diff --git a/cmd/buildah/manifest.go b/cmd/buildah/manifest.go
index b3a8ad62cbf..233ccf9b5b5 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/manifest.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/manifest.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func init() {
 			return manifestPushCmd(cmd, args, manifestPushOpts)
 		},
 		Example: `buildah manifest push mylist:v1.11 transport:imageName`,
-		Args:    cobra.MinimumNArgs(2),
+		Args:    cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 	}
 	manifestPushCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
 	flags = manifestPushCommand.Flags()
@@ -830,20 +830,20 @@ func manifestPushCmd(c *cobra.Command, args []string, opts pushOptions) error {
 	case 0:
 		return errors.New("At least a source list ID must be specified")
 	case 1:
-		return errors.New("Two arguments are necessary to push: source and destination")
+		listImageSpec = args[0]
+		destSpec = "docker://"+listImageSpec
 	case 2:
 		listImageSpec = args[0]
 		destSpec = args[1]
-		if listImageSpec == "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf(`invalid image name "%s"`, listImageSpec)
-		}
-		if destSpec == "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf(`invalid image name "%s"`, destSpec)
-		}
 	default:
 		return errors.New("Only two arguments are necessary to push: source and destination")
 	}
-
+	if listImageSpec == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf(`invalid image name "%s"`, listImageSpec)
+	}
+	if destSpec == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf(`invalid image name "%s"`, destSpec)
+	}
 	store, err := getStore(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/tests/push.bats b/tests/push.bats
index 73450a59b5a..aaa48dbed43 100644
--- a/tests/push.bats
+++ b/tests/push.bats
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ load helpers
   run_buildah login --authfile ${TEST_SCRATCH_DIR}/tmp/test.auth --username testuser --password testpassword --tls-verify=false localhost:${REGISTRY_PORT}
   run_buildah push --authfile ${TEST_SCRATCH_DIR}/tmp/test.auth $WITH_POLICY_JSON --tls-verify=false busybox docker://localhost:${REGISTRY_PORT}/buildah/busybox:latest
   expect_output --substring "Copying"
+
+  run_buildah manifest create localhost:${REGISTRY_PORT}/testmanifest
+  run_buildah manifest push --authfile ${TEST_SCRATCH_DIR}/tmp/test.auth $WITH_POLICY_JSON --tls-verify=false localhost:${REGISTRY_PORT}/testmanifest
+  expect_output --substring "Writing manifest list to image destination"
 }
 
 @test "push with --quiet" {