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)