diff --git a/docker/daemon/daemon_dest.go b/docker/daemon/daemon_dest.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82fe19e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/daemon/daemon_dest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
+	"github.com/containers/image/types"
+	"github.com/docker/engine-api/client"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+type daemonImageDestination struct {
+	ref daemonReference
+	// For talking to imageLoadGoroutine
+	goroutineCancel context.CancelFunc
+	statusChannel   <-chan error
+	writer          *io.PipeWriter
+	tar             *tar.Writer
+	// Other state
+	committed bool // writer has been closed
+}
+
+// newImageDestination returns a types.ImageDestination for the specified image reference.
+func newImageDestination(systemCtx *types.SystemContext, ref daemonReference) (types.ImageDestination, error) {
+	// FIXME: Do something with ref
+	c, err := client.NewClient(client.DefaultDockerHost, "1.22", nil, nil) // FIXME: overridable host
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error initializing docker engine client: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	reader, writer := io.Pipe()
+	// Commit() may never be called, so we may never read from this channel; so, make this buffered to allow imageLoadGoroutine to write status and terminate even if we never read it.
+	statusChannel := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	ctx, goroutineCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	go imageLoadGoroutine(ctx, c, reader, statusChannel)
+
+	return &daemonImageDestination{
+		ref:             ref,
+		goroutineCancel: goroutineCancel,
+		statusChannel:   statusChannel,
+		writer:          writer,
+		tar:             tar.NewWriter(writer),
+		committed:       false,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// imageLoadGoroutine accepts tar stream on reader, sends it to c, and reports error or success by writing to statusChannel
+func imageLoadGoroutine(ctx context.Context, c *client.Client, reader *io.PipeReader, statusChannel chan<- error) {
+	err := errors.New("Internal error: unexpected panic in imageLoadGoroutine")
+	defer func() {
+		logrus.Debugf("docker-daemon: sending done, status %v", err)
+		statusChannel <- err
+	}()
+	defer func() {
+		if err == nil {
+			reader.Close()
+		} else {
+			reader.CloseWithError(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	resp, err := c.ImageLoad(ctx, reader, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Error saving image to docker engine: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+}
+
+// Close removes resources associated with an initialized ImageDestination, if any.
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) Close() {
+	if !d.committed {
+		logrus.Debugf("docker-daemon: Closing tar stream to abort loading")
+		// In principle, goroutineCancel() should abort the HTTP request and stop the process from continuing.
+		// In practice, though, https://github.com/docker/engine-api/blob/master/client/transport/cancellable/cancellable.go
+		// currently just runs the HTTP request to completion in a goroutine, and returns early if the context is canceled
+		// without terminating the HTTP request at all.  So we need this CloseWithError to terminate sending the HTTP request Body
+		// immediately, and hopefully, through terminating the sending which uses "Transfer-Encoding: chunked"" without sending
+		// the terminating zero-length chunk, prevent the docker daemon from processing the tar stream at all.
+		// Whether that works or not, closing the PipeWriter seems desirable in any case.
+		d.writer.CloseWithError(errors.New("Aborting upload, daemonImageDestination closed without a previous .Commit()"))
+	}
+	d.goroutineCancel()
+}
+
+// Reference returns the reference used to set up this destination.  Note that this should directly correspond to user's intent,
+// e.g. it should use the public hostname instead of the result of resolving CNAMEs or following redirects.
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) Reference() types.ImageReference {
+	return d.ref
+}
+
+// SupportedManifestMIMETypes tells which manifest mime types the destination supports
+// If an empty slice or nil it's returned, then any mime type can be tried to upload
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) SupportedManifestMIMETypes() []string {
+	return []string{
+		manifest.DockerV2Schema2MediaType, // FIXME: Handle others.
+	}
+}
+
+// SupportsSignatures returns an error (to be displayed to the user) if the destination certainly can't store signatures.
+// Note: It is still possible for PutSignatures to fail if SupportsSignatures returns nil.
