diff --git a/copy/blob.go b/copy/blob.go
index 8d5580d7cb..df923851aa 100644
--- a/copy/blob.go
+++ b/copy/blob.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 // and returns a complete blobInfo of the copied blob.
 func (ic *imageCopier) copyBlobFromStream(ctx context.Context, srcReader io.Reader, srcInfo types.BlobInfo,
 	getOriginalLayerCopyWriter func(decompressor compressiontypes.DecompressorFunc) io.Writer,
-	isConfig bool, toEncrypt bool, bar *progressBar, layerIndex int, emptyLayer bool) (types.BlobInfo, error) {
+	isConfig bool, toEncrypt bool, bar *progressBar, layerIndex int, incremental, emptyLayer bool) (types.BlobInfo, error) {
 	// The copying happens through a pipeline of connected io.Readers;
 	// that pipeline is built by updating stream.
 	// === Input: srcReader
@@ -33,11 +33,15 @@ func (ic *imageCopier) copyBlobFromStream(ctx context.Context, srcReader io.Read
 	// Note that for this check we don't use the stronger "validationSucceeded" indicator, because
 	// dest.PutBlob may detect that the layer already exists, in which case we don't
 	// read stream to the end, and validation does not happen.
-	digestingReader, err := newDigestingReader(stream.reader, srcInfo.Digest)
-	if err != nil {
-		return types.BlobInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("preparing to verify blob %s: %w", srcInfo.Digest, err)
+	var digestingReader *digestingReader
+	if !incremental {
+		var err error
+		digestingReader, err = newDigestingReader(stream.reader, srcInfo.Digest)
+		if err != nil {
+			return types.BlobInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("preparing to verify blob %s: %w", srcInfo.Digest, err)
+		}
+		stream.reader = digestingReader
 	}
-	stream.reader = digestingReader
 
 	// === Update progress bars
 	stream.reader = bar.ProxyReader(stream.reader)
@@ -128,13 +132,13 @@ func (ic *imageCopier) copyBlobFromStream(ctx context.Context, srcReader io.Read
 		}
 	}
 
-	if digestingReader.validationFailed { // Coverage: This should never happen.
-		return types.BlobInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("Internal error writing blob %s, digest verification failed but was ignored", srcInfo.Digest)
+	if digestingReader != nil && digestingReader.validationFailed {
+		return types.BlobInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("Internal error writing blob %s, digest verification failed", srcInfo.Digest)
 	}
 	if stream.info.Digest != "" && uploadedInfo.Digest != stream.info.Digest {
 		return types.BlobInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("Internal error writing blob %s, blob with digest %s saved with digest %s", srcInfo.Digest, stream.info.Digest, uploadedInfo.Digest)
 	}
-	if digestingReader.validationSucceeded {
+	if digestingReader != nil && digestingReader.validationSucceeded {
 		if err := compressionStep.recordValidatedDigestData(ic.c, uploadedInfo, srcInfo, encryptionStep, decryptionStep); err != nil {
 			return types.BlobInfo{}, err
 		}
diff --git a/copy/single.go b/copy/single.go
index 8d90a8138c..b066f7e3a7 100644
--- a/copy/single.go
+++ b/copy/single.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	compressiontypes "github.com/containers/image/v5/pkg/compression/types"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/transports"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/chunked"
 	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	imgspecv1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -448,7 +449,13 @@ func (ic *imageCopier) copyLayers(ctx context.Context) ([]compressiontypes.Algor
 				logrus.Debugf("Skipping foreign layer %q copy to %s", cld.destInfo.Digest, ic.c.dest.Reference().Transport().Name())
 			}
 		} else {
-			cld.destInfo, cld.diffID, cld.err = ic.copyLayer(ctx, srcLayer, toEncrypt, pool, index, srcRef, manifestLayerInfos[index].EmptyLayer)
+			toc, err := chunked.GetTOCDigest(manifestLayerInfos[index].Annotations)
+			if err != nil {
+				cld.err = err
+			} else {
+				incremental := toc != nil
+				cld.destInfo, cld.diffID, cld.err = ic.copyLayer(ctx, srcLayer, toEncrypt, pool, index, srcRef, incremental, manifestLayerInfos[index].EmptyLayer)
+			}
 		}
 		data[index] = cld
 	}
@@ -601,7 +608,7 @@ func (ic *imageCopier) copyConfig(ctx context.Context, src types.Image) error {
 				return types.BlobInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("reading config blob %s: %w", srcInfo.Digest, err)
 			}
 
