diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f49d789b..5c5fe521 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ DOCKER_PREFIX              := ${LIB_NAME}
 DOCKER_TAG                 := ${DOCKER_PREFIX}-yocto-builder
 DOCKER_SUSE_TAG            := ${DOCKER_PREFIX}-open-suse-env
 DOCKER_PYTHON_TAG          := ${DOCKER_PREFIX}-analyzer
+DOCKER_YOCTO_VM_TAG         := ${DOCKER_PREFIX}-yocto-vm
+DOCKER_SUSE_VM_TAG         := ${DOCKER_PREFIX}-suse-vm
 DOCKER_BUILD_VOLUME        := ${DOCKER_PREFIX}-yocto-build
 DOCKER_DOWNLOADS_VOLUME    := ${DOCKER_PREFIX}-yocto-downloads
 DOCKER_SSTATE_VOLUME       := ${DOCKER_PREFIX}-yocto-sstate
diff --git a/docker/compose.yml b/docker/compose.yml
index a7f1a374..9f5e06f8 100644
--- a/docker/compose.yml
+++ b/docker/compose.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,34 @@ services:
       BUILD_DIR: ${BUILD_DIR}
       POKY_DIR: ${POKY_DIR}
       OS_IMAGE: ${OS_IMAGE}
-      VM_RAM: ${QEMU_VM_RAM}
+      USER: ${USER}
+      GROUP: ${GROUP}
+
+  imgtests-yocto-vm:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: docker/vm-yocto.dockerfile
+      args:
+        USER: ${USER}
+        GROUP: ${GROUP}
+        PASSWORD: ${PASSWORD}
+        POKY_DIR: ${POKY_DIR}
+    image: ${DOCKER_YOCTO_VM_TAG}
+    privileged: true
+    devices:
+      - /dev/kvm
+    volumes:
+      - ${DOCKER_BUILD_VOLUME}:${BUILD_DIR}
+      - ${DOCKER_DOWNLOADS_VOLUME}:${POKY_DIR}/downloads
+      - ${DOCKER_SSTATE_VOLUME}:${POKY_DIR}/sstate-cache
+      - ${HOST_CONF_PATH}/local.conf:${BUILD_DIR}/conf/local.conf
+      - ${HOST_CONF_PATH}/packages.conf:${BUILD_DIR}/conf/packages.conf
+      - ${HOST_CONF_PATH}/added_packages.conf:${BUILD_DIR}/conf/added_packages.conf
+      - ${HOST_LAYERS_PATH}/meta-image-tests:${POKY_DIR}/meta-image-tests
+      - ${HOST_SCRIPTS_PATH}/add-layers.sh:${POKY_DIR}/add-layers.sh
+    environment:
+      BUILD_DIR: ${BUILD_DIR}
+      POKY_DIR: ${POKY_DIR}
+      OS_IMAGE: ${OS_IMAGE}
       CPUS: ${CPUS}
       USER: ${USER}
       GROUP: ${GROUP}
@@ -37,6 +64,9 @@ services:
     networks:
       yocto-network:
         ipv4_address: ${YOCTO_ADDRESS}
+    depends_on:
+      imgtests-yocto:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
 
   imgtests-suse-156:
     build:
@@ -51,13 +81,28 @@ services:
     environment:
       S_USER: ${S_USER}
       PASSWORD: ${PASSWORD}
-      VM_RAM: ${QEMU_VM_RAM}
-      CPUS: ${CPUS}
+    networks:
+      - yocto-network
+
+  imgtests-suse-vm:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: docker/vm-suse.dockerfile
+      args:
+        USER: ${USER}
+    image: ${DOCKER_SUSE_VM_TAG}
+    privileged: true
+    devices:
+      - /dev/kvm
+    volumes:
+      - ${DOCKER_OPENSUSE_VOLUME}:${SUSE_DIR}
+    environment:
       SSH_QEMU_PORT: ${SSH_TO_QEMU_PORT}
       SSH_SUSE_PORT: ${SSH_SUSE_PORT_156}
       SUSE_NE_PORT: ${SUSE_156_NE_PORT}
       DEFAULT_NE_PORT: ${DEFAULT_NE_PORT}
       IPERF3_PORT: ${IPERF3_PORT}
+      VM_RAM: ${QEMU_VM_RAM}
+      CPUS: ${CPUS}
     ports:
       - ${SSH_SUSE_PORT_156}:${SSH_SUSE_PORT_156}
     networks:
diff --git a/docker/image_builder.dockerfile b/docker/image_builder.dockerfile
index e4df2346..dee15e62 100644
--- a/docker/image_builder.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/image_builder.dockerfile
@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ RUN groupadd -g 510 ${GROUP} && \
     echo "${USER}:${PASSWORD}" | chpasswd
 
 USER ${USER}
+
 RUN mkdir --parents ${POKY_DIR} && \
     git clone --depth 1 -b walnascar --recurse-submodules https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky ${POKY_DIR}
+
 WORKDIR ${POKY_DIR}
 
 COPY --chown=${USER}:${GROUP} layers ${POKY_DIR}
-COPY --chown=${USER}:${GROUP} scripts/entrypoint.sh ${POKY_DIR}/
-COPY --chown=${USER}:${GROUP} scripts/cmd_yocto.sh ${POKY_DIR}/
