diff --git a/directory/directory_dest.go b/directory/directory_dest.go
index e3f91440b..8215c9089 100644
--- a/directory/directory_dest.go
+++ b/directory/directory_dest.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func newImageDestination(sys *types.SystemContext, ref dirReference) (private.Im
 		PropertyMethodsInitialize: impl.PropertyMethods(impl.Properties{
 			SupportedManifestMIMETypes:     nil,
 			DesiredLayerCompression:        desiredLayerCompression,
+			AcceptsForeignLayerURLs:        false,
 			MustMatchRuntimeOS:             false,
 			IgnoresEmbeddedDockerReference: false, // N/A, DockerReference() returns nil.
 			HasThreadSafePutBlob:           false,
@@ -125,12 +126,6 @@ func (d *dirImageDestination) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// AcceptsForeignLayerURLs returns false iff foreign layers in manifest should be actually
-// uploaded to the image destination, true otherwise.
-func (d *dirImageDestination) AcceptsForeignLayerURLs() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
 // PutBlobWithOptions writes contents of stream and returns data representing the result.
 // inputInfo.Digest can be optionally provided if known; if provided, and stream is read to the end without error, the digest MUST match the stream contents.
 // inputInfo.Size is the expected length of stream, if known.
diff --git a/docker/internal/tarfile/dest.go b/docker/internal/tarfile/dest.go
index 6ca8d95e8..b36f303a3 100644
--- a/docker/internal/tarfile/dest.go
+++ b/docker/internal/tarfile/dest.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func NewDestination(sys *types.SystemContext, archive *Writer, transportName str
 				manifest.DockerV2Schema2MediaType, // We rely on the types.Image.UpdatedImage schema conversion capabilities.
 			},
 			DesiredLayerCompression:        types.Decompress,
+			AcceptsForeignLayerURLs:        false,
 			MustMatchRuntimeOS:             false,
 			IgnoresEmbeddedDockerReference: false, // N/A, we only accept schema2 images where EmbeddedDockerReferenceConflicts() is always false.
 			// The code _is_ actually thread-safe, but apart from computing sizes/digests of layers where
@@ -69,12 +70,6 @@ func (d *Destination) AddRepoTags(tags []reference.NamedTagged) {
 	d.repoTags = append(d.repoTags, tags...)
 }
 
-// AcceptsForeignLayerURLs returns false iff foreign layers in manifest should be actually
-// uploaded to the image destination, true otherwise.
-func (d *Destination) AcceptsForeignLayerURLs() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
 // PutBlobWithOptions writes contents of stream and returns data representing the result.
 // inputInfo.Digest can be optionally provided if known; if provided, and stream is read to the end without error, the digest MUST match the stream contents.
 // inputInfo.Size is the expected length of stream, if known.
diff --git a/internal/imagedestination/impl/properties.go b/internal/imagedestination/impl/properties.go
index 2843766b6..704812e9a 100644
--- a/internal/imagedestination/impl/properties.go
+++ b/internal/imagedestination/impl/properties.go
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ type Properties struct {
 	SupportedManifestMIMETypes []string
 	// DesiredLayerCompression indicates the kind of compression to apply on layers
 	DesiredLayerCompression types.LayerCompression
+	// AcceptsForeignLayerURLs is false if foreign layers in manifest should be actually
+	// uploaded to the image destination, true otherwise.
+	AcceptsForeignLayerURLs bool
 	// MustMatchRuntimeOS is set to true if the destination can store only images targeted for the current runtime architecture and OS.
 	MustMatchRuntimeOS bool
 	// IgnoresEmbeddedDockerReference is set to true if the destination does not care about Image.EmbeddedDockerReferenceConflicts(),
@@ -45,6 +48,12 @@ func (o PropertyMethodsInitialize) DesiredLayerCompression() types.LayerCompress
 	return o.vals.DesiredLayerCompression
 }
 
