diff --git a/task/oci-copy-oci-ta/0.1/oci-copy-oci-ta.yaml b/task/oci-copy-oci-ta/0.1/oci-copy-oci-ta.yaml
index c6ce4a099d..65f3f65d4d 100644
--- a/task/oci-copy-oci-ta/0.1/oci-copy-oci-ta.yaml
+++ b/task/oci-copy-oci-ta/0.1/oci-copy-oci-ta.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,14 @@ spec:
         }
         EOL
 
+        echo "Ensuring that the empty blob exists, for the image manifest config."
+        echo -n "{}" | oras blob push \
+                --registry-config auth.json \
+                ${REPO}@sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a \
+                --media-type application/vnd.oci.empty.v1+json --size 2 -
+
         for varfile in /var/workdir/vars/*; do
+          echo
           echo "Reading $varfile"
           source $varfile