diff --git a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/api/DescriptorDigest.java b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/api/DescriptorDigest.java
index 94dc79d08c..88bbe6f59f 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/api/DescriptorDigest.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/api/DescriptorDigest.java
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ public static DescriptorDigest fromDigest(String digest) throws DigestException
     return new DescriptorDigest(hash);
   }
 
+  public static DescriptorDigest fromDigestOrHash(String digestOrHash) throws DigestException {
+      if (digestOrHash.matches(DIGEST_REGEX)) {
+          return fromDigest(digestOrHash);
+      } else if (digestOrHash.matches(HASH_REGEX)) {
+          return fromHash(digestOrHash);
+      }
+      throw new DigestException("Invalid digest or hash: " + digestOrHash);
+  }
+
   private DescriptorDigest(String hash) {
     this.hash = hash;
   }
diff --git a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
index d3dcecd883..f6d8bc7b4b 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public long getSize() {
 
     @Override
     public DescriptorDigest getImageId() throws DigestException {
-      return DescriptorDigest.fromDigest(imageId);
+      return DescriptorDigest.fromDigestOrHash(imageId);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/api/DescriptorDigestTest.java b/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/api/DescriptorDigestTest.java
index ac55ceccc3..99f582f289 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/api/DescriptorDigestTest.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/api/DescriptorDigestTest.java
@@ -82,6 +82,51 @@ public void testCreateFromDigest_fail() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateFromDigestOrHash_passForDigest() throws DigestException {
+    String goodHash = createGoodHash('a');
+    String goodDigest = "sha256:" + goodHash;
+
+    DescriptorDigest descriptorDigest = DescriptorDigest.fromDigestOrHash(goodDigest);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(goodHash, descriptorDigest.getHash());
+    Assert.assertEquals(goodDigest, descriptorDigest.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateFromDigestOrHash_passForHash() throws DigestException {
+    String goodHash = createGoodHash('a');
+
+    DescriptorDigest descriptorDigest = DescriptorDigest.fromDigestOrHash(goodHash);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(goodHash, descriptorDigest.getHash());
+    Assert.assertEquals("sha256:" + goodHash, descriptorDigest.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateFromDigestOrHash_failForBadDigest() {
+    String badDigest = "sha256:not a valid digest";
+
+    try {
+      DescriptorDigest.fromDigestOrHash(badDigest);
+      Assert.fail("Invalid digest should have caused digest creation failure.");
+    } catch (DigestException ex) {
+      Assert.assertEquals("Invalid digest or hash: " + badDigest, ex.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateFromDigestOrHash_failForBadHash() {
+    String badHash = "not a valid hash";
+
+    try {
+      DescriptorDigest.fromDigestOrHash(badHash);
+      Assert.fail("Invalid digest should have caused digest creation failure.");
+    } catch (DigestException ex) {
+      Assert.assertEquals("Invalid digest or hash: " + badHash, ex.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testUseAsMapKey() throws DigestException {
     DescriptorDigest descriptorDigestA1 = DescriptorDigest.fromHash(createGoodHash('a'));
diff --git a/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClientTest.java b/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClientTest.java
index a88539f8c0..84a7c4c822 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClientTest.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClientTest.java
@@ -351,6 +351,17 @@ public void testDockerImageDetails() throws DigestException, IOException {
         results.getDiffIds());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testPodmanImageDetails_Id() throws DigestException, IOException {
+    // Support Podman "Id" without the "sha256:" prefix
+    String json = "{\"Id\":\"e8d00769c8a805a0656dbfd49d4f91cbc2e36d0199f10343d1beba36ecdcb3fd\"}\n";
+    DockerImageDetails results = JsonTemplateMapper.readJson(json, DockerImageDetails.class);
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+        DescriptorDigest.fromHash(
+            "e8d00769c8a805a0656dbfd49d4f91cbc2e36d0199f10343d1beba36ecdcb3fd"),
+        results.getImageId());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testDockerImageDetails_unknownProperties() throws IOException, DigestException {
     String json =
@@ -380,7 +391,7 @@ public void testDockerImageDetails_emptyJson() throws IOException, DigestExcepti
       details.getImageId();
       Assert.fail();
     } catch (DigestException ex) {
-      Assert.assertEquals("Invalid digest: ", ex.getMessage());
+      Assert.assertEquals("Invalid digest or hash: ", ex.getMessage());
     }
   }