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) SupportsSignatures() error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Storing signatures for docker-daemon: destinations is not supported")
+}
+
+// PutBlob writes contents of stream and returns its computed digest and size.
+// A digest can be optionally provided if known, the specific image destination can decide to play with it or not.
+// The length of stream is expected to be expectedSize; if expectedSize == -1, it is not known.
+// WARNING: The contents of stream are being verified on the fly.  Until stream.Read() returns io.EOF, the contents of the data SHOULD NOT be available
+// to any other readers for download using the supplied digest.
+// If stream.Read() at any time, ESPECIALLY at end of input, returns an error, PutBlob MUST 1) fail, and 2) delete any data stored so far.
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) PutBlob(stream io.Reader, digest string, expectedSize int64) (string, int64, error) {
+	if expectedSize == -1 {
+		return "", -1, fmt.Errorf("Can not stream blob %s with unknown size to docker-daemon:", digest)
+	}
+	hash := sha256.New()
+	tee := io.TeeReader(stream, hash)
+	if err := d.sendFile(digest, expectedSize, tee); err != nil {
+		return "", -1, err
+	}
+	return "sha256:" + hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum(nil)), expectedSize, nil
+}
+
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) PutManifest(m []byte) error {
+	var man schema2Manifest
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(m, &man); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+	if man.SchemaVersion != 2 || man.MediaType != manifest.DockerV2Schema2MediaType {
+		// FIXME FIXME: Teach copy.go about this.
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported manifest type, need a Docker schema 2 manifest")
+	}
+
+	layerPaths := []string{}
+	for _, l := range man.Layers {
+		layerPaths = append(layerPaths, l.Digest)
+	}
+	items := []manifestItem{{
+		Config:       man.Config.Digest,
+		RepoTags:     []string{string(d.ref)}, // FIXME: Only if ref is a NamedTagged
+		Layers:       layerPaths,
+		Parent:       "",
+		LayerSources: nil,
+	}}
+	itemsBytes, err := json.Marshal(&items)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// FIXME? Do we also need to support the legacy format?
+	return d.sendFile(manifestFileName, int64(len(itemsBytes)), bytes.NewReader(itemsBytes))
+}
+
+type tarFI struct {
+	path string
+	size int64
+}
+
+func (t *tarFI) Name() string {
+	return t.path
+}
+func (t *tarFI) Size() int64 {
+	return t.size
+}
+func (t *tarFI) Mode() os.FileMode {
+	return 0444
+}
+func (t *tarFI) ModTime() time.Time {
+	return time.Unix(0, 0)
+}
+func (t *tarFI) IsDir() bool {
+	return false
+}
+func (t *tarFI) Sys() interface{} {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// sendFile sends a file into the tar stream.
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) sendFile(path string, expectedSize int64, stream io.Reader) error {
+	hdr, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(&tarFI{path: path, size: expectedSize}, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	logrus.Debugf("Sending as tar file %s", path)
+	if err := d.tar.WriteHeader(hdr); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	size, err := io.Copy(d.tar, stream)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if size != expectedSize {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Size mismatch when copying %s, expected %d, got %d", path, expectedSize, size)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) PutSignatures(signatures [][]byte) error {
+	if len(signatures) != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Storing signatures for docker-daemon: destinations is not supported")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Commit marks the process of storing the image as successful and asks for the image to be persisted.
+// WARNING: This does not have any transactional semantics:
+// - Uploaded data MAY be visible to others before Commit() is called
+// - Uploaded data MAY be removed or MAY remain around if Close() is called without Commit() (i.e. rollback is allowed but not guaranteed)
+func (d *daemonImageDestination) Commit() error {
+	logrus.Debugf("docker-daemon: Closing tar stream")
+	if err := d.tar.Close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := d.writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	d.committed = true // We may still fail, but we are done sending to imageLoadGoroutine.
