diff --git a/container/runner.Dockerfile b/container/runner.Dockerfile
index 5c4ae30..0859d7d 100644
--- a/container/runner.Dockerfile
+++ b/container/runner.Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 FROM ghcr.io/spiffe/spire-agent:1.15.3@sha256:41b0dcd8b258a69db9e2768292a060766fb76fd866e4bc925849981ea1b825ff AS spire
 
-FROM docker.io/gitea/runner:3.5.0@sha256:66b7da94dc7dcadb2e076bec6928221336a9a637196399281c4b766fe1288242
+FROM docker.io/gitea/runner:3.5.0@sha256:66b7da94dc7dcadb2e076bec6928221336a9a637196399281c4b766fe1288242 AS runner
+
+# The runner daemon image is intentionally minimal and does not contain the
+# Node.js runtime required by JavaScript actions such as actions/checkout.
+# Run the daemon in Gitea's Ubuntu workflow image so host-mode jobs and their
+# actions share a GitHub Actions-compatible userspace.
+FROM docker.io/gitea/runner-images:ubuntu-latest@sha256:fd911d7417bfbf0f454530e447da95b58001e1df41bbc5e1a8dd35d432575aae
 USER root
+
+COPY --from=runner /usr/local/bin/gitea-runner /usr/local/bin/gitea-runner
+COPY --from=runner /usr/local/bin/run.sh /usr/local/bin/run.sh
 COPY --from=spire /opt/spire/bin/spire-agent /opt/spire/bin/spire-agent
 COPY config/runner.yaml /etc/gitea-runner/config.yaml
-COPY scripts/gitea-job-started /usr/local/libexec/gitea-job-started
-RUN chmod 0755 /usr/local/libexec/gitea-job-started
+COPY --chmod=0755 scripts/gitea-job-started /usr/local/libexec/gitea-job-started
+
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+WORKDIR /
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/run.sh"]