diff --git a/roles/element/README.md b/roles/element/README.md
index 9cfadf0..c7d97a1 100644
--- a/roles/element/README.md
+++ b/roles/element/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Deploy the [element web-app](https://element.io/)
 using the following supported methods by setting `element_deployment_method` to it:
 
 - [`docker` (docs)](docs/docker.md) (default)
+- `podman`
 
 Planned deployment methods:
 
-- `podman`
 - `tarball`
 - `nginx`
 - `apache2`
diff --git a/roles/element/tasks/deploy-podman.yml b/roles/element/tasks/deploy-podman.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa49b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/element/tasks/deploy-podman.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure container image '{{ element_container_image }}' is {{ element_state }} locally
+  containers.podman.podman_image:
+    name: "{{ element_container_image }}"
+    state: "{{ element_state }}"
+    pull: "{{ element_container_source == 'pull' }}"
+    force: "{{ element_container_image_tag | default(false, true) }}"
+
+- name: Ensure container '{{ element_container_name }}' is {{ element_state }}
+  containers.podman.podman_container:
+    name: "{{ element_container_name }}"
+    image: "{{ element_container_image }}"
+    state: "{{ (element_state == 'present') | ternary('started', 'absent') }}"
+    env: "{{ element_container_env | default(omit) }}"
+    user: "{{ element_container_user }}"
+    ports: "{{ element_container_ports | default(omit) }}"
+    labels: "{{ element_container_labels | default(omit) }}"
+    volumes: "{{ element_container_full_volumes }}"
+    network: "{{ element_container_networks | default(omit) }}"
+    hostname: "{{ element_container_hostname | default(omit) }}"
+    etc_hosts: "{{ element_container_etc_hosts | default(omit) }}"
+    restart_policy: "{{ element_container_restart_policy }}"
diff --git a/roles/element/vars/main.yml b/roles/element/vars/main.yml
index bcb8394..c8d3bc7 100644
--- a/roles/element/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/element/vars/main.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ element_state:
 
 element_deployment_methods:
   - docker
+  - podman