diff --git a/docs/session_v2.go b/docs/session_v2.go
index da5371d83..c5bee11bc 100644
--- a/docs/session_v2.go
+++ b/docs/session_v2.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/utils"
 )
 
+const DockerDigestHeader = "Docker-Content-Digest"
+
 func getV2Builder(e *Endpoint) *v2.URLBuilder {
 	if e.URLBuilder == nil {
 		e.URLBuilder = v2.NewURLBuilder(e.URL)
@@ -63,10 +65,10 @@ func (r *Session) GetV2Authorization(ep *Endpoint, imageName string, readOnly bo
 //  1.c) if anything else, err
 // 2) PUT the created/signed manifest
 //
-func (r *Session) GetV2ImageManifest(ep *Endpoint, imageName, tagName string, auth *RequestAuthorization) ([]byte, error) {
+func (r *Session) GetV2ImageManifest(ep *Endpoint, imageName, tagName string, auth *RequestAuthorization) ([]byte, string, error) {
 	routeURL, err := getV2Builder(ep).BuildManifestURL(imageName, tagName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, "", err
 	}
 
 	method := "GET"
@@ -74,30 +76,30 @@ func (r *Session) GetV2ImageManifest(ep *Endpoint, imageName, tagName string, au
 
 	req, err := r.reqFactory.NewRequest(method, routeURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, "", err
 	}
 	if err := auth.Authorize(req); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, "", err
 	}
 	res, _, err := r.doRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, "", err
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
 		if res.StatusCode == 401 {
-			return nil, errLoginRequired
+			return nil, "", errLoginRequired
 		} else if res.StatusCode == 404 {
-			return nil, ErrDoesNotExist
+			return nil, "", ErrDoesNotExist
 		}
-		return nil, utils.NewHTTPRequestError(fmt.Sprintf("Server error: %d trying to fetch for %s:%s", res.StatusCode, imageName, tagName), res)
+		return nil, "", utils.NewHTTPRequestError(fmt.Sprintf("Server error: %d trying to fetch for %s:%s", res.StatusCode, imageName, tagName), res)
 	}
 
 	buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error while reading the http response: %s", err)
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("Error while reading the http response: %s", err)
 	}
-	return buf, nil
+	return buf, res.Header.Get(DockerDigestHeader), nil
 }
 
 // - Succeeded to head image blob (already exists)
@@ -261,41 +263,41 @@ func (r *Session) PutV2ImageBlob(ep *Endpoint, imageName, sumType, sumStr string
 }
 
 // Finally Push the (signed) manifest of the blobs we've just pushed
-func (r *Session) PutV2ImageManifest(ep *Endpoint, imageName, tagName string, manifestRdr io.Reader, auth *RequestAuthorization) error {
+func (r *Session) PutV2ImageManifest(ep *Endpoint, imageName, tagName string, manifestRdr io.Reader, auth *RequestAuthorization) (string, error) {
 	routeURL, err := getV2Builder(ep).BuildManifestURL(imageName, tagName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return "", err
 	}
 
 	method := "PUT"
 	log.Debugf("[registry] Calling %q %s", method, routeURL)
 	req, err := r.reqFactory.NewRequest(method, routeURL, manifestRdr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return "", err
 	}
 	if err := auth.Authorize(req); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return "", err
 	}
 	res, _, err := r.doRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return "", err
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 
 	// All 2xx and 3xx responses can be accepted for a put.
 	if res.StatusCode >= 400 {
 		if res.StatusCode == 401 {
-			return errLoginRequired
+			return "", errLoginRequired
 		}
 		errBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return "", err
 		}
 		log.Debugf("Unexpected response from server: %q %#v", errBody, res.Header)
-		return utils.NewHTTPRequestError(fmt.Sprintf("Server error: %d trying to push %s:%s manifest", res.StatusCode, imageName, tagName), res)
+		return "", utils.NewHTTPRequestError(fmt.Sprintf("Server error: %d trying to push %s:%s manifest", res.StatusCode, imageName, tagName), res)
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return res.Header.Get(DockerDigestHeader), nil
 }
 
 type remoteTags struct {
diff --git a/docs/v2/regexp.go b/docs/v2/regexp.go
index e1e923b99..07484dcd6 100644
--- a/docs/v2/regexp.go
+++ b/docs/v2/regexp.go
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ var RepositoryNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:` + RepositoryNameComponentReg
 
