diff --git a/Sources/ContainerRegistry/ImageDestination.swift b/Sources/ContainerRegistry/ImageDestination.swift
index 4e4e88d..81ffce6 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerRegistry/ImageDestination.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerRegistry/ImageDestination.swift
@@ -82,6 +82,25 @@ public protocol ImageDestination {
         reference: (any ImageReference.Reference)?,
         manifest: ImageManifest
     ) async throws -> ContentDescriptor
+
+    /// Encodes and uploads an image index.
+    ///
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///   - repository: Name of the destination repository.
+    ///   - reference: Optional tag to apply to this index.
+    ///   - index: Index to be uploaded.
+    /// - Returns: An ContentDescriptor object representing the
+    ///            uploaded index.
+    /// - Throws: If the index cannot be encoded or the upload fails.
+    ///
+    /// An index is a type of manifest.   Manifests are not treated as blobs
+    /// by the distribution specification.   They have their own MIME types
+    /// and are uploaded to different endpoint.
+    func putIndex(
+        repository: ImageReference.Repository,
+        reference: (any ImageReference.Reference)?,
+        index: ImageIndex
+    ) async throws -> ContentDescriptor
 }
 
 extension ImageDestination {
diff --git a/Sources/ContainerRegistry/RegistryClient+ImageDestination.swift b/Sources/ContainerRegistry/RegistryClient+ImageDestination.swift
index bb7f3cf..9c08fd4 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerRegistry/RegistryClient+ImageDestination.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerRegistry/RegistryClient+ImageDestination.swift
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ extension RegistryClient: ImageDestination {
     ///   - reference: Optional tag to apply to this manifest.
     ///   - manifest: Manifest to be uploaded.
     /// - Returns: An ContentDescriptor object representing the
-    ///            uploaded blob.
-    /// - Throws: If the blob cannot be encoded or the upload fails.
+    ///            uploaded manifest.
+    /// - Throws: If the manifest cannot be encoded or the upload fails.
     ///
     /// Manifests are not treated as blobs by the distribution specification.
     /// They have their own MIME types and are uploaded to different
@@ -177,4 +177,46 @@ extension RegistryClient: ImageDestination {
             size: Int64(encoded.count)
         )
     }
+
+    /// Encodes and uploads an image index.
+    ///
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///   - repository: Name of the destination repository.
+    ///   - reference: Optional tag to apply to this index.
+    ///   - index: Index to be uploaded.
+    /// - Returns: An ContentDescriptor object representing the
+    ///            uploaded index.
+    /// - Throws: If the index cannot be encoded or the upload fails.
+    ///
+    /// An index is a type of manifest.   Manifests are not treated as blobs
+    /// by the distribution specification.   They have their own MIME types
+    /// and are uploaded to different endpoint.
+    public func putIndex(
+        repository: ImageReference.Repository,
+        reference: (any ImageReference.Reference)? = nil,
+        index: ImageIndex
+    ) async throws -> ContentDescriptor {
+        // See https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/blob/main/spec.md#pushing-manifests
+
+        let encoded = try encoder.encode(index)
+        let digest = ImageReference.Digest(of: encoded)
+        let mediaType = index.mediaType ?? "application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json"
+
+        let _ = try await executeRequestThrowing(
+            .put(
+                repository,
+                path: "manifests/\(reference ?? digest)",
+                contentType: mediaType
+            ),
+            uploading: encoded,
+            expectingStatus: .created,
+            decodingErrors: [.notFound]
+        )
+
+        return ContentDescriptor(
+            mediaType: mediaType,
+            digest: "\(digest)",
+            size: Int64(encoded.count)
+        )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/containertool/Extensions/RegistryClient+publish.swift b/Sources/containertool/Extensions/RegistryClient+publish.swift
index 00d049a..552ee2b 100644
--- a/Sources/containertool/Extensions/RegistryClient+publish.swift
+++ b/Sources/containertool/Extensions/RegistryClient+publish.swift
@@ -146,14 +146,41 @@ func publishContainerImage<Source: ImageSource, Destination: ImageDestination>(
         log("manifest: \(manifestDescriptor.digest) (\(manifestDescriptor.size) bytes)")
     }
 
-    // Use the manifest's digest if the user did not provide a human-readable tag
+    // MARK: Create application index
+
+    let index = ImageIndex(
+        schemaVersion: 2,
+        mediaType: "application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json",
+        manifests: [
+            ContentDescriptor(
+                mediaType: manifestDescriptor.mediaType,
+                digest: manifestDescriptor.digest,
+                size: Int64(manifestDescriptor.size),
+                platform: .init(architecture: architecture, os: os)
+            )
+        ]
+    )
+
+    // MARK: Upload application manifest
+
+    let indexDescriptor = try await destination.putIndex(
+        repository: destinationImage.repository,
+        reference: destinationImage.reference,
+        index: index
+    )
+
+    if verbose {
+        log("index: \(indexDescriptor.digest) (\(indexDescriptor.size) bytes)")
+    }
+
+    // Use the index digest if the user did not provide a human-readable tag
     // To support multiarch images, we should also create an an index pointing to
     // this manifest.
     let reference: ImageReference.Reference
     if let tag {
         reference = try ImageReference.Tag(tag)
     } else {
-        reference = try ImageReference.Digest(manifestDescriptor.digest)
+        reference = try ImageReference.Digest(indexDescriptor.digest)
     }
 
     var result = destinationImage
diff --git a/scripts/test-containertool-elf-detection.sh b/scripts/test-containertool-elf-detection.sh
index 0bfea77..fe3c70d 100755
--- a/scripts/test-containertool-elf-detection.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-containertool-elf-detection.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ FILETYPE=$(file "$PKGPATH/.build/x86_64-swift-linux-musl/debug/hello")
 log "Executable type: $FILETYPE"
 
 IMGREF=$(swift run containertool --repository localhost:5000/elf_test "$PKGPATH/.build/x86_64-swift-linux-musl/debug/hello" --from scratch)
-$RUNTIME pull "$IMGREF"
+$RUNTIME pull --platform=linux/amd64 "$IMGREF"
 IMGARCH=$($RUNTIME inspect "$IMGREF" --format "{{.Architecture}}")
 if [ "$IMGARCH" = "amd64" ] ; then
   log "x86_64 detection: PASSED"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ FILETYPE=$(file "$PKGPATH/.build/x86_64-swift-linux-musl/debug/hello")
 log "Executable type: $FILETYPE"
 
 IMGREF=$(swift run containertool --repository localhost:5000/elf_test "$PKGPATH/.build/aarch64-swift-linux-musl/debug/hello" --from scratch)
-$RUNTIME pull "$IMGREF"
+$RUNTIME pull --platform=linux/arm64 "$IMGREF"
 IMGARCH=$($RUNTIME inspect "$IMGREF" --format "{{.Architecture}}")
 if [ "$IMGARCH" = "arm64" ] ; then
   log "aarch64 detection: PASSED"