diff --git a/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
index 529d516..b3c39c0 100644
--- a/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 ---
 # tasks file for roles/podman
 
+- name: Ensure Ansible community.general collection is installed
+  ansible.builtin.command: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
+  changed_when: false
+  # This is necessary to use the community.general.podman_container module.
+  # We set changed_when: false because the command itself reports changes, but we manage idempotency at the task level.
+
 - name: Ensure NFS client utilities are installed
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name: nfs-common