diff --git a/cmd/lima-driver-krun/main.go b/cmd/lima-driver-krun/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aab85b0e45f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/lima-driver-krun/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Lima Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/driver/external/server"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/driver/krun"
+)
+
+// To be used as an external driver for Lima.
+func main() {
+	server.Serve(context.Background(), krun.New())
+}
diff --git a/pkg/driver/krun/krun_darwin.go b/pkg/driver/krun/krun_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de6c06bc0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/driver/krun/krun_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Lima Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package krun
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/docker/go-units"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/imgutil/proxyimgutil"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/iso9660util"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/limatype"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/limatype/filenames"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/limayaml"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/networks"
+)
+
+const (
+	restfulURI   = "krun-restful.sock" // This is for setting/checking the state of the VM
+	logLevelInfo = "3"
+	KrunEfi      = "krun-efi" // efi variable store
+)
+
+// Cmdline constructs the command line arguments for krunkit based on the instance configuration.
+func Cmdline(inst *limatype.Instance) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+	var args = []string{
+		"--memory", strconv.Itoa(2048),
+		"--cpus", fmt.Sprintf("%d", *inst.Config.CPUs),
+		"--device", fmt.Sprintf("virtio-serial,logFilePath=%s", filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.SerialLog)),
+		"--krun-log-level", logLevelInfo,
+		"--restful-uri", fmt.Sprintf("unix://%s", restfulSocketPath(inst)),
+		"--bootloader", fmt.Sprintf("efi,variable-store=%s,create", filepath.Join(inst.Dir, KrunEfi)),
+		"--device", fmt.Sprintf("virtio-blk,path=%s,format=raw", filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.DiffDisk)),
+		"--device", fmt.Sprintf("virtio-blk,path=%s", filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.CIDataISO)),
+	}
+
+	// TODO: socket_vmnet and ssh not working
+	networkArgs, err := buildNetworkArgs(inst)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to build network arguments: %w", err)
+	}
+	args = append(args, networkArgs...)
+
+	return exec.CommandContext(context.Background(), "krunkit", args...), nil
+}
+
+func buildNetworkArgs(inst *limatype.Instance) ([]string, error) {
+	var args []string
+	nwCfg, err := networks.LoadConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	socketVMNetOk, err := nwCfg.IsDaemonInstalled(networks.SocketVMNet)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if socketVMNetOk {
+		sock, err := networks.Sock("shared")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		networkArg := fmt.Sprintf("virtio-net,type=unixstream,path=%s,mac=%s,offloading=true",
+			sock,
+			limayaml.MACAddress(inst.Dir),
+		)
+		args = append(args, "--device", networkArg)
+
+		return args, nil
+	}
+
+	return args, errors.New("socket_vmnet is not installed")
+}
+
+func restfulSocketPath(inst *limatype.Instance) string {
+	return filepath.Join(inst.Dir, restfulURI)
+}
+
+func EnsureDisk(ctx context.Context, inst *limatype.Instance) error {
+	diffDisk := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.DiffDisk)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(diffDisk); err == nil || !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		// disk is already ensured
+		return err
+	}
+
+	diskUtil := proxyimgutil.NewDiskUtil(ctx)
+
+	baseDisk := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.BaseDisk)
+
+	diskSize, _ := units.RAMInBytes(*inst.Config.Disk)
+	if diskSize == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	isBaseDiskISO, err := iso9660util.IsISO9660(baseDisk)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if isBaseDiskISO {
+		// Create an empty data volume (sparse)
+		diffDiskF, err := os.Create(diffDisk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = diskUtil.MakeSparse(ctx, diffDiskF, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			diffDiskF.Close()
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create sparse diff disk %q: %w", diffDisk, err)
+		}
+		return diffDiskF.Close()
+	}
+	if err = diskUtil.ConvertToRaw(ctx, baseDisk, diffDisk, &diskSize, false); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert %q to a raw disk %q: %w", baseDisk, diffDisk, err)
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/driver/krun/krun_driver_darwin.go b/pkg/driver/krun/krun_driver_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a4d890f1f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/driver/krun/krun_driver_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Lima Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package krun
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/driver"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/executil"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/limatype"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/limatype/filenames"
+	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/ptr"
+)
+
+type LimaKrunDriver struct {
+	Instance     *limatype.Instance
+	SSHLocalPort int
+
