diff --git a/src/cmd-push-container-manifest b/src/cmd-push-container-manifest
index eb31b23a6c..c67861567b 100755
--- a/src/cmd-push-container-manifest
+++ b/src/cmd-push-container-manifest
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 # arguments provided by the user.
 
 import argparse
+import json
 import os
 import sys
 from cosalib.container_manifest import create_and_push_container_manifest
 from cosalib.builds import Builds
 from cosalib.meta import GenericBuildMeta
+from cosalib.cmdlib import runcmd
 from cosalib.cmdlib import sha256sum_file
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
@@ -16,6 +18,10 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 def main():
     args = parse_args()
+    map_arch = {}
+    map_arch['arm64'] = 'aarch64'
+    map_arch['amd64'] = 'x86_64'
+
     if args.authfile:
         os.environ["REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE"] = args.authfile
     if args.images:
@@ -37,6 +43,19 @@ def main():
         #   - Store the path to the container image in the container_images list
         images = []
         buildmetas = dict()
+        digests = {}
+        upload = False
+        # Checks if we already have it in the remote
+        cmd = ["skopeo", "inspect", "--raw", f"docker://{args.repo}:{args.tags[0]}"]
+        manifest_meta = runcmd(cmd, capture_output=True, check=False).stdout
+        if manifest_meta:
+            manifests = json.loads(manifest_meta)
+            for manifest in manifests['manifests']:
+                arch = manifest['platform']['architecture']
+                if arch in map_arch:
+                    arch = map_arch[arch]
+                digests[arch] = manifest['digest']
+
         for arch in args.arches:
             if arch not in build_arches:
                 print(f"Requested architecture {arch} is not in {args.build}")
@@ -48,6 +67,14 @@ def main():
             if not buildmeta['images'][args.artifact]:
                 print(f"No artifact {args.artifact} in {args.build}/{arch}")
                 raise Exception
+
+            # Checks if the meta digest matches each arch digest in the remote
+            if 'digest' in buildmetas[arch][args.metajsonname]:
+                digest = buildmetas[arch][args.metajsonname]['digest']
+                if arch not in digests:
+                   upload = True
+                elif digest != digests[arch]:
+                    upload = True
             ociarchive = os.path.join(builddir, buildmeta['images'][args.artifact]['path'])
             ocisha256sum = buildmeta['images'][args.artifact]['sha256']
             if not os.path.exists(ociarchive):
@@ -58,26 +85,25 @@ def main():
                 raise Exception
             images.append(f"oci-archive:{ociarchive}")
 
-        # Create/Upload the manifest list to the container registry
-        manifest_info = create_and_push_container_manifest(
-            args.repo, args.tags, images, args.v2s2)
-
-        # Update the `meta.json` files. Note the digest included is the
-        # arch-specific one for each individual arch, and not the manifest list
-        # digest. See: https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/issues/3122.
-        assert len(manifest_info['manifests']) == len(buildmetas)
-        for manifest in manifest_info['manifests']:
-            arch = manifest['platform']['architecture']
-            if arch == 'arm64':
-                arch = 'aarch64'
-            elif arch == 'amd64':
-                arch = 'x86_64'
-            buildmetas[arch][args.metajsonname] = {
-                'image': args.repo,
-                'digest': manifest['digest'],
-                'tags': args.tags
-            }
-            buildmetas[arch].write(artifact_name=args.metajsonname)
+        if upload is True or args.force is True:
+            # Create/Upload the manifest list to the container registry
+            manifest_info = create_and_push_container_manifest(
+                args.repo, args.tags, images, args.v2s2)
+
+            # Update the `meta.json` files. Note the digest included is the
+            # arch-specific one for each individual arch, and not the manifest list
+            # digest. See: https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/issues/3122.
+            assert len(manifest_info['manifests']) == len(buildmetas)
+            for manifest in manifest_info['manifests']:
+                arch = manifest['platform']['architecture']
+                if arch in map_arch:
+                    arch =  map_arch[arch]
+                buildmetas[arch][args.metajsonname] = {
+                    'image': args.repo,
+                    'digest': manifest['digest'],
+                    'tags': args.tags
+                }
+                buildmetas[arch].write(artifact_name=args.metajsonname)
 
 
 def parse_args():
@@ -108,6 +134,7 @@ Examples:
     parser.add_argument("--authfile", help="A file to use for registry auth")
     parser.add_argument('--v2s2', action='store_true',
                         help='Use old image manifest version 2 schema 2 format')
+    parser.add_argument("--force", help="Force manifest overwriting", action='store_true')
 
     group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
     group.add_argument("--image", dest='images', action='append', default=[],