diff --git a/cli/command/manifest/push.go b/cli/command/manifest/push.go
index 848f18c8f0..41ab4941d8 100644
--- a/cli/command/manifest/push.go
+++ b/cli/command/manifest/push.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func buildPutManifestRequest(imageManifest types.ImageManifest, targetRef refere
 	}
 
 	// Attempt to reconstruct indentation of the manifest to ensure sha parity
-	// with the registry.
+	// with the registry - if we haven't preserved the raw content.
 	//
 	// This is necessary because our previous internal storage format did not
 	// preserve whitespace. If we don't have the newer format present, we can
@@ -227,9 +227,12 @@ func buildPutManifestRequest(imageManifest types.ImageManifest, targetRef refere
 	// reconstruction failed!
 	switch {
 	case imageManifest.SchemaV2Manifest != nil:
-		dt, err := json.MarshalIndent(imageManifest.SchemaV2Manifest, "", "   ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return mountRequest{}, err
+		dt := imageManifest.Raw
+		if len(dt) == 0 {
+			dt, err = json.MarshalIndent(imageManifest.SchemaV2Manifest, "", "   ")
+			if err != nil {
+				return mountRequest{}, err
+			}
 		}
 
 		dig := imageManifest.Descriptor.Digest
@@ -243,9 +246,12 @@ func buildPutManifestRequest(imageManifest types.ImageManifest, targetRef refere
 		}
 		imageManifest.SchemaV2Manifest = &manifest
 	case imageManifest.OCIManifest != nil:
-		dt, err := json.MarshalIndent(imageManifest.OCIManifest, "", "  ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return mountRequest{}, err
+		dt := imageManifest.Raw
+		if len(dt) == 0 {
+			dt, err = json.MarshalIndent(imageManifest.OCIManifest, "", "  ")
+			if err != nil {
+				return mountRequest{}, err
+			}
 		}
 
 		dig := imageManifest.Descriptor.Digest
diff --git a/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-annotate.golden b/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-annotate.golden
index 5fe5bd5a9b..f594d518cb 100644
--- a/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-annotate.golden
+++ b/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-annotate.golden
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 			"variant": "v7"
 		}
 	},
+	"Raw": "ewogICAic2NoZW1hVmVyc2lvbiI6IDIsCiAgICJtZWRpYVR5cGUiOiAiYXBwbGljYXRpb24vdm5kLmRvY2tlci5kaXN0cmlidXRpb24ubWFuaWZlc3QudjIranNvbiIsCiAgICJjb25maWciOiB7CiAgICAgICJtZWRpYVR5cGUiOiAiYXBwbGljYXRpb24vdm5kLmRvY2tlci5jb250YWluZXIuaW1hZ2UudjEranNvbiIsCiAgICAgICJzaXplIjogMTUyMCwKICAgICAgImRpZ2VzdCI6ICJzaGEyNTY6NzMyOGY2ZjhiNDE4OTA1OTc1NzVjYmFhZGM4ODRlNzM4NmFlMGFjYzUzYjc0NzQwMWViY2U1Y2YwZDYyNDU2MCIKICAgfSwKICAgImxheWVycyI6IFsKICAgICAgewogICAgICAgICAibWVkaWFUeXBlIjogImFwcGxpY2F0aW9uL3ZuZC5kb2NrZXIuaW1hZ2Uucm9vdGZzLmRpZmYudGFyLmd6aXAiLAogICAgICAgICAic2l6ZSI6IDE5OTA0MDIsCiAgICAgICAgICJkaWdlc3QiOiAic2hhMjU2Ojg4Mjg2ZjQxNTMwZTkzZGZmZDRiOTY0ZTFkYjIyY2U0OTM5ZmZmYTRhNGM2NjVkYWI4NTkxZmJhYjAzZDQ5MjYiCiAgICAgIH0KICAgXQp9",
 	"SchemaV2Manifest": {
 		"schemaVersion": 2,
 		"mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
diff --git a/cli/command/manifest/util.go b/cli/command/manifest/util.go
index 1d530d9f2f..16aba15c74 100644
--- a/cli/command/manifest/util.go
+++ b/cli/command/manifest/util.go
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ func getManifest(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, listRef, namedRef r
 		return dockerCli.RegistryClient(insecure).GetManifest(ctx, namedRef)
 	case err != nil:
 		return types.ImageManifest{}, err
+	case len(data.Raw) == 0:
+		return dockerCli.RegistryClient(insecure).GetManifest(ctx, namedRef)
 	default:
 		return data, nil
 	}
diff --git a/cli/manifest/types/types.go b/cli/manifest/types/types.go
index 76c742e20d..ca2a3e7866 100644
--- a/cli/manifest/types/types.go
+++ b/cli/manifest/types/types.go
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ import (
 type ImageManifest struct {
 	Ref        *SerializableNamed
 	Descriptor ocispec.Descriptor
-
-	// TODO: Deprecate this and store manifest blobs
+	Raw        []byte `json:",omitempty"`
 
 	// SchemaV2Manifest is used for inspection
 	SchemaV2Manifest *schema2.DeserializedManifest `json:",omitempty"`
@@ -99,9 +98,15 @@ func (i ImageManifest) References() []distribution.Descriptor {
 // NewImageManifest returns a new ImageManifest object. The values for Platform
 // are initialized from those in the image
 func NewImageManifest(ref reference.Named, desc ocispec.Descriptor, manifest *schema2.DeserializedManifest) ImageManifest {
+	raw, err := manifest.MarshalJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		raw = nil
+	}
+
 	return ImageManifest{
 		Ref:              &SerializableNamed{Named: ref},
 		Descriptor:       desc,
+		Raw:              raw,
 		SchemaV2Manifest: manifest,
 	}
 }
@@ -109,9 +114,15 @@ func NewImageManifest(ref reference.Named, desc ocispec.Descriptor, manifest *sc
 // NewOCIImageManifest returns a new ImageManifest object. The values for
 // Platform are initialized from those in the image
 func NewOCIImageManifest(ref reference.Named, desc ocispec.Descriptor, manifest *ocischema.DeserializedManifest) ImageManifest {
+	raw, err := manifest.MarshalJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		raw = nil
+	}
+
 	return ImageManifest{
 		Ref:         &SerializableNamed{Named: ref},
 		Descriptor:  desc,
+		Raw:         raw,
 		OCIManifest: manifest,
 	}
 }