 // TagNameRegexp matches valid tag names. From docker/docker:graph/tags.go.
 var TagNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`[\w][\w.-]{0,127}`)
+
+// DigestRegexp matches valid digest types.
+var DigestRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`[a-zA-Z0-9-_+.]+:[a-zA-Z0-9-_+.=]+`)
diff --git a/docs/v2/routes.go b/docs/v2/routes.go
index 08f36e2f7..de0a38fb8 100644
--- a/docs/v2/routes.go
+++ b/docs/v2/routes.go
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ func Router() *mux.Router {
 		Path("/v2/").
 		Name(RouteNameBase)
 
-	// GET      /v2/<name>/manifest/<tag>	Image Manifest	Fetch the image manifest identified by name and tag.
-	// PUT      /v2/<name>/manifest/<tag>	Image Manifest	Upload the image manifest identified by name and tag.
-	// DELETE   /v2/<name>/manifest/<tag>	Image Manifest	Delete the image identified by name and tag.
+	// GET      /v2/<name>/manifest/<reference>	Image Manifest	Fetch the image manifest identified by name and reference where reference can be a tag or digest.
+	// PUT      /v2/<name>/manifest/<reference>	Image Manifest	Upload the image manifest identified by name and reference where reference can be a tag or digest.
+	// DELETE   /v2/<name>/manifest/<reference>	Image Manifest	Delete the image identified by name and reference where reference can be a tag or digest.
 	router.
-		Path("/v2/{name:" + RepositoryNameRegexp.String() + "}/manifests/{tag:" + TagNameRegexp.String() + "}").
+		Path("/v2/{name:" + RepositoryNameRegexp.String() + "}/manifests/{reference:" + TagNameRegexp.String() + "|" + DigestRegexp.String() + "}").
 		Name(RouteNameManifest)
 
 	// GET	/v2/<name>/tags/list	Tags	Fetch the tags under the repository identified by name.
diff --git a/docs/v2/routes_test.go b/docs/v2/routes_test.go
index 7682792e0..0191feed0 100644
--- a/docs/v2/routes_test.go
+++ b/docs/v2/routes_test.go
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ func TestRouter(t *testing.T) {
 			RouteName:  RouteNameManifest,
 			RequestURI: "/v2/foo/manifests/bar",
 			Vars: map[string]string{
-				"name": "foo",
-				"tag":  "bar",
+				"name":      "foo",
+				"reference": "bar",
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			RouteName:  RouteNameManifest,
 			RequestURI: "/v2/foo/bar/manifests/tag",
 			Vars: map[string]string{
-				"name": "foo/bar",
-				"tag":  "tag",
+				"name":      "foo/bar",
+				"reference": "tag",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ func TestRouter(t *testing.T) {
 			RouteName:  RouteNameManifest,
 			RequestURI: "/v2/foo/bar/manifests/manifests/tags",
 			Vars: map[string]string{
-				"name": "foo/bar/manifests",
-				"tag":  "tags",
+				"name":      "foo/bar/manifests",
+				"reference": "tags",
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/docs/v2/urls.go b/docs/v2/urls.go
index d1380b47a..38fa98af0 100644
--- a/docs/v2/urls.go
+++ b/docs/v2/urls.go
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ func (ub *URLBuilder) BuildTagsURL(name string) (string, error) {
 	return tagsURL.String(), nil
 }
 
-// BuildManifestURL constructs a url for the manifest identified by name and tag.
-func (ub *URLBuilder) BuildManifestURL(name, tag string) (string, error) {
+// BuildManifestURL constructs a url for the manifest identified by name and reference.
+func (ub *URLBuilder) BuildManifestURL(name, reference string) (string, error) {
 	route := ub.cloneRoute(RouteNameManifest)
 
-	manifestURL, err := route.URL("name", name, "tag", tag)
+	manifestURL, err := route.URL("name", name, "reference", reference)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}