diff --git a/classes/image-oci-sloci-image.inc b/classes/image-oci-sloci-image.inc
index 379f6fe0..9248489f 100644
--- a/classes/image-oci-sloci-image.inc
+++ b/classes/image-oci-sloci-image.inc
@@ -65,10 +65,25 @@ IMAGE_CMD:oci() {
 		${oci_image_port_options} \
 		${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci:${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}
 
+    if [ -n "${OCI_IMAGE_TAR_OUTPUT}" ]; then
+	# if tar is specified, sloci-image is removing the directory that we need for a secondary
+	# tar format, so we need to restore it.
+	tar xf ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-${OCI_IMAGE_ARCH}-linux.oci-image.tar
+    fi
+
     # create a convenience symlink
     ln -sf ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci ${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-oci
 
     if [ -n "${OCI_IMAGE_TAR_OUTPUT}" ]; then
-	ln -sf ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-${OCI_IMAGE_ARCH}-linux.oci-image.tar ${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-oci.tar
+	# move the sloci output to a naming convention that matches what we do with umoci, thie
+	# default creates a subdirectory, so it get the "-dir" in the name
+	mv ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-${OCI_IMAGE_ARCH}-linux.oci-image.tar ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-${OCI_IMAGE_ARCH}-linux.oci-dir.tar
+	ln -sf ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-${OCI_IMAGE_ARCH}-linux.oci-dir.tar ${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-oci-dir.tar
+
+	(
+	    cd "${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci"
+	    tar -cf ../"${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-${OCI_IMAGE_ARCH}-linux.oci-image.tar" "."
+	)
+	ln -sf "${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}-oci-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-${OCI_IMAGE_ARCH}-linux.oci-image.tar" ${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-oci.tar
     fi
 }
diff --git a/classes/image-oci-umoci.inc b/classes/image-oci-umoci.inc
index 38917d4f..58e46681 100644
--- a/classes/image-oci-umoci.inc
+++ b/classes/image-oci-umoci.inc
@@ -106,14 +106,25 @@ IMAGE_CMD:oci() {
     umoci config --image $image_name:${OCI_IMAGE_TAG} --author ${OCI_IMAGE_AUTHOR_EMAIL}
 
     # make a tar version of the image direcotry
+    #  1) image_name.tar: compatible with oci tar format, blobs and rootfs
+    #     are at the top level. Can load directly from something like podman
+    #  2) image_name-dir.tar: original format from meta-virt, is just a tar'd
+    #     up oci image directory (compatible with skopeo :dir format)
     if [ -n "${OCI_IMAGE_TAR_OUTPUT}" ]; then
-	tar -cf "$image_name.tar" "$image_name"
+        (
+	    cd "$image_name"
+	    tar -cf ../"$image_name.tar" "."
+	)
+	tar -cf "$image_name-dir.tar" "$image_name"
+
 	# create a convenience symlink
 	ln -sf "$image_name.tar" "${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-oci.tar"
+	ln -sf "$image_name-dir.tar" "${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-oci-dir.tar"
     fi
 
     # We could make this optional, since the bundle is directly runnable via runc
     rm -rf $image_bundle_name
 
+    # This is the OCI image directory, which is technically the "image" as specified
     ln -sf $image_name ${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${OCI_IMAGE_TAG}-oci
 }