podman"
+
+      config {
+        image = "docker://redis"
+
+        port_map {
+          redis = 6379
+        }
+      }
+
+      resources {
+        cpu    = 500
+        memory = 256
+
+        network {
+          mbits = 20
+          port "redis" {}
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/e2e/podman/podman.go b/e2e/podman/podman.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95cf1b49f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/podman/podman.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package podman
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/e2eutil"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/framework"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/uuid"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+type PodmanTest struct {
+	framework.TC
+	jobIDs []string
+}
+
+func init() {
+	framework.AddSuites(&framework.TestSuite{
+		Component:   "Podman",
+		CanRunLocal: true,
+		Cases: []framework.TestCase{
+			new(PodmanTest),
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func (tc *PodmanTest) BeforeAll(f *framework.F) {
+	e2eutil.WaitForLeader(f.T(), tc.Nomad())
+	e2eutil.WaitForNodesReady(f.T(), tc.Nomad(), 2)
+}
+
+func (tc *PodmanTest) TestRedisDeployment(f *framework.F) {
+	t := f.T()
+	nomadClient := tc.Nomad()
+	uuid := uuid.Generate()
+	jobID := "deployment" + uuid[0:8]
+	tc.jobIDs = append(tc.jobIDs, jobID)
+	e2eutil.RegisterAndWaitForAllocs(t, nomadClient, "podman/input/redis.nomad", jobID, "")
+	ds := e2eutil.DeploymentsForJob(t, nomadClient, jobID)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(ds))
+
+	jobs := nomadClient.Jobs()
+	allocs, _, err := jobs.Allocations(jobID, true, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var allocIDs []string
+	for _, alloc := range allocs {
+		allocIDs = append(allocIDs, alloc.ID)
+	}
+
+	// Wait for allocations to get past initial pending state
+	e2eutil.WaitForAllocsNotPending(t, nomadClient, allocIDs)
+
+	jobs = nomadClient.Jobs()
+	allocs, _, err = jobs.Allocations(jobID, true, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Len(t, allocs, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, allocs[0].ClientStatus, "running")
+}
+
+func (tc *PodmanTest) AfterEach(f *framework.F) {
+	nomadClient := tc.Nomad()
+
+	// Mark all nodes eligible
+	nodesAPI := tc.Nomad().Nodes()
+	nodes, _, _ := nodesAPI.List(nil)
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		nodesAPI.ToggleEligibility(node.ID, true, nil)
+	}
+
+	jobs := nomadClient.Jobs()
+	// Stop all jobs in test
+	for _, id := range tc.jobIDs {
+		jobs.Deregister(id, true, nil)
+	}
+	tc.jobIDs = []string{}
+	// Garbage collect
+	nomadClient.System().GarbageCollect()
+}
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/main.tf b/e2e/terraform/main.tf
index 2530c784e29..df2d4658b6c 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/e2e/terraform/main.tf
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ ssh into nodes with:
 ssh -i keys/${local.random_name}.pem ubuntu@${aws_instance.server[0].public_ip}
 
 # clients
-%{ for ip in aws_instance.client_linux.*.public_ip ~}
+%{for ip in aws_instance.client_linux.*.public_ip~}
 ssh -i keys/${local.random_name}.pem ubuntu@${ip}
-%{ endfor ~}
+%{endfor~}
 ```
 EOM
 
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/packer/linux/setup.sh b/e2e/terraform/packer/linux/setup.sh
index 1a5d870963d..8bf320e17d9 100755
--- a/e2e/terraform/packer/linux/setup.sh
+++ b/e2e/terraform/packer/linux/setup.sh
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ set -e
 
 # Disable interactive apt prompts
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+echo 'debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive' | sudo debconf-set-selections
+
 
 sudo mkdir -p /ops/shared
 sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /ops/shared
-
 cd /ops
 
 CONSULVERSION=1.7.3
 CONSULDOWNLOAD=https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/${CONSULVERSION}/consul_${CONSULVERSION}_linux_amd64.zip
 CONSULCONFIGDIR=/etc/consul.d
 CONSULDIR=/opt/consul
-
 VAULTVERSION=1.1.1
 VAULTDOWNLOAD=https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/${VAULTVERSION}/vault_${VAULTVERSION}_linux_amd64.zip
 VAULTCONFIGDIR=/etc/vault.d
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ NOMADVERSION=0.9.1
 NOMADDOWNLOAD=https://releases.hashicorp.com/nomad/${NOMADVERSION}/nomad_${NOMADVERSION}_linux_amd64.zip
 NOMADCONFIGDIR=/etc/nomad.d
 NOMADDIR=/opt/nomad
+NOMADPLUGINDIR=/opt/nomad/plugins
 
 # Dependencies
 sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y unzip tree redis-tools jq curl tmux awscli nfs-common
+sudo apt-get install -y dnsmasq unzip tree redis-tools jq curl tmux awscli nfs-common
 
 # Numpy (for Spark)
-sudo apt-get install -y python-setuptools
-sudo easy_install pip
