diff --git a/hack/markdownlint.sh b/hack/markdownlint.sh
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+++ b/hack/markdownlint.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eux
+
+IS_CONTAINER=${IS_CONTAINER:-false}
+
+if [ "${IS_CONTAINER}" != "false" ]; then
+  TOP_DIR="${1:-.}"
+  find "${TOP_DIR}" -path ./vendor -prune -o -name '*.md' -exec mdl --style all --warnings {} \+
+else
+  podman run --rm \
+    --env IS_CONTAINER=TRUE \
+    --volume "${PWD}:/workdir:ro,z" \
+    --entrypoint sh \
+    --workdir /workdir \
+    registry.hub.docker.com/pipelinecomponents/markdownlint:latest \
+    /workdir/hack/markdownlint.sh "${@}"
+fi;