diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/push.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/push.go
index a4048f673..b4ef59257 100644
--- a/src/cmd/linuxkit/push.go
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/push.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func pushUsage() {
 	fmt.Printf("  azure\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  gcp\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  openstack\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  packet\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  vcenter\n")
 	fmt.Printf("\n")
 	fmt.Printf("'options' are the backend specific options.\n")
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ func push(args []string) {
 		pushGcp(args[1:])
 	case "openstack":
 		pushOpenstack(args[1:])
+	case "packet":
+		pushPacket(args[1:])
 	case "vcenter":
 		pushVCenter(args[1:])
 	case "help", "-h", "-help", "--help":
diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/push_packet.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/push_packet.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5dae9c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/push_packet.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+var (
+	packetDefaultArch       = "x86_64"
+	packetDefaultDecompress = false
+)
+
+func init() {
+	if runtime.GOARCH == "arm64" {
+		packetDefaultArch = "aarch64"
+		// decompress on arm64. iPXE/kernel does not
+		// seem to grok compressed kernels/initrds.
+		packetDefaultDecompress = true
+	}
+}
+
+// Process the run arguments and execute run
+func pushPacket(args []string) {
+	flags := flag.NewFlagSet("packet", flag.ExitOnError)
+	invoked := filepath.Base(os.Args[0])
+	flags.Usage = func() {
+		fmt.Printf("USAGE: %s push packet [options] [name]\n\n", invoked)
+		fmt.Printf("Options:\n\n")
+		flags.PrintDefaults()
+	}
+	baseURLFlag := flags.String("base-url", "", "Base URL that the kernel, initrd and iPXE script are served from (or "+packetBaseURL+")")
+	nameFlag := flags.String("img-name", "", "Overrides the prefix used to identify the files. Defaults to [name] (or "+packetNameVar+")")
+	archFlag := flags.String("arch", packetDefaultArch, "Image architecture (x86_64 or aarch64)")
+	decompressFlag := flags.Bool("decompress", packetDefaultDecompress, "Decompress kernel/initrd before pushing")
+	dstFlag := flags.String("destination", "", "URL where to push the image to. Currently only 'file' is supported as a scheme (which is also the default if omitted)")
+
+	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Unable to parse args")
+	}
+
+	remArgs := flags.Args()
+	prefix := "packet"
+	if len(remArgs) > 0 {
+		prefix = remArgs[0]
+	}
+
+	baseURL := getStringValue(packetBaseURL, *baseURLFlag, "")
+	if baseURL == "" {
+		log.Fatal("Need to specify a value for --base-url from where the kernel, initrd and iPXE script will be loaded from.")
+	}
+
+	if *dstFlag == "" {
+		log.Fatal("Need to specify the destination where to push to.")
+	}
+
+	name := getStringValue(packetNameVar, *nameFlag, prefix)
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s-kernel", name)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		log.Fatalf("kernel file does not exist: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("%s-initrd.img", name)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		log.Fatalf("initrd file does not exist: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Read kernel command line
+	var cmdline string
+	if c, err := ioutil.ReadFile(prefix + "-cmdline"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Cannot open cmdline file: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		cmdline = string(c)
+	}
+
+	ipxeScript := packetIPXEScript(name, baseURL, cmdline, *archFlag)
+
+	// Parse the destination
+	dst, err := url.Parse(*dstFlag)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Cannot parse destination: %v", err)
+	}
+	switch dst.Scheme {
+	case "", "file":
+		packetPushFile(dst, *decompressFlag, name, cmdline, ipxeScript)
+	default:
+		log.Fatalf("Unknown destination format: %s", dst.Scheme)
+	}
+}
+
+func packetPushFile(dst *url.URL, decompress bool, name, cmdline, ipxeScript string) {
+	// Make sure the destination exists
+	dstPath := filepath.Clean(dst.Path)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dstPath, 0755); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not create destination directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	kernelName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-kernel", name)
+	if err := packetCopy(filepath.Join(dstPath, kernelName), kernelName, decompress); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error copying kernel: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	initrdName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-initrd.img", name)
+	if err := packetCopy(filepath.Join(dstPath, initrdName), initrdName, decompress); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error copying initrd: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ipxeScriptName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-packet.ipxe", name)
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dstPath, ipxeScriptName), []byte(ipxeScript), 0644); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error writing iPXE script: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func packetCopy(dst, src string, decompress bool) error {
+	in, err := os.Open(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer in.Close()
+
+	var r io.Reader = in
+	if decompress {
+		if rd, err := gzip.NewReader(in); err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("%s does not seem to be gzip'ed (%v). Ignore decompress.", src, err)
+		} else {
+			r = rd
+		}
+	}
+
+	out, err := os.Create(dst)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer out.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(out, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return out.Close()
+}