+sudo apt-get install -y python-setuptools python-pip
 sudo pip install numpy
 
 # Install sockaddr
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ sudo mkdir -p $NOMADCONFIGDIR
 sudo chmod 755 $NOMADCONFIGDIR
 sudo mkdir -p $NOMADDIR
 sudo chmod 755 $NOMADDIR
+sudo mkdir -p $NOMADPLUGINDIR
+sudo chmod 755 $NOMADPLUGINDIR
 
 echo "Install Docker"
 distro=$(lsb_release -si | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
@@ -108,6 +110,48 @@ sudo mkdir -p "$HADOOPCONFIGDIR"
 
 wget -O - http://apache.mirror.iphh.net/hadoop/common/hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION}/hadoop-${HADOOP_VERSION}.tar.gz | sudo tar xz -C /usr/local/
 
+echo "Install Podman"
+. /etc/os-release
+sudo sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_${VERSION_ID}/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.list"
+curl -L https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_${VERSION_ID}/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
+sudo apt-get update -qq
+sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman 
+
+# get catatonit (to check podman --init switch)
+cd /tmp
+wget https://github.com/openSUSE/catatonit/releases/download/v0.1.4/catatonit.x86_64
+mkdir -p /usr/libexec/podman
+sudo mv catatonit* /usr/libexec/podman/catatonit
+sudo chmod +x /usr/libexec/podman/catatonit
+
+echo "Install podman task driver"
+# install nomad-podman-driver and move to plugin dir
+wget -P /tmp https://github.com/pascomnet/nomad-driver-podman/releases/download/v0.0.3/nomad-driver-podman_linux_amd64.tar.gz 
+sudo tar -xf /tmp/nomad-driver-podman_linux_amd64.tar.gz -C /tmp
+sudo mv /tmp/nomad-driver-podman/nomad-driver-podman $NOMADPLUGINDIR
+sudo chmod +x $NOMADPLUGINDIR/nomad-driver-podman
+
+# disable systemd-resolved and configure dnsmasq
+# to forward local requests to consul
+sudo systemctl disable systemd-resolved.service
+sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
+echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf
+echo '
+port=53
+resolv-file=/var/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf
+bind-interfaces
+listen-address=127.0.0.1
+server=/consul/127.0.0.1#8600
+' | sudo tee /etc/dnsmasq.d/default
+
+# add our hostname to etc/hosts
+echo "127.0.0.1 $(hostname)" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
+sudo systemctl restart dnsmasq
+
+# enable cgroup_memory and swap
+sudo sed -i 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="[^"]*/& cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1/' /etc/default/grub
+sudo update-grub
+
 # note this 'EOF' syntax avoids expansion in the heredoc
 sudo tee "$HADOOPCONFIGDIR/core-site.xml" << 'EOF'
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/packer/packer.json b/e2e/terraform/packer/packer.json
index 5232e51115b..7574db17f97 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/packer/packer.json
+++ b/e2e/terraform/packer/packer.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {
       "type": "amazon-ebs",
       "region": "us-east-1",
-      "source_ami": "ami-80861296",
+      "source_ami": "ami-7ad76705",
       "instance_type": "t2.medium",
       "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
       "iam_instance_profile": "packer-builder",
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/shared/config/provision-client.sh b/e2e/terraform/shared/config/provision-client.sh
index 6afdde20845..011eaa304bd 100755
--- a/e2e/terraform/shared/config/provision-client.sh
+++ b/e2e/terraform/shared/config/provision-client.sh
@@ -52,9 +52,42 @@ wget -q -O - \
      https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/v0.8.6/cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v0.8.6.tgz \
     | sudo tar -C /opt/cni/bin -xz
 
+# enable varlink socket (not included in ubuntu package)
+cat > /etc/systemd/system/io.podman.service << EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=Podman Remote API Service
+Requires=io.podman.socket
+After=io.podman.socket
+Documentation=man:podman-varlink(1)
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman varlink unix:%t/podman/io.podman --timeout=60000
+TimeoutStopSec=30
+KillMode=process
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Also=io.podman.socket
+EOF
+
+cat > /etc/systemd/system/io.podman.socket << EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=Podman Remote API Socket
+Documentation=man:podman-varlink(1) https://podman.io/blogs/2019/01/16/podman-varlink.html
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=%t/podman/io.podman
+SocketMode=0600
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target
+EOF
+
 # enable as a systemd service
 sudo cp "$NOMAD_SRC/nomad.service" /etc/systemd/system/nomad.service
 
 sudo systemctl enable nomad.service
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl start io.podman
 sudo systemctl restart nomad.service
