diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker-build-and-publish.yaml
index 1f8c17561..f9eca4287 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      runs-on:
+        description: "Runner config as JSON object string. Each key is one of the input `platforms` and each value is the list of runner tags on which the Docker image for that platform should be natively built on. Defaults to a mapping from expected possible `platforms` to GitHub runners native to that architecture."
+        required: false
+        default: "{ 'linux/amd64': ['ubuntu-22.04'], 'linux/arm64': ['linux-arm-latest'] }"
+        type: string
 
     secrets:
       docker-user:
diff --git a/docs/workflows/docker-build-and-publish/README.md b/docs/workflows/docker-build-and-publish/README.md
index 1d87e8e77..b26cf132a 100644
--- a/docs/workflows/docker-build-and-publish/README.md
+++ b/docs/workflows/docker-build-and-publish/README.md
@@ -49,18 +49,19 @@ jobs:
 
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-| INPUT               | TYPE    | REQUIRED | DEFAULT                                         | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                      |
-| ------------------- | ------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| checkout-lfs-files  | boolean | false    | `false`                                         | Whether the Git checkout action should resolve LFS files or not. (Default is false)                              |
-| checkout-submodules | string  | false    | `"false"`                                       | Whether to checkout submodules: `true` to checkout submodules or `recursive` to recursively checkout submodules. |
-| docker-build-args   | string  | false    |                                                 | List of build-time variables (see https://github.com/docker/build-push-action?tab=readme-ov-file#inputs)         |
-| docker-context      | string  | false    | `"."`                                           | The docker context.                                                                                              |
-| docker-registry     | string  | false    | `"docker.io"`                                   | Host where the image should be pushed to.                                                                        |
-| dockerfile-path     | string  | false    | `"./Dockerfile"`                                | Path to the Dockerfile.                                                                                          |
-| image-name          | string  | false    | `"${{ github.event.repository.name }}"`         | Name of Docker image.                                                                                            |
-| image-namespace     | string  | false    | `"bakdata"`                                     | Namespace of Docker image.                                                                                       |
-| image-tag           | string  | false    | `"pipeline-${{ github.run_id }}-git-{{ sha }}"` | Tag of Docker image.                                                                                             |
-| ref                 | string  | false    |                                                 | Ref name to checkout                                                                                             |
+| INPUT               | TYPE    | REQUIRED | DEFAULT                                                                      | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| ------------------- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| checkout-lfs-files  | boolean | false    | `false`                                                                      | Whether the Git checkout action should resolve LFS files or not. (Default is false)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| checkout-submodules | string  | false    | `"false"`                                                                    | Whether to checkout submodules: `true` to checkout submodules or `recursive` to recursively checkout submodules.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| docker-build-args   | string  | false    |                                                                              | List of build-time variables (see https://github.com/docker/build-push-action?tab=readme-ov-file#inputs)                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
+| docker-context      | string  | false    | `"."`                                                                        | The docker context.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| docker-registry     | string  | false    | `"docker.io"`                                                                | Host where the image should be pushed to.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| dockerfile-path     | string  | false    | `"./Dockerfile"`                                                             | Path to the Dockerfile.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| image-name          | string  | false    | `"${{ github.event.repository.name }}"`                                      | Name of Docker image.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| image-namespace     | string  | false    | `"bakdata"`                                                                  | Namespace of Docker image.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| image-tag           | string  | false    | `"pipeline-${{ github.run_id }}-git-{{ sha }}"`                              | Tag of Docker image.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+| ref                 | string  | false    |                                                                              | Ref name to checkout                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+| runs-on             | string  | false    | `"{ 'linux/amd64': ['ubuntu-22.04'], 'linux/arm64': ['linux-arm-latest'] }"` | Runner config as JSON object string. Each key is one of the input `platforms` and each value is the list of runner tags on which the Docker image for that platform should be natively built on. Defaults to a mapping from expected possible `platforms` to GitHub runners native to that architecture. |
 
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