diff --git a/0001-osbuild-manifest-type-in-config.patch b/0001-osbuild-manifest-type-in-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..588a4bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-osbuild-manifest-type-in-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From f30a8b4d15610f40439895b5eb23014650487541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com>
+Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:21:02 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] osbuild: manifest type in config
+
+Allow the manifest type used to be specified in the pungi configuration
+instead of always selecting the manifest type based on the koji output.
+
+Signed-off-by: Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com>
+---
+ doc/configuration.rst   | 2 ++
+ pungi/checks.py         | 1 +
+ pungi/phases/osbuild.py | 9 ++++++++-
+ 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
+index fd6a7eeb..238dc0b3 100644
+--- a/doc/configuration.rst
++++ b/doc/configuration.rst
+@@ -1652,6 +1652,8 @@ OSBuild Composer for building images
+     * ``arches`` -- list of architectures for which to build the image. By
+       default, the variant arches are used. This option can only restrict it,
+       not add a new one.
++    * ``manifest_type`` -- the image type that is put into the manifest by
++      pungi. If not supplied then it is autodetected from the Koji output.
+     * ``ostree_url`` -- URL of the repository that's used to fetch the parent
+       commit from.
+     * ``ostree_ref`` -- name of the ostree branch
+diff --git a/pungi/checks.py b/pungi/checks.py
+index d6ffabe1..abdbf46c 100644
+--- a/pungi/checks.py
++++ b/pungi/checks.py
+@@ -1244,6 +1244,7 @@ def make_schema():
+                                 "ostree_url": {"type": "string"},
+                                 "ostree_ref": {"type": "string"},
+                                 "ostree_parent": {"type": "string"},
++                                "manifest_type": {"type": "string"},
+                                 "upload_options": {
+                                     # this should be really 'oneOf', but the minimal
+                                     # required properties in AWSEC2 and GCP options
+diff --git a/pungi/phases/osbuild.py b/pungi/phases/osbuild.py
+index aef1f008..19bc23e2 100644
+--- a/pungi/phases/osbuild.py
++++ b/pungi/phases/osbuild.py
+@@ -249,7 +249,14 @@ class RunOSBuildThread(WorkerThread):
+ 
+             # Update image manifest
+             img = Image(compose.im)
+-            img.type = archive["type_name"] if archive["type_name"] != "iso" else "dvd"
++
++            # Get the manifest type from the config if supplied, otherwise we
++            # determine the manifest type based on the koji output
++            img.type = config.get(
++                "manifest_type",
++                archive["type_name"] if archive["type_name"] != "iso" else "dvd",
++            )
++
+             img.format = suffix
+             img.path = os.path.join(rel_image_dir, archive["filename"])
+             img.mtime = util.get_mtime(image_dest)
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/pungi.spec b/pungi.spec
index 929d9446..2c073d3d 100644
--- a/pungi.spec
+++ b/pungi.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Summary:        Distribution compose tool
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
 URL:            https://pagure.io/pungi
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch1:         0001-osbuild-manifest-type-in-config.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
@@ -165,6 +166,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/pungi
 %{_bindir}/%{name}-cache-cleanup
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 25 2023 Lubomír Sedlář <lsedlar@redhat.com> - 4.5.0-7
+- Backport patch for explicit setting of osbuild image type in metadata
+
 * Mon Nov 21 2023 Stepan Oksanichenko <soksanichenko@almalinux.org> - 4.5.0-3
 - Method `get_remote_file_content` is object's method now