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/shared/consul/consul_aws.service b/e2e/terraform/shared/consul/consul_aws.service
index 02931a65aae..4ce8ac8a356 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/shared/consul/consul_aws.service
+++ b/e2e/terraform/shared/consul/consul_aws.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network-online.target
 [Service]
 Restart=on-failure
 Environment=CONSUL_ALLOW_PRIVILEGED_PORTS=true
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/consul agent -config-dir="/etc/consul.d" -dns-port="53" -recursor="172.31.0.2"
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/consul agent -config-dir="/etc/consul.d" -recursor="172.31.0.2"
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 KillSignal=SIGTERM
 User=root
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/shared/consul/consul_azure.service b/e2e/terraform/shared/consul/consul_azure.service
index 3f9b24103cf..252fba77de7 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/shared/consul/consul_azure.service
+++ b/e2e/terraform/shared/consul/consul_azure.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network-online.target
 [Service]
 Restart=on-failure
 Environment=CONSUL_ALLOW_PRIVILEGED_PORTS=true
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/consul agent -config-dir="/etc/consul.d" -dns-port="53" -recursor="168.63.129.16"
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/consul agent -config-dir="/etc/consul.d" -recursor="168.63.129.16"
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 KillSignal=SIGTERM
 User=root
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/client.hcl b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/client.hcl
index 9b20cffb407..07c7ee9850e 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/client.hcl
+++ b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/client.hcl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+plugin_dir = "/opt/nomad/plugins"
+
 client {
   enabled = true
 
@@ -17,6 +19,14 @@ client {
   }
 }
 
+plugin "nomad-driver-podman" {
+  config {
+    volumes {
+      enabled = true
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 vault {
   enabled = true
   address = "http://active.vault.service.consul:8200"
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-0.hcl b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-0.hcl
index 127272508e4..e13ffd37f33 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-0.hcl
+++ b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-0.hcl
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ client {
   }
 }
 
+plugin_dir = "/opt/nomad/plugins"
+plugin "nomad-driver-podman" {
+  config {
+    volumes {
+      enabled = true
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 vault {
   enabled = true
   address = "http://active.vault.service.consul:8200"
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-1.hcl b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-1.hcl
index ddc9e0bbdea..eabc5b878e8 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-1.hcl
+++ b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-1.hcl
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ client {
   }
 }
 
+plugin_dir = "/opt/nomad/plugins"
+plugin "nomad-driver-podman" {
+  config {
+    volumes {
+      enabled = true
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 vault {
   enabled = true
   address = "http://active.vault.service.consul:8200"
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-2.hcl b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-2.hcl
index 3501dc79ae8..38abac09688 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-2.hcl
+++ b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/indexed/client-2.hcl
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ client {
   }
 }
 
+plugin_dir = "/opt/nomad/plugins"
+plugin "nomad-driver-podman" {
+  config {
+    volumes {
+      enabled = true
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 vault {
   enabled = true
   address = "http://active.vault.service.consul:8200"
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/nomad.service b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/nomad.service
index 17eda27b31d..a4ea35a09d2 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/nomad.service
+++ b/e2e/terraform/shared/nomad/nomad.service
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@ LimitNPROC=infinity
 TasksMax=infinity
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2
-
-# systemd>=230 prefer StartLimitIntervalSec,StartLimitBurst in Unit,
-# however Ubuntu 16.04 only has systemd==229. Use these old style settings
-# as they will be supported by newer systemds.
+StartLimitIntervalSec=10
 StartLimitBurst=3
-StartLimitInterval=10
+
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target