diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 838ed1aec4..0c3dbfd048 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ KERNEL_VERSION=$(uname -r | cut -d '.' -f1)
 KERNEL_MAJOR=$(uname -r | cut -d '.' -f2)
 
 #check if we run inside a container
-IS_CONTAINER=`egrep -c "docker|podman|kubepods" /proc/self/cgroup || true`
+IS_CONTAINER=`egrep -c "docker|podman|kubepods|libpod|buildah" /proc/self/cgroup || true`
 #sudo is not needed when we are root
 if [ "$UID" = 0 ]
 then