diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index dd5ed1969..6ae4633d9 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ anstream = "0.6.13"
 anstyle = "1.0.6"
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
 camino = { version = "1.1.6", features = ["serde1"] }
-ostree-ext = { version = "0.14.0"  }
+ostree-ext = { version = "0.14.0" }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version= "4.5.4", features = ["derive","cargo"] }
 clap_mangen = { version = "0.2.20", optional = true }
diff --git a/lib/src/cli.rs b/lib/src/cli.rs
index 7346b2472..ccfb87a99 100644
--- a/lib/src/cli.rs
+++ b/lib/src/cli.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use fn_error_context::context;
 use ostree::gio;
 use ostree_container::store::PrepareResult;
 use ostree_ext::container as ostree_container;
+use ostree_ext::container::Transport;
 use ostree_ext::keyfileext::KeyFileExt;
 use ostree_ext::ostree;
 
@@ -191,6 +192,41 @@ pub(crate) enum ContainerOpts {
     Lint,
 }
 
+/// Subcommands which operate on images.
+#[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) enum ImageOpts {
+    /// List fetched images stored in the bootc storage.
+    ///
+    /// Note that these are distinct from images stored via e.g. `podman`.
+    List,
+    /// Copy a container image from the bootc storage to `containers-storage:`.
+    ///
+    /// The source and target are both optional; if both are left unspecified,
+    /// via a simple invocation of `bootc image copy-to-storage`, then the default is to
+    /// push the currently booted image to `containers-storage` (as used by podman, etc.)
+    /// and tagged with the image name `localhost/bootc`,
+    ///
+    /// ## Copying a non-default container image
+    ///
+    /// It is also possible to copy an image other than the currently booted one by
+    /// specifying `--source`.
+    ///
+    /// ## Pulling images
+    ///
+    /// At the current time there is no explicit support for pulling images other than indirectly
+    /// via e.g. `bootc switch` or `bootc upgrade`.
+    CopyToStorage {
+        #[clap(long)]
+        /// The source image; if not specified, the booted image will be used.
+        source: Option<String>,
+
+        #[clap(long)]
+        /// The destination; if not specified, then the default is to push to `containers-storage:localhost/bootc`;
+        /// this will make the image accessible via e.g. `podman run localhost/bootc` and for builds.
+        target: Option<String>,
+    },
+}
+
 /// Hidden, internal only options
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub(crate) enum InternalsOpts {
@@ -321,6 +357,12 @@ pub(crate) enum Opt {
     /// Operations which can be executed as part of a container build.
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     Container(ContainerOpts),
+    /// Operations on container images
+    ///
+    /// Stability: This interface is not declared stable and may change or be removed
+    /// at any point in the future.
+    #[clap(subcommand, hide = true)]
+    Image(ImageOpts),
     /// Execute the given command in the host mount namespace
     #[cfg(feature = "install")]
     #[clap(hide = true)]
@@ -732,6 +774,12 @@ async fn run_from_opt(opt: Opt) -> Result<()> {
                 Ok(())
             }
         },
+        Opt::Image(opts) => match opts {
+            ImageOpts::List => crate::image::list_entrypoint().await,
+            ImageOpts::CopyToStorage { source, target } => {
+                crate::image::push_entrypoint(source.as_deref(), target.as_deref()).await
+            }
+        },
         #[cfg(feature = "install")]
         Opt::Install(opts) => match opts {
             InstallOpts::ToDisk(opts) => crate::install::install_to_disk(opts).await,
diff --git a/lib/src/image.rs b/lib/src/image.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fd7cd9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/image.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+//! # Controlling bootc-managed images
+//!
+//! APIs for operating on container images in the bootc storage.
+
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use fn_error_context::context;
+use ostree_ext::container::{ImageReference, Transport};
+
+/// The name of the image we push to containers-storage if nothing is specified.
+const IMAGE_DEFAULT: &str = "localhost/bootc";
+
+#[context("Listing images")]
+pub(crate) async fn list_entrypoint() -> Result<()> {
+    let sysroot = crate::cli::get_locked_sysroot().await?;
+    let repo = &sysroot.repo();
+
+    let images = ostree_ext::container::store::list_images(repo).context("Querying images")?;
+
+    for image in images {
+        println!("{image}");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Implementation of `bootc image push-to-storage`.
+#[context("Pushing image")]
+pub(crate) async fn push_entrypoint(source: Option<&str>, target: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
+    let transport = Transport::ContainerStorage;
+    let sysroot = crate::cli::get_locked_sysroot().await?;
+
+    let repo = &sysroot.repo();
+
+    // If the target isn't specified, push to containers-storage + our default image
+    let target = if let Some(target) = target {
+        ImageReference {
+            transport,
+            name: target.to_owned(),
+        }
+    } else {
+        ImageReference {
+            transport: Transport::ContainerStorage,
+            name: IMAGE_DEFAULT.to_string(),
+        }
+    };
+
+    // If the source isn't specified, we use the booted image
+    let source = if let Some(source) = source {
+        ImageReference::try_from(source).context("Parsing source image")?
