diff --git a/pkg/buildah/common.go b/pkg/buildah/common.go
index fe27392053..a0f742ba7a 100644
--- a/pkg/buildah/common.go
+++ b/pkg/buildah/common.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func ResolveMode(mode Mode) Mode {
 	}
 }
 
-func GetOverlayOptions() ([]string, error) {
+func GetFuseOverlayfsOptions() ([]string, error) {
 	fuseOverlayBinPath, err := exec.LookPath("fuse-overlayfs")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("\"fuse-overlayfs\" binary not found in PATH: %s", err)
diff --git a/pkg/buildah/docker_with_fuse.go b/pkg/buildah/docker_with_fuse.go
index e2c51dbbf4..8e2c04eae7 100644
--- a/pkg/buildah/docker_with_fuse.go
+++ b/pkg/buildah/docker_with_fuse.go
@@ -276,11 +276,12 @@ func runStorageContainer(ctx context.Context, name, image string) error {
 func newBuildahCliStoreOptions(driver StorageDriver) (*StoreOptions, error) {
 	var graphDriverOptions []string
 	if driver == StorageDriverOverlay {
-		overlayOpts, err := GetOverlayOptions()
+		fuseOpts, err := GetFuseOverlayfsOptions()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get overlay options: %s", err)
 		}
-		graphDriverOptions = append(graphDriverOptions, overlayOpts...)
+		graphDriverOptions = append(graphDriverOptions, fuseOpts...)
+		graphDriverOptions = append(graphDriverOptions, fmt.Sprintf("%s.ignore_chown_errors=true", StorageDriverOverlay))
 	}
 
 	return &StoreOptions{
diff --git a/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go b/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
index 95ea235502..b87f115dbd 100644
--- a/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containers/storage/drivers/overlay"
+
 	"github.com/containers/buildah"
 	"github.com/containers/buildah/define"
 	"github.com/containers/buildah/imagebuildah"
@@ -360,12 +362,23 @@ func NewNativeStoreOptions(rootlessUID int, driver StorageDriver) (*thirdparty.S
 	}
 
 	var graphDriverOptions []string
-	if driver == StorageDriverOverlay {
-		overlayOpts, err := GetOverlayOptions()
+	switch driver {
+	case StorageDriverOverlay:
+		supportsNative, err := overlay.SupportsNativeOverlay(graphRoot, runRoot)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get overlay options: %s", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to check native overlayfs support: %s", err)
 		}
-		graphDriverOptions = append(graphDriverOptions, overlayOpts...)
+
+		if !supportsNative {
+			fuseOpts, err := GetFuseOverlayfsOptions()
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get fuse overlayfs options: %s", err)
+			}
+
+			graphDriverOptions = append(graphDriverOptions, fuseOpts...)
+		}
+
+		graphDriverOptions = append(graphDriverOptions, fmt.Sprintf("%s.ignore_chown_errors=true", StorageDriverOverlay))
 	}
 
 	return &thirdparty.StoreOptions{