diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c64585c48..3e618eb198 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0-rc1 // indirect
-	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0
 	github.com/vdemeester/k8s-pkg-credentialprovider v1.18.1-0.20201019120933-f1d16962a4db
diff --git a/pkg/v1/v1util/index.go b/pkg/v1/v1util/index.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf6d5cc915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/v1/v1util/index.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2018 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package v1util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	v1 "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1"
+)
+
+// FindManifests given a v1.ImageIndex, find the manifests that fit the matcher
+func FindManifests(index v1.ImageIndex, matcher ManifestMatcher) ([]v1.Descriptor, error) {
+	// get the actual manifest list
+	indexManifest, err := index.IndexManifest()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get raw index: %v", err)
+	}
+	manifests := []v1.Descriptor{}
+	// try to get the root of our image
+	for _, manifest := range indexManifest.Manifests {
+		if matcher(manifest) {
+			manifests = append(manifests, manifest)
+		}
+	}
+	return manifests, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/v1/v1util/matcher.go b/pkg/v1/v1util/matcher.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..051ca62450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/v1/v1util/matcher.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package v1util
+
+import (
+	v1 "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1"
+	imagespec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
+)
+
+// ManifestMatcher function that is given a v1.Descriptor, and returns whether or
+// not it matches a given rule. Can match on anything it wants in the Descriptor.
+type ManifestMatcher func(desc v1.Descriptor) bool
+
+// NameMatcher returns a ManifestMatcher that matches on the name tag in
+// github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1.AnnotationRefName
+func NameMatcher(name string) ManifestMatcher {
+	return AnnotationMatcher(imagespec.AnnotationRefName, name)
+}
+
+// AnnotationMatcher returns a ManifestMatcher that matches based on the provided annotation
+func AnnotationMatcher(key, value string) ManifestMatcher {
+	return func(desc v1.Descriptor) bool {
+		if desc.Annotations == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		if aValue, ok := desc.Annotations[key]; ok && aValue == value {
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// PlatformMatcher returns a ManifestMatcher that matches on the provided platform.
+// Ignores any descriptors that do not have a platform.
+func PlatformMatcher(platform v1.Platform) ManifestMatcher {
+	return func(desc v1.Descriptor) bool {
+		if desc.Platform == nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		return platformEqual(*desc.Platform, platform)
+	}
+}
+
+// MediaTypeMatcher returns a ManifestMatcher that matches based on one of the provided media types
+func MediaTypeMatcher(mediaTypes []string) ManifestMatcher {
+	mts := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, media := range mediaTypes {
+		mts[media] = true
+	}
+	return func(desc v1.Descriptor) bool {
+		if desc.MediaType == "" {
+			return false
+		}
+		if _, ok := mts[string(desc.MediaType)]; ok {
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// platformEqual return if two v1.Platform are functionally equivalent.
+func platformEqual(a, b v1.Platform) bool {
+	// ignoring the Platform.Features and Platform.OSFeatures for now
+	return a.OS == b.OS && a.Architecture == b.Architecture && a.Variant == b.Variant && a.OSVersion == b.OSVersion
+}