diff --git a/benchbuild/cli/slurm.py b/benchbuild/cli/slurm.py
index 34bead75b..9c818bd0b 100644
--- a/benchbuild/cli/slurm.py
+++ b/benchbuild/cli/slurm.py
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ def main(self, *args: str) -> int:
         )
 
         CFG["build_dir"] = str(CFG["slurm"]["node_dir"])
+        if CFG["slurm"]["container_root"].value is not None:
+            CFG["container"]["root"] = CFG["slurm"]["container_root"].value
+        if CFG["slurm"]["container_runroot"].value is not None:
+            CFG["container"]["runroot"] = CFG["slurm"]["container_runroot"
+                                                      ].value
 
         if not wanted_experiments:
             print("Could not find any experiment. Exiting.")
diff --git a/benchbuild/settings.py b/benchbuild/settings.py
index a40587ffd..a55138d5c 100644
--- a/benchbuild/settings.py
+++ b/benchbuild/settings.py
@@ -260,6 +260,14 @@
     "extra_log": {
         "desc": "Extra log file to be managed by SLURM",
         "default": "/tmp/.slurm"
+    },
+    "container_root": {
+        "default": None,
+        "desc": "Permanent storage for container images"
+    },
+    "container_runroot": {
+        "default": None,
+        "desc": "Runtime storage for containers"
     }
 }