diff --git a/pkg/manifest/raw_bootc.go b/pkg/manifest/raw_bootc.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/pkg/manifest/raw_bootc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package manifest
+
+import (
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/container"
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/disk"
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/osbuild"
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/ostree"
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/platform"
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/rpmmd"
+)
+
+// A RawBootcImage represents a raw bootc image file which can be booted in a
+// hypervisor.
+type RawBootcImage struct {
+	Base
+
+	filename string
+	platform platform.Platform
+
+	containers     []container.SourceSpec
+	containerSpecs []container.Spec
+
+	// customizations go here because there is no intermediate
+	// tree, with `bootc install to-filesystem` we can only work
+	// with the image itself
+	PartitionTable *disk.PartitionTable
+}
+
+func (p RawBootcImage) Filename() string {
+	return p.filename
+}
+
+func (p *RawBootcImage) SetFilename(filename string) {
+	p.filename = filename
+}
+
+func NewRawBootcImage(buildPipeline Build, containers []container.SourceSpec, platform platform.Platform) *RawBootcImage {
+	p := &RawBootcImage{
+		Base:     NewBase("image", buildPipeline),
+		filename: "disk.img",
+		platform: platform,
+
+		containers: containers,
+	}
+	buildPipeline.addDependent(p)
+	return p
+}
+
+func (p *RawBootcImage) getContainerSources() []container.SourceSpec {
+	return p.containers
+}
+
+func (p *RawBootcImage) getContainerSpecs() []container.Spec {
+	return p.containerSpecs
+}
+
+func (p *RawBootcImage) serializeStart(_ []rpmmd.PackageSpec, containerSpecs []container.Spec, _ []ostree.CommitSpec) {
+	if len(p.containerSpecs) > 0 {
+		panic("double call to serializeStart()")
+	}
+	p.containerSpecs = containerSpecs
+}
+
+func (p *RawBootcImage) serializeEnd() {
+	if len(p.containerSpecs) == 0 {
+		panic("serializeEnd() call when serialization not in progress")
+	}
+	p.containerSpecs = nil
+}
+
+func (p *RawBootcImage) serialize() osbuild.Pipeline {
+	pipeline := p.Base.serialize()
+
+	pt := p.PartitionTable
+	if pt == nil {
+		panic("no partition table in live image")
+	}
+
+	for _, stage := range osbuild.GenImagePrepareStages(pt, p.filename, osbuild.PTSfdisk) {
+		pipeline.AddStage(stage)
+	}
+
+	inputs := osbuild.ContainerDeployInputs{
+		Images: osbuild.NewContainersInputForSources(p.containerSpecs),
+	}
+	devices, mounts, err := osbuild.GenBootupdDevicesMounts(p.filename, p.PartitionTable)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	st, err := osbuild.NewBootcInstallToFilesystemStage(inputs, devices, mounts)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	pipeline.AddStage(st)
+
+	for _, stage := range osbuild.GenImageFinishStages(pt, p.filename) {
+		pipeline.AddStage(stage)
+	}
+
+	// XXX: we need to write a valid /etc/fstab here (or somehow
+	// pass the right data to bootc above), see
+	// https://github.com/containers/bootc/issues/357
+
+	return pipeline
+}