diff --git a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/SaveImageCmd.java b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/SaveImageCmd.java
index aee9011cb..e80191267 100644
--- a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/SaveImageCmd.java
+++ b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/SaveImageCmd.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.api.command;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
@@ -28,7 +29,21 @@ public interface SaveImageCmd extends SyncDockerCmd<InputStream> {
     SaveImageCmd withTag(String tag);
 
     /**
-     * Its the responsibility of the caller to consume and/or close the {@link InputStream} to prevent connection leaks.
+     * Confines the saved image to the specified platform or platforms (if invoked repeatedly).
+     * @since {@link com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion#VERSION_1_48} for one platform and
+     * {@link com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion#VERSION_1_52} for multiple platforms.
+     * @return this
+     */
+    SaveImageCmd withPlatform(String platform);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the platforms that were added by {@link #withPlatform(String)}.
+     * @return platforms the saved image should be confined to.
+     */
+    List<String> getPlatforms();
+
+    /**
+     * It's the responsibility of the caller to consume and/or close the {@link InputStream} to prevent connection leaks.
      *
      * @throws NotFoundException
      *             No such image
diff --git a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/SaveImagesCmd.java b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/SaveImagesCmd.java
index 1dd504434..146585d8b 100644
--- a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/SaveImagesCmd.java
+++ b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/SaveImagesCmd.java
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ interface TaggedImage {
      */
     List<TaggedImage> getImages();
 
+    /**
+     * Confines the saved image to the specified platform or platforms (if invoked repeatedly).
+     * @since {@link com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion#VERSION_1_48} for one platform and.
+     * @return this
+     */
+    SaveImagesCmd withPlatform(String platform);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the platform that was set by {@link #withPlatform(String)}.
+     * @return platform the saved images should be confined to.
+     */
+    String getPlatform();
+
     /**
      * Its the responsibility of the caller to consume and/or close the {@link InputStream} to prevent connection leaks.
      *
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/RemoteApiVersion.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/RemoteApiVersion.java
index 373a67332..2f22739ad 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/RemoteApiVersion.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/RemoteApiVersion.java
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ public class RemoteApiVersion implements Serializable {
     public static final RemoteApiVersion VERSION_1_42 = RemoteApiVersion.create(1, 42);
     public static final RemoteApiVersion VERSION_1_43 = RemoteApiVersion.create(1, 43);
     public static final RemoteApiVersion VERSION_1_44 = RemoteApiVersion.create(1, 44);
+    public static final RemoteApiVersion VERSION_1_48 = RemoteApiVersion.create(1, 48);
+    public static final RemoteApiVersion VERSION_1_52 = RemoteApiVersion.create(1, 52);
 
 
     /**
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/SaveImageCmdImpl.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/SaveImageCmdImpl.java
index 0ec72bcc5..0dcc5662e 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/SaveImageCmdImpl.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/SaveImageCmdImpl.java
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.core.command;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.SaveImageCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 
 public class SaveImageCmdImpl extends AbstrDockerCmd<SaveImageCmd, InputStream> implements SaveImageCmd {
     private String name;
 
     private String tag;
 
+    private final ImmutableList.Builder<String> platforms = ImmutableList.builder();
+
     public SaveImageCmdImpl(SaveImageCmd.Exec exec, String name) {
         super(exec);
         withName(name);
@@ -54,4 +58,16 @@ public SaveImageCmd withTag(String tag) {
     public InputStream exec() throws NotFoundException {
         return super.exec();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public SaveImageCmd withPlatform(String platform) {
+        platforms.add(platform);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getPlatforms() {
+        return platforms.build();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/SaveImagesCmdImpl.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/SaveImagesCmdImpl.java
index 43e11f609..3913540a3 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/SaveImagesCmdImpl.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/SaveImagesCmdImpl.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public String toString() {
         }
     }
 
+    private String platform;
+
     private final ImmutableList.Builder<TaggedImage> taggedImages = ImmutableList.builder();
 
     public SaveImagesCmdImpl(final SaveImagesCmd.Exec exec) {
@@ -43,7 +45,16 @@ public SaveImagesCmd withImage(@Nonnull final String name, @Nonnull final String
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public SaveImagesCmd withPlatform(String platform) {
+        this.platform = platform;
+        return this;
+    }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getPlatform() {
+        return platform;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public List<TaggedImage> getImages() {
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/SaveImageCmdExec.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/SaveImageCmdExec.java
index 94001bd5c..d151a1de8 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/SaveImageCmdExec.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/SaveImageCmdExec.java
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.MediaType;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.WebTarget;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.util.PlatformUtil;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 public class SaveImageCmdExec extends AbstrSyncDockerCmdExec<SaveImageCmd, InputStream> implements SaveImageCmd.Exec {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SaveImageCmdExec.class);
@@ -28,6 +31,13 @@ protected InputStream execute(SaveImageCmd command) {
         WebTarget webResource = getBaseResource().
                 path("/images/" + name + "/get");
 
