diff --git a/daemon/containerd/fake_service_test.go b/daemon/containerd/fake_service_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f615021cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/containerd/fake_service_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+package containerd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/leases"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/metadata"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots"
+	cerrdefs "github.com/containerd/errdefs"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
+	daemonevents "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/events"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
+	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
+)
+
+func fakeImageService(t testing.TB, ctx context.Context, cs content.Store) *ImageService {
+	snapshotter := &testSnapshotterService{}
+
+	mdb := newTestDB(ctx, t)
+
+	snapshotters := map[string]snapshots.Snapshotter{
+		containerd.DefaultSnapshotter: snapshotter,
+	}
+
+	service := &ImageService{
+		images:              metadata.NewImageStore(mdb),
+		containers:          container.NewMemoryStore(),
+		content:             cs,
+		eventsService:       daemonevents.New(),
+		snapshotterServices: snapshotters,
+		snapshotter:         containerd.DefaultSnapshotter,
+	}
+
+	// containerd.Image gets the services directly from containerd.Client
+	// so we need to create a "fake" containerd.Client with the test services.
+	c8dCli, err := containerd.New("", containerd.WithServices(
+		containerd.WithImageStore(service.images),
+		containerd.WithContentStore(cs),
+		containerd.WithSnapshotters(snapshotters),
+		containerd.WithLeasesService(noopLeasesManager{}),
+	))
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+	service.client = c8dCli
+	return service
+}
+
+type noopLeasesManager struct{}
+
+func (noopLeasesManager) Create(context.Context, ...leases.Opt) (leases.Lease, error) {
+	return leases.Lease{}, nil
+}
+
+func (noopLeasesManager) Delete(context.Context, leases.Lease, ...leases.DeleteOpt) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (noopLeasesManager) List(context.Context, ...string) ([]leases.Lease, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (noopLeasesManager) AddResource(context.Context, leases.Lease, leases.Resource) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (noopLeasesManager) DeleteResource(context.Context, leases.Lease, leases.Resource) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (noopLeasesManager) ListResources(context.Context, leases.Lease) ([]leases.Resource, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+type blobsDirContentStore struct {
+	blobs string
+}
+
+type fileReaderAt struct {
+	*os.File
+}
+
+func (f *fileReaderAt) Size() int64 {
+	fi, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return fi.Size()
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) ReaderAt(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) (content.ReaderAt, error) {
+	p := filepath.Join(s.blobs, desc.Digest.Encoded())
+	r, err := os.Open(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", cerrdefs.ErrNotFound, desc.Digest)
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &fileReaderAt{r}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Writer(ctx context.Context, opts ...content.WriterOpt) (content.Writer, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("read-only")
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Status(ctx context.Context, _ string) (content.Status, error) {
+	return content.Status{}, fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) error {
+	p := filepath.Join(s.blobs, dgst.Encoded())
+	return os.Remove(p)
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) ListStatuses(ctx context.Context, filters ...string) ([]content.Status, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Abort(ctx context.Context, ref string) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Walk(ctx context.Context, fn content.WalkFunc, filters ...string) error {
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(s.blobs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if e.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		d := digest.FromString(e.Name())
+		if d == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		stat, err := e.Info()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err := fn(content.Info{Digest: d, Size: stat.Size()}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Info(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (content.Info, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(s.blobs, dgst.Encoded()))
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return content.Info{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", cerrdefs.ErrNotFound, dgst)
+		}
+		return content.Info{}, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	stat, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return content.Info{}, err
+	}
+
+	return content.Info{
+		Digest: dgst,
+		Size:   stat.Size(),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Update(ctx context.Context, info content.Info, fieldpaths ...string) (content.Info, error) {
+	return content.Info{}, fmt.Errorf("read-only")
+}
+
+// delayedStore is a content store wrapper that adds a constant delay to all
+// operations in order to imitate gRPC overhead.
+//
+// The delay is constant to make the benchmark results more reproducible
+// Since content store may be accessed concurrently random delay would be
+// order-dependent.