+
+	logrus.Debugf("docker-daemon: Waiting for status")
+	err := <-d.statusChannel
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/docker/daemon/daemon_src.go b/docker/daemon/daemon_src.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38db6f501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/daemon/daemon_src.go
@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
+	"github.com/containers/image/types"
+	"github.com/docker/engine-api/client"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+const temporaryDirectoryForBigFiles = "/var/tmp" // Do not use the system default of os.TempDir(), usually /tmp, because with systemd it could be a tmpfs.
+
+type daemonImageSource struct {
+	ref         daemonReference
+	tarCopyPath string
+	// The following data is only available after ensureCachedDataIsPresent() succeeds
+	tarManifest       *manifestItem // nil if not available yet.
+	configBytes       []byte
+	configDigest      string
+	orderedDiffIDList []diffID
+	knownLayers       map[diffID]*layerInfo
+	// Other state
+	generatedManifest []byte // Private cache for GetManifest(), nil if not set yet.
+}
+
+type layerInfo struct {
+	path string
+	size int64
+}
+
+// newImageSource returns a types.ImageSource for the specified image reference.
+// The caller must call .Close() on the returned ImageSource.
+//
+// It would be great if we were able to stream the input tar as it is being
+// sent; but Docker sends the top-level manifest, which determines which paths
+// to look for, at the end, so in we will need to seek back and re-read, several times.
+// (We could, perhaps, expect an exact sequence, assume that the first plaintext file
+// is the config, and that the following len(RootFS) files are the layers, but that feels
+// way too brittle.)
+func newImageSource(ctx *types.SystemContext, ref daemonReference) (types.ImageSource, error) {
+	c, err := client.NewClient(client.DefaultDockerHost, "1.22", nil, nil) // FIXME: overridable host
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error initializing docker engine client: %v", err)
+	}
+	inputStream, err := c.ImageSave(context.TODO(), []string{string(ref)}) // FIXME: ref should be per docker/reference.ParseIDOrReference, and we don't want NameOnly
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error loading image from docker engine: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer inputStream.Close()
+
+	// FIXME: use SystemContext here.
+	tarCopyFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(temporaryDirectoryForBigFiles, "docker-daemon-tar")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer tarCopyFile.Close()
+
+	succeeded := false
+	defer func() {
+		if !succeeded {
+			os.Remove(tarCopyFile.Name())
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if _, err := io.Copy(tarCopyFile, inputStream); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	succeeded = true
+	return &daemonImageSource{
+		ref:         ref,
+		tarCopyPath: tarCopyFile.Name(),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Reference returns the reference used to set up this source, _as specified by the user_
+// (not as the image itself, or its underlying storage, claims).  This can be used e.g. to determine which public keys are trusted for this image.
+func (s *daemonImageSource) Reference() types.ImageReference {
+	return s.ref
+}
+
+// Close removes resources associated with an initialized ImageSource, if any.
+func (s *daemonImageSource) Close() {
+	_ = os.Remove(s.tarCopyPath)
+}
+
+// tarReadCloser is a way to close the backing file of a tar.Reader when the user no longer needs the tar component.
+type tarReadCloser struct {
+	*tar.Reader
+	backingFile *os.File
+}
+
+func (t *tarReadCloser) Close() error {
+	return t.backingFile.Close()
+}
+
+// openTarComponent returns a ReadCloser for the specific file within the archive.
+// This is linear scan; we assume that the tar file will have a fairly small amount of files (~layers),
+// and that filesystem caching will make the repeated seeking over the (uncompressed) tarCopyPath cheap enough.
+// The caller should call .Close() on the returned stream.
+func (s *daemonImageSource) openTarComponent(componentPath string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(s.tarCopyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	succeeded := false
+	defer func() {
+		if !succeeded {
+			f.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	tarReader, header, err := findTarComponent(f, componentPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if header == nil {
+		return nil, os.ErrNotExist
+	}
+	if header.FileInfo().Mode()&os.ModeType == os.ModeSymlink { // FIXME: untested
+		// We follow only one symlink; so no loops are possible.
+		if _, err := f.Seek(0, os.SEEK_SET); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		// The new path could easily point "outside" the archive, but we only compare it to existing tar headers without extracting the archive,
+		// so we don't care.
