diff --git a/internal/manifest/os.go b/internal/manifest/os.go
index 5837efcfb..89c7b3539 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/os.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/os.go
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ func (p *OS) serialize() osbuild.Pipeline {
 			pipeline.AddStage(osbuild.NewContainersStorageConfStage(containerStoreOpts))
 		}
 
-		skopeo := osbuild.NewSkopeoStage(storagePath, images, nil)
+		manifests := osbuild.NewFilesInputForManifestLists(p.Containers)
+		skopeo := osbuild.NewSkopeoStage(storagePath, images, manifests)
 		pipeline.AddStage(skopeo)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/osbuild/files_input.go b/internal/osbuild/files_input.go
index 64f685bf4..757d3b1cc 100644
--- a/internal/osbuild/files_input.go
+++ b/internal/osbuild/files_input.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package osbuild
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/container"
 )
 
 // SPECIFIC INPUT STRUCTURE
@@ -276,3 +278,19 @@ func NewFilesInputSourceObjectRef(entries map[string]FilesInputRefMetadata) File
 	}
 	return &refs
 }
+
+// NewFilesInputForManifestLists creates a FilesInput for container manifest
+// lists. If there are no list digests in the container specs, it returns nil.
+func NewFilesInputForManifestLists(containers []container.Spec) *FilesInput {
+	refs := make([]string, 0, len(containers))
+	for _, c := range containers {
+		if c.ListDigest != "" {
+			refs = append(refs, c.ListDigest)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(refs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	filesRef := FilesInputSourcePlainRef(refs)
+	return NewFilesInput(&filesRef)
+}
diff --git a/test/data/manifests/centos_9-aarch64-edge_commit_with_container-boot.json b/test/data/manifests/centos_9-aarch64-edge_commit_with_container-boot.json
index 75ed7d5de..db87c4eff 100644
--- a/test/data/manifests/centos_9-aarch64-edge_commit_with_container-boot.json
+++ b/test/data/manifests/centos_9-aarch64-edge_commit_with_container-boot.json
@@ -11327,7 +11327,8 @@
       "Digest": "sha256:4d76a7480ce1861c95975945633dc9d03807ffb45c64b664ef22e673798d414b",
       "TLSVerify": null,
       "ImageID": "sha256:d4ee87dab8193afad523b1042b9d3f5ec887555a704e5aaec2876798ebb585a6",
-      "LocalName": "registry.gitlab.com/redhat/services/products/image-builder/ci/osbuild-composer/fedora-minimal"
+      "LocalName": "registry.gitlab.com/redhat/services/products/image-builder/ci/osbuild-composer/fedora-minimal",
+      "ListDigest": ""
     }
   ],
   "no-image-info": true
diff --git a/test/data/manifests/centos_9-x86_64-edge_commit_with_container-boot.json b/test/data/manifests/centos_9-x86_64-edge_commit_with_container-boot.json
index ca818de26..acb5b01d7 100644
--- a/test/data/manifests/centos_9-x86_64-edge_commit_with_container-boot.json
+++ b/test/data/manifests/centos_9-x86_64-edge_commit_with_container-boot.json
@@ -11827,7 +11827,8 @@
       "Digest": "sha256:4d76a7480ce1861c95975945633dc9d03807ffb45c64b664ef22e673798d414b",
       "TLSVerify": null,
       "ImageID": "sha256:d4ee87dab8193afad523b1042b9d3f5ec887555a704e5aaec2876798ebb585a6",
-      "LocalName": "registry.gitlab.com/redhat/services/products/image-builder/ci/osbuild-composer/fedora-minimal"
+      "LocalName": "registry.gitlab.com/redhat/services/products/image-builder/ci/osbuild-composer/fedora-minimal",
+      "ListDigest": ""
     }
   ],
   "no-image-info": true