diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8d66047..91afdd6 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ docker_install_compose: true
 docker_compose_version: "1.26.0"
 docker_compose_path: /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 
+# Rootless Docker options. Systemd only.
+docker_install_rootless: false
+# the service-enabling currently uses symlinks, not systemd
+docker_rootless_service_enabled: true
+# A list of users, which get the docker systemd unitfiles
+docker_rootless_users:
+  - nonroot_docker
+
 # Used only for Debian/Ubuntu. Switch 'stable' to 'nightly' if needed.
 docker_apt_release_channel: stable
 docker_apt_arch: amd64
diff --git a/tasks/docker-rootless.yml b/tasks/docker-rootless.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d051b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/docker-rootless.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure Docker is stopped and disabled as root (only rootless mode)
+  service:
+    name: docker
+    state: stopped
+    enabled: no
+
+- name: Install rootless-packages
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name:
+      - uidmap
+      - docker-{{ docker_edition }}-rootless-extras
+    state: present
+
+- name: Ensure User(s) for rootless mode
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    state: present
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+  register: docker_rootless_users_details
+  with_items: "{{ docker_rootless_users }}"
+
+- name: Ensure Parent Directories
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: '{{ item.home }}/.config/systemd/user'
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0700
+    owner: '{{ item.uid }}'
+    group: '{{ item.group }}'
+  with_items: '{{ docker_rootless_users_details.results }}'
+
+- name: 'Create Systemd Unitfile for each user'
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: '{{ item.home }}/.config/systemd/user/docker.service'
+    owner: '{{ item.uid }}'
+    group: '{{ item.group }}'
+    mode: 0600
+    backup: true
+    content: |
+      [Unit]
+      Description=Docker Application Container Engine (Rootless)
+      Documentation=https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/rootless/
+
+      [Service]
+      Environment=PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/snap/bin:/home/steffen/bin/:/home/steffen/bin/:/home/steffen/.local/bin/
+      ExecStart=/bin/dockerd-rootless.sh
+      ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+      TimeoutSec=0
+      RestartSec=2
+      Restart=always
+      StartLimitBurst=3
+      StartLimitInterval=60s
+      LimitNOFILE=infinity
+      LimitNPROC=infinity
+      LimitCORE=infinity
+      TasksMax=infinity
+      Delegate=yes
+      Type=simple
+
+      [Install]
+      WantedBy=default.target
+  with_items: "{{ docker_rootless_users_details.results }}"
+
+# It's not possible to enable service in user context, since ansible does not login via pam.d but switches users via sudo
+# see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/50272, thus we manually create the link and hope the best.
+- name: Create folder for default.target
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: '{{ item.home }}/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants'
+    state: directory
+  with_items: '{{ docker_rootless_users_details.results }}'
+  when: docker_rootless_service_enabled
+
+- name: Create link to enable service
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: '{{ item.home }}/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/docker.service'
+    src: '{{ item.home }}/.config/systemd/user/docker.service'
+    state: link
+  with_items: '{{ docker_rootless_users_details.results }}'
+  when: docker_rootless_service_enabled
+
+- name: 'Linger users'
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    name: '/var/lib/systemd/linger/{{ item.name }}'
+    state: touch
+  with_items: '{{ docker_rootless_users_details.results }}'
+  when: docker_rootless_service_enabled
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 56449ef..13d04f4 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     name: docker
     state: "{{ docker_service_state }}"
     enabled: "{{ docker_service_enabled }}"
+  when: 'not docker_install_rootless'
 
 - name: Ensure handlers are notified now to avoid firewall conflicts.
   meta: flush_handlers
@@ -25,3 +26,6 @@
 
 - include_tasks: docker-users.yml
   when: docker_users | length > 0
+
+- include_tasks: docker-rootless.yml
+  when: docker_install_rootless | bool