+        Set<String> platforms = new HashSet<>(command.getPlatforms());
+        if (!platforms.isEmpty()) {
+            for (String platform : platforms) {
+                 webResource = webResource.queryParamsJsonMap("platform", PlatformUtil.platformMap(platform));
+             }
+        }
+
         LOGGER.trace("GET: {}", webResource);
         return webResource.request().accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get();
     }
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/SaveImagesCmdExec.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/SaveImagesCmdExec.java
index a1bb47c05..36fc8034d 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/SaveImagesCmdExec.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/exec/SaveImagesCmdExec.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.MediaType;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.WebTarget;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.util.PlatformUtil;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -29,10 +30,14 @@ protected InputStream execute(SaveImagesCmd command) {
         for (SaveImagesCmd.TaggedImage image : images) {
             queryParamSet.add(image.asString());
         }
-        final WebTarget webResource = getBaseResource()
+        WebTarget webResource = getBaseResource()
             .path("/images/get")
             .queryParamsSet("names", queryParamSet.build());
 
+        if (command.getPlatform() != null) {
+            webResource = webResource.queryParamsJsonMap("platform", PlatformUtil.platformMap(command.getPlatform()));
+        }
+
         LOGGER.trace("GET: {}", webResource);
         return webResource.request().accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get();
     }
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/PlatformUtil.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/PlatformUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fe042f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/PlatformUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.core.util;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class PlatformUtil {
+
+    private PlatformUtil() {
+    }
+
+    public static Map<String, String> platformMap(String platform) {
+
+        HashMap<String, String> platformMap = new HashMap<>();
+        if (platform == null) {
+            return platformMap;
+        }
+        String[] r = platform.split("/");
+        if (r.length > 0) {
+            platformMap.put("os", r[0]);
+        }
+        if (r.length > 1) {
+            platformMap.put("architecture", r[1]);
+        }
+        if (r.length > 2) {
+            platformMap.put("variant", r[2]);
+        }
+
+        return platformMap;
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/docker-java/pom.xml b/docker-java/pom.xml
index 3cfd7f255..835447584 100644
--- a/docker-java/pom.xml
+++ b/docker-java/pom.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+			<version>${apache-compress.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
 			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
diff --git a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CustomCommandIT.java b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CustomCommandIT.java
index bf273a98c..13931b41f 100644
--- a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CustomCommandIT.java
+++ b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CustomCommandIT.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class CustomCommandIT extends CmdIT {
 
     @Test
     public void testCustomCommand() throws Exception {
-        DockerHttpClient httpClient = CmdIT.createDockerHttpClient(DockerRule.config(null));
+        DockerHttpClient httpClient = CmdIT.createDockerHttpClient(DockerRule.config(null).build());
 
         Assume.assumeNotNull(httpClient);
 
diff --git a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/SaveImageCmdIT.java b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/SaveImageCmdIT.java
index cb5a4666c..3a0a04a53 100644
--- a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/SaveImageCmdIT.java
+++ b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/SaveImageCmdIT.java
@@ -1,13 +1,27 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.cmd;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerRule;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion;
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveEntry;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
+import static com.github.dockerjava.utils.TestUtils.getVersion;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
 public class SaveImageCmdIT extends CmdIT {
@@ -29,6 +43,83 @@ public void saveImage() throws Exception {
         ) {
             assertThat(image2.read(), not(-1));
         }
+
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        if (getVersion(dockerRule.getClient()).isGreaterOrEqual(RemoteApiVersion.VERSION_1_48)) {
+
+            try (DockerClient c = createDockerClient(DockerRule.config(null).withApiVersion(RemoteApiVersion.VERSION_1_48).build())) {
+
+                c.pullImageCmd("busybox").withTag("latest").withPlatform("linux/arm64").start().awaitCompletion();
+
+                Map<String, byte[]> tar;
+
+                try (InputStream inputStream = c.saveImageCmd("busybox").withTag("latest").withPlatform("linux/arm64").exec()) {
+                    tar = loadTar(inputStream);
+                }
+
+                List<Map<String, Object>> list =
+                    objectMapper.readValue(tar.get("manifest.json"), new TypeReference<List<Map<String, Object>>>() {});
+
+                assertThat(list.size(), is(1));
+
+                Map<String, Object> config = objectMapper.readValue(tar.get(list.get(0).get("Config").toString()), new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {});
+
+                assertThat(config.get("architecture"), is("arm64"));
+                assertThat(config.get("os"), is("linux"));
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        // $TODO: test multi-platform save, but it requires containerd image store
+
     }
 