+COPY --chown=${USER}:${GROUP} scripts/entrypoint.sh ${POKY_DIR}
+COPY --chown=${USER}:${GROUP} scripts/cmd_yocto.sh ${POKY_DIR}
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/home/user/poky/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/open-suse.dockerfile b/docker/open-suse.dockerfile
index 189d9519..ac93fdac 100644
--- a/docker/open-suse.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/open-suse.dockerfile
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    qemu-system \
-    qemu-utils \
-    qemu-user-static \
     cloud-init \
     cloud-image-utils \
     wget \
diff --git a/docker/vm-suse.dockerfile b/docker/vm-suse.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6843278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/vm-suse.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+ARG USER
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    SUSE_DIR=/home/${USER}/suse
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    qemu-system \
+    qemu-utils \
+    qemu-user-static
+
+WORKDIR ${SUSE_DIR}
+
+COPY scripts/opensuse/start-vm.sh /start-vm.sh
+RUN chmod +x /start-vm.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/start-vm.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/vm-yocto.dockerfile b/docker/vm-yocto.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fd0be70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/vm-yocto.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+ARG USER
+ARG GROUP
+ARG PASSWORD
+ARG POKY_DIR
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        sudo wget git locales chrpath cpio diffstat gawk \
+        zstd liblz4-tool python3 python3-pip tar gcc make \
+        bzip2 file g++ patch python3-pexpect python3-git \
+        python3-jinja2 python3-subunit screen \
+        libtirpc-dev libtirpc3 pkg-config \
+        qemu qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils \
+        openssh-server && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+    locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+
+RUN groupadd -g 510 ${GROUP} && \
+    groupadd -g 993 kvm && \
+    useradd -rm -d /home/${USER} -s /bin/bash -g ${GROUP} -u 1010 -G sudo,kvm ${USER} && \
+    echo "${USER} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/${USER} && \
+    echo "${USER}:${PASSWORD}" | chpasswd
+
+USER ${USER}
+
+RUN git clone --depth 1 -b walnascar --recurse-submodules https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky ${POKY_DIR}
+
+WORKDIR ${POKY_DIR}
+
+COPY --chown=${USER}:${GROUP} layers ${POKY_DIR}
+COPY --chown=${USER}:${GROUP} scripts/start-vm-yocto.sh ${POKY_DIR}
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/home/user/poky/start-vm-yocto.sh"]
diff --git a/scripts/cmd_yocto.sh b/scripts/cmd_yocto.sh
index 970e2dff..767e454c 100755
--- a/scripts/cmd_yocto.sh
+++ b/scripts/cmd_yocto.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@ set -e
 cd "${POKY_DIR}"
 ./add-layers.sh
 bitbake "${OS_IMAGE}"
-ROOTFS_IMAGE="${POKY_DIR}/build/tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/${OS_IMAGE}-qemux86-64.rootfs.ext4.qcow2"
-
-QB_SLIRP_OPT="-netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::8080-:80,hostfwd=tcp::${SSH_QEMU_PORT}-:${SSH_TO_QEMU_PORT},hostfwd=tcp::${YOCTO_NE_PORT}-:${DEFAULT_NE_PORT},hostfwd=tcp:0.0.0.0:${IPERF3_PORT}-:${IPERF3_PORT},hostfwd=udp:0.0.0.0:${IPERF3_PORT}-:${IPERF3_PORT}" \
-    runqemu qemux86-64 slirp nographic "${ROOTFS_IMAGE}" qemuparams="-monitor tcp:0.0.0.0:4444,server,nowait -smp ${CPUS}"
diff --git a/scripts/opensuse/start-vm.sh b/scripts/opensuse/start-vm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5e942a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/opensuse/start-vm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+cd "${SUSE_DIR}"
+
+echo "Waiting for OpenSUSE image to be ready..."
