diff --git a/internal/image/archive.go b/internal/image/archive.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ba2e38a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/image/archive.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package image
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+
+	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/artifact"
+	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/environment"
+	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/manifest"
+	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/platform"
+	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/rpmmd"
+	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/runner"
+	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/workload"
+)
+
+type Archive struct {
+	Base
+	Platform         platform.Platform
+	OSCustomizations manifest.OSCustomizations
+	Environment      environment.Environment
+	Workload         workload.Workload
+	Filename         string
+}
+
+func NewArchive() *Archive {
+	return &Archive{
+		Base: NewBase("archive"),
+	}
+}
+
+func (img *Archive) InstantiateManifest(m *manifest.Manifest,
+	repos []rpmmd.RepoConfig,
+	runner runner.Runner,
+	rng *rand.Rand) (*artifact.Artifact, error) {
+	buildPipeline := manifest.NewBuild(m, runner, repos)
+	buildPipeline.Checkpoint()
+
+	osPipeline := manifest.NewOS(m, buildPipeline, img.Platform, repos)
+	osPipeline.OSCustomizations = img.OSCustomizations
+	osPipeline.Environment = img.Environment
+	osPipeline.Workload = img.Workload
+
+	tarPipeline := manifest.NewTar(m, buildPipeline, &osPipeline.Base, "archive")
+	tarPipeline.Filename = img.Filename
+	artifact := tarPipeline.Export()
+
+	return artifact, nil
+}