+		tarReader, header, err = findTarComponent(f, path.Join(path.Dir(componentPath), header.Linkname))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if header == nil {
+			return nil, os.ErrNotExist
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !header.FileInfo().Mode().IsRegular() {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error reading tar archive component %s: not a regular file", header.Name)
+	}
+	succeeded = true
+	return &tarReadCloser{Reader: tarReader, backingFile: f}, nil
+}
+
+// findTarComponent returns a header and a reader matching path within inputFile,
+// or (nil, nil, nil) if not found.
+func findTarComponent(inputFile io.Reader, path string) (*tar.Reader, *tar.Header, error) {
+	t := tar.NewReader(inputFile)
+	for {
+		h, err := t.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		if h.Name == path {
+			return t, h, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, nil, nil
+}
+
+// readTarComponent returns full contents of componentPath.
+func (s *daemonImageSource) readTarComponent(path string) ([]byte, error) {
+	file, err := s.openTarComponent(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error loading tar component %s: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return bytes, nil
+}
+
+// ensureCachedDataIsPresent loads data necessary for any of the public accessors.
+func (s *daemonImageSource) ensureCachedDataIsPresent() error {
+	if s.tarManifest != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Read and parse manifest.json
+	tarManifest, err := s.loadTarManifest()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Read and parse config.
+	configBytes, err := s.readTarComponent(tarManifest.Config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var parsedConfig image // Most fields ommitted, we only care about layer DiffIDs.
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(configBytes, &parsedConfig); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error decoding tar config %s: %v", tarManifest.Config, err)
+	}
+
+	knownLayers, err := s.prepareLayerData(tarManifest, &parsedConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Success; commit.
+	configHash := sha256.Sum256(configBytes)
+	s.tarManifest = tarManifest
+	s.configBytes = configBytes
+	s.configDigest = "sha256:" + hex.EncodeToString(configHash[:])
+	s.orderedDiffIDList = parsedConfig.RootFS.DiffIDs
+	s.knownLayers = knownLayers
+	return nil
+}
+
+// loadTarManifest loads and decodes the manifest.json.
+func (s *daemonImageSource) loadTarManifest() (*manifestItem, error) {
+	// FIXME? Do we need to deal with the legacy format?
+	bytes, err := s.readTarComponent(manifestFileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var items []manifestItem
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes, &items); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error decoding tar manifest.json: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(items) != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unexpected tar manifest.json: expected 1 item, got %d", len(items))
+	}
+	return &items[0], nil
+}
+
+func (s *daemonImageSource) prepareLayerData(tarManifest *manifestItem, parsedConfig *image) (map[diffID]*layerInfo, error) {
+	// Collect layer data available in manifest and config.
+	if len(tarManifest.Layers) != len(parsedConfig.RootFS.DiffIDs) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Inconsistent layer count: %d in manifest, %d in config", len(tarManifest.Layers), len(parsedConfig.RootFS.DiffIDs))
+	}
+	knownLayers := map[diffID]*layerInfo{}
+	unknownLayerSizes := map[string]*layerInfo{} // Points into knownLayers, a "to do list" of items with unknown sizes.
+	for i, diffID := range parsedConfig.RootFS.DiffIDs {
+		if _, ok := knownLayers[diffID]; ok {
+			// Apparently it really can happen that a single image contains the same layer diff more than once.
+			// In that case, the diffID validation ensures that both layers truly are the same, and it should not matter
+			// which of the tarManifest.Layers paths is used; (docker save) actually makes the duplicates symlinks to the original.
+			continue
+		}
+		layerPath := tarManifest.Layers[i]
+		if _, ok := unknownLayerSizes[layerPath]; ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Layer tarfile %s used for two different DiffID values", layerPath)
+		}
+		li := &layerInfo{ // A new element in each iteration
+			path: layerPath,
+			size: -1,
+		}
+		knownLayers[diffID] = li
+		unknownLayerSizes[layerPath] = li
+	}
+
+	// Scan the tar file to collect layer sizes.