+    } else {
+        let status = crate::status::get_status_require_booted(&sysroot)?;
+        // SAFETY: We know it's booted
+        let booted = status.2.status.booted.unwrap();
+        let booted_image = booted.image.unwrap().image;
+        ImageReference {
+            transport: Transport::try_from(booted_image.transport.as_str()).unwrap(),
+            name: booted_image.image,
+        }
+    };
+    let mut opts = ostree_ext::container::store::ExportToOCIOpts::default();
+    opts.progress_to_stdout = true;
+    println!("Copying local image {source} to {target} ...");
+    let r = ostree_ext::container::store::export(repo, &source, &target, Some(opts)).await?;
+
+    println!("Pushed: {target} {r}");
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index f2f2c60d2..9f8d4ac51 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 pub mod cli;
 pub(crate) mod deploy;
 pub(crate) mod generator;
+mod image;
 pub(crate) mod journal;
 pub(crate) mod kargs;
 mod lints;
diff --git a/tests/booted/002-test-image-pushpull-upgrade.nu b/tests/booted/002-test-image-pushpull-upgrade.nu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c3991182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/booted/002-test-image-pushpull-upgrade.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# This test does:
+# bootc image copy-to-storage
+# podman build <from that image>
+# bootc switch <to the local image>
+# <verify booted state>
+# Then another build, and reboot into verifying that
+use std assert
+use tap.nu
+
+const kargsv0 = ["testarg=foo", "othertestkarg", "thirdkarg=bar"]
+const kargsv1 = ["testarg=foo", "thirdkarg=baz"]
+let removed = ($kargsv0 | filter { not ($in in $kargsv1) })
+
+# This code runs on *each* boot.
+# Here we just capture information.
+bootc status
+let st = bootc status --json | from json
+let booted = $st.status.booted.image
+
+# Parse the kernel commandline into a list.
+# This is not a proper parser, but good enough
+# for what we need here.
+def parse_cmdline []  {
+    open /proc/cmdline | str trim | split row " "
+}
+
+# Run on the first boot
+def initial_build [] {
+    tap begin "local image push + pull + upgrade"
+
+    let td = mktemp -d
+    cd $td
+
+    do --ignore-errors { podman image rm localhost/bootc o+e>| ignore }
+    bootc image copy-to-storage
+    let img = podman image inspect localhost/bootc | from json
+
+    mkdir usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d
+    { kargs: $kargsv0 } | to toml | save usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d/05-testkargs.toml
+    # A simple derived container that adds a file, but also injects some kargs
+    "FROM localhost/bootc
+COPY usr/ /usr/
+RUN echo test content > /usr/share/blah.txt
+" | save Dockerfile
+    # Build it
+    podman build -t localhost/bootc-derived .
+    # Just sanity check it
+    let v = podman run --rm localhost/bootc-derived cat /usr/share/blah.txt | str trim
+    assert equal $v "test content"
+    # Now, fetch it back into the bootc storage!
+    bootc switch --transport containers-storage localhost/bootc-derived
+    # And reboot into it
+    tmt-reboot
+}
+
+# The second boot; verify we're in the derived image
+def second_boot [] {
+    print "verifying second boot"
+    # booted from the local container storage and image
+    assert equal $booted.image.transport containers-storage
+    assert equal $booted.image.image localhost/bootc-derived
+    # We wrote this file
+    let t = open /usr/share/blah.txt | str trim
+    assert equal $t "test content"
+
+    # Verify we have updated kargs
+    let cmdline = parse_cmdline
+    print $"cmdline=($cmdline)"
+    for x in $kargsv0 {
+        print $"verifying karg: ($x)"
+        assert ($x in $cmdline)
+    }
+
+    # Now do another build where we drop one of the kargs
+    let td = mktemp -d
+    cd $td
+
+    mkdir usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d
+    { kargs: $kargsv1 } | to toml | save usr/lib/bootc/kargs.d/05-testkargs.toml
+    "FROM localhost/bootc
+COPY usr/ /usr/
+RUN echo test content2 > /usr/share/blah.txt
+" | save Dockerfile
+    # Build it
+    podman build -t localhost/bootc-derived .
+    let booted_digest = $booted.imageDigest
+    print booted_digest = $booted_digest
+    # We should already be fetching updates from container storage
+    bootc upgrade
+    # Verify we staged an update
+    let st = bootc status --json | from json
+    let staged_digest = $st.status.staged.image.imageDigest
+    assert ($booted_digest != $staged_digest)
+    # And reboot into the upgrade
+    tmt-reboot
+}
+
+# Check we have the updated kargs
+def third_boot [] {
+    print "verifying third boot"
+    assert equal $booted.image.transport containers-storage
+    assert equal $booted.image.image localhost/bootc-derived
+    let t = open /usr/share/blah.txt | str trim
+    assert equal $t "test content2"
+
+    # Verify we have updated kargs
+    let cmdline = parse_cmdline
+    print $"cmdline=($cmdline)"
+    for x in $kargsv1 {
+        print $"Verifying karg ($x)"
+        assert ($x in $cmdline)
+    }
+    # And the kargs that should be removed are gone
+    for x in $removed {
+        assert not ($removed in $cmdline)
+    }
+
+    tap ok
+}
+
+def main [] {
+    # See https://tmt.readthedocs.io/en/stable/stories/features.html#reboot-during-test
+    match $env.TMT_REBOOT_COUNT? {
+        null | "0" => initial_build,
+        "1" => second_boot,
+        "2" => third_boot,
+        $o => { error make { msg: $"Invalid TMT_REBOOT_COUNT ($o)" } },
+    }
+}