+type delayedStore struct {
+	store    content.Store
+	overhead time.Duration
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) delay() {
+	time.Sleep(s.overhead)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) ReaderAt(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) (content.ReaderAt, error) {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.ReaderAt(ctx, desc)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) Writer(ctx context.Context, opts ...content.WriterOpt) (content.Writer, error) {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.Writer(ctx, opts...)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) Status(ctx context.Context, st string) (content.Status, error) {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.Status(ctx, st)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) error {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.Delete(ctx, dgst)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) ListStatuses(ctx context.Context, filters ...string) ([]content.Status, error) {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.ListStatuses(ctx, filters...)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) Abort(ctx context.Context, ref string) error {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.Abort(ctx, ref)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) Walk(ctx context.Context, fn content.WalkFunc, filters ...string) error {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.Walk(ctx, fn, filters...)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) Info(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (content.Info, error) {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.Info(ctx, dgst)
+}
+
+func (s *delayedStore) Update(ctx context.Context, info content.Info, fieldpaths ...string) (content.Info, error) {
+	s.delay()
+	return s.store.Update(ctx, info, fieldpaths...)
+}
+
+type memoryLabelStore struct {
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	labels map[digest.Digest]map[string]string
+}
+
+// Get returns all the labels for the given digest
+func (s *memoryLabelStore) Get(dgst digest.Digest) (map[string]string, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	labels := s.labels[dgst]
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+	return labels, nil
+}
+
+// Set sets all the labels for a given digest
+func (s *memoryLabelStore) Set(dgst digest.Digest, labels map[string]string) error {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	if s.labels == nil {
+		s.labels = make(map[digest.Digest]map[string]string)
+	}
+	s.labels[dgst] = labels
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Update replaces the given labels for a digest,
+// a key with an empty value removes a label.
+func (s *memoryLabelStore) Update(dgst digest.Digest, update map[string]string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	labels, ok := s.labels[dgst]
+	if !ok {
+		labels = map[string]string{}
+	}
+	for k, v := range update {
+		labels[k] = v
+	}
+	if s.labels == nil {
+		s.labels = map[digest.Digest]map[string]string{}
+	}
+	s.labels[dgst] = labels
+
+	return labels, nil
+}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_exporter.go b/daemon/containerd/image_exporter.go
index a27fd2c6fe..1fd877e047 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_exporter.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_exporter.go
@@ -256,8 +256,6 @@ func (i *ImageService) LoadImage(ctx context.Context, inTar io.ReadCloser, platf
 	opts := []containerd.ImportOpt{
 		containerd.WithImportPlatform(pm),
 
-		containerd.WithSkipMissing(),
-
 		// Create an additional image with dangling name for imported images...
 		containerd.WithDigestRef(danglingImageName),
 		// ... but only if they don't have a name or it's invalid.
@@ -270,13 +268,51 @@ func (i *ImageService) LoadImage(ctx context.Context, inTar io.ReadCloser, platf
 		}),
 	}
 
+	if platform == nil {
+		// Allow variants to be missing if no specific platform is requested.
+		opts = append(opts, containerd.WithSkipMissing())
+	}
+
 	imgs, err := i.client.Import(ctx, decompressed, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
+		if platform != nil {
+			p := platforms.FormatAll(*platform)
+			log.G(ctx).WithFields(log.Fields{"error": err, "platform": p}).Debug("failed to import image to containerd")
+
+			// Note: ErrEmptyWalk will not be returned in most cases as
+			// index.json will contain a descriptor of the actual OCI index or
+			// Docker manifest list, so the walk is never empty.
+			// Even in case of a single-platform image, the manifest descriptor
+			// doesn't have a platform set, so it won't be filtered out by the
+			// FilterPlatform containerd handler.
+			if errors.Is(err, containerdimages.ErrEmptyWalk) {
+				return errdefs.NotFound(errors.Wrapf(err, "requested platform (%s) not found", p))
+			}
+			if cerrdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
+				return errdefs.NotFound(errors.Wrapf(err, "requested platform (%s) found, but some content is missing", p))
+			}
+		}
 		log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Debug("failed to import image to containerd")
 		return errdefs.System(err)
 	}
 
+	if platform != nil {
+		// Verify that the requested platform is available for the loaded images.
