diff --git a/lib/src/container/unencapsulate.rs b/lib/src/container/unencapsulate.rs
index a5c68aae..f7da6082 100644
--- a/lib/src/container/unencapsulate.rs
+++ b/lib/src/container/unencapsulate.rs
@@ -192,41 +192,79 @@ pub async fn unencapsulate_from_manifest(
         return Err(anyhow!("containers-policy.json specifies a default of `insecureAcceptAnything`; refusing usage"));
     }
     let options = options.unwrap_or_default();
+    let remote = match &imgref.sigverify {
+        SignatureSource::OstreeRemote(remote) => Some(remote.clone()),
+        SignatureSource::ContainerPolicy | SignatureSource::ContainerPolicyAllowInsecure => None,
+    };
     let commit_layer = manifest
         .layers()
         .last()
         .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No layers found"))?;
+    let component_layers: Vec<_> = manifest
+        .layers()
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|&l| l != commit_layer)
+        .collect();
+    let component_layer_size = component_layers.iter().fold(0, |acc, s| acc + s.size());
     event!(
         Level::DEBUG,
-        "commit blob digest:{} size: {}",
+        "commit blob digest:{} size: {} components: {} size: {}",
         commit_layer.digest().as_str(),
-        commit_layer.size()
+        commit_layer.size(),
+        component_layers.len(),
+        component_layer_size,
     );
     let mut proxy = ImageProxy::new().await?;
     let oi = proxy.open_image(&imgref.imgref.to_string()).await?;
-    let (blob, driver) = fetch_layer_decompress(&mut proxy, &oi, commit_layer).await?;
-    let blob = ProgressReader {
-        reader: blob,
-        progress: options.progress,
-    };
-    let blob = tokio_util::io::SyncIoBridge::new(blob);
-    let remote = match &imgref.sigverify {
-        SignatureSource::OstreeRemote(remote) => Some(remote.clone()),
-        SignatureSource::ContainerPolicy | SignatureSource::ContainerPolicyAllowInsecure => None,
-    };
-    let mut importer = crate::tar::Importer::new(&repo, remote);
+    let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1);
+    let repo = repo.clone();
     let import = crate::tokio_util::spawn_blocking_cancellable(move |cancellable| {
-        let mut archive = tar::Archive::new(blob);
+        let mut rx = rx;
+        let mut importer = crate::tar::Importer::new(&repo, remote);
         let txn = repo.auto_transaction(Some(cancellable))?;
+
+        // First, import the commit
+        let commit_blob = rx.blocking_recv().unwrap();
+        let commit_blob = tokio_util::io::SyncIoBridge::new(commit_blob);
+        let mut archive = tar::Archive::new(commit_blob);
         importer.import_commit(&mut archive, Some(cancellable))?;
+
+        // Then, all component/split blobs
+        while let Some(blob) = rx.blocking_recv() {
+            let blob = tokio_util::io::SyncIoBridge::new(blob);
+            let mut archive = tar::Archive::new(blob);
+            importer.import_objects(&mut archive, Some(cancellable))?;
+        }
+
         let checksum: String = importer.finish_import();
         txn.commit(Some(cancellable))?;
         repo.mark_commit_partial(&checksum, false)?;
         Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(checksum)
     });
-    let (import, driver) = tokio::join!(import, driver);
-    driver?;
-    let ostree_commit = import.with_context(|| format!("Parsing blob {}", layer.digest()))?;
+    for &layer in std::iter::once(&commit_layer).chain(component_layers.iter()) {
+        let (blob, driver) = fetch_layer_decompress(&mut proxy, &oi, commit_layer).await?;
+        let blob = ProgressReader {
+            reader: blob,
+            progress: options.progress,
+        };
+        if tx.send(blob).await.is_err() {
+            drop(tx);
+            return match import.await? {
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                        "internal error: import worker thread did not set error"
+                    ))
+                }
+                Err(e) => Err(e),
+            };
+        }
+        driver.await?;
+    }
+    drop(tx);
+
+    let import = import.await?;
+    let ostree_commit =
+        import.with_context(|| format!("Parsing blob {}", commit_layer.digest()))?;
     // FIXME write ostree commit after proxy finalization
     proxy.finalize().await?;
     event!(Level::DEBUG, "created commit {}", ostree_commit);