diff --git a/arkdep-build b/arkdep-build
index f31575e..55d80aa 100755
--- a/arkdep-build
+++ b/arkdep-build
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ declare -r workdir="$build_image_mountpoint/rootfs"
 declare -r variant="$1"
 declare -r build_image_size='15G'
 
+# Minimum required storage in KiB
+declare -r minimum_available_root_storage='31457280' # 30G
+declare -r minimum_available_var_storage='20971520' # 20G
+
 if [[ -v ARKDEP_CONFIGS ]]; then
 	declare -r configsdir="$ARKDEP_CONFIGS"
 else
@@ -103,6 +107,25 @@ if [[ ! -d $variantdir ]]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+# Run the storage check only if we are not building a migration
+if [[ $type != 'migraton' ]]; then
+	# Ensure we have the required storage available on both /var/tmp and root
+	declare root_storage_available=($(df --output=avail /))
+	root_storage_available=${root_storage_available[1]}
+	declare var_storage_available=($(df --output=avail /var/tmp))
+	var_storage_available=${root_storage_available[1]}
+
+	if [[ $root_storage_available -lt $minimum_available_root_storage ]]; then
+		printf 'Not enough storage available on root to export image\n'
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $var_storage_available -lt $minimum_available_var_storage ]]; then
+		printf 'Not enough storage available on var to create image\n'
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
 ## Variants
 #
 # Build migration type image