diff --git a/dbld/builddeps b/dbld/builddeps
index 5f2e0083a4..ef7f79e0f6 100755
--- a/dbld/builddeps
+++ b/dbld/builddeps
@@ -113,8 +113,15 @@ function add_copr_repo {
     # PIP installation later.
     case "${OS_DISTRIBUTION}" in
         centos|almalinux)
-            $YUM_INSTALL yum-plugin-copr
-            yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
+            case "${OS_DISTRIBUTION_CODE_NAME}" in
+                8)
+                    $YUM_INSTALL yum-plugin-copr
+                    yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
+                ;;
+                9)
+                    dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
+                ;;
+            esac
             ;;
         fedora)
             $DNF_INSTALL -y dnf-plugins-core
diff --git a/dbld/images/almalinux-9.dockerfile b/dbld/images/almalinux-9.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd8cc8d085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbld/images/almalinux-9.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+FROM almalinux:9
+LABEL maintainer="Laszlo Varady <laszlo.varady@axoflow.com>, Balazs Scheidler <balazs.scheidler@axoflow.com>"
+ENV OS_DISTRIBUTION=almalinux
+ENV OS_DISTRIBUTION_CODE_NAME=9
+
+ARG ARG_IMAGE_PLATFORM
+ARG COMMIT
+ENV IMAGE_PLATFORM ${ARG_IMAGE_PLATFORM}
+LABEL COMMIT=${COMMIT}
+
+COPY images/entrypoint.sh /
+COPY . /dbld/
+
+RUN /dbld/builddeps install_dbld_dependencies
+RUN /dbld/builddeps add_epel_repo
+RUN /dbld/builddeps add_copr_repo
+RUN /dbld/builddeps install_yum_packages
+RUN /dbld/builddeps install_rpm_build_deps
+
+RUN /dbld/builddeps install_criterion
+
+VOLUME /source
+VOLUME /build
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/dbld/rules b/dbld/rules
index 63ea95849b..07d0946533 100755
--- a/dbld/rules
+++ b/dbld/rules
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 BUILDER_IMAGES=		\
 	almalinux-8	\
+	almalinux-9	\
 	fedora-39	\
 	debian-stretch	\
 	debian-bullseye	\