diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9576827c01bb..e09f760abe28 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ docker-multi-arch-builder:
 	env $(X_BUILD_ENV) docker buildx rm --builder $(X_DOCKER_BUILDER) || true
 	env $(X_BUILD_ENV) docker buildx create --name $(X_DOCKER_BUILDER) --buildkitd-flags '--debug' || true
 
-KICBASE_ARCH = linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/s390x
+KICBASE_ARCH ?= linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/s390x,linux/arm,linux/ppc64le
 KICBASE_IMAGE_GCR ?= $(REGISTRY)/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION)
 KICBASE_IMAGE_HUB ?= kicbase/stable:$(KIC_VERSION)
 KICBASE_IMAGE_REGISTRIES ?= $(KICBASE_IMAGE_GCR) $(KICBASE_IMAGE_HUB)
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index f3dcc21ac1ea..611245bf7f60 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -1267,25 +1267,30 @@ func validateDiskSize(diskSize string) error {
 }
 
 // validateRuntime validates the supplied runtime
-func validateRuntime(runtime string) error {
+func validateRuntime(rtime string) error {
 	validOptions := cruntime.ValidRuntimes()
 	// `crio` is accepted as an alternative spelling to `cri-o`
 	validOptions = append(validOptions, constants.CRIO)
 
 	var validRuntime bool
 	for _, option := range validOptions {
-		if runtime == option {
+		if rtime == option {
 			validRuntime = true
 		}
 
 		// Convert `cri-o` to `crio` as the K8s config uses the `crio` spelling
-		if runtime == "cri-o" {
+		if rtime == "cri-o" {
 			viper.Set(containerRuntime, constants.CRIO)
 		}
+
+	}
+
+	if (rtime == "crio" || rtime == "cri-o") && (strings.HasPrefix(runtime.GOARCH, "ppc64") || detect.RuntimeArch() == "arm" || strings.HasPrefix(detect.RuntimeArch(), "arm/")) {
+		return errors.Errorf("The %s runtime is not compatible with the %s architecture. See https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/issues/2467 for more details.", rtime, runtime.GOARCH)
 	}
 
 	if !validRuntime {
-		return errors.Errorf("Invalid Container Runtime: %s. Valid runtimes are: %s", runtime, cruntime.ValidRuntimes())
+		return errors.Errorf("Invalid Container Runtime: %s. Valid runtimes are: %s", rtime, cruntime.ValidRuntimes())
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 4c6c9e363d7d..b5e713c2765b 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ RUN clean-install \
     fuse3
 
 # install docker
-RUN sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list" && \
+# use the bionic packages for arm32
+RUN export ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture | sed 's/armhf/arm-v7/') && \
+    if [ "$ARCH" == "arm-v7" ]; then export DIST="bionic"; else export DIST="focal"; fi && \
+    sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu ${DIST} stable' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list" && \
     curl -L https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o docker.key && \
     apt-key add - < docker.key && \
     clean-install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
@@ -159,19 +162,26 @@ RUN export ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture | sed 's/ppc64el/ppc64le/' | sed 's/
     && systemctl enable buildkit.socket
 
 # Install cri-o/podman dependencies:
-RUN sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.list" && \
+RUN export ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture | sed 's/ppc64el/ppc64le/') && \
+    sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.list" && \
     curl -LO https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key && \
     apt-key add - < Release.key && \
-    clean-install containers-common catatonit conmon containernetworking-plugins cri-tools podman-plugins crun
+    if [ "$ARCH" != "ppc64le" ]; then \
+    	clean-install containers-common catatonit conmon containernetworking-plugins cri-tools podman-plugins crun; \
+    else \
+    	clean-install containers-common conmon containernetworking-plugins crun; \
+    fi
 
 # install cri-o based on https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/release-1.22/README.md#installing-cri-o
-RUN sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable:/cri-o:/${CRIO_VERSION}/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable:cri-o:${CRIO_VERSION}.list" && \
+RUN export ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture | sed 's/ppc64el/ppc64le/' | sed 's/armhf/arm-v7/') && \
+    if [ "$ARCH" != "ppc64le" ] && [ "$ARCH" != "arm-v7" ]; then sh -c "echo 'deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable:/cri-o:/${CRIO_VERSION}/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable:cri-o:${CRIO_VERSION}.list" && \
     curl -LO https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable:/cri-o:/${CRIO_VERSION}/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key && \
     apt-key add - < Release.key && \
-    clean-install cri-o cri-o-runc
+    clean-install cri-o cri-o-runc; fi
 