+	file, err := os.Open(s.tarCopyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+	t := tar.NewReader(file)
+	for {
+		h, err := t.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if li, ok := unknownLayerSizes[h.Name]; ok {
+			li.size = h.Size
+			delete(unknownLayerSizes, h.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(unknownLayerSizes) != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Some layer tarfiles are missing in the tarball") // This could do with a better error reporting, if this ever happened in practice.
+	}
+
+	return knownLayers, nil
+}
+
+// GetManifest returns the image's manifest along with its MIME type. The empty string is returned if the MIME type is unknown.
+// It may use a remote (= slow) service.
+func (s *daemonImageSource) GetManifest() ([]byte, string, error) {
+	if s.generatedManifest == nil {
+		if err := s.ensureCachedDataIsPresent(); err != nil {
+			return nil, "", err
+		}
+		m := schema2Manifest{
+			SchemaVersion: 2,
+			MediaType:     manifest.DockerV2Schema2MediaType,
+			Config: distributionDescriptor{
+				MediaType: manifest.DockerV2Schema2ConfigMediaType,
+				Size:      int64(len(s.configBytes)),
+				Digest:    s.configDigest,
+			},
+			Layers: []distributionDescriptor{},
+		}
+		for _, diffID := range s.orderedDiffIDList {
+			li, ok := s.knownLayers[diffID]
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("Internal inconsistency: Information about layer %s missing", diffID)
+			}
+			m.Layers = append(m.Layers, distributionDescriptor{
+				Digest:    string(diffID), // diffID is a digest of the uncompressed tarball
+				MediaType: manifest.DockerV2Schema2LayerMediaType,
+				Size:      li.size,
+			})
+		}
+		manifestBytes, err := json.Marshal(&m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, "", err
+		}
+		s.generatedManifest = manifestBytes
+	}
+	return s.generatedManifest, manifest.DockerV2Schema2MediaType, nil
+}
+
+// GetBlob returns a stream for the specified blob, and the blob’s size (or -1 if unknown).
+func (s *daemonImageSource) GetBlob(digest string) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
+	if err := s.ensureCachedDataIsPresent(); err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	if digest == s.configDigest { // FIXME? Implement a more general algorithm matching instead of assuming sha256.
+		return ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(s.configBytes)), int64(len(s.configBytes)), nil
+	}
+
+	if li, ok := s.knownLayers[diffID(digest)]; ok { // diffID is a digest of the uncompressed tarball,
+		stream, err := s.openTarComponent(li.path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, err
+		}
+		return stream, li.size, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("Unknown blob %s", digest)
+}
+
+// GetSignatures returns the image's signatures.  It may use a remote (= slow) service.
+func (s *daemonImageSource) GetSignatures() ([][]byte, error) {
+	return [][]byte{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/docker/daemon/daemon_transport.go b/docker/daemon/daemon_transport.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64eb4ae2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/daemon/daemon_transport.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/containers/image/types"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/reference"
+)
+
+// Transport is an ImageTransport for images managed by a local Docker daemon.
+var Transport = daemonTransport{}
+
+type daemonTransport struct{}
+
+// Name returns the name of the transport, which must be unique among other transports.
+func (t daemonTransport) Name() string {
+	return "docker-daemon"
+}
+
+// ParseReference converts a string, which should not start with the ImageTransport.Name prefix, into an ImageReference.
+func (t daemonTransport) ParseReference(reference string) (types.ImageReference, error) {
+	return ParseReference(reference)
+}
+
+// ValidatePolicyConfigurationScope checks that scope is a valid name for a signature.PolicyTransportScopes keys
+// (i.e. a valid PolicyConfigurationIdentity() or PolicyConfigurationNamespaces() return value).
+// It is acceptable to allow an invalid value which will never be matched, it can "only" cause user confusion.
+// scope passed to this function will not be "", that value is always allowed.
