diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go b/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go
index 6b8f897b..de00c6a6 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/inspect.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/docker"
 	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 type inspectOutput struct {
 	Name          string `json:",omitempty"`
 	Tag           string `json:",omitempty"`
-	Digest        string
+	Digest        digest.Digest
 	RepoTags      []string
 	Created       time.Time
 	DockerVersion string
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/layers.go b/cmd/skopeo/layers.go
index 5728f0cc..7d01475a 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/layers.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/layers.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/image"
 	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
@@ -39,10 +40,21 @@ var layersCmd = cli.Command{
 		}
 		defer src.Close()
 
-		blobDigests := c.Args().Tail()
+		var blobDigests []digest.Digest
+		for _, dString := range c.Args().Tail() {
+			if !strings.HasPrefix(dString, "sha256:") {
+				dString = "sha256:" + dString
+			}
+			d, err := digest.ParseDigest(dString)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			blobDigests = append(blobDigests, d)
+		}
+
 		if len(blobDigests) == 0 {
 			layers := src.LayerInfos()
-			seenLayers := map[string]struct{}{}
+			seenLayers := map[digest.Digest]struct{}{}
 			for _, info := range layers {
 				if _, ok := seenLayers[info.Digest]; !ok {
 					blobDigests = append(blobDigests, info.Digest)
@@ -70,9 +82,6 @@ var layersCmd = cli.Command{
 		defer dest.Close()
 
 		for _, digest := range blobDigests {
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(digest, "sha256:") {
-				digest = "sha256:" + digest
-			}
 			r, blobSize, err := rawSource.GetBlob(digest)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/manifest_test.go b/cmd/skopeo/manifest_test.go
index eab9f386..a28273b5 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/manifest_test.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/manifest_test.go
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ func TestManifestDigest(t *testing.T) {
 	// Success
 	out, err = runSkopeo("manifest-digest", "fixtures/image.manifest.json")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, fixturesTestImageManifestDigest+"\n", out)
+	assert.Equal(t, fixturesTestImageManifestDigest.String()+"\n", out)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/signing_test.go b/cmd/skopeo/signing_test.go
index 9662f23e..ea6bd6c6 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/signing_test.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/signing_test.go
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/signature"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 const (
 	// fixturesTestImageManifestDigest is the Docker manifest digest of "image.manifest.json"
-	fixturesTestImageManifestDigest = "sha256:20bf21ed457b390829cdbeec8795a7bea1626991fda603e0d01b4e7f60427e55"
+	fixturesTestImageManifestDigest = digest.Digest("sha256:20bf21ed457b390829cdbeec8795a7bea1626991fda603e0d01b4e7f60427e55")
 	// fixturesTestKeyFingerprint is the fingerprint of the private key.
 	fixturesTestKeyFingerprint = "1D8230F6CDB6A06716E414C1DB72F2188BB46CC8"
 )
@@ -122,5 +123,5 @@ func TestStandaloneVerify(t *testing.T) {
 	out, err = runSkopeo("standalone-verify", manifestPath,
 		dockerReference, fixturesTestKeyFingerprint, signaturePath)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "Signature verified, digest "+fixturesTestImageManifestDigest+"\n", out)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Signature verified, digest "+fixturesTestImageManifestDigest.String()+"\n", out)
 }
diff --git a/integration/copy_test.go b/integration/copy_test.go
index f0e0b39c..bbb303d9 100644
--- a/integration/copy_test.go
+++ b/integration/copy_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/digest"
 	"github.com/go-check/check"
 )
 
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ func (s *CopySuite) TestCopyStreaming(c *check.C) {
 	assertSkopeoSucceeds(c, "", "--tls-verify=false", "copy", "atomic:localhost:5000/myns/unsigned:streaming", "dir:"+dir2)
 	// The manifests will have different JWS signatures; so, compare the manifests by digests, which
 	// strips the signatures, and remove them, comparing the rest file by file.
-	digests := []string{}
+	digests := []digest.Digest{}
 	for _, dir := range []string{dir1, dir2} {
 		manifestPath := filepath.Join(dir, "manifest.json")
 		m, err := ioutil.ReadFile(manifestPath)