diff --git a/src/librc/librc.c b/src/librc/librc.c
index 97445aad9..ba5a4f574 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc.c
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ detect_container(const char *systype RC_UNUSED)
 		return RC_SYS_RKT;
 	else if (file_regex("/proc/1/environ", "container=systemd-nspawn"))
 		return RC_SYS_SYSTEMD_NSPAWN;
-	else if (exists("/.dockerenv"))
-		return RC_SYS_DOCKER;
 	else if (exists("/run/.containerenv"))
 		return RC_SYS_PODMAN;
+	else if (exists("/.dockerenv"))
+		return RC_SYS_DOCKER;
 	/* old test, I'm not sure when this was valid. */
 	else if (file_regex("/proc/1/environ", "container=docker"))
 		return RC_SYS_DOCKER;