+	krunCmd    *exec.Cmd
+	krunWaitCh chan error
+}
+
+var _ driver.Driver = (*LimaKrunDriver)(nil)
+
+func New() *LimaKrunDriver {
+	return &LimaKrunDriver{}
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Configure(inst *limatype.Instance) *driver.ConfiguredDriver {
+	l.Instance = inst
+	l.SSHLocalPort = inst.SSHLocalPort
+
+	return &driver.ConfiguredDriver{
+		Driver: l,
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) CreateDisk(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return EnsureDisk(ctx, l.Instance)
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Start(ctx context.Context) (chan error, error) {
+	krunCmd, err := Cmdline(l.Instance)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to construct krunkit command line: %w", err)
+	}
+	krunCmd.SysProcAttr = executil.BackgroundSysProcAttr
+
+	logPath := filepath.Join(l.Instance.Dir, "krun.log")
+	logfile, err := os.OpenFile(logPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open krunkit logfile: %w", err)
+	}
+	krunCmd.Stderr = logfile
+
+	logrus.Infof("Starting krun VM (hint: to watch the progress, see %q)", logPath)
+	logrus.Debugf("krunCmd.Args: %v", krunCmd.Args)
+
+	if err := krunCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		logfile.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	pidPath := filepath.Join(l.Instance.Dir, filenames.PIDFile(*l.Instance.Config.VMType))
+	if err := os.WriteFile(pidPath, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d\n", krunCmd.Process.Pid)), 0644); err != nil {
+		logrus.WithError(err).Warn("Failed to write PID file")
+	}
+
+	l.krunCmd = krunCmd
+	l.krunWaitCh = make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		defer func() {
+			logfile.Close()
+			os.RemoveAll(pidPath)
+			close(l.krunWaitCh)
+		}()
+		l.krunWaitCh <- krunCmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	return l.krunWaitCh, nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if l.krunCmd == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := l.krunCmd.Process.Signal(os.Interrupt); err != nil {
+		logrus.WithError(err).Warn("Failed to send interrupt signal")
+	}
+
+	timeout := time.After(30 * time.Second)
+	select {
+	case <-l.krunWaitCh:
+		return nil
+	case <-timeout:
+		return l.krunCmd.Process.Kill()
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Delete(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) InspectStatus(ctx context.Context, inst *limatype.Instance) string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) RunGUI() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) ChangeDisplayPassword(ctx context.Context, password string) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("display password change not supported by krun driver")
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) DisplayConnection(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("display connection not supported by krun driver")
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) CreateSnapshot(ctx context.Context, tag string) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("snapshots not supported by krun driver")
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) ApplySnapshot(ctx context.Context, tag string) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("snapshots not supported by krun driver")
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) DeleteSnapshot(ctx context.Context, tag string) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("snapshots not supported by krun driver")
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) ListSnapshots(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("snapshots not supported by krun driver")
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Register(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Unregister(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) ForwardGuestAgent() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) GuestAgentConn(ctx context.Context) (net.Conn, string, error) {
+	return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("guest agent connection not implemented for krun driver")
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Validate(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) FillConfig(ctx context.Context, cfg *limatype.LimaYAML, filePath string) error {
+	if cfg.MountType == nil {
+		cfg.MountType = ptr.Of(limatype.VIRTIOFS)
+	} else {
+		*cfg.MountType = limatype.VIRTIOFS
+	}
+
+	cfg.VMType = ptr.Of("krun")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) BootScripts() (map[string][]byte, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Create(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) Info() driver.Info {
+	var info driver.Info
+	info.Name = "krun"
+	if l.Instance != nil && l.Instance.Dir != "" {
+		info.InstanceDir = l.Instance.Dir
+	}
+
+	info.Features = driver.DriverFeatures{
+		DynamicSSHAddress:    false,
+		SkipSocketForwarding: false,
+		CanRunGUI:            false,
+	}
+	return info
+}
+
+func (l *LimaKrunDriver) SSHAddress(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	return "127.0.0.1", nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/driver/krun/register.go b/pkg/driver/krun/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b96c8b2adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/driver/krun/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Lima Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package krun
+
+import "github.com/lima-vm/lima/v2/pkg/registry"
+
+func init() {
+	registry.Register(New())
+}