+		// While the ideal behavior here would be to verify whether the input
+		// archive actually supplied them, we're not able to determine that
+		// as the imported index is not returned by the import operation.
+		if err := i.verifyImagesProvidePlatform(ctx, imgs, *platform, pm); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	progress := streamformatter.NewStdoutWriter(outStream)
+	// Unpack only an image of the host platform
+	unpackPm := i.hostPlatformMatcher()
+	// If a load of specific platform is requested, unpack it
+	if platform != nil {
+		unpackPm = pm
+	}
 
 	for _, img := range imgs {
 		name := img.Name
@@ -310,8 +346,7 @@ func (i *ImageService) LoadImage(ctx context.Context, inTar io.ReadCloser, platf
 				return nil
 			}
 
-			// Only unpack the image if it matches the host platform
-			if !i.hostPlatformMatcher().Match(imgPlat) {
+			if !unpackPm.Match(imgPlat) {
 				return nil
 			}
 
@@ -342,3 +377,57 @@ func (i *ImageService) LoadImage(ctx context.Context, inTar io.ReadCloser, platf
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// verifyImagesProvidePlatform checks if the requested platform is loaded.
+// If the requested platform is not loaded, it returns an error.
+func (i *ImageService) verifyImagesProvidePlatform(ctx context.Context, imgs []containerdimages.Image, platform ocispec.Platform, pm platforms.Matcher) error {
+	if len(imgs) == 0 {
+		return errdefs.NotFound(fmt.Errorf("no images providing the requested platform %s found", platforms.FormatAll(platform)))
+	}
+	var incompleteImgs []string
+	for _, img := range imgs {
+		hasRequestedPlatform := false
+		err := i.walkImageManifests(ctx, img, func(platformImg *ImageManifest) error {
+			imgPlat, err := platformImg.ImagePlatform(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				if cerrdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
+					return nil
+				}
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to determine image platform")
+			}
+
+			if !pm.Match(imgPlat) {
+				return nil
+			}
+			available, err := platformImg.CheckContentAvailable(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to determine image content availability for platform %s", platforms.FormatAll(platform))
+			}
+
+			if available {
+				hasRequestedPlatform = true
+				return nil
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return errdefs.System(err)
+		}
+		if !hasRequestedPlatform {
+			incompleteImgs = append(incompleteImgs, imageFamiliarName(img))
+		}
+	}
+
+	msg := ""
+	switch len(incompleteImgs) {
+	case 0:
+		// Success - All images provide the requested platform.
+		return nil
+	case 1:
+		msg = "image %s was loaded, but doesn't provide the requested platform (%s)"
+	default:
+		msg = "images [%s] were loaded, but don't provide the requested platform (%s)"
+	}
+
+	return errdefs.NotFound(fmt.Errorf(msg, strings.Join(incompleteImgs, ", "), platforms.FormatAll(platform)))
+}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_list_test.go b/daemon/containerd/image_list_test.go
index 6a8a420cda..a1f0418fd9 100644
--- a/daemon/containerd/image_list_test.go
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_list_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ package containerd
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
@@ -13,18 +10,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/images"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/metadata"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshots"
-	cerrdefs "github.com/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/log/logtest"
 	"github.com/containerd/platforms"
 	imagetypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/image"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
-	daemonevents "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/events"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/internal/testutils/specialimage"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
@@ -340,197 +332,3 @@ func TestImageList(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func fakeImageService(t testing.TB, ctx context.Context, cs content.Store) *ImageService {
-	snapshotter := &testSnapshotterService{}
-
-	mdb := newTestDB(ctx, t)
-
-	snapshotters := map[string]snapshots.Snapshotter{
-		containerd.DefaultSnapshotter: snapshotter,
-	}
-
-	service := &ImageService{
-		images:              metadata.NewImageStore(mdb),
-		containers:          container.NewMemoryStore(),
-		content:             cs,
-		eventsService:       daemonevents.New(),
-		snapshotterServices: snapshotters,
-		snapshotter:         containerd.DefaultSnapshotter,
-	}
-
-	// containerd.Image gets the services directly from containerd.Client
-	// so we need to create a "fake" containerd.Client with the test services.
