diff --git a/cmd/buildah/manifest.go b/cmd/buildah/manifest.go
index ae49b801b9c..08fd63693e5 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/manifest.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/manifest.go
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ func init() {
 	flags.StringVar(&manifestPushOpts.creds, "creds", "", "use `[username[:password]]` for accessing the registry")
 	flags.StringVar(&manifestPushOpts.digestfile, "digestfile", "", "after copying the image, write the digest of the resulting digest to the file")
 	flags.StringVarP(&manifestPushOpts.format, "format", "f", "", "manifest type (oci or v2s2) to attempt to use when pushing the manifest list (default is manifest type of source)")
+	flags.StringSliceVar(&manifestPushOpts.addCompression, "add-compression", nil, "add instances with selected compression while pushing")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&manifestPushOpts.removeSignatures, "remove-signatures", "", false, "don't copy signatures when pushing images")
 	flags.StringVar(&manifestPushOpts.signBy, "sign-by", "", "sign the image using a GPG key with the specified `FINGERPRINT`")
 	flags.StringVar(&manifestPushOpts.signaturePolicy, "signature-policy", "", "`pathname` of signature policy file (not usually used)")
@@ -906,6 +907,7 @@ func manifestPush(systemContext *types.SystemContext, store storage.Store, listI
 		RemoveSignatures:   opts.removeSignatures,
 		SignBy:             opts.signBy,
 		ManifestType:       manifestType,
+		AddCompression:     opts.addCompression,
 	}
 	if opts.all {
 		options.ImageListSelection = cp.CopyAllImages
diff --git a/cmd/buildah/push.go b/cmd/buildah/push.go
index cc59c7976ca..4fc815576bb 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/push.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/push.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type pushOptions struct {
 	encryptionKeys     []string
 	encryptLayers      []int
 	insecure           bool
+	addCompression     []string
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/docs/buildah-manifest-push.1.md b/docs/buildah-manifest-push.1.md
index 4b55cac1245..66f67217e99 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-manifest-push.1.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-manifest-push.1.md
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ The list image's ID and the digest of the image's manifest.
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
+**--add-compression** *compression*
+
+Makes sure that requested compression variant for each platform is added to the manifest list keeping original instance
+intact in the same manifest list. Supported values are (`gzip`, `zstd` and `zstd:chunked`)
+
+Note: This is different than `--compression` which replaces the instance with requested with specified compression
+while `--add-compression` makes sure than each instance has it variant added to manifest list without modifying the
+original instance.
+
 **--all**
 
 Push the images mentioned in the manifest list or image index, in addition to
diff --git a/tests/bud.bats b/tests/bud.bats
index 0fa5db3216a..f42bf5e7251 100644
--- a/tests/bud.bats
+++ b/tests/bud.bats
@@ -11,6 +11,55 @@ load helpers
   run_buildah build $BUDFILES/stdio
 }
 
+@test "bud: build manifest list and --add-compression zstd" {
+  local contextdir=${TEST_SCRATCH_DIR}/bud/platform
+  mkdir -p $contextdir
+
+  cat > $contextdir/Dockerfile1 << _EOF
+FROM alpine
+_EOF
+
+  start_registry
+  run_buildah login --tls-verify=false --authfile ${TEST_SCRATCH_DIR}/test.auth --username testuser --password testpassword localhost:${REGISTRY_PORT}
+  run_buildah build $WITH_POLICY_JSON -t image1 --platform linux/amd64 -f $contextdir/Dockerfile1
+  run_buildah build $WITH_POLICY_JSON -t image2 --platform linux/arm64 -f $contextdir/Dockerfile1
+
+  run_buildah manifest create foo
+  run_buildah manifest add foo image1
+  run_buildah manifest add foo image2
+
+  run_buildah manifest push $WITH_POLICY_JSON --authfile ${TEST_SCRATCH_DIR}/test.auth --all --add-compression zstd --tls-verify=false foo docker://localhost:${REGISTRY_PORT}/list
+
+  run_buildah manifest inspect --authfile ${TEST_SCRATCH_DIR}/test.auth --tls-verify=false localhost:${REGISTRY_PORT}/list
+  list="$output"
+
+  # verify original `gzip` and its `zstd` variant on `amd64`
+  # first instance must be `gzip` for `amd64`
+  run jq -r '.manifests[0].annotations' <<< "$list"
+  expect_output --substring 'null'
+  run jq -r '.manifests[0].platform.architecture' <<< "$list"
+  expect_output --substring "amd64"
+
+  # third instance must be `zstd` for `amd64`
+  run jq -r '.manifests[2].annotations' <<< "$list"
+  expect_output --substring '"io.github.containers.compression.zstd": "true"'
+  run jq -r '.manifests[2].platform.architecture' <<< "$list"
+  expect_output --substring "amd64"
+
+  # verify original `gzip` and its `zstd`variant on `arm64`
+  # first instance must be `gzip` for `arm64`
+  run jq -r '.manifests[1].annotations' <<< "$list"
+  expect_output --substring 'null'
+  run jq -r '.manifests[1].platform.architecture' <<< "$list"
+  expect_output --substring "arm64"
+
+  # third instance must be `zstd` for `arm64`
+  run jq -r '.manifests[3].annotations' <<< "$list"
+  expect_output --substring '"io.github.containers.compression.zstd": "true"'
+  run jq -r '.manifests[3].platform.architecture' <<< "$list"
+  expect_output --substring "arm64"
+}
+
 @test "bud with --dns* flags" {
   _prefetch alpine