diff --git a/pkg/cmd/infra/pusher/pusher.go b/pkg/cmd/infra/pusher/pusher.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..275deb33f191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/infra/pusher/pusher.go
@@ -0,0 +1,389 @@
+package pusher
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/docker/distribution"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/client"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/client/auth"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
+	apirequest "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
+	kcmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/schema2"
+	imageapi "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/apis/image"
+	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/importer"
+)
+
+var (
+	longDesc = templates.LongDesc(`
+		Push an image to a new location
+
+		Accepts a list of arguments defining source images that should be pushed to the provided
+		destination image tag. Each argument is of the form "SRC=DST", where both parts must be
+		valid image references ([registry[:port]/]repository[:tag|@digest]).
+`)
+)
+
+type Mapping struct {
+	Source      imageapi.DockerImageReference
+	Destination imageapi.DockerImageReference
+}
+
+type pushOptions struct {
+	Out, ErrOut io.Writer
+
+	Mappings []Mapping
+
+	Insecure  bool
+	SkipMount bool
+	Force     bool
+}
+
+// NewCommandPusher helps to push and pull images.
+func NewCommandPusher(name string) *cobra.Command {
+	o := &pushOptions{}
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   fmt.Sprintf("%s SRC=DST[,...]", name),
+		Short: "Push images to an image registry",
+		Long:  longDesc,
+		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			o.Out = os.Stdout
+			o.ErrOut = c.OutOrStderr()
+			kcmdutil.CheckErr(o.Complete(args))
+			kcmdutil.CheckErr(o.Run())
+		},
+	}
+
+	flag := cmd.Flags()
+	flag.BoolVar(&o.Insecure, "insecure", o.Insecure, "If true, connections may be made over HTTP")
+	flag.BoolVar(&o.SkipMount, "skip-mount", o.SkipMount, "If true, always push layers instead of cross-mounting them")
+	flag.BoolVar(&o.Force, "force", o.Force, "If true, attempt to write all contents.")
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func (o *pushOptions) Complete(args []string) error {
+	var remainingArgs []string
+	overlap := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, s := range args {
+		parts := strings.SplitN(s, "=", 2)
+		if len(parts) != 2 {
+			remainingArgs = append(remainingArgs, s)
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(parts[0]) == 0 || len(parts[1]) == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("all arguments must be valid SRC=DST mappings")
+		}
+
+		src, err := imageapi.ParseDockerImageReference(parts[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid image reference: %v", parts[0], err)
+		}
+		if len(src.Tag) == 0 && len(src.ID) == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("you must specify a tag or digest for SRC")
+		}
+		dst, err := imageapi.ParseDockerImageReference(parts[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid image reference: %v", parts[0], err)
+		}
+		if len(dst.Tag) == 0 || len(dst.ID) != 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("you must specify a tag for DST")
+		}
+		if _, ok := overlap[dst.String()]; ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("each destination tag may only be specified once: %s", dst.String())
+		}
+		overlap[dst.String()] = src.String()
+
+		o.Mappings = append(o.Mappings, Mapping{Source: src, Destination: dst})
+	}
+	if len(remainingArgs) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("all arguments must be valid SRC=DST mappings")
+	}
+	if len(o.Mappings) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("you must specify at least one source image to pull and the destination to push to as SRC=DST")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type key struct {
+	registry   string
+	repository string
+}
+
+type destination struct {
+	ref  imageapi.DockerImageReference
+	tags []string
+}
+
+type pushTargets map[key]destination
+
+type destinations struct {
+	ref     imageapi.DockerImageReference
+	tags    map[string]pushTargets
+	digests map[string]pushTargets
+}
+
+func (d destinations) mergeIntoDigests(srcDigest digest.Digest, target pushTargets) {
+	srcKey := srcDigest.String()
+	current, ok := d.digests[srcKey]
+	if !ok {
+		d.digests[srcKey] = target
+		return
+	}
+	for repo, dst := range target {
+		existing, ok := current[repo]
+		if !ok {
+			current[repo] = dst
+			continue
+		}
+		existing.tags = append(existing.tags, dst.tags...)
