3 files changed, 68 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/Makefile b/cmd/podmanV2/Makefile
index 147a78d9c..f2f7bd73c 100644
--- a/cmd/podmanV2/Makefile
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 all:
-	GO111MODULE=off go build -tags 'ABISupport'
+	GO111MODULE=off go build -tags 'ABISupport systemd'
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/images/load.go b/cmd/podmanV2/images/load.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f60dc4908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/images/load.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package images
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/registry"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/image"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	loadDescription = "Loads an image from a locally stored archive (tar file) into container storage."
+	loadCommand     = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:               "load [flags] [NAME[:TAG]]",
+		Short:             "Load an image from container archive",
+		Long:              loadDescription,
+		RunE:              load,
+		Args:              cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+		PersistentPreRunE: preRunE,
+	}
+)
+
+var (
+	loadOpts entities.ImageLoadOptions
+)
+
+func init() {
+	registry.Commands = append(registry.Commands, registry.CliCommand{
+		Mode:    []entities.EngineMode{entities.ABIMode, entities.TunnelMode},
+		Command: loadCommand,
+	})
+
+	loadCommand.SetHelpTemplate(registry.HelpTemplate())
+	loadCommand.SetUsageTemplate(registry.UsageTemplate())
+	flags := loadCommand.Flags()
+	flags.StringVarP(&loadOpts.Input, "input", "i", "", "Read from specified archive file (default: stdin)")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&loadOpts.Quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Suppress the output")
+	flags.StringVar(&loadOpts.SignaturePolicy, "signature-policy", "", "Pathname of signature policy file")
+	if registry.IsRemote() {
+		_ = flags.MarkHidden("signature-policy")
+	}
+
+}
+
+func load(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) > 0 {
+		repo, err := image.NormalizedTag(args[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		loadOpts.Name = repo.Name()
+	}
+	response, err := registry.ImageEngine().Load(context.Background(), loadOpts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println("Loaded image: " + response.Name)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/main.go b/cmd/podmanV2/main.go
index e4daabb66..6781a7f06 100644
--- a/cmd/podmanV2/main.go
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/volumes"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	if reexec.Init() {
+		// We were invoked with a different argv[0] indicating that we
+		// had a specific job to do as a subprocess, and it's done.
+		return
+	}
 	for _, c := range registry.Commands {
 		if Contains(registry.EngineOptions.EngineMode, c.Mode) {
 			parent := rootCmd