+    @SneakyThrows
+    private Map<String, byte[]> loadTar(InputStream data) {
+        Map<String, byte[]> out = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+        try (TarArchiveInputStream tin = new TarArchiveInputStream(data)) {
+            TarArchiveEntry e;
+            while ((e = tin.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+                if (e.isDirectory()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                String name = e.getName();
+                long sizeL = e.getSize();
+                if (sizeL < 0) {
+                    throw new IOException("Negative size for tar entry: " + name + " size=" + sizeL);
+                }
+                if (sizeL > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+                    throw new IOException("Tar entry too large to load into memory: " + name + " size=" + sizeL);
+                }
+                int size = (int) sizeL;
+
+                // Read exactly this entry's bytes.
+                byte[] bytes = readFully(tin, size);
+                out.put(name, bytes);
+
+                // TarArchiveInputStream aligns to 512-byte blocks internally; no manual skip needed.
+            }
+        }
+
+        return out;
+
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] readFully(InputStream in, int size) throws IOException {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[size];
+        int off = 0;
+        while (off < size) {
+            int r = in.read(buf, off, size - off);
+            if (r < 0) {
+                throw new IOException("Unexpected EOF while reading tar entry (" + off + "/" + size + " bytes)");
+            }
+            off += r;
+        }
+        return buf;
+    }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerRule.java b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerRule.java
index af606a5b1..53947b424 100644
--- a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerRule.java
+++ b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerRule.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class DockerRule extends ExternalResource {
 
     private final Set<String> createdVolumeNames = new HashSet<>();
 
-    private final DefaultDockerClientConfig config = config();
+    private final DefaultDockerClientConfig config = config().build();
 
     public DockerClient newClient() {
         DockerClientImpl dockerClient = CmdIT.createDockerClient(config);
@@ -168,19 +168,19 @@ protected void after() {
         }
     }
 
-    private static DefaultDockerClientConfig config() {
+    private static DefaultDockerClientConfig.Builder config() {
         return config(null);
     }
 
-    public static DefaultDockerClientConfig config(String password) {
+    public static DefaultDockerClientConfig.Builder config(String password) {
         DefaultDockerClientConfig.Builder builder = DefaultDockerClientConfig.createDefaultConfigBuilder()
                 .withApiVersion(RemoteApiVersion.VERSION_1_44)
                 .withRegistryUrl("https://index.docker.io/v1/");
         if (password != null) {
-            builder = builder.withRegistryPassword(password);
+            builder.withRegistryPassword(password);
         }
 
-        return builder.build();
+        return builder;
     }
 
     public String buildImage(File baseDir) throws Exception {
diff --git a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/junit/PrivateRegistryRule.java b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/junit/PrivateRegistryRule.java
index 327bfc941..49ceba06e 100644
--- a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/junit/PrivateRegistryRule.java
+++ b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/junit/PrivateRegistryRule.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class PrivateRegistryRule extends ExternalResource {
     private String containerId;
 
     public PrivateRegistryRule() {
-        this.dockerClient = CmdIT.createDockerClient(DockerRule.config(null));
+        this.dockerClient = CmdIT.createDockerClient(DockerRule.config(null).build());
     }
 
     public AuthConfig getAuthConfig() {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72add3980..97aedfbc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
 		<hamcrest.library.version>2.2</hamcrest.library.version>
 		<hamcrest.jpa-matchers>1.8</hamcrest.jpa-matchers>
 		<lambdaj.version>2.3.3</lambdaj.version>
-		<mockito.version>3.3.0</mockito.version>
+                <mockito.version>3.3.0</mockito.version>
+                <apache-compress.version>1.28.0</apache-compress.version>
 
 
 		<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.0.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>