 # install podman
-RUN sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.list" && \
+RUN export ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture | sed 's/ppc64el/ppc64le/') && \
+    if [ "$ARCH" != "ppc64le" ]; then sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.list" && \
     curl -LO https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key && \
     apt-key add - < Release.key && \
     clean-install podman && \
@@ -181,7 +191,7 @@ RUN sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/lib
            > /etc/systemd/system/podman.socket.d/override.conf && \
     mkdir -p /etc/tmpfiles.d && \
     echo "d /run/podman 0770 root podman" > /etc/tmpfiles.d/podman.conf && \
-    systemd-tmpfiles --create
+    systemd-tmpfiles --create; fi
 
 # automount service
 COPY deploy/kicbase/automount/minikube-automount /usr/sbin/minikube-automount
@@ -195,9 +205,14 @@ COPY deploy/kicbase/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop.service /usr/lib/syst
 RUN  chmod +x /var/lib/minikube/scheduled-stop/minikube-scheduled-stop
 
 # disable non-docker runtimes by default
-RUN systemctl disable containerd && systemctl disable crio && rm /etc/crictl.yaml
+RUN systemctl disable containerd
+# disable crio for archs that support it
+RUN export ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture | sed 's/ppc64el/ppc64le/' | sed 's/armhf/arm-v7/') && \
+    if [ "$ARCH" != "ppc64le" ] && [ "$ARCH" != "arm-v7" ]; then systemctl disable crio && rm /etc/crictl.yaml; fi
+# enable podman socket on archs that support it
+RUN export ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture | sed 's/ppc64el/ppc64le/') && if [ "$ARCH" != "ppc64le" ]; then systemctl enable podman.socket; fi
 # enable docker which is default
-RUN systemctl enable docker.service && systemctl enable podman.socket
+RUN systemctl enable docker.service 
 # making SSH work for docker container 
 # based on https://github.com/rastasheep/ubuntu-sshd/blob/master/18.04/Dockerfile
 RUN mkdir /var/run/sshd
@@ -216,7 +231,7 @@ EXPOSE 22
 # create docker user for minikube ssh. to match VM using "docker" as username
 RUN adduser --ingroup docker --disabled-password --gecos '' docker 
 RUN adduser docker sudo
-RUN adduser docker podman
+RUN export ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture | sed 's/ppc64el/ppc64le/') && if [ "$ARCH" != "ppc64le" ]; then adduser docker podman; fi
 RUN adduser docker buildkit
 RUN echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
 USER docker
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
index d8e16e1c157b..58c36f424f86 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// Version is the current version of kic
-	Version = "v0.0.28-1638824847-13104"
+	Version = "v0.0.28-1639515145-13124"
 	// SHA of the kic base image
-	baseImageSHA = "a90edc66cae8cca35685dce007b915405a2ba91d903f99f7d8f79cd9d1faabab"
+	baseImageSHA = "50a7fba584fcd78435535ec8407fa75d58db1612175b13fd473300d522f7ac80"
 	// The name of the GCR kicbase repository
 	gcrRepo = "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds"
 	// The name of the Dockerhub kicbase repository
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_darwin.go b/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_darwin.go
index 9153e9e79d1b..195f9841c0af 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/driver/driver_darwin.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package driver
 import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // supportedDrivers is a list of supported drivers on Darwin.
@@ -31,6 +32,18 @@ var supportedDrivers = func() []string {
 			SSH,
 		}
 	}
+	// PowerPC does not support podman
+	if strings.HasPrefix(runtime.GOARCH, "ppc") {
+		return []string{
+			VirtualBox,
+			Parallels,
+			VMwareFusion,
+			HyperKit,
+			VMware,
+			Docker,
+			SSH,
+		}
+	}
 	return []string{
 		VirtualBox,
 		Parallels,
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
index 382cb8aba6b5..f2cb929daad5 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ minikube start [flags]
       --apiserver-names strings           A set of apiserver names which are used in the generated certificate for kubernetes.  This can be used if you want to make the apiserver available from outside the machine
       --apiserver-port int                The apiserver listening port (default 8443)
       --auto-update-drivers               If set, automatically updates drivers to the latest version. Defaults to true. (default true)
-      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.28-1638824847-13104@sha256:a90edc66cae8cca35685dce007b915405a2ba91d903f99f7d8f79cd9d1faabab")
+      --base-image string                 The base image to use for docker/podman drivers. Intended for local development. (default "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase-builds:v0.0.28-1639515145-13124@sha256:50a7fba584fcd78435535ec8407fa75d58db1612175b13fd473300d522f7ac80")
       --cache-images                      If true, cache docker images for the current bootstrapper and load them into the machine. Always false with --driver=none. (default true)
       --cert-expiration duration          Duration until minikube certificate expiration, defaults to three years (26280h). (default 26280h0m0s)
       --cni string                        CNI plug-in to use. Valid options: auto, bridge, calico, cilium, flannel, kindnet, or path to a CNI manifest (default: auto)