-			destInfo, err := ic.copyBlobFromStream(ctx, bytes.NewReader(configBlob), srcInfo, nil, true, false, bar, -1, false)
+			destInfo, err := ic.copyBlobFromStream(ctx, bytes.NewReader(configBlob), srcInfo, nil, true, false, bar, -1, false, false)
 			if err != nil {
 				return types.BlobInfo{}, err
 			}
@@ -642,7 +649,7 @@ func compressionAlgorithmFromMIMEType(srcInfo types.BlobInfo) *compressiontypes.
 // copyLayer copies a layer with srcInfo (with known Digest and Annotations and possibly known Size) in src to dest, perhaps (de/re/)compressing it,
 // and returns a complete blobInfo of the copied layer, and a value for LayerDiffIDs if diffIDIsNeeded
 // srcRef can be used as an additional hint to the destination during checking whether a layer can be reused but srcRef can be nil.
-func (ic *imageCopier) copyLayer(ctx context.Context, srcInfo types.BlobInfo, toEncrypt bool, pool *mpb.Progress, layerIndex int, srcRef reference.Named, emptyLayer bool) (types.BlobInfo, digest.Digest, error) {
+func (ic *imageCopier) copyLayer(ctx context.Context, srcInfo types.BlobInfo, toEncrypt bool, pool *mpb.Progress, layerIndex int, srcRef reference.Named, incremental, emptyLayer bool) (types.BlobInfo, digest.Digest, error) {
 	// If the srcInfo doesn't contain compression information, try to compute it from the
 	// MediaType, which was either read from a manifest by way of LayerInfos() or constructed
 	// by LayerInfosForCopy(), if it was supplied at all.  If we succeed in copying the blob,
@@ -761,7 +768,7 @@ func (ic *imageCopier) copyLayer(ctx context.Context, srcInfo types.BlobInfo, to
 		}
 		defer srcStream.Close()
 
-		blobInfo, diffIDChan, err := ic.copyLayerFromStream(ctx, srcStream, types.BlobInfo{Digest: srcInfo.Digest, Size: srcBlobSize, MediaType: srcInfo.MediaType, Annotations: srcInfo.Annotations}, diffIDIsNeeded, toEncrypt, bar, layerIndex, emptyLayer)
+		blobInfo, diffIDChan, err := ic.copyLayerFromStream(ctx, srcStream, types.BlobInfo{Digest: srcInfo.Digest, Size: srcBlobSize, MediaType: srcInfo.MediaType, Annotations: srcInfo.Annotations}, diffIDIsNeeded, toEncrypt, bar, layerIndex, incremental, emptyLayer)
 		if err != nil {
 			return types.BlobInfo{}, "", err
 		}
@@ -827,7 +834,7 @@ func updatedBlobInfoFromReuse(inputInfo types.BlobInfo, reusedBlob private.Reuse
 // perhaps (de/re/)compressing the stream,
 // and returns a complete blobInfo of the copied blob and perhaps a <-chan diffIDResult if diffIDIsNeeded, to be read by the caller.
 func (ic *imageCopier) copyLayerFromStream(ctx context.Context, srcStream io.Reader, srcInfo types.BlobInfo,
-	diffIDIsNeeded bool, toEncrypt bool, bar *progressBar, layerIndex int, emptyLayer bool) (types.BlobInfo, <-chan diffIDResult, error) {
+	diffIDIsNeeded bool, toEncrypt bool, bar *progressBar, layerIndex int, incremental, emptyLayer bool) (types.BlobInfo, <-chan diffIDResult, error) {
 	var getDiffIDRecorder func(compressiontypes.DecompressorFunc) io.Writer // = nil
 	var diffIDChan chan diffIDResult
 
@@ -852,7 +859,7 @@ func (ic *imageCopier) copyLayerFromStream(ctx context.Context, srcStream io.Rea
 		}
 	}
 
-	blobInfo, err := ic.copyBlobFromStream(ctx, srcStream, srcInfo, getDiffIDRecorder, false, toEncrypt, bar, layerIndex, emptyLayer) // Sets err to nil on success
+	blobInfo, err := ic.copyBlobFromStream(ctx, srcStream, srcInfo, getDiffIDRecorder, false, toEncrypt, bar, layerIndex, incremental, emptyLayer) // Sets err to nil on success
 	return blobInfo, diffIDChan, err
 	// We need the defer … pipeWriter.CloseWithError() to happen HERE so that the caller can block on reading from diffIDChan
 }