+func (t daemonTransport) ValidatePolicyConfigurationScope(scope string) error {
+	// FIXME FIXME
+	return nil
+}
+
+// daemonReference is an ImageReference for images managed by a local Docker daemon.
+type daemonReference string // FIXME FIXME
+
+// ParseReference converts a string, which should not start with the ImageTransport.Name prefix, into an ImageReference.
+func ParseReference(reference string) (types.ImageReference, error) {
+	return daemonReference(reference), nil // FIXME FIXME
+}
+
+// FIXME FIXME: NewReference?
+
+func (ref daemonReference) Transport() types.ImageTransport {
+	return Transport
+}
+
+// StringWithinTransport returns a string representation of the reference, which MUST be such that
+// reference.Transport().ParseReference(reference.StringWithinTransport()) returns an equivalent reference.
+// NOTE: The returned string is not promised to be equal to the original input to ParseReference;
+// e.g. default attribute values omitted by the user may be filled in in the return value, or vice versa.
+// WARNING: Do not use the return value in the UI to describe an image, it does not contain the Transport().Name() prefix;
+// instead, see transports.ImageName().
+func (ref daemonReference) StringWithinTransport() string {
+	return string(ref) // FIXME FIXME
+}
+
+// DockerReference returns a Docker reference associated with this reference
+// (fully explicit, i.e. !reference.IsNameOnly, but reflecting user intent,
+// not e.g. after redirect or alias processing), or nil if unknown/not applicable.
+func (ref daemonReference) DockerReference() reference.Named {
+	return nil // FIXME FIXME
+}
+
+// PolicyConfigurationIdentity returns a string representation of the reference, suitable for policy lookup.
+// This MUST reflect user intent, not e.g. after processing of third-party redirects or aliases;
+// The value SHOULD be fully explicit about its semantics, with no hidden defaults, AND canonical
+// (i.e. various references with exactly the same semantics should return the same configuration identity)
+// It is fine for the return value to be equal to StringWithinTransport(), and it is desirable but
+// not required/guaranteed that it will be a valid input to Transport().ParseReference().
+// Returns "" if configuration identities for these references are not supported.
+func (ref daemonReference) PolicyConfigurationIdentity() string {
+	return string(ref) // FIXME FIXME
+}
+
+// PolicyConfigurationNamespaces returns a list of other policy configuration namespaces to search
+// for if explicit configuration for PolicyConfigurationIdentity() is not set.  The list will be processed
+// in order, terminating on first match, and an implicit "" is always checked at the end.
+// It is STRONGLY recommended for the first element, if any, to be a prefix of PolicyConfigurationIdentity(),
+// and each following element to be a prefix of the element preceding it.
+func (ref daemonReference) PolicyConfigurationNamespaces() []string {
+	return []string{} // FIXME FIXME?
+}
+
+// NewImage returns a types.Image for this reference.
+// The caller must call .Close() on the returned Image.
+func (ref daemonReference) NewImage(ctx *types.SystemContext) (types.Image, error) {
+	panic("FIXME FIXME")
+}
+
+// NewImageSource returns a types.ImageSource for this reference,
+// asking the backend to use a manifest from requestedManifestMIMETypes if possible.
+// nil requestedManifestMIMETypes means manifest.DefaultRequestedManifestMIMETypes.
+// The caller must call .Close() on the returned ImageSource.
+func (ref daemonReference) NewImageSource(ctx *types.SystemContext, requestedManifestMIMETypes []string) (types.ImageSource, error) {
+	return newImageSource(ctx, ref)
+}
+
+// NewImageDestination returns a types.ImageDestination for this reference.
+// The caller must call .Close() on the returned ImageDestination.
+func (ref daemonReference) NewImageDestination(ctx *types.SystemContext) (types.ImageDestination, error) {
+	return newImageDestination(ctx, ref)
+}
+
+// DeleteImage deletes the named image from the registry, if supported.
+func (ref daemonReference) DeleteImage(ctx *types.SystemContext) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Deleting images not implemented for docker-daemon: images") // FIXME FIXME?
