diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-publish-containers.yml b/.github/workflows/build-publish-containers.yml
index e774708..bb2652b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-publish-containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-publish-containers.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           - rockylinux-8.5
           - rockylinux-8.6
           - rockylinux-8.7
+          - rockylinux-8.8
           - rockylinux-9.0
           - rockylinux-9.1
           - almalinux-8.6
@@ -96,4 +97,3 @@ jobs:
           push: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'main' }}
           cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
 
-      
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2149d22..05ce8ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Containers for testing EasyBuild, built automatically for `x86_64` and `aarch64`
 * `rockylinux-8.5`: [recipe](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/blob/main/rockylinux-8.5/Dockerfile), [image @ ghcr.io](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/pkgs/container/rockylinux-8.5)
 * `rockylinux-8.6`: [recipe](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/blob/main/rockylinux-8.6/Dockerfile), [image @ ghcr.io](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/pkgs/container/rockylinux-8.6)
 * `rockylinux-8.7`: [recipe](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/blob/main/rockylinux-8.7/Dockerfile), [image @ ghcr.io](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/pkgs/container/rockylinux-8.7)
+* `rockylinux-8.8`: [recipe](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/blob/main/rockylinux-8.8/Dockerfile), [image @ ghcr.io](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/pkgs/container/rockylinux-8.8)
 * `rockylinux-9.0`: [recipe](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/blob/main/rockylinux-9.0/Dockerfile), [image @ ghcr.io](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/pkgs/container/rockylinux-9.0)
 * `rockylinux-9.1`: [recipe](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/blob/main/rockylinux-9.1/Dockerfile), [image @ ghcr.io](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/pkgs/container/rockylinux-9.1)
 * `ubuntu-20.04`: [recipe](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/blob/main/ubuntu-20.04/Dockerfile), [image @ ghcr.io](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-containers/pkgs/container/ubuntu-20.04)
diff --git a/rockylinux-8.8/Dockerfile b/rockylinux-8.8/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c8d9e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rockylinux-8.8/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FROM rockylinux:8.8
+RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash easybuild
+# enable PowerTools repository, required by Lmod in EPEL
+RUN dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core && dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools \
+&& dnf -y install epel-release && dnf -y install python3 Lmod
+# glibc-langpack-en provides locale stuff (for en_US.UTF-8)
+RUN dnf -y install bzip2 curl diffutils file findutils gcc-c++ git glibc-langpack-en gzip make openssl openssl-devel rdma-core-devel patch sudo tar unzip which xz
+RUN python3 -m pip install archspec