diff --git a/pkg/buildpack/oci_layout_package.go b/pkg/buildpack/oci_layout_package.go
index eab5516ce4..7ce5039991 100644
--- a/pkg/buildpack/oci_layout_package.go
+++ b/pkg/buildpack/oci_layout_package.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func IsOCILayoutBlob(blob blob2.Blob) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	defer readCloser.Close()
 
-	_, _, err = archive.ReadTarEntry(readCloser, "/oci-layout")
+	_, _, err = archive.ReadTarEntry(readCloser, v1.ImageLayoutFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		if archive.IsEntryNotExist(err) {
 			return false, nil
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ type ociLayoutPackage struct {
 func newOCILayoutPackage(blob Blob, kind string) (*ociLayoutPackage, error) {
 	index := &v1.Index{}
 
-	if err := unmarshalJSONFromBlob(blob, "/index.json", index); err != nil {
+	if err := unmarshalJSONFromBlob(blob, v1.ImageIndexFile, index); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	var manifestDescriptor *v1.Descriptor
 	for _, m := range index.Manifests {
-		if m.MediaType == "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json" {
+		if m.MediaType == "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json" || m.MediaType == v1.MediaTypeImageManifest {
 			manifestDescriptor = &m // nolint:exportloopref
 			break
 		}
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (o *ociLayoutPackage) GetLayer(diffID string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		if paths.CanonicalTarPath(header.Name) == layerPath {
 			finalReader := blobReader
 
-			if strings.HasSuffix(layerDescriptor.MediaType, ".gzip") {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(layerDescriptor.MediaType, "gzip") {
 				finalReader, err = gzip.NewReader(tr)
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/buildpack/oci_layout_package_test.go b/pkg/buildpack/oci_layout_package_test.go
index 540b036404..38b8321acd 100644
--- a/pkg/buildpack/oci_layout_package_test.go
+++ b/pkg/buildpack/oci_layout_package_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle/api"
 	"github.com/heroku/color"
+	v1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/sclevine/spec"
 	"github.com/sclevine/spec/report"
 
@@ -24,37 +25,53 @@ func TestOCILayoutPackage(t *testing.T) {
 	spec.Run(t, "Extract", testOCILayoutPackage, spec.Parallel(), spec.Report(report.Terminal{}))
 }
 
+type testCase struct {
+	mediatype string
+	file      string
+}
+
 func testOCILayoutPackage(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 	when("#BuildpacksFromOCILayoutBlob", func() {
-		it("extracts buildpacks", func() {
-			mainBP, depBPs, err := buildpack.BuildpacksFromOCILayoutBlob(blob.NewBlob(filepath.Join("testdata", "hello-universe.cnb")))
-			h.AssertNil(t, err)
-
-			h.AssertEq(t, mainBP.Descriptor().Info().ID, "io.buildpacks.samples.hello-universe")
-			h.AssertEq(t, mainBP.Descriptor().Info().Version, "0.0.1")
-			h.AssertEq(t, len(depBPs), 2)
-		})
+		for _, test := range []testCase{
+			{
+				mediatype: "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
+				file:      "hello-universe.cnb",
+			},
+			{
+				mediatype: v1.MediaTypeImageManifest,
+				file:      "hello-universe-oci.cnb",
+			},
+		} {
+			it(fmt.Sprintf("extracts buildpacks, media type: %s", test.mediatype), func() {
+				mainBP, depBPs, err := buildpack.BuildpacksFromOCILayoutBlob(blob.NewBlob(filepath.Join("testdata", test.file)))
+				h.AssertNil(t, err)
 
-		it("provides readable blobs", func() {
-			mainBP, depBPs, err := buildpack.BuildpacksFromOCILayoutBlob(blob.NewBlob(filepath.Join("testdata", "hello-universe.cnb")))
-			h.AssertNil(t, err)
+				h.AssertEq(t, mainBP.Descriptor().Info().ID, "io.buildpacks.samples.hello-universe")
+				h.AssertEq(t, mainBP.Descriptor().Info().Version, "0.0.1")
+				h.AssertEq(t, len(depBPs), 2)
+			})
 
-			for _, bp := range append([]buildpack.BuildModule{mainBP}, depBPs...) {
-				reader, err := bp.Open()
+			it(fmt.Sprintf("provides readable blobs, media type: %s", test.mediatype), func() {
+				mainBP, depBPs, err := buildpack.BuildpacksFromOCILayoutBlob(blob.NewBlob(filepath.Join("testdata", test.file)))
 				h.AssertNil(t, err)
 
-				_, contents, err := archive.ReadTarEntry(
-					reader,
-					fmt.Sprintf("/cnb/buildpacks/%s/%s/buildpack.toml",
-						bp.Descriptor().Info().ID,
-						bp.Descriptor().Info().Version,
-					),
-				)
-				h.AssertNil(t, err)
-				h.AssertContains(t, string(contents), bp.Descriptor().Info().ID)
-				h.AssertContains(t, string(contents), bp.Descriptor().Info().Version)
-			}
-		})
+				for _, bp := range append([]buildpack.BuildModule{mainBP}, depBPs...) {
+					reader, err := bp.Open()
+					h.AssertNil(t, err)
+
+					_, contents, err := archive.ReadTarEntry(
+						reader,
+						fmt.Sprintf("/cnb/buildpacks/%s/%s/buildpack.toml",
+							bp.Descriptor().Info().ID,
+							bp.Descriptor().Info().Version,
+						),
+					)
+					h.AssertNil(t, err)
+					h.AssertContains(t, string(contents), bp.Descriptor().Info().ID)
+					h.AssertContains(t, string(contents), bp.Descriptor().Info().Version)
+				}
+			})
+		}
 	})
 
 	when("#ExtensionsFromOCILayoutBlob", func() {
diff --git a/pkg/buildpack/testdata/hello-universe-oci.cnb b/pkg/buildpack/testdata/hello-universe-oci.cnb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59b4b657fb
Binary files /dev/null and b/pkg/buildpack/testdata/hello-universe-oci.cnb differ