diff --git a/api/next.pb.txt b/api/next.pb.txt
index 531bbe474..9fc92c55f 100644
--- a/api/next.pb.txt
+++ b/api/next.pb.txt
@@ -5997,6 +5997,13 @@ file {
       type: TYPE_STRING
       json_name: "stream"
     }
+    field {
+      name: "media_type"
+      number: 2
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_STRING
+      json_name: "mediaType"
+    }
   }
   options {
     go_package: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/transfer"
diff --git a/api/types/transfer/importexport.pb.go b/api/types/transfer/importexport.pb.go
index 9f70dac6a..ca24b3cb3 100644
--- a/api/types/transfer/importexport.pb.go
+++ b/api/types/transfer/importexport.pb.go
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ type ImageExportStream struct {
 	// Stream is used to identify the binary output stream for the export operation.
 	// The stream uses the transfer binary stream protocol with the server as the sender.
 	// The binary data is expected to be a raw tar stream.
-	Stream string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=stream,proto3" json:"stream,omitempty"`
+	Stream    string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=stream,proto3" json:"stream,omitempty"`
+	MediaType string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=media_type,json=mediaType,proto3" json:"media_type,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *ImageExportStream) Reset() {
@@ -151,6 +152,13 @@ func (x *ImageExportStream) GetStream() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (x *ImageExportStream) GetMediaType() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.MediaType
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 var File_github_com_containerd_containerd_api_types_transfer_importexport_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
 
 var file_github_com_containerd_containerd_api_types_transfer_importexport_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
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diff --git a/api/types/transfer/importexport.proto b/api/types/transfer/importexport.proto
index 26bc00ff3..cb1b0f6fa 100644
--- a/api/types/transfer/importexport.proto
+++ b/api/types/transfer/importexport.proto
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ message ImageExportStream {
 	// The stream uses the transfer binary stream protocol with the server as the sender.
 	// The binary data is expected to be a raw tar stream.
 	string stream = 1;
+
+	string media_type = 2;
 }
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