-	c8dCli, err := containerd.New("", containerd.WithServices(
-		containerd.WithImageStore(service.images),
-		containerd.WithContentStore(cs),
-		containerd.WithSnapshotters(snapshotters),
-	))
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-
-	service.client = c8dCli
-	return service
-}
-
-type blobsDirContentStore struct {
-	blobs string
-}
-
-type fileReaderAt struct {
-	*os.File
-}
-
-func (f *fileReaderAt) Size() int64 {
-	fi, err := f.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return -1
-	}
-	return fi.Size()
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) ReaderAt(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) (content.ReaderAt, error) {
-	p := filepath.Join(s.blobs, desc.Digest.Encoded())
-	r, err := os.Open(p)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", cerrdefs.ErrNotFound, desc.Digest)
-		}
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &fileReaderAt{r}, nil
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Writer(ctx context.Context, opts ...content.WriterOpt) (content.Writer, error) {
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("read-only")
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Status(ctx context.Context, _ string) (content.Status, error) {
-	return content.Status{}, fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) error {
-	p := filepath.Join(s.blobs, dgst.Encoded())
-	return os.Remove(p)
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) ListStatuses(ctx context.Context, filters ...string) ([]content.Status, error) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Abort(ctx context.Context, ref string) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Walk(ctx context.Context, fn content.WalkFunc, filters ...string) error {
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(s.blobs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for _, e := range entries {
-		if e.IsDir() {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		d := digest.FromString(e.Name())
-		if d == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		stat, err := e.Info()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := fn(content.Info{Digest: d, Size: stat.Size()}); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Info(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (content.Info, error) {
-	f, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(s.blobs, dgst.Encoded()))
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			return content.Info{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", cerrdefs.ErrNotFound, dgst)
-		}
-		return content.Info{}, err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	stat, err := f.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return content.Info{}, err
-	}
-
-	return content.Info{
-		Digest: dgst,
-		Size:   stat.Size(),
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func (s *blobsDirContentStore) Update(ctx context.Context, info content.Info, fieldpaths ...string) (content.Info, error) {
-	return content.Info{}, fmt.Errorf("read-only")
-}
-
-// delayedStore is a content store wrapper that adds a constant delay to all
-// operations in order to imitate gRPC overhead.
-//
-// The delay is constant to make the benchmark results more reproducible
-// Since content store may be accessed concurrently random delay would be
-// order-dependent.
-type delayedStore struct {
-	store    content.Store
-	overhead time.Duration
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) delay() {
-	time.Sleep(s.overhead)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) ReaderAt(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) (content.ReaderAt, error) {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.ReaderAt(ctx, desc)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) Writer(ctx context.Context, opts ...content.WriterOpt) (content.Writer, error) {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.Writer(ctx, opts...)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) Status(ctx context.Context, st string) (content.Status, error) {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.Status(ctx, st)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) error {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.Delete(ctx, dgst)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) ListStatuses(ctx context.Context, filters ...string) ([]content.Status, error) {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.ListStatuses(ctx, filters...)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) Abort(ctx context.Context, ref string) error {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.Abort(ctx, ref)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) Walk(ctx context.Context, fn content.WalkFunc, filters ...string) error {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.Walk(ctx, fn, filters...)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) Info(ctx context.Context, dgst digest.Digest) (content.Info, error) {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.Info(ctx, dgst)
-}
-
-func (s *delayedStore) Update(ctx context.Context, info content.Info, fieldpaths ...string) (content.Info, error) {
-	s.delay()
-	return s.store.Update(ctx, info, fieldpaths...)
