diff --git a/images/archive/importer.go b/images/archive/importer.go
index 5bc887130..2d046589f 100644
--- a/images/archive/importer.go
+++ b/images/archive/importer.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func ImportIndex(ctx context.Context, store content.Store, reader io.Reader, opt
 			Layers:        layers,
 		}
 
-		desc, err := writeManifest(ctx, store, manifest, ocispec.MediaTypeImageManifest)
+		desc, err := writeManifest(ctx, store, manifest, manifest.MediaType)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ocispec.Descriptor{}, errors.Wrap(err, "write docker manifest")
 		}
diff --git a/import_test.go b/import_test.go
index df7ed24cc..6b1083004 100644
--- a/import_test.go
+++ b/import_test.go
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ func checkImages(t *testing.T, target digest.Digest, actual []images.Image, name
 			t.Fatalf("image(%d) unexpected name %q, expected %q", i, actual[i].Name, n)
 		}
 
-		if actual[i].Target.MediaType != ocispec.MediaTypeImageManifest {
+		if actual[i].Target.MediaType != ocispec.MediaTypeImageManifest &&
+			actual[i].Target.MediaType != images.MediaTypeDockerSchema2Manifest {
 			t.Fatalf("image(%d) unexpected media type: %s", i, actual[i].Target.MediaType)
 		}
 	}
-
 }
 
 func createContent(size int64, seed int64) ([]byte, digest.Digest) {