diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 072036cd..a7f96d96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        images: [ubuntu_18.04, ubuntu_20.04, ubuntu_22.04, ubuntu_24.04, centos_7, centos_8, mcr.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/base/core_2.0]
+        images: [ubuntu_18.04, ubuntu_20.04, ubuntu_22.04, ubuntu_24.04, centos_7, centos_8, mcr.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/base/core_2.0, mcr.microsoft.com/azurelinux/base/core_3.0]
         platforms: [linux/amd64, linux/arm64]
         exclude:
           - images: centos_7
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ jobs:
         OS=${BUILD_IMAGE}
         if [[ "${BUILD_IMAGE}" =~ "mcr.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/base/core:" ]]; then
           OS="mariner:${BUILD_IMAGE#mcr.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/base/core:}"
+        elif [[ "${BUILD_IMAGE}" =~ "mcr.microsoft.com/azurelinux/base/core:" ]]; then
+          OS="azurelinux:${BUILD_IMAGE#mcr.microsoft.com/azurelinux/base/core:}"
         fi
         echo "BUILD_IMAGE=${BUILD_IMAGE}"
         echo "OS=${OS}"
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ jobs:
           rm -f releases/overlaybd-*.deb
         elif [[ "${OS}" =~ "mariner" ]]; then
           rm -f releases/overlaybd-*.deb
+        elif [[ "${OS}" =~ "azurelinux" ]]; then
+          rm -f releases/overlaybd-*.deb
         fi
         ls -l releases/
       env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release/build.sh b/.github/workflows/release/build.sh
index 247c6010..2e004b7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release/build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/release/build.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ elif [[ ${OS} =~ "mariner" ]]; then
     yum install -y libaio-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel libnl3-devel e2fsprogs-devel glibc-devel libzstd-devel binutils ca-certificates-microsoft build-essential
     yum install -y rpm-build make git wget sudo tar gcc gcc-c++ autoconf automake libtool
 
+    DISTRO=${OS/:/.}
+    PACKAGE_RELEASE="-DPACKAGE_RELEASE=${RELEASE_NO}.${DISTRO}"
+elif [[ ${OS} =~ "azurelinux" ]]; then
+    tdnf update -y
+    tdnf install -y libaio-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel libnl3-devel e2fsprogs-devel glibc-devel libzstd-devel binutils ca-certificates-microsoft build-essential
+    tdnf install -y rpm-build make git wget sudo tar gcc gcc-c++ autoconf automake libtool
+
     DISTRO=${OS/:/.}
     PACKAGE_RELEASE="-DPACKAGE_RELEASE=${RELEASE_NO}.${DISTRO}"
 fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f45aeee..8b1adab2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ To build overlaybd from source code, the following dependencies are required:
   * CentOS 7/Fedora: `sudo yum install libaio-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel libnl3-devel libzstd-static e2fsprogs-devel`
   * CentOS 8: `sudo yum install libaio-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel libnl3-devel libzstd-devel e2fsprogs-devel`
   * Debian/Ubuntu: `sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libaio-dev libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libgflags-dev libzstd-dev libext2fs-dev`
-  * Mariner: `sudo yum install libaio-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel libnl3-devel e2fsprogs-devel glibc-devel libzstd-devel binutils ca-certificates-microsoft build-essential`
+  * Mariner/AzureLinux: `sudo yum install libaio-devel libcurl-devel openssl-devel libnl3-devel e2fsprogs-devel glibc-devel libzstd-devel binutils ca-certificates-microsoft build-essential`
 
 #### Build