diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 23235569..50e2528b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -389,3 +389,81 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@master
         with:
           context: .
+
+  standalone-kubernetes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      -
+        name: Uninstall moby
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get purge -y '^moby-.*' containernetworking-plugins buildah podman
+      -
+        name: Install containerd
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -y
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --allow-downgrades containerd
+      -
+        name: Set up containerd
+        run: |
+          sudo mkdir -p /mnt/containerd
+          cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/containerd/config.toml
+          version = 2
+          root = "/mnt/containerd"
+          [plugins]
+            [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri"]
+              [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".cni]
+                bin_dir = "/opt/cni/bin/"
+                conf_dir = "/etc/cni/net.d"
+            [plugins."io.containerd.internal.v1.opt"]
+              path = "/var/lib/containerd/opt"
+          EOF
+          sudo systemctl restart containerd
+      -
+        name: Install kubernetes
+        run: |
+          sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg
+          cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
+          deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main
+          EOF
+          sudo apt-get update -y
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --allow-downgrades kubeadm
+      -
+        name: Bootstrap kubernetes
+        run: |
+          sudo kubeadm init --pod-network-cidr=192.168.0.0/16 --cri-socket=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
+          sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config
+          sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config
+          kubectl taint nodes --all node-role.kubernetes.io/master-
+          kubectl apply -f https://docs.projectcalico.org/manifests/calico.yaml
+      -
+        name: Check status
+        timeout-minutes: 15
+        run: |
+          kubectl get --show-labels -o wide --all-namespaces all
+          kubectl wait --for condition=available --timeout=600s -n kube-system deployments --all
+          kubectl wait --for condition=ready --timeout=600s -n kube-system pods --all
+          kubectl get --show-labels -o wide nodes
+          kubectl get --show-labels -o wide -n kube-system deployments
+          kubectl get --show-labels -o wide -n kube-system daemonsets
+          kubectl get --show-labels -o wide --all-namespaces pods
+      -
+        name: Create Dockerfile
+        run: |
+          cat > ./Dockerfile <<EOL
+          FROM alpine
+          RUN echo hello
+          EOL
+      -
+        name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          standalone: true
+          driver: kubernetes
+      -
+        name: Build
+        run: |
+          buildx build .
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c752053e..e07513d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ___
   * [BuildKit daemon configuration](#buildkit-daemon-configuration)
     * [Registry mirror](#registry-mirror)
     * [Max parallelism](#max-parallelism)
+  * [Standalone mode](#standalone-mode)
 * [Customizing](#customizing)
   * [inputs](#inputs)
   * [outputs](#outputs)
@@ -180,6 +181,34 @@ jobs:
           config: .github/buildkitd.toml
 ```
 
+### Standalone mode
+
+If your runner does not have the Docker engine and CLI installed, you can use
+buildx in standalone mode. It can be useful if you want to use the `kubernetes`
+driver in your self-hosted runner:
+
+```yaml
+name: ci
+
+on:
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  buildx:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+        with:
+          standalone: true
+          driver: kubernetes
+      -
+        name: Build
+        run: |
+          buildx build .
+```
+
 ## Customizing
 
 ### inputs