diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 9d94fc69..d9b9e9dd 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ env:
     GOPATH: &gopath "/var/tmp/go"
     GOBIN: "${GOPATH}/bin"
     GOCACHE: "${GOPATH}/cache"
-    GOSRC: &gosrc "/var/tmp/go/src/github.com/containers/podman"
+    GOSRC: &gosrc "/var/tmp/go/src/github.com/containers/skopeo"
+    # Required for consistency with containers/image CI
+    SKOPEO_PATH: *gosrc
     CIRRUS_WORKING_DIR: *gosrc
     # The default is 'sh' if unspecified
     CIRRUS_SHELL: "/bin/bash"
+    # Save a little typing (path relative to $CIRRUS_WORKING_DIR)
+    SCRIPT_BASE: "./contrib/cirrus"
 
     ####
     #### Cache-image names to test with (double-quotes around names are critical)
@@ -37,6 +41,9 @@ env:
     UBUNTU_CONTAINER_FQIN: "quay.io/libpod/ubuntu_podman:${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
     PRIOR_UBUNTU_CONTAINER_FQIN: "quay.io/libpod/prior-ubuntu_podman:${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
 
+    # Equivilent to image produced by 'make build-container'
+    SKOPEO_CI_CONTAINER_FQIN: "quay.io/skopeo/ci:${DEST_BRANCH}"
+
 
 # Default timeout for each task
 timeout_in: 30m
@@ -45,6 +52,70 @@ timeout_in: 30m
 gcp_credentials: ENCRYPTED[52d9e807b531b37ab14e958cb5a72499460663f04c8d73e22ad608c027a31118420f1c80f0be0882fbdf96f49d8f9ac0]
 
 
+validate_task:
+    # The git-validation tool doesn't work well on branch or tag push,
+    # under Cirrus-CI, due to challenges obtaining the starting commit ID.
+    # Only do validation for PRs.
+    only_if: $CIRRUS_PR != ''
+    container:  &build_container
+        image: "${SKOPEO_CI_CONTAINER_FQIN}"
+        cpu: 4
+        memory: 8
+    script: make validate-local
+
+
+cross_task:
+    # TODO: hack/travis_osx.sh doesn't work under cirrus-ci
+    #       for some unknown reason.  Remove the next line when
+    #       fixed (remember to remove from .travis.yml also).
+    allow_failures: $CI == $CI
+    macos_instance:
+        image: catalina-xcode-11.3.1
+    brew_script: brew install gpgme go go-md2man
+    test_script: hack/travis_osx.sh
+
+
+#####
+##### NOTE: This task is subtantially duplicated in the containers/image
+##### repository's `.cirrus.yml`.  Changes made here should be fully merged
+##### prior to being manually duplicated and maintained in containers/image.
+#####
+test_skopeo_task:
+    alias: test_skopeo
+    depends_on:
+        - validate
+    gce_instance:
+        image_project: libpod-218412
+        zone: "us-central1-f"
+        cpu: 2
+        memory: "4Gb"
+        # Required to be 200gig, do not modify - has i/o performance impact
+        # according to gcloud CLI tool warning messages.
+        disk: 200
+        image_name: ${FEDORA_CACHE_IMAGE_NAME}
+    matrix:
+        - name: "Skopeo Test"
+          env:
+              BUILDTAGS: 'btrfs_noversion libdm_no_deferred_remove'
+        - name: "Skopeo Test w/ opengpg"
+          env:
+              BUILDTAGS: 'btrfs_noversion libdm_no_deferred_remove containers_image_openpgp'
+    setup_script: >-
+        "${GOSRC}/${SCRIPT_BASE}/runner.sh" setup
+    vendor_script: >-
+        "${SKOPEO_PATH}/${SCRIPT_BASE}/runner.sh" vendor
+    build_script: >-
+        "${SKOPEO_PATH}/${SCRIPT_BASE}/runner.sh" build
+    validate_script: >-
+        "${SKOPEO_PATH}/${SCRIPT_BASE}/runner.sh" validate
+    unit_script: >-
+        "${SKOPEO_PATH}/${SCRIPT_BASE}/runner.sh" unit
+    integration_script: >-
+        "${SKOPEO_PATH}/${SCRIPT_BASE}/runner.sh" integration
+    system_script: >
+        "${SKOPEO_PATH}/${SCRIPT_BASE}/runner.sh" system
+
+
 # This task is critical.  It updates the "last-used by" timestamp stored
 # in metadata for all VM images.  This mechanism functions in tandem with
 # an out-of-band pruning operation to remove disused VM images.
@@ -79,6 +150,9 @@ success_task:
     alias: success
     # N/B: ALL tasks must be listed here, minus their '_task' suffix.
     depends_on:
+        - validate
+        - cross
+        - test_skopeo
         - meta
     container: *smallcontainer
     env:
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 52837138..e78c8f71 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ jobs:
       - brew update && brew unlink python@2 && brew install gpgme
       script:
       - hack/travis_osx.sh
-    - stage: local-build
-      <<: *local-build
-      name: local build for linux
-      os: linux
-      services:
-      - docker
-      script: 
-      - make vendor && ./hack/tree_status.sh && make local-cross && make check
 
