diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 481c0e531..9bbdaac42 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /images/arch       @Foxboron
 /images/rhel       @debarshiray @olivergs
 /images/ubuntu     @Jmennius
+/playbooks/arch    @Foxboron
diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index f52971248..f0dce0fc1 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,39 @@
     pre-run: playbooks/setup-env-restricted.yaml
     run: playbooks/unit-test.yaml
 
+- job:
+    name: system-test-arch-commands-options
+    description: Run Toolbx's commands-options system tests on Arch Linux
+    timeout: 6300
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: arch
+          label: arch-linux
+    pre-run: playbooks/arch/setup.yaml
+    run: playbooks/system-test-commands-options.yaml
+
+- job:
+    name: system-test-arch-runtime-environment-arch-fedora
+    description: Run Toolbx's (arch-fedora,runtime-environment) system tests on Arch Linux
+    timeout: 6300
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: arch
+          label: arch-linux
+    pre-run: playbooks/arch/setup.yaml
+    run: playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-arch-fedora.yaml
+
+- job:
+    name: system-test-arch-runtime-environment-ubuntu
+    description: Run Toolbx's (runtime-environment,ubuntu) system tests on Arch Linux
+    timeout: 6300
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: arch
+          label: arch-linux
+    pre-run: playbooks/arch/setup.yaml
+    run: playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-ubuntu.yaml
+
 - job:
     name: system-test-fedora-rawhide-commands-options
     description: Run Toolbx's commands-options system tests in Fedora Rawhide
@@ -183,6 +216,9 @@
 - project:
     periodic:
       jobs:
+        - system-test-arch-commands-options
+        - system-test-arch-runtime-environment-arch-fedora
+        - system-test-arch-runtime-environment-ubuntu
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-commands-options
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-runtime-environment-arch-fedora
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-runtime-environment-ubuntu
@@ -200,6 +236,9 @@
         - unit-test
         - unit-test-migration-path-for-coreos-toolbox
         - unit-test-restricted
+        - system-test-arch-commands-options
+        - system-test-arch-runtime-environment-arch-fedora
+        - system-test-arch-runtime-environment-ubuntu
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-commands-options
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-runtime-environment-arch-fedora
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-runtime-environment-ubuntu
@@ -217,6 +256,9 @@
         - unit-test
         - unit-test-migration-path-for-coreos-toolbox
         - unit-test-restricted
+        - system-test-arch-commands-options
+        - system-test-arch-runtime-environment-arch-fedora
+        - system-test-arch-runtime-environment-ubuntu
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-commands-options
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-runtime-environment-arch-fedora
         - system-test-fedora-rawhide-runtime-environment-ubuntu
diff --git a/playbooks/arch/dependencies.yaml b/playbooks/arch/dependencies.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddd316c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/arch/dependencies.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#
+# Copyright © 2024 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+- name: Install Arch Linux packages
+  become: yes
+  package:
+    name:
+      - apache
+      - bash-completion
+      - bats
+      - codespell
+      - crun
+      - fish
+      - flatpak
+      - gcc
+      - go
+      - go-md2man
+      - meson
+      - ninja
+      - openssl
+      - pkgconf
+      - podman
+      - shadow
+      - shellcheck
+      - skopeo
+      - systemd
+      - udisks2
+    update_cache: "{{ true if zuul.attempts > 1 else false }}"
+
+- name: Download Go modules
+  command: go mod download -x
+  args:
+    chdir: '{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}/src'
+
+- name: Initialize Git submodules
+  command: git submodule init
+  args:
+    chdir: '{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}'
+
+- name: Update Git submodules
+  command: git submodule update
+  args:
+    chdir: '{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}'
+
+- name: Check versions of crucial packages
+  command: pacman --query bash bats codespell conmon containers-common crun flatpak gcc glibc go go-md2man linux podman shadow shellcheck skopeo
+
+- name: Show Podman version
+  command: podman version
+
+- name: Show Podman related system information
+  command: podman info --debug
diff --git a/playbooks/arch/setup.yaml b/playbooks/arch/setup.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf466dadf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/arch/setup.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Copyright © 2021 – 2024 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+---
+- hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - include_tasks: dependencies.yaml
+
+    - name: Set up build directory
+      command: meson setup --fatal-meson-warnings builddir
+      args:
+        chdir: '{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}'
diff --git a/test/system/102-list.bats b/test/system/102-list.bats
index 9876c3dd8..b37093d33 100644
--- a/test/system/102-list.bats
+++ b/test/system/102-list.bats
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ teardown() {
   if [ "$system_id" = "fedora" ]; then
     assert_line --index 1 --partial "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:34"
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "$default_image"
-  elif [ "$system_id" = "ubuntu" ]; then
+  elif [ "$system_id" = "arch" ] || [ "$system_id" = "ubuntu" ]; then
     assert_line --index 1 --partial "$default_image"
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:34"
   else
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ teardown() {
 
   assert_success
 
-  if [ "$system_id" = "fedora" ]; then
+  if [ "$system_id" = "arch" ] || [ "$system_id" = "fedora" ]; then
     assert_line --index 1 --partial "$default_container"
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "non-default-one"
     assert_line --index 3 --partial "non-default-two"
@@ -438,14 +438,14 @@ teardown() {
   if [ "$system_id" = "fedora" ]; then
     assert_line --index 1 --partial "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:34"
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "$default_image"
-  elif [ "$system_id" = "ubuntu" ]; then
+  elif [ "$system_id" = "arch" ] || [ "$system_id" = "ubuntu" ]; then
     assert_line --index 1 --partial "$default_image"
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:34"
   else
     fail "Define output for $system_id"
   fi
 
-  if [ "$system_id" = "fedora" ]; then
+  if [ "$system_id" = "arch" ] || [ "$system_id" = "fedora" ]; then
     assert_line --index 5 --partial "$default_container"
     assert_line --index 6 --partial "non-default-one"
     assert_line --index 7 --partial "non-default-two"
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ teardown() {
   if [ "$system_id" = "fedora" ]; then
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:34"
     assert_line --index 3 --partial "$default_image"
-  elif [ "$system_id" = "ubuntu" ]; then
+  elif [ "$system_id" = "arch" ] || [ "$system_id" = "ubuntu" ]; then
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "$default_image"
     assert_line --index 3 --partial "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:34"
   else
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ teardown() {
   if [ "$system_id" = "fedora" ]; then
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:34"
     assert_line --index 3 --partial "$default_image"
-  elif [ "$system_id" = "ubuntu" ]; then
+  elif [ "$system_id" = "arch" ] || [ "$system_id" = "ubuntu" ]; then
     assert_line --index 2 --partial "$default_image"
     assert_line --index 3 --partial "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:34"
   else
diff --git a/test/system/203-network.bats b/test/system/203-network.bats
index 4f484f52d..e29cdeab4 100644
--- a/test/system/203-network.bats
+++ b/test/system/203-network.bats
@@ -69,7 +69,13 @@ teardown() {
   run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBX" run readlink /etc/resolv.conf
 
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if [ "${lines[0]}" = "/run/host/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" ]; then
+    skip "host has absolute symlink"
+  else
+    assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+  fi
+
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
@@ -83,7 +89,13 @@ teardown() {
   run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBX" run --distro arch readlink /etc/resolv.conf
 
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if [ "${lines[0]}" = "/run/host/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" ]; then
+    skip "host has absolute symlink"
+  else
+    assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+  fi
+
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
@@ -97,7 +109,13 @@ teardown() {
   run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBX" run --distro fedora --release 34 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
 
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if [ "${lines[0]}" = "/run/host/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" ]; then
+    skip "host has absolute symlink"
+  else
+    assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+  fi
+
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
@@ -111,7 +129,13 @@ teardown() {
   run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBX" run --distro rhel --release 8.10 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
 
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if [ "${lines[0]}" = "/run/host/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" ]; then
+    skip "host has absolute symlink"
+  else
+    assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+  fi
+
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
@@ -125,7 +149,13 @@ teardown() {
   run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 16.04 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
 
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if [ "${lines[0]}" = "/run/host/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" ]; then
+    skip "host has absolute symlink"
+  else
+    assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+  fi
+
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
@@ -139,7 +169,13 @@ teardown() {
   run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 18.04 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
 
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if [ "${lines[0]}" = "/run/host/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" ]; then
+    skip "host has absolute symlink"
+  else
+    assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+  fi
+
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
@@ -153,7 +189,13 @@ teardown() {
   run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 20.04 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
 
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if [ "${lines[0]}" = "/run/host/run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" ]; then
+    skip "host has absolute symlink"
+  else
+    assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+  fi
+
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154