diff --git a/Containerfile.bpfman-agent b/Containerfile.bpfman-agent
index 6571a1219..644b0d89c 100644
--- a/Containerfile.bpfman-agent
+++ b/Containerfile.bpfman-agent
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.21 as bpfman-agent-build
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM=linux/amd64
+ARG BUILDPLATFORM=linux/amd64
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/golang:1.21 as bpfman-agent-build
 ARG TARGETOS
-ARG TARGETARCH
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+ARG TARGETARCH=amd64
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/bpfman-operator
 
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=${TARGETOS:-linux} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -mod ven
 
 # Use the fedora minimal image to reduce the size of the final image but still
 # be able to easily install extra packages.
-FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora-minimal
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM quay.io/fedora/fedora-minimal
 ARG DNF_CMD="microdnf"
 
 # The full fedora image can be used for debugging purposes.  To use it, comment
diff --git a/Containerfile.bpfman-operator b/Containerfile.bpfman-operator
index 12a146944..51dc668ea 100644
--- a/Containerfile.bpfman-operator
+++ b/Containerfile.bpfman-operator
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.21 as bpfman-operator-build
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM=linux/amd64
+ARG BUILDPLATFORM=linux/amd64
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/golang:1.21 as bpfman-operator-build
 ARG TARGETOS
-ARG TARGETARCH
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+ARG TARGETARCH=amd64
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/bpfman-operator
 
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=${TARGETOS:-linux} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go build -mod ven
 # The full fedora image can be used for debugging purposes, but you may need to
 # change "microdnf" to "dnf" below to install extra packages.
 # FROM fedora:38
-FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora-minimal
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM quay.io/fedora/fedora-minimal
 ARG TARGETARCH
 WORKDIR /
 COPY --from=bpfman-operator-build /usr/src/bpfman-operator/config/bpfman-deployment/daemonset.yaml ./config/bpfman-deployment/daemonset.yaml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 046ed57e5..00273173f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # - use the VERSION as arg of the bundle target (e.g make bundle VERSION=0.0.2)
 # - use environment variables to overwrite this value (e.g export VERSION=0.0.2)
 VERSION ?= 0.4.1
+MULTIARCH_TARGETS ?= amd64
 
 # CHANNELS define the bundle channels used in the bundle.
 # Add a new line here if you would like to change its default config. (E.g CHANNELS = "candidate,fast,stable")
@@ -71,6 +72,23 @@ endif
 SHELL = /usr/bin/env bash -o pipefail
 .SHELLFLAGS = -ec
 
+# Image building tool (docker / podman)
+# Image building tool (docker / podman) - docker is preferred in CI
+OCI_BIN_PATH := $(shell which docker 2>/dev/null || which podman)
+OCI_BIN ?= $(shell basename ${OCI_BIN_PATH})
+
+# build a single arch target provided as argument
+define build_target
+	echo 'building $(1) for arch $(2)'; \
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) buildx build --load --build-arg TARGETPLATFORM=linux/$(2) --build-arg TARGETARCH=$(2) --build-arg BUILDPLATFORM=linux/amd64 -t  $(1)-$(2) -f $(3) .;
+endef
+
+# push a single arch target image
+define push_target
+	echo 'pushing image $(1)-$(2)'; \
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) push $(1)-$(2);
+endef
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
 
@@ -297,15 +315,35 @@ build: fmt ## Build bpfman-operator and bpfman-agent binaries.
 # (i.e. docker build --platform linux/arm64 ). However, you must enable docker buildKit for it.
 # More info: https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/build_enhancements/
 .PHONY: build-images
-build-images: ## Build bpfman, bpfman-agent, and bpfman-operator images.
-	docker build -t ${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG} -f Containerfile.bpfman-operator ./
-	docker build -t ${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG} -f Containerfile.bpfman-agent ./
+build-images: ## Build bpfman-agent, and bpfman-operator images.
+	trap 'exit' INT; \
+	$(foreach target,$(MULTIARCH_TARGETS),$(call build_target,${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG},$(target),Containerfile.bpfman-operator)) \
+	$(foreach target,$(MULTIARCH_TARGETS),$(call build_target,${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG},$(target),Containerfile.bpfman-agent))
 
 .PHONY: push-images
-push-images: ## Push bpfman, bpfman-agent, bpfman-operator images.
-	docker push ${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG}
-	docker push ${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG}
-	docker push ${BPFMAN_IMG}
+push-images: ## Push bpfman-agent, bpfman-operator images.
+	trap 'exit' INT; \
+	$(foreach target,$(MULTIARCH_TARGETS),$(call push_target,${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG},$(target))) \
+	$(foreach target,$(MULTIARCH_TARGETS),$(call push_target,${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG},$(target)))
+
+.PHONY: manifest-build
+manifest-build: ## Build MULTIARCH_TARGETS manifest for bpfman-operator and bpfman-agent.
+	echo 'building manifest for $(BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG) and $(BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG)'
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) rmi ${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG} -f
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) rmi ${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG} -f
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) manifest create ${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG} $(foreach target,$(MULTIARCH_TARGETS), --amend ${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG}-$(target));
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) manifest create ${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG} $(foreach target,$(MULTIARCH_TARGETS), --amend ${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG}-$(target));
+
+.PHONY: manifest-push
+manifest-push: ## Push MULTIARCH_TARGETS manifest for bpfman-operator and bpfman-agent.
+	@echo 'publish manifest for $(BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG) and $(BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG)'
+ifeq (${OCI_BIN}, docker)
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) manifest push ${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG};
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) manifest push ${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG};
+else
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) manifest push ${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG} docker://${BPFMAN_OPERATOR_IMG};
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(OCI_BIN) manifest push ${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG} docker://${BPFMAN_AGENT_IMG};
+endif
 
 .PHONY: load-images-kind
 load-images-kind: ## Load bpfman, bpfman-agent, and bpfman-operator images into the running local kind devel cluster.