+}
diff --git a/docker/daemon/daemon_types.go b/docker/daemon/daemon_types.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aedf92fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/daemon/daemon_types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package daemon
+
+// Various data structures.
+
+// Based on github.com/docker/docker/image/tarexport/tarexport.go
+const (
+	manifestFileName = "manifest.json"
+	// legacyLayerFileName        = "layer.tar"
+	// legacyConfigFileName       = "json"
+	// legacyVersionFileName      = "VERSION"
+	// legacyRepositoriesFileName = "repositories"
+)
+
+type manifestItem struct {
+	Config       string
+	RepoTags     []string
+	Layers       []string
+	Parent       imageID                           `json:",omitempty"`
+	LayerSources map[diffID]distributionDescriptor `json:",omitempty"`
+}
+
+type imageID string
+type diffID string
+
+// Based on github.com/docker/distribution/blobs.go
+type distributionDescriptor struct {
+	MediaType string   `json:"mediaType,omitempty"`
+	Size      int64    `json:"size,omitempty"`
+	Digest    string   `json:"digest,omitempty"`
+	URLs      []string `json:"urls,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Based on github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/schema2/manifest.go
+// FIXME: We are repeating this all over the place; make a public copy?
+type schema2Manifest struct {
+	SchemaVersion int                      `json:"schemaVersion"`
+	MediaType     string                   `json:"mediaType,omitempty"`
+	Config        distributionDescriptor   `json:"config"`
+	Layers        []distributionDescriptor `json:"layers"`
+}
+
+// Based on github.com/docker/docker/image/image.go
+// MOST CONTENT OMITTED AS UNNECESSARY
+type image struct {
+	RootFS *rootFS `json:"rootfs,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type rootFS struct {
+	Type    string   `json:"type"`
+	DiffIDs []diffID `json:"diff_ids,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.go b/manifest/manifest.go
index 6344c9649..be4ee9ca0 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ const (
 	DockerV2Schema1SignedMediaType = "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v1+prettyjws"
 	// DockerV2Schema2MediaType MIME type represents Docker manifest schema 2
 	DockerV2Schema2MediaType = "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json"
+	// DockerV2Schema2ConfigMediaType is the MIME type used for schema 2 config blobs.
+	DockerV2Schema2ConfigMediaType = "application/vnd.docker.container.image.v1+json"
+	// DockerV2Schema2LayerMediaType is the MIME type used for schema 2 layers.
+	DockerV2Schema2LayerMediaType = "application/vnd.docker.image.rootfs.diff.tar.gzip"
 	// DockerV2ListMediaType MIME type represents Docker manifest schema 2 list
 	DockerV2ListMediaType = "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json"
 )
diff --git a/transports/transports.go b/transports/transports.go
index 2b7e4f13c..2caceaada 100644
--- a/transports/transports.go
+++ b/transports/transports.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/directory"
 	"github.com/containers/image/docker"
+	"github.com/containers/image/docker/daemon"
 	ociLayout "github.com/containers/image/oci/layout"
 	"github.com/containers/image/openshift"
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ func init() {
 	for _, t := range []types.ImageTransport{
 		directory.Transport,
 		docker.Transport,
+		daemon.Transport,
 		ociLayout.Transport,
 		openshift.Transport,
 	} {
diff --git a/transports/transports_test.go b/transports/transports_test.go
index 592eac020..60e694bd4 100644
--- a/transports/transports_test.go
+++ b/transports/transports_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func TestImageNameHandling(t *testing.T) {
 		{"dir", "/etc", "/etc"},
 		{"docker", "//busybox", "//busybox:latest"},
 		{"docker", "//busybox:notlatest", "//busybox:notlatest"}, // This also tests handling of multiple ":" characters
+		{"docker-daemon", "FIXME FIXME", "FIXME FIXME"},
 		{"oci", "/etc:sometag", "/etc:sometag"},
 		// "atomic" not tested here because it depends on per-user configuration for the default cluster.
 	} {