diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-image.yml b/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
index e7e2534..54a9d73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # The Build and Publish Container Image workflow builds container images and pushes them to both
-# GitHub Container Registry (GHCR) and Docker Hub. It sets up QEMU and Docker Buildx for cross-platform
-# builds, and builds the container images using the Containerfile. For all non-pull request events that
-# trigger this workflow, it logs into GHCR and Docker Hub using credentials from the workflow call inputs,
-# tags and pushes the images to both registries, and generates and pushes signed build provenance attestations
-# to each registry. Additionally, when a building and publishing the latest tag, it syncs the README file
-# determined by the container_readme_filepath input (or the For-Container.md file found in the ./doc/ directory
-# if not provided) with Docker Hub. For pull request events, it just builds the images but does not push them
-# to the registries.
+# GitHub Container Registry (GHCR) and Docker Hub. It sets up QEMU conditionally based on the skip_qemu input,
+# and Docker Buildx for cross-platform builds, and builds the container images using the Containerfile.
+#
+# For all non-pull request events that trigger this workflow, it logs into GHCR and Docker Hub using credentials
+# from the workflow call inputs, tags and pushes the images to both registries, and generates and pushes signed
+# build provenance attestations to each registry. Additionally, when a building and publishing the latest tag,
+# it syncs the README file determined by the container_readme_filepath input (or the For-Container.md file found
+# in the ./doc/ directory if not provided) with Docker Hub. For pull request events, it just builds the images but
+# does not push them to the registries.
 
 name: Container Image
 
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         description: 'Path to the README file to sync with Docker Hub. Defaults to the For-Container.md file in the ./doc/ directory.'
+      skip_qemu:
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+        description: 'If true, skips the QEMU setup step. Only set this to true if the Containerfile cross-compiles for all target platforms without emulation.'
     # We do not need to require the secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN here because it is automatically
     # inherited from the workflow call [^1].
     #
@@ -136,6 +142,7 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ env.LATEST }}
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
+        if: ${{ ! inputs.skip_qemu }}
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx