diff --git a/docs/spec/manifest-v2-2.md b/docs/spec/manifest-v2-2.md
index e2ecce78..7449e580 100755
--- a/docs/spec/manifest-v2-2.md
+++ b/docs/spec/manifest-v2-2.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ image manifest based on the Content-Type returned in the HTTP response.
 
         - **`os`** *string*
 
-            The architecture field specifies the operating system, for example
+            The os field specifies the operating system, for example
             `linux` or `windows`.
 
         - **`variant`** *string*
diff --git a/manifest/manifestlist/manifestlist.go b/manifest/manifestlist/manifestlist.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7424f3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest/manifestlist/manifestlist.go
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+package manifestlist
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/docker/distribution"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest"
+)
+
+// MediaTypeManifestList specifies the mediaType for manifest lists.
+const MediaTypeManifestList = "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json"
+
+// SchemaVersion provides a pre-initialized version structure for this
+// packages version of the manifest.
+var SchemaVersion = manifest.Versioned{
+	SchemaVersion: 2,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	manifestListFunc := func(b []byte) (distribution.Manifest, distribution.Descriptor, error) {
+		m := new(DeserializedManifestList)
+		err := m.UnmarshalJSON(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, distribution.Descriptor{}, err
+		}
+
+		dgst := digest.FromBytes(b)
+		return m, distribution.Descriptor{Digest: dgst, Size: int64(len(b)), MediaType: MediaTypeManifestList}, err
+	}
+	err := distribution.RegisterManifestSchema(MediaTypeManifestList, manifestListFunc)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to register manifest: %s", err))
+	}
+}
+
+// PlatformSpec specifies a platform where a particular image manifest is
+// applicable.
+type PlatformSpec struct {
+	// Architecture field specifies the CPU architecture, for example
+	// `amd64` or `ppc64`.
+	Architecture string `json:"architecture"`
+
+	// OS specifies the operating system, for example `linux` or `windows`.
+	OS string `json:"os"`
+
+	// Variant is an optional field specifying a variant of the CPU, for
+	// example `ppc64le` to specify a little-endian version of a PowerPC CPU.
+	Variant string `json:"variant,omitempty"`
+
+	// Features is an optional field specifuing an array of strings, each
+	// listing a required CPU feature (for example `sse4` or `aes`).
+	Features []string `json:"features,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// A ManifestDescriptor references a platform-specific manifest.
+type ManifestDescriptor struct {
+	distribution.Descriptor
+
+	// Platform specifies which platform the manifest pointed to by the
+	// descriptor runs on.
+	Platform PlatformSpec `json:"platform"`
+}
+
+// ManifestList references manifests for various platforms.
+type ManifestList struct {
+	manifest.Versioned
+
+	// MediaType is the media type of this document. It should always
+	// be set to MediaTypeManifestList.
+	MediaType string `json:"mediaType"`
+
+	// Config references the image configuration as a blob.
+	Manifests []ManifestDescriptor `json:"manifests"`
+}
+
+// References returnes the distribution descriptors for the referenced image
+// manifests.
+func (m ManifestList) References() []distribution.Descriptor {
+	dependencies := make([]distribution.Descriptor, len(m.Manifests))
+	for i := range m.Manifests {
+		dependencies[i] = m.Manifests[i].Descriptor
+	}
+
+	return dependencies
+}
+
+// DeserializedManifestList wraps ManifestList with a copy of the original
+// JSON.
+type DeserializedManifestList struct {
+	ManifestList
+
+	// canonical is the canonical byte representation of the Manifest.
+	canonical []byte
+}
+
+// FromDescriptors takes a slice of descriptors, and returns a
+// DeserializedManifestList which contains the resulting manifest list
+// and its JSON representation.
+func FromDescriptors(descriptors []ManifestDescriptor) (*DeserializedManifestList, error) {
+	m := ManifestList{
+		Versioned: SchemaVersion,
+		MediaType: MediaTypeManifestList,
+	}
+
+	m.Manifests = make([]ManifestDescriptor, len(descriptors), len(descriptors))
+	copy(m.Manifests, descriptors)
+
+	deserialized := DeserializedManifestList{
+		ManifestList: m,
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	deserialized.canonical, err = json.MarshalIndent(&m, "", "   ")
+	return &deserialized, err
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON populates a new ManifestList struct from JSON data.
+func (m *DeserializedManifestList) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	m.canonical = make([]byte, len(b), len(b))
+	// store manifest list in canonical
+	copy(m.canonical, b)
+
+	// Unmarshal canonical JSON into ManifestList object
+	var manifestList ManifestList
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(m.canonical, &manifestList); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	m.ManifestList = manifestList
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON returns the contents of canonical. If canonical is empty,
+// marshals the inner contents.
+func (m *DeserializedManifestList) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	if len(m.canonical) > 0 {
+		return m.canonical, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, errors.New("JSON representation not initialized in DeserializedManifestList")
+}
+
+// Payload returns the raw content of the manifest list. The contents can be
+// used to calculate the content identifier.
+func (m DeserializedManifestList) Payload() (string, []byte, error) {
+	return m.MediaType, m.canonical, nil
+}
diff --git a/manifest/manifestlist/manifestlist_test.go b/manifest/manifestlist/manifestlist_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09e6ed1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest/manifestlist/manifestlist_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package manifestlist
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/docker/distribution"
+)
+
+var expectedManifestListSerialization = []byte(`{
+   "schemaVersion": 2,
+   "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json",
+   "manifests": [
+      {
+         "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
+         "size": 985,
+         "digest": "sha256:1a9ec845ee94c202b2d5da74a24f0ed2058318bfa9879fa541efaecba272e86b",
+         "platform": {
+            "architecture": "amd64",
+            "os": "linux",
+            "features": [
+               "sse4"
+            ]
+         }
+      },
+      {
+         "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
+         "size": 2392,
+         "digest": "sha256:6346340964309634683409684360934680934608934608934608934068934608",
+         "platform": {
+            "architecture": "sun4m",
+            "os": "sunos"
+         }
+      }
+   ]
+}`)
+
+func TestManifestList(t *testing.T) {
+	manifestDescriptors := []ManifestDescriptor{
+		{
+			Descriptor: distribution.Descriptor{
+				Digest:    "sha256:1a9ec845ee94c202b2d5da74a24f0ed2058318bfa9879fa541efaecba272e86b",
+				Size:      985,
+				MediaType: "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
+			},
+			Platform: PlatformSpec{
+				Architecture: "amd64",
+				OS:           "linux",
+				Features:     []string{"sse4"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Descriptor: distribution.Descriptor{
+				Digest:    "sha256:6346340964309634683409684360934680934608934608934608934068934608",
+				Size:      2392,
+				MediaType: "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
+			},
+			Platform: PlatformSpec{
+				Architecture: "sun4m",
+				OS:           "sunos",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	deserialized, err := FromDescriptors(manifestDescriptors)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error creating DeserializedManifestList: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	mediaType, canonical, err := deserialized.Payload()
+
+	if mediaType != MediaTypeManifestList {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected media type: %s", mediaType)
+	}
+
+	// Check that the canonical field is the same as json.MarshalIndent
+	// with these parameters.
+	p, err := json.MarshalIndent(&deserialized.ManifestList, "", "   ")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error marshaling manifest list: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(p, canonical) {
+		t.Fatalf("manifest bytes not equal: %q != %q", string(canonical), string(p))
+	}
+
+	// Check that the canonical field has the expected value.
+	if !bytes.Equal(expectedManifestListSerialization, canonical) {
+		t.Fatalf("manifest bytes not equal: %q != %q", string(canonical), string(expectedManifestListSerialization))
+	}
+
+	var unmarshalled DeserializedManifestList
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(deserialized.canonical, &unmarshalled); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error unmarshaling manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(&unmarshalled, deserialized) {
+		t.Fatalf("manifests are different after unmarshaling: %v != %v", unmarshalled, *deserialized)
+	}
+
+	references := deserialized.References()
+	if len(references) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected number of references: %d", len(references))
+	}
+	for i := range references {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(references[i], manifestDescriptors[i].Descriptor) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected value %d returned by References: %v", i, references[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/registry/handlers/api_test.go b/registry/handlers/api_test.go
index e38b4da8..0393c8f1 100644
--- a/registry/handlers/api_test.go
+++ b/registry/handlers/api_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/context"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/manifestlist"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/schema1"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/schema2"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/api/errcode"
@@ -702,12 +703,14 @@ func TestManifestAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	deleteEnabled := false
 	env := newTestEnv(t, deleteEnabled)
 	testManifestAPISchema1(t, env, "foo/schema1")
-	testManifestAPISchema2(t, env, "foo/schema2")
+	schema2Args := testManifestAPISchema2(t, env, "foo/schema2")
+	testManifestAPIManifestList(t, env, schema2Args)
 
 	deleteEnabled = true
 	env = newTestEnv(t, deleteEnabled)
 	testManifestAPISchema1(t, env, "foo/schema1")
-	testManifestAPISchema2(t, env, "foo/schema2")
+	schema2Args = testManifestAPISchema2(t, env, "foo/schema2")
+	testManifestAPIManifestList(t, env, schema2Args)
 }
 
 func TestManifestDelete(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1393,6 +1396,179 @@ func testManifestAPISchema2(t *testing.T, env *testEnv, imageName string) manife
 	return args
 }
 
+func testManifestAPIManifestList(t *testing.T, env *testEnv, args manifestArgs) {
+	imageName := args.imageName
+	tag := "manifestlisttag"
+
+	manifestURL, err := env.builder.BuildManifestURL(imageName, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error getting manifest url: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------
+	// Attempt to push manifest list that refers to an unknown manifest
+	manifestList := &manifestlist.ManifestList{
+		Versioned: manifest.Versioned{
+			SchemaVersion: 2,
+		},
+		MediaType: manifestlist.MediaTypeManifestList,
+		Manifests: []manifestlist.ManifestDescriptor{
+			{
+				Descriptor: distribution.Descriptor{
+					Digest:    "sha256:1a9ec845ee94c202b2d5da74a24f0ed2058318bfa9879fa541efaecba272e86b",
+					Size:      3253,
+					MediaType: schema2.MediaTypeManifest,
+				},
+				Platform: manifestlist.PlatformSpec{
+					Architecture: "amd64",
+					OS:           "linux",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	resp := putManifest(t, "putting missing manifest manifestlist", manifestURL, manifestlist.MediaTypeManifestList, manifestList)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	checkResponse(t, "putting missing manifest manifestlist", resp, http.StatusBadRequest)
+	_, p, counts := checkBodyHasErrorCodes(t, "putting missing manifest manifestlist", resp, v2.ErrorCodeManifestBlobUnknown)
+
+	expectedCounts := map[errcode.ErrorCode]int{
+		v2.ErrorCodeManifestBlobUnknown: 1,
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(counts, expectedCounts) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected number of error codes encountered: %v\n!=\n%v\n---\n%s", counts, expectedCounts, string(p))
+	}
+
+	// -------------------
+	// Push a manifest list that references an actual manifest
+	manifestList.Manifests[0].Digest = args.dgst
+	deserializedManifestList, err := manifestlist.FromDescriptors(manifestList.Manifests)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not create DeserializedManifestList: %v", err)
+	}
+	_, canonical, err := deserializedManifestList.Payload()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not get manifest list payload: %v", err)
+	}
+	dgst := digest.FromBytes(canonical)
+
+	manifestDigestURL, err := env.builder.BuildManifestURL(imageName, dgst.String())
+	checkErr(t, err, "building manifest url")
+
+	resp = putManifest(t, "putting manifest list no error", manifestURL, manifestlist.MediaTypeManifestList, deserializedManifestList)
+	checkResponse(t, "putting manifest list no error", resp, http.StatusCreated)
+	checkHeaders(t, resp, http.Header{
+		"Location":              []string{manifestDigestURL},
+		"Docker-Content-Digest": []string{dgst.String()},
+	})
+
+	// --------------------
+	// Push by digest -- should get same result
+	resp = putManifest(t, "putting manifest list by digest", manifestDigestURL, manifestlist.MediaTypeManifestList, deserializedManifestList)
+	checkResponse(t, "putting manifest list by digest", resp, http.StatusCreated)
+	checkHeaders(t, resp, http.Header{
+		"Location":              []string{manifestDigestURL},
+		"Docker-Content-Digest": []string{dgst.String()},
+	})
+
+	// ------------------
+	// Fetch by tag name
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", manifestURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error constructing request: %s", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", manifestlist.MediaTypeManifestList)
+	req.Header.Add("Accept", schema1.MediaTypeManifest)
+	req.Header.Add("Accept", schema2.MediaTypeManifest)
+	resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error fetching manifest list: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	checkResponse(t, "fetching uploaded manifest list", resp, http.StatusOK)
+	checkHeaders(t, resp, http.Header{
+		"Docker-Content-Digest": []string{dgst.String()},
+		"ETag":                  []string{fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, dgst)},
+	})
+
+	var fetchedManifestList manifestlist.DeserializedManifestList
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
+
+	if err := dec.Decode(&fetchedManifestList); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error decoding fetched manifest list: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, fetchedCanonical, err := fetchedManifestList.Payload()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error getting manifest list payload: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(fetchedCanonical, canonical) {
+		t.Fatalf("manifest lists do not match")
+	}
+
+	// ---------------
+	// Fetch by digest
+	req, err = http.NewRequest("GET", manifestDigestURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error constructing request: %s", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", manifestlist.MediaTypeManifestList)
+	resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	checkErr(t, err, "fetching manifest list by digest")
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	checkResponse(t, "fetching uploaded manifest list", resp, http.StatusOK)
+	checkHeaders(t, resp, http.Header{
+		"Docker-Content-Digest": []string{dgst.String()},
+		"ETag":                  []string{fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, dgst)},
+	})
+
+	var fetchedManifestListByDigest manifestlist.DeserializedManifestList
+	dec = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
+	if err := dec.Decode(&fetchedManifestListByDigest); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error decoding fetched manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, fetchedCanonical, err = fetchedManifestListByDigest.Payload()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error getting manifest list payload: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(fetchedCanonical, canonical) {
+		t.Fatalf("manifests do not match")
+	}
+
+	// Get by name with etag, gives 304
+	etag := resp.Header.Get("Etag")
+	req, err = http.NewRequest("GET", manifestURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error constructing request: %s", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("If-None-Match", etag)
+	resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error constructing request: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	checkResponse(t, "fetching manifest by name with etag", resp, http.StatusNotModified)
+
+	// Get by digest with etag, gives 304
+	req, err = http.NewRequest("GET", manifestDigestURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error constructing request: %s", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("If-None-Match", etag)
+	resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error constructing request: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	checkResponse(t, "fetching manifest by dgst with etag", resp, http.StatusNotModified)
+}
+
 func testManifestDelete(t *testing.T, env *testEnv, args manifestArgs) {
 	imageName := args.imageName
 	dgst := args.dgst
@@ -1521,13 +1697,20 @@ func newTestEnvWithConfig(t *testing.T, config *configuration.Configuration) *te
 func putManifest(t *testing.T, msg, url, contentType string, v interface{}) *http.Response {
 	var body []byte
 
-	if sm, ok := v.(*schema1.SignedManifest); ok {
-		_, pl, err := sm.Payload()
+	switch m := v.(type) {
+	case *schema1.SignedManifest:
+		_, pl, err := m.Payload()
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("error getting payload: %v", err)
 		}
 		body = pl
-	} else {
+	case *manifestlist.DeserializedManifestList:
+		_, pl, err := m.Payload()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error getting payload: %v", err)
+		}
+		body = pl
+	default:
 		var err error
 		body, err = json.MarshalIndent(v, "", "   ")
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/registry/storage/manifestlisthandler.go b/registry/storage/manifestlisthandler.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42027d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/storage/manifestlisthandler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/context"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/manifestlist"
+)
+
+// manifestListHandler is a ManifestHandler that covers schema2 manifest lists.
+type manifestListHandler struct {
+	repository *repository
+	blobStore  *linkedBlobStore
+	ctx        context.Context
+}
+
+var _ ManifestHandler = &manifestListHandler{}
+
+func (ms *manifestListHandler) Unmarshal(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest, content []byte) (distribution.Manifest, error) {
+	context.GetLogger(ms.ctx).Debug("(*manifestListHandler).Unmarshal")
+
+	var m manifestlist.DeserializedManifestList
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(content, &m); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &m, nil
+}
+
+func (ms *manifestListHandler) Put(ctx context.Context, manifestList distribution.Manifest, skipDependencyVerification bool) (digest.Digest, error) {
+	context.GetLogger(ms.ctx).Debug("(*manifestListHandler).Put")
+
+	m, ok := manifestList.(*manifestlist.DeserializedManifestList)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("wrong type put to manifestListHandler: %T", manifestList)
+	}
+
+	if err := ms.verifyManifest(ms.ctx, *m, skipDependencyVerification); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	mt, payload, err := m.Payload()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	revision, err := ms.blobStore.Put(ctx, mt, payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		context.GetLogger(ctx).Errorf("error putting payload into blobstore: %v", err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Link the revision into the repository.
+	if err := ms.blobStore.linkBlob(ctx, revision); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return revision.Digest, nil
+}
+
+// verifyManifest ensures that the manifest content is valid from the
+// perspective of the registry. As a policy, the registry only tries to
+// store valid content, leaving trust policies of that content up to
+// consumers.
+func (ms *manifestListHandler) verifyManifest(ctx context.Context, mnfst manifestlist.DeserializedManifestList, skipDependencyVerification bool) error {
+	var errs distribution.ErrManifestVerification
+
+	if !skipDependencyVerification {
+		// This manifest service is different from the blob service
+		// returned by Blob. It uses a linked blob store to ensure that
+		// only manifests are accessible.
+		manifestService, err := ms.repository.Manifests(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, manifestDescriptor := range mnfst.References() {
+			exists, err := manifestService.Exists(ctx, manifestDescriptor.Digest)
+			if err != nil && err != distribution.ErrBlobUnknown {
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+			}
+			if err != nil || !exists {
+				// On error here, we always append unknown blob errors.
+				errs = append(errs, distribution.ErrManifestBlobUnknown{Digest: manifestDescriptor.Digest})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(errs) != 0 {
+		return errs
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/registry/storage/manifeststore.go b/registry/storage/manifeststore.go
index cd3aa43e..cd01670b 100644
--- a/registry/storage/manifeststore.go
+++ b/registry/storage/manifeststore.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/context"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/manifestlist"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/schema1"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/schema2"
 )
@@ -44,8 +45,9 @@ type manifestStore struct {
 
 	skipDependencyVerification bool
 
-	schema1Handler ManifestHandler
-	schema2Handler ManifestHandler
+	schema1Handler      ManifestHandler
+	schema2Handler      ManifestHandler
+	manifestListHandler ManifestHandler
 }
 
 var _ distribution.ManifestService = &manifestStore{}
@@ -92,7 +94,21 @@ func (ms *manifestStore) Get(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest, options ..
 	case 1:
 		return ms.schema1Handler.Unmarshal(ctx, dgst, content)
 	case 2:
-		return ms.schema2Handler.Unmarshal(ctx, dgst, content)
+		// This can be an image manifest or a manifest list
+		var mediaType struct {
+			MediaType string `json:"mediaType"`
+		}
+		if err = json.Unmarshal(content, &mediaType); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		switch mediaType.MediaType {
+		case schema2.MediaTypeManifest:
+			return ms.schema2Handler.Unmarshal(ctx, dgst, content)
+		case manifestlist.MediaTypeManifestList:
+			return ms.manifestListHandler.Unmarshal(ctx, dgst, content)
+		default:
+			return nil, distribution.ErrManifestVerification{fmt.Errorf("unrecognized manifest content type %s", mediaType.MediaType)}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized manifest schema version %d", versioned.SchemaVersion)
@@ -106,6 +122,8 @@ func (ms *manifestStore) Put(ctx context.Context, manifest distribution.Manifest
 		return ms.schema1Handler.Put(ctx, manifest, ms.skipDependencyVerification)
 	case *schema2.DeserializedManifest:
 		return ms.schema2Handler.Put(ctx, manifest, ms.skipDependencyVerification)
+	case *manifestlist.DeserializedManifestList:
+		return ms.manifestListHandler.Put(ctx, manifest, ms.skipDependencyVerification)
 	}
 
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("unrecognized manifest type %T", manifest)
diff --git a/registry/storage/registry.go b/registry/storage/registry.go
index d22c6c81..b3810676 100644
--- a/registry/storage/registry.go
+++ b/registry/storage/registry.go
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ func (repo *repository) Manifests(ctx context.Context, options ...distribution.M
 			repository: repo,
 			blobStore:  blobStore,
 		},
+		manifestListHandler: &manifestListHandler{
+			ctx:        ctx,
+			repository: repo,
+			blobStore:  blobStore,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Apply options
diff --git a/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler.go b/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler.go
index 9cec2e81..115786e2 100644
--- a/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler.go
+++ b/registry/storage/schema2manifesthandler.go
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ func (ms *schema2ManifestHandler) Put(ctx context.Context, manifest distribution
 }
 
 // verifyManifest ensures that the manifest content is valid from the
-// perspective of the registry. It ensures that the signature is valid for the
-// enclosed payload. As a policy, the registry only tries to store valid
-// content, leaving trust policies of that content up to consumems.
+// perspective of the registry. As a policy, the registry only tries to store
+// valid content, leaving trust policies of that content up to consumers.
 func (ms *schema2ManifestHandler) verifyManifest(ctx context.Context, mnfst schema2.DeserializedManifest, skipDependencyVerification bool) error {
 	var errs distribution.ErrManifestVerification
 
diff --git a/registry/storage/signedmanifesthandler.go b/registry/storage/signedmanifesthandler.go
index a375516a..02663226 100644
--- a/registry/storage/signedmanifesthandler.go
+++ b/registry/storage/signedmanifesthandler.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (ms *signedManifestHandler) Put(ctx context.Context, manifest distribution.
 // verifyManifest ensures that the manifest content is valid from the
 // perspective of the registry. It ensures that the signature is valid for the
 // enclosed payload. As a policy, the registry only tries to store valid
-// content, leaving trust policies of that content up to consumems.
+// content, leaving trust policies of that content up to consumers.
 func (ms *signedManifestHandler) verifyManifest(ctx context.Context, mnfst schema1.SignedManifest, skipDependencyVerification bool) error {
 	var errs distribution.ErrManifestVerification