+while true; do
+    for img in open-suse-*.ready.qcow2; do
+        [ -f "$img" ] && IMAGE="$img" && break 2
+    done
+    sleep 10
+done
+
+exec qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m "${VM_RAM}" -smp "${CPUS}" -nographic \
+    -monitor tcp:0.0.0.0:4444,server,nowait \
+    -drive file="$IMAGE",index=0,media=disk \
+    -cdrom cloud-init.iso \
+    -net user,hostfwd=tcp::"${SSH_SUSE_PORT}"-:"${SSH_QEMU_PORT}",hostfwd=tcp::"${SUSE_NE_PORT}"-:"${DEFAULT_NE_PORT}",hostfwd=tcp:0.0.0.0:"${IPERF3_PORT}"-:"${IPERF3_PORT}",hostfwd=udp:0.0.0.0:"${IPERF3_PORT}"-:"${IPERF3_PORT}" \
+    -net nic
diff --git a/scripts/opensuse/suse-compose.sh b/scripts/opensuse/suse-compose.sh
index 60959d06..9e3d2877 100755
--- a/scripts/opensuse/suse-compose.sh
+++ b/scripts/opensuse/suse-compose.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,4 @@ set -e
 
 ./scripts/download_images.py "$1"
 ./scripts/cloud-setup.sh "${S_USER}" "${PASSWORD}"
-CPUS=4
-qemu-system-x86_64 -m "${VM_RAM}" -smp "${CPUS}" -nographic -monitor tcp:0.0.0.0:4444,server,nowait -drive file=open-suse-"$1".ready.qcow2,index=0,media=disk \
-				   -cdrom cloud-init.iso -net user,hostfwd=tcp::"${SSH_SUSE_PORT}"-:"${SSH_QEMU_PORT}",hostfwd=tcp::"${SUSE_NE_PORT}"-:"${DEFAULT_NE_PORT}",hostfwd=tcp:0.0.0.0:"${IPERF3_PORT}"-:"${IPERF3_PORT}",hostfwd=udp:0.0.0.0:"${IPERF3_PORT}"-:"${IPERF3_PORT}" -net nic
+echo "Image is ready. VM will be started by imgtests-suse-vm container."
diff --git a/scripts/start-vm-yocto.sh b/scripts/start-vm-yocto.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cd649b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start-vm-yocto.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+rm -rf /home/user/poky/meta-openjdk-temurin/recipes-java/helloworld-java
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "/home/user/poky/oe-init-build-env" "/home/user/poky/build"
+
+ROOTFS_IMAGE="${POKY_DIR}/build/tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/${OS_IMAGE}-qemux86-64.rootfs.ext4.qcow2"
+
+QB_SLIRP_OPT="-netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::8080-:80,hostfwd=tcp::${SSH_QEMU_PORT}-:${SSH_TO_QEMU_PORT},hostfwd=tcp::${YOCTO_NE_PORT}-:${DEFAULT_NE_PORT},hostfwd=tcp:0.0.0.0:${IPERF3_PORT}-:${IPERF3_PORT},hostfwd=udp:0.0.0.0:${IPERF3_PORT}-:${IPERF3_PORT}" \
+    runqemu qemux86-64 kvm slirp nographic "${ROOTFS_IMAGE}" qemuparams="-monitor tcp:0.0.0.0:4444,server,nowait -smp ${CPUS}"