+// AcceptsForeignLayerURLs returns false iff foreign layers in manifest should be actually
+// uploaded to the image destination, true otherwise.
+func (o PropertyMethodsInitialize) AcceptsForeignLayerURLs() bool {
+	return o.vals.AcceptsForeignLayerURLs
+}
+
 // MustMatchRuntimeOS returns true iff the destination can store only images targeted for the current runtime architecture and OS. False otherwise.
 func (o PropertyMethodsInitialize) MustMatchRuntimeOS() bool {
 	return o.vals.MustMatchRuntimeOS
diff --git a/oci/layout/oci_dest.go b/oci/layout/oci_dest.go
index ac9ad068e..4face7213 100644
--- a/oci/layout/oci_dest.go
+++ b/oci/layout/oci_dest.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func newImageDestination(sys *types.SystemContext, ref ociReference) (private.Im
 				imgspecv1.MediaTypeImageIndex,
 			},
 			DesiredLayerCompression:        desiredLayerCompression,
+			AcceptsForeignLayerURLs:        true,
 			MustMatchRuntimeOS:             false,
 			IgnoresEmbeddedDockerReference: false, // N/A, DockerReference() returns nil.
 			HasThreadSafePutBlob:           true,
@@ -100,12 +101,6 @@ func (d *ociImageDestination) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// AcceptsForeignLayerURLs returns false iff foreign layers in manifest should be actually
-// uploaded to the image destination, true otherwise.
-func (d *ociImageDestination) AcceptsForeignLayerURLs() bool {
-	return true
-}
-
 // PutBlobWithOptions writes contents of stream and returns data representing the result.
 // inputInfo.Digest can be optionally provided if known; if provided, and stream is read to the end without error, the digest MUST match the stream contents.
 // inputInfo.Size is the expected length of stream, if known.
diff --git a/ostree/ostree_dest.go b/ostree/ostree_dest.go
index 40cfb9514..ae8a398bd 100644
--- a/ostree/ostree_dest.go
+++ b/ostree/ostree_dest.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func newImageDestination(ref ostreeReference, tmpDirPath string) (private.ImageD
 		PropertyMethodsInitialize: impl.PropertyMethods(impl.Properties{
 			SupportedManifestMIMETypes:     []string{manifest.DockerV2Schema2MediaType},
 			DesiredLayerCompression:        types.PreserveOriginal,
+			AcceptsForeignLayerURLs:        false,
 			MustMatchRuntimeOS:             true,
 			IgnoresEmbeddedDockerReference: false, // N/A, DockerReference() returns nil.
 			HasThreadSafePutBlob:           false,
@@ -127,12 +128,6 @@ func (d *ostreeImageDestination) Close() error {
 	return os.RemoveAll(d.tmpDirPath)
 }
 
-// AcceptsForeignLayerURLs returns false iff foreign layers in manifest should be actually
-// uploaded to the image destination, true otherwise.
-func (d *ostreeImageDestination) AcceptsForeignLayerURLs() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
 // PutBlobWithOptions writes contents of stream and returns data representing the result.
 // inputInfo.Digest can be optionally provided if known; if provided, and stream is read to the end without error, the digest MUST match the stream contents.
 // inputInfo.Size is the expected length of stream, if known.
diff --git a/storage/storage_image.go b/storage/storage_image.go
index 54f2d2fa4..e81f0ea9c 100644
--- a/storage/storage_image.go
+++ b/storage/storage_image.go
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ func newImageDestination(sys *types.SystemContext, imageRef storageReference) (*
 			// and need to explicitly ask for it here, so that the layers' MIME
 			// types can be set accordingly.
 			DesiredLayerCompression:        types.PreserveOriginal,
+			AcceptsForeignLayerURLs:        false,
 			MustMatchRuntimeOS:             true,
 			IgnoresEmbeddedDockerReference: true, // Yes, we want the unmodified manifest
 			HasThreadSafePutBlob:           true,
@@ -1204,12 +1205,6 @@ func (s *storageImageDestination) PutManifest(ctx context.Context, manifestBlob
 	return nil
 }
 
-// AcceptsForeignLayerURLs returns false iff foreign layers in the manifest should actually be
-// uploaded to the image destination, true otherwise.
-func (s *storageImageDestination) AcceptsForeignLayerURLs() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
 // PutSignatures records the image's signatures for committing as a single data blob.
 func (s *storageImageDestination) PutSignatures(ctx context.Context, signatures [][]byte, instanceDigest *digest.Digest) error {
 	sizes := []int{}