+	}
+}
+
+type targetTree map[key]destinations
+
+func buildTargetTree(mappings []Mapping) targetTree {
+	tree := make(targetTree)
+	for _, m := range mappings {
+		srcKey := key{registry: m.Source.Registry, repository: m.Source.RepositoryName()}
+		dstKey := key{registry: m.Destination.Registry, repository: m.Destination.RepositoryName()}
+
+		src, ok := tree[srcKey]
+		if !ok {
+			src.ref = m.Source.AsRepository()
+			src.digests = make(map[string]pushTargets)
+			src.tags = make(map[string]pushTargets)
+			tree[srcKey] = src
+		}
+
+		var current pushTargets
+		if tag := m.Source.Tag; len(tag) != 0 {
+			current = src.tags[tag]
+			if current == nil {
+				current = make(pushTargets)
+				src.tags[tag] = current
+			}
+		} else {
+			current = src.digests[m.Source.ID]
+			if current == nil {
+				current = make(pushTargets)
+				src.digests[m.Source.ID] = current
+			}
+		}
+
+		dst, ok := current[dstKey]
+		if !ok {
+			dst.ref = m.Destination.AsRepository()
+		}
+		dst.tags = append(dst.tags, m.Destination.Tag)
+		current[dstKey] = dst
+	}
+	return tree
+}
+
+type retrieverError struct {
+	src, dst imageapi.DockerImageReference
+	err      error
+}
+
+func (e retrieverError) Error() string {
+	return e.err.Error()
+}
+
+func (o *pushOptions) Run() error {
+	tree := buildTargetTree(o.Mappings)
+
+	creds := importer.NewLocalCredentials()
+	ctx := apirequest.NewContext()
+
+	srcClient := importer.NewContext(http.DefaultTransport, http.DefaultTransport).WithCredentials(creds)
+	toContext := importer.NewContext(http.DefaultTransport, http.DefaultTransport).WithActions("pull", "push")
+
+	var errs []error
+	for _, src := range tree {
+		srcRepo, err := srcClient.Repository(ctx, src.ref.DockerClientDefaults().RegistryURL(), src.ref.RepositoryName(), o.Insecure)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, retrieverError{err: fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to %s: %v", src.ref, err), src: src.ref})
+			continue
+		}
+
+		manifests, err := srcRepo.Manifests(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to access source image %s manifests: %v", src.ref, err)})
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var tagErrs []retrieverError
+		var digestErrs []retrieverError
+
+		// convert source tags to digests
+		for srcTag, pushTargets := range src.tags {
+			desc, err := srcRepo.Tags(ctx).Get(ctx, srcTag)
+			if err != nil {
+				tagErrs = append(tagErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve source image %s by tag: %v", src.ref, err)})
+				continue
+			}
+			srcDigest := desc.Digest
+			fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Resolved source image tag %s to %s\n", src.ref, srcDigest)
+			src.mergeIntoDigests(srcDigest, pushTargets)
+		}
+
+		canonicalFrom := srcRepo.Named()
+
+		for srcDigestString, pushTargets := range src.digests {
+			// load the manifest
+			srcDigest := digest.Digest(srcDigestString)
+			var contentDigest digest.Digest
+			srcManifest, err := manifests.Get(ctx, digest.Digest(srcDigest), client.ReturnContentDigest(&contentDigest))
+			if err != nil {
+				digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve source image %s manifest: %v", src.ref, err)})
+				continue
+			}
+
+			for _, dst := range pushTargets {
+				// if we are going to be using cross repository mount, get a token that covers the src
+				if src.ref.Registry == dst.ref.Registry {
+					toContext = toContext.WithScopes(auth.RepositoryScope{Repository: src.ref.RepositoryName(), Actions: []string{"pull"}})
+				}
+				toClient := toContext.WithCredentials(creds)
+
+				toRepo, err := toClient.Repository(ctx, dst.ref.DockerClientDefaults().RegistryURL(), dst.ref.RepositoryName(), o.Insecure)
+				if err != nil {
+					digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to %s: %v", dst.ref, err)})
+					continue
+				}
+
+				canonicalTo := toRepo.Named()
+				fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Connecting to %s for %s\n", canonicalFrom, canonicalTo)
+
+				toManifests, err := toRepo.Manifests(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to access destination image %s manifests: %v", src.ref, err)})
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// if the destination tag already has this manifest, do nothing
+				var mustCopyLayers bool
+				if o.Force {
+					mustCopyLayers = true
+				} else {
+					if _, err := toManifests.Get(ctx, srcDigest); err != nil {
+						mustCopyLayers = true
+					} else {
+						glog.V(4).Infof("Manifest exists in %s, no need to copy layers without --force", dst.ref)
+					}
+				}
+				if mustCopyLayers {
+					fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Copying %s to %s (%d references)\n", src.ref, dst.ref, len(srcManifest.References()))
+
+					// upload all the blobs
+					toBlobs := toRepo.Blobs(ctx)
+					srcBlobs := srcRepo.Blobs(ctx)
+
+					// upload the config
+					switch t := srcManifest.(type) {
+					case *schema2.DeserializedManifest:
+						contents, err := srcBlobs.Get(ctx, t.Config.Digest)
+						if err != nil {
+							digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unreadable image config %s: %v", t.Config.Digest, err)})
+							continue
+						}
+						desc, err := toBlobs.Put(ctx, t.Config.MediaType, contents)
+						if err != nil {
+							digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to upload manifest config to %s: %v", dst.ref, err)})
+							continue
+						}
+						if desc.Digest != t.Config.Digest {
+							digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("the digest changed from %s to %s", contentDigest, desc.Digest)})
+							continue
+						}
+					}
+
+					for _, blob := range srcManifest.References() {
+						// tagging within the same registry is a no-op
+						if src.ref.Registry == dst.ref.Registry && canonicalFrom.String() == canonicalTo.String() {
+							continue
+						}
+
+						var options []distribution.BlobCreateOption
+						blobSource, err := reference.WithDigest(canonicalFrom, blob.Digest)
+						if err != nil {
+							digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unexpected error building named digest: %v", err)})
+							continue
+						}
+						if !o.SkipMount {
+							options = append(options, client.WithMountFrom(blobSource))
+						}
+
+						w, err := toBlobs.Create(ctx, options...)