-}
diff --git a/daemon/containerd/image_load_test.go b/daemon/containerd/image_load_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f68b2c680a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/containerd/image_load_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package containerd
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content/local"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
+	"github.com/containerd/platforms"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/errdefs"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/internal/testutils/specialimage"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
+	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
+	is "gotest.tools/v3/assert/cmp"
+)
+
+func TestImageLoadMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	linuxAmd64 := ocispec.Platform{OS: "linux", Architecture: "amd64"}
+	linuxArm64 := ocispec.Platform{OS: "linux", Architecture: "arm64"}
+	linuxArmv5 := ocispec.Platform{OS: "linux", Architecture: "arm", Variant: "v5"}
+
+	ctx := namespaces.WithNamespace(context.TODO(), "testing-"+t.Name())
+
+	store, err := local.NewLabeledStore(t.TempDir(), &memoryLabelStore{})
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+	imgSvc := fakeImageService(t, ctx, store)
+	// Mock the daemon platform.
+	imgSvc.defaultPlatformOverride = platforms.Only(linuxAmd64)
+
+	tryLoad := func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, dir string, platform ocispec.Platform) error {
+		tarRc, err := archive.Tar(dir, archive.Uncompressed)
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		defer tarRc.Close()
+
+		buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+
+		defer func() {
+			t.Log(buf.String())
+		}()
+
+		return imgSvc.LoadImage(ctx, tarRc, &platform, &buf, true)
+	}
+
+	clearStore := func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T) {
+		assert.NilError(t, store.Walk(ctx, func(info content.Info) error {
+			return store.Delete(ctx, info.Digest)
+		}), "failed to delete all content")
+	}
+
+	t.Run("empty index", func(t *testing.T) {
+		imgDataDir := t.TempDir()
+		_, err := specialimage.EmptyIndex(imgDataDir)
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		err = tryLoad(ctx, t, imgDataDir, linuxAmd64)
+		assert.Check(t, is.Error(err, "image emptyindex:latest was loaded, but doesn't provide the requested platform (linux/amd64)"))
+		assert.Check(t, is.ErrorType(err, errdefs.IsNotFound))
+	})
+	clearStore(ctx, t)
+
+	t.Run("single platform", func(t *testing.T) {
+		imgDataDir := t.TempDir()
+		r := rand.NewSource(0x9127371238)
+		_, err := specialimage.RandomSinglePlatform(imgDataDir, linuxAmd64, r)
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		err = tryLoad(ctx, t, imgDataDir, linuxArm64)
+		assert.Check(t, is.ErrorContains(err, "doesn't provide the requested platform (linux/arm64)"))
+		assert.Check(t, is.ErrorType(err, errdefs.IsNotFound))
+	})
+
+	clearStore(ctx, t)
+
+	t.Run("2 platform image", func(t *testing.T) {
+		imgDataDir := t.TempDir()
+		_, mfstDescs, err := specialimage.MultiPlatform(imgDataDir, "multiplatform:latest", []ocispec.Platform{linuxAmd64, linuxArm64})
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		t.Run("platform not included in index", func(t *testing.T) {
+			err = tryLoad(ctx, t, imgDataDir, linuxArmv5)
+			assert.Check(t, is.Error(err, "image multiplatform:latest was loaded, but doesn't provide the requested platform (linux/arm/v5)"))
+			assert.Check(t, is.ErrorType(err, errdefs.IsNotFound))
+		})
+
+		clearStore(ctx, t)
+
+		t.Run("platform blobs missing", func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Assumption: arm64 image is second in the index (implementation detail of specialimage.MultiPlatform)
+			mfstDesc := mfstDescs[1]
+			assert.Assert(t, mfstDesc.Platform.Architecture == linuxArm64.Architecture)
+			assert.Assert(t, mfstDesc.Platform.Variant == linuxArm64.Variant)
+
+			t.Log(mfstDesc.Digest)
+
+			// Delete arm64 manifest
+			mfstPath := filepath.Join(imgDataDir, "blobs/sha256", mfstDesc.Digest.Encoded())
+			assert.NilError(t, os.Remove(mfstPath))
+
+			err = tryLoad(ctx, t, imgDataDir, linuxArm64)
+			assert.Check(t, is.ErrorContains(err, "requested platform (linux/arm64) found, but some content is missing"))
+			assert.Check(t, is.ErrorType(err, errdefs.IsNotFound))
+		})
+	})
+}