diff --git a/.github/workflows/trident.yaml b/.github/workflows/trident.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76c2b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/trident.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+name: Trident Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # paths:
+    #   - "trident-distrowith/**"
+  pull_request:
+    # paths:
+    #   - "trident-distrowith/**"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: |
+      !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: trident-distrowith
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Checkout trident repo
+        run: ./checkout.sh
+
+      - name: Patch Dockerfile with alpine and nfs-utils
+        working-directory: trident-distrowith/trident
+        run: patch Dockerfile ../dockerfile.patch
+
+      - name: Patch chwrap.go to stop searching binaries in /host
+        working-directory: trident-distrowith/trident
+        run: patch chwrap/chwrap.go ../chwrap.patch
+
+      - name: Patch Makefile to change default registry for images
+        working-directory: trident-distrowith/trident
+        run: patch Makefile ../makefile.patch
+
+      - name: Run make command
+        working-directory: trident-distrowith/trident
+        env:
+          BUILD_TYPE: stable
+        run: |
+          export CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG=$(echo $GITHUB_REF_NAME | tr "/" "-") && \
+          make images
+
+      - name: List docker images
+        run: docker image ls
+
+      - name: Export docker images as artifacts
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/docker-images/
+          docker image ls --format=json | \
+           jq -s '[.[] | select(.Repository | test("ghcr.io/postfinance/trident.*"))] | unique_by(.ID) |.[] | .Repository + ":" + .Tag' | \
+           xargs -I_ sh -c 'docker save _ -o /tmp/docker-images/$(echo _ | sed "s|[/:\.]|-|g").tar'
+
+      - name: Upload docker images artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: custom-trident-images
+          path: /tmp/docker-images/*.tar
+
+  publish:
+    if: |
+      startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/') ||
+      startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') &&
+      !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: custom-trident-images
+          path: docker-images/
+
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+        run: find .
+
+      - name: Load image(s)
+        run: |
+          find docker-images/ -name "*.tar" -exec docker load --input {} \;
+          docker image ls
+
+      - name: Log in to ghcr.io registry
+        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u $ --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Push docker images
+        run: |
+          docker image ls --format=json | \
+           jq 'select(.Repository | test("ghcr.io/postfinance/trident.*")) | .Repository + ":" + .Tag' | \
+           xargs -I_ docker push _
diff --git a/trident-distrowith/README.md b/trident-distrowith/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bef07b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trident-distrowith/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+
+command used to create the `.patch` file:
+
+```shell
+diff -u Dockerfile{.original,} > ../dockerfile.patch
+```
diff --git a/trident-distrowith/checkout.sh b/trident-distrowith/checkout.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4b11515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trident-distrowith/checkout.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+REPO_URL="https://github.com/NetApp/trident.git"
+TRIDENT_VERSION="v24.06.1"
+DEST_DIR="trident"
+
+# Remove destination directory if it exists
+if [ -d "$DEST_DIR" ]; then
+    rm -rf "$DEST_DIR"
+fi
+
+# Clone with depth=1 and specific tag
+git clone --depth 1 --branch "$TRIDENT_VERSION" "$REPO_URL" "$DEST_DIR"
+
+# Verify the clone was successful
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Successfully cloned Trident $TRIDENT_VERSION"
+else
+    echo "Failed to clone repository"
+    exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/trident-distrowith/chwrap.patch b/trident-distrowith/chwrap.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb360fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trident-distrowith/chwrap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- trident/chwrap/chwrap.go.original	2024-10-25 07:59:25
++++ trident/chwrap/chwrap.go	2024-10-25 08:01:27
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
+ }
+
+ func main() {
+-	rootPath := "/host"
++	rootPath := "/" // Oct. 24, Clément Nussbaumer: for talos we only consider binaries in the base image, not the host
+ 	// First modify argv0 to strip off any absolute or relative paths
+ 	argv := os.Args
+ 	binary := argv[0]
diff --git a/trident-distrowith/dockerfile.patch b/trident-distrowith/dockerfile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef8e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trident-distrowith/dockerfile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- Dockerfile.original	2024-10-24 19:51:25
++++ Dockerfile	2024-10-24 19:51:05
+@@ -1,24 +1,13 @@
+ ARG ARCH=amd64
+
+-FROM --platform=linux/${ARCH} alpine:latest as baseimage
++FROM --platform=linux/${ARCH} alpine:3.20
+
+ RUN apk add nfs-utils
+
+-#Get the mount.nfs4 dependency
+-RUN ldd /sbin/mount.nfs4 | tr -s '[:space:]' '\n' | grep '^/' | xargs -I % sh -c 'mkdir -p /nfs-deps/$(dirname %) && cp -L % /nfs-deps/%'
+-RUN ldd /sbin/mount.nfs | tr -s '[:space:]' '\n' | grep '^/' | xargs -I % sh -c 'mkdir -p /nfs-deps/$(dirname %) && cp -r -u -L % /nfs-deps/%'
+-
+-FROM --platform=linux/${ARCH} gcr.io/distroless/static@sha256:41972110a1c1a5c0b6adb283e8aa092c43c31f7c5d79b8656fbffff2c3e61f05
+-
+ LABEL maintainers="The NetApp Trident Team" \
+       app="trident.netapp.io" \
+       description="Trident Storage Orchestrator"
+
+-COPY --from=baseimage /bin/mount /bin/umount /bin/
+-COPY --from=baseimage /sbin/mount.nfs /sbin/mount.nfs4 /sbin/
+-COPY --from=baseimage /etc/netconfig /etc/
+-COPY --from=baseimage /nfs-deps/ /
+-
+ ARG BIN=trident_orchestrator
+ ARG CLI_BIN=tridentctl
+ ARG CHWRAP_BIN=chwrap.tar
diff --git a/trident-distrowith/makefile.patch b/trident-distrowith/makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e87d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trident-distrowith/makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- trident/Makefile.original	2024-10-25 09:11:22
++++ trident/Makefile	2024-10-25 09:21:23
+@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
+
+ # Constants
+ ALL_PLATFORMS = linux/amd64 linux/arm64 windows/amd64/ltsc2022 windows/amd64/ltsc2019 darwin/amd64
+-DEFAULT_REGISTRY = docker.io/netapp
++DEFAULT_REGISTRY = ghcr.io/postfinance
+ TRIDENT_CONFIG_PKG = github.com/netapp/trident/config
+ OPERATOR_CONFIG_PKG = github.com/netapp/trident/operator/config
+ TRIDENT_KUBERNETES_PKG = github.com/netapp/trident/persistent_store/crd
+@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@
+ TRIDENT_VERSION := $(VERSION)-$(BUILD_TYPE).$(BUILD_TYPE_REV)
+ endif
+
++CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG ?=
+ # tag variables
+-TRIDENT_TAG := $(REGISTRY)/$(TRIDENT_IMAGE):$(TRIDENT_VERSION)
++TRIDENT_TAG := $(REGISTRY)/$(TRIDENT_IMAGE):$(TRIDENT_VERSION)-$(CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG)
+ OPERATOR_TAG := $(REGISTRY)/$(OPERATOR_IMAGE):$(TRIDENT_VERSION)
+ TRIDENT_IMAGE_REPO := $(REGISTRY)/$(TRIDENT_IMAGE):
+ DEFAULT_OPERATOR_TAG := $(DEFAULT_REGISTRY)/$(OPERATOR_IMAGE):$(VERSION)