+						if ebm, ok := err.(distribution.ErrBlobMounted); ok {
+							glog.V(5).Infof("Blob mounted %#v", blob)
+							if ebm.From.Digest() != blob.Digest {
+								digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to push %s: tried to mount blob %s src source and got back a different digest %s", src.ref, blob.Digest, ebm.From.Digest())})
+								continue
+							}
+							break
+						}
+						if err != nil {
+							digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to upload blob %s to %s: %v", blob.Digest, dst.ref, err)})
+							break
+						}
+						err = func() error {
+							glog.V(5).Infof("Uploading blob %s", blob.Digest)
+							defer w.Cancel(ctx)
+							r, err := srcBlobs.Open(ctx, blob.Digest)
+							if err != nil {
+								return fmt.Errorf("unable to open source layer %s to copy to %s: %v", blob.Digest, dst.ref, err)
+							}
+							defer r.Close()
+							fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Copying to %s (%d bytes)\n", blob.Digest, blob.Size)
+							n, err := w.ReadFrom(r)
+							if err != nil {
+								return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy layer %s to %s: %v", blob.Digest, dst.ref, err)
+							}
+							if n != blob.Size {
+								fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "warning: Layer size mismatch for %s: had %d, wrote %d\n", blob.Digest, blob.Size, n)
+							}
+							_, err = w.Commit(ctx, blob)
+							return err
+						}()
+						if err != nil {
+							digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: err})
+							break
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				if len(digestErrs) > 0 {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// upload and tag the manifest
+				for _, tag := range dst.tags {
+					toDigest, err := toManifests.Put(ctx, srcManifest, distribution.WithTag(tag))
+					if err != nil {
+						digestErrs = append(digestErrs, retrieverError{src: src.ref, dst: dst.ref, err: fmt.Errorf("unable to push manifest to %s: %v", dst.ref, err)})
+						continue
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Pushed to %s:%s as %s\n", dst.ref, tag, toDigest)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		for _, err := range append(tagErrs, digestErrs...) {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return kerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/openshift/openshift.go b/pkg/cmd/openshift/openshift.go
index 49c95630af7c..5078847990ee 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/openshift/openshift.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/openshift/openshift.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/flagtypes"
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/infra/builder"
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/infra/deployer"
+	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/infra/pusher"
 	irouter "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/infra/router"
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/recycle"
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/server/start"
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ func NewCommandOpenShift(name string) *cobra.Command {
 		builder.NewCommandDockerBuilder("docker-build"),
 		diagnostics.NewCommandPodDiagnostics("diagnostic-pod", out),
 		diagnostics.NewCommandNetworkPodDiagnostics("network-diagnostic-pod", out),
+		pusher.NewCommandPusher("push"),
 	)
 	root.AddCommand(infra)
 
diff --git a/pkg/image/importer/client.go b/pkg/image/importer/client.go
index 8bf0a2205eb2..80cdee42dc25 100644
--- a/pkg/image/importer/client.go
+++ b/pkg/image/importer/client.go
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ func (r *repositoryRetriever) Repository(ctx gocontext.Context, registry *url.UR
 		t = r.context.InsecureTransport
 	}
 	src := *registry
+	if len(src.Scheme) == 0 {
+		src.Scheme = "https"
+	}
 	// ping the registry to get challenge headers
 	if err, ok := r.pings[src]; ok {
 		if err != nil {