diff --git a/registry/storage/linkedblobstore_test.go b/registry/storage/linkedblobstore_test.go
index 7682b45ca..55dccd13f 100644
--- a/registry/storage/linkedblobstore_test.go
+++ b/registry/storage/linkedblobstore_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -14,6 +15,54 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 )
 
+func TestLinkedBlobStoreEnumerator(t *testing.T) {
+	fooRepoName, _ := reference.WithName("nm/foo")
+	fooEnv := newManifestStoreTestEnv(t, fooRepoName, "thetag")
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	var expected []string
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		rs, dgst, err := testutil.CreateRandomTarFile()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error generating test layer file")
+		}
+
+		expected = append(expected, dgst.String())
+
+		wr, err := fooEnv.repository.Blobs(fooEnv.ctx).Create(fooEnv.ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating test upload: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := io.Copy(wr, rs); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error copying to upload: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := wr.Commit(fooEnv.ctx, distribution.Descriptor{Digest: dgst}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error finishing upload: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	enumerator, ok := fooEnv.repository.Blobs(fooEnv.ctx).(distribution.BlobEnumerator)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Blobs is not a BlobEnumerator")
+	}
+
+	var actual []string
+	if err := enumerator.Enumerate(ctx, func(dgst digest.Digest) error {
+		actual = append(actual, dgst.String())
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cannot enumerate on repository: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	sort.Strings(actual)
+	sort.Strings(expected)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected array difference (expected: %v actual: %v)", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLinkedBlobStoreCreateWithMountFrom(t *testing.T) {
 	fooRepoName, _ := reference.WithName("nm/foo")
 	fooEnv := newManifestStoreTestEnv(t, fooRepoName, "thetag")
diff --git a/registry/storage/paths.go b/registry/storage/paths.go
index 2d1f5132f..4e9ad0856 100644
--- a/registry/storage/paths.go
+++ b/registry/storage/paths.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ const (
 // 	Blobs:
 //
 // 	layerLinkPathSpec:            <root>/v2/repositories/<name>/_layers/<algorithm>/<hex digest>/link
+// 	layersPathSpec:               <root>/v2/repositories/<name>/_layers
 //
 //	Uploads:
 //
@@ -206,6 +207,8 @@ func pathFor(spec pathSpec) (string, error) {
 		blobLinkPathComponents := append(repoPrefix, v.name, "_layers")
 
 		return path.Join(path.Join(append(blobLinkPathComponents, components...)...), "link"), nil
+	case layersPathSpec:
+		return path.Join(append(repoPrefix, v.name, "_layers")...), nil
 	case blobsPathSpec:
 		blobsPathPrefix := append(rootPrefix, "blobs")
 		return path.Join(blobsPathPrefix...), nil
@@ -335,6 +338,13 @@ type manifestTagIndexEntryLinkPathSpec struct {
 
 func (manifestTagIndexEntryLinkPathSpec) pathSpec() {}
 
+// layersPathSpec contains the path for the layers inside a repo
+type layersPathSpec struct {
+	name string
+}
+
+func (layersPathSpec) pathSpec() {}
+
 // blobLinkPathSpec specifies a path for a blob link, which is a file with a
 // blob id. The blob link will contain a content addressable blob id reference
 // into the blob store. The format of the contents is as follows:
diff --git a/registry/storage/paths_test.go b/registry/storage/paths_test.go
index ab3b8445a..68fca59e5 100644
--- a/registry/storage/paths_test.go
+++ b/registry/storage/paths_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ func TestPathMapper(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: "/docker/registry/v2/repositories/foo/bar/_uploads/asdf-asdf-asdf-adsf/startedat",
 		},
+		{
+			spec:     layersPathSpec{name: "foo/bar"},
+			expected: "/docker/registry/v2/repositories/foo/bar/_layers",
+		},
 	} {
 		p, err := pathFor(testcase.spec)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/registry/storage/registry.go b/registry/storage/registry.go
index 7e932ab9a..d74403f50 100644
--- a/registry/storage/registry.go
+++ b/registry/storage/registry.go
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ func (repo *repository) Blobs(ctx context.Context) distribution.BlobStore {
 		// TODO(stevvooe): linkPath limits this blob store to only layers.
 		// This instance cannot be used for manifest checks.
 		linkPathFns:            []linkPathFunc{blobLinkPath},
+		linkDirectoryPathSpec:  layersPathSpec{name: repo.name.Name()},
 		deleteEnabled:          repo.registry.deleteEnabled,
 		resumableDigestEnabled: repo.resumableDigestEnabled,
 	}