diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 688f2003c..6c3cdf47e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ jobs:
         dst=localhost:1338/roundtrip-test
 
         ./app/crane pull --format=oci $img $layout
-        ./app/crane push $layout $dst 
-        diff <(./app/crane manifest $img) <(./app/crane manifest $dst)
+        ./app/crane push --image-refs=foo.images $layout $dst
+        diff <(./app/crane manifest $img) <(./app/crane manifest $(cat foo.images))
diff --git a/cmd/crane/cmd/push.go b/cmd/crane/cmd/push.go
index 95c15510c..5de2ed050 100644
--- a/cmd/crane/cmd/push.go
+++ b/cmd/crane/cmd/push.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/crane"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 // NewCmdPush creates a new cobra.Command for the push subcommand.
 func NewCmdPush(options *[]crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 	index := false
+	imageRefs := ""
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "push PATH IMAGE",
 		Short: "Push local image contents to a remote registry",
@@ -43,23 +45,43 @@ func NewCmdPush(options *[]crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			// TODO(generics): Make crane.Push support index.
+			o := crane.GetOptions(*options...)
+			ref, err := name.ParseReference(tag, o.Name...)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var h v1.Hash
 			switch t := img.(type) {
 			case v1.Image:
-				return crane.Push(t, tag, *options...)
+				if err := remote.Write(ref, t, o.Remote...); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if h, err = t.Digest(); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			case v1.ImageIndex:
-				o := crane.GetOptions(*options...)
-				ref, err := name.ParseReference(tag, o.Name...)
-				if err != nil {
+				if err := remote.WriteIndex(ref, t, o.Remote...); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if h, err = t.Digest(); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				return remote.WriteIndex(ref, t, o.Remote...)
+			default:
+				return fmt.Errorf("cannot push type (%T) to registry", img)
+			}
+
+			digest := ref.Context().Digest(h.String())
+			if imageRefs != "" {
+				return ioutil.WriteFile(imageRefs, []byte(digest.String()), 0600)
 			}
+			// TODO(mattmoor): think about printing the digest to standard out
+			// to facilitate command composition similar to ko build.
 
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot push type (%T) to registry", img)
+			return nil
 		},
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&index, "index", false, "push a collection of images as a single index, currently required if PATH contains multiple images")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&imageRefs, "image-refs", "", "path to file where a list of the published image references will be written")
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/crane/doc/crane_push.md b/cmd/crane/doc/crane_push.md
index b4181edd8..f88a353ae 100644
--- a/cmd/crane/doc/crane_push.md
+++ b/cmd/crane/doc/crane_push.md
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ crane push PATH IMAGE [flags]
 ### Options
 
 ```
-  -h, --help    help for push
-      --index   push a collection of images as a single index, currently required if PATH contains multiple images
+  -h, --help                help for push
+      --image-refs string   path to file where a list of the published image references will be written
+      --index               push a collection of images as a single index, currently required if PATH contains multiple images
 ```
 
 ### Options inherited from parent commands
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a6b7f73ba..844711124 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:Q3nei7sK6ybPYH7twZdmQpAd1MKb7pfu6SK+H1/DsU0=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:hddJymUZASv3XPyGkUpKj8pPO47Rmb0eJc8R6ouapiM=
-github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.4.1 h1:DLJCy1n/vrD4HPjOvYcT8aYQXpPIzoRZONaYwyycI+I=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.4.1/go.mod h1:LRhVm6pbyptWbWbuZ38d1eyptfvIytN3ir6b65WBswg=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
 github.com/gorilla/handlers v0.0.0-20150720190736-60c7bfde3e33/go.mod h1:Qkdc/uu4tH4g6mTK6auzZ766c4CA0Ng8+o/OAirnOIQ=