diff --git a/sources/org.osbuild.containers-storage b/sources/org.osbuild.containers-storage
index 9555bd02..358de635 100755
--- a/sources/org.osbuild.containers-storage
+++ b/sources/org.osbuild.containers-storage
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ by osbuild itself.
 Buildhost commands used: `skopeo`.
 """
 
+import concurrent.futures
 import hashlib
 import subprocess as sp
 import sys
@@ -57,10 +58,19 @@ class ContainersStorageSource(sources.SourceService):
         return f"containers-storage:[{driver}@{graphroot}+{runroot}]{imagename}"
 
     def fetch_one(self, checksum, desc) -> None:
-        return
+        # Instead of fetching anything, just check that it exists.
+        #
+        # Note that there's an obvious TOCTOU issue here, but it's unavoidable without copying the storage or a
+        # container out of it, which is exactly what we want to avoid with this source.
+        # Unlike all other sources, this source relies on external storage not controlled by osbuild itself.
+        self.exists(checksum, desc)
 
     def fetch_all(self, items) -> None:
-        return
+        # prepare each item as a (checksum, desc) tuple (where desc=None)
+        transformed = map(lambda i: self.transform(i, None), items)
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.max_workers) as executor:
+            for _ in executor.map(self.fetch_one, *zip(*transformed)):
+                pass
 
     def exists(self, checksum, _) -> bool:
         image_id = checksum.split(":")[1]