     # Run 3 image-build-push tasks in parallel for linux/amd64, linux/s390x and linux/ppc64le platforms (for upstream and stable)
     - stage: image-build-push
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ab4e5be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script is intended to be executed by automation or humans
+# under a hack/get_ci_vm.sh context.  Use under any other circumstances
+# is unlikely to function.
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ -r "/etc/automation_environment" ]]; then
+    source /etc/automation_environment
+    source $AUTOMATION_LIB_PATH/common_lib.sh
+else
+    (
+    echo "WARNING: It does not appear that containers/automation was installed."
+    echo "         Functionality of most of ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} will be negatively"
+    echo "         impacted."
+    ) > /dev/stderr
+fi
+
+OS_RELEASE_ID="$(source /etc/os-release; echo $ID)"
+# GCE image-name compatible string representation of distribution _major_ version
+OS_RELEASE_VER="$(source /etc/os-release; echo $VERSION_ID | tr -d '.')"
+# Combined to ease some usage
+OS_REL_VER="${OS_RELEASE_ID}-${OS_RELEASE_VER}"
+
+export "PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"
+
+podmanmake() {
+    req_env_vars GOPATH SKOPEO_PATH SKOPEO_CI_CONTAINER_FQIN
+    warn "Accumulated technical-debt requires execution inside a --privileged container.  This is very likely hiding bugs!"
+    showrun podman run -it --rm --privileged \
+        -e GOPATH=$GOPATH \
+        -v $GOPATH:$GOPATH:Z \
+        -w $SKOPEO_PATH \
+        $SKOPEO_CI_CONTAINER_FQIN \
+            make "$@"
+}
+
+_run_setup() {
+    if [[ "$OS_RELEASE_ID" == "fedora" ]]; then
+        # This is required as part of the standard Fedora VM setup
+        growpart /dev/sda 1
+        resize2fs /dev/sda1
+
+        # VM's come with the distro. skopeo pre-installed
+        dnf erase -y skopeo
+    else
+        die "Unknown/unsupported distro. $OS_REL_VER"
+    fi
+}
+
+_run_vendor() {
+    podmanmake vendor BUILDTAGS="$BUILDTAGS"
+}
+
+_run_build() {
+    podmanmake bin/skopeo BUILDTAGS="$BUILDTAGS"
+}
+
+_run_validate() {
+    podmanmake validate-local BUILDTAGS="$BUILDTAGS"
+}
+
+_run_unit() {
+    podmanmake test-integration-local BUILDTAGS="$BUILDTAGS"
+}
+
+_run_integration() {
+    podmanmake test-integration-local BUILDTAGS="$BUILDTAGS"
+}
+
+_run_system() {
+    # Ensure we start with a clean-slate
+    podman system reset --force
+    # Executes with containers required for testing.
+    showrun make test-system-local BUILDTAGS="$BUILDTAGS"
+}
+
+req_env_vars SKOPEO_PATH BUILDTAGS
+
+handler="_run_${1}"
+if [ "$(type -t $handler)" != "function" ]; then
+    die "Unknown/Unsupported command-line argument '$1'"
+fi
+
+msg "************************************************************"
+msg "Runner executing $1 on $OS_REL_VER"
+msg "************************************************************"
+
+cd "$SKOPEO_PATH"
+$handler
diff --git a/hack/get_ci_vm.sh b/hack/get_ci_vm.sh
index 33d6e8ae..da19c1ec 100755
--- a/hack/get_ci_vm.sh
+++ b/hack/get_ci_vm.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "--setup" ]]; then
     in_get_ci_vm "$1"
     # get_ci_vm container entrypoint calls us with this option on the
     # Cirrus-CI environment instance, to perform repo.-specific setup.
-    cd $REPO_DIRPATH
-    echo "+ No further setup performed" > /dev/stderr
+    echo "+ Executing setup" > /dev/stderr
+    ${GOSRC}/${SCRIPT_BASE}/runner.sh setup
 else
     # Create and access VM for specified Cirrus-CI task
     mkdir -p $HOME/.config/gcloud/ssh