diff --git a/apps/druid/adapters/cli/push.go b/apps/druid/adapters/cli/push.go
index fb76238..d10b850 100644
--- a/apps/druid/adapters/cli/push.go
+++ b/apps/druid/adapters/cli/push.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var pushScrollPorts []string
 var pushPackMeta bool
 var pushSmart bool
 var pushCategory string
+var pushDisableTarReproducible bool
 
 var PushCommand = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "push [artifact] [dir]",
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ var PushCommand = &cobra.Command{
 		logger.Log().Info("Pushing "+repo+":"+tag+" to registry", zap.String("path", fullPath))
 
 		ociClient := registry.NewOciClient(credStore)
+		if pushDisableTarReproducible {
+			ociClient.DisableTarReproducible()
+		}
 
 		overrides := map[string]string{}
 		if pushMinRAM != "" {
@@ -112,4 +116,5 @@ func init() {
 	PushCommand.Flags().StringVarP(&pushImage, "image", "i", pushImage, "Image to use for the scroll. (Will be added as a manifest annotation gg.druid.scroll.image)")
 	PushCommand.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&pushScrollPorts, "port", "p", pushScrollPorts, "Ports to expose. Format webserver=80, dns=53/udp or just ftp (Will be added as a manifest annotation gg.druid.scroll.ports.<name>)")
 	PushCommand.Flags().BoolVarP(&pushPackMeta, "pack-meta", "m", pushPackMeta, "Pack the meta folder into the scroll.")
+	PushCommand.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&pushDisableTarReproducible, "no-tar-reproducible", false, "Preserve file timestamps in pushed tar layers.")
 }
diff --git a/apps/druid/adapters/cli/push_category.go b/apps/druid/adapters/cli/push_category.go
index aee1844..d5b55ae 100644
--- a/apps/druid/adapters/cli/push_category.go
+++ b/apps/druid/adapters/cli/push_category.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ var PushCategoryCommand = &cobra.Command{
 		logger.Log().Info("Pushing "+repo+" category to registry", zap.String("scrollDir", scrollDir))
 
 		ociClient := registry.NewOciClient(credStore)
+		if pushDisableTarReproducible {
+			ociClient.DisableTarReproducible()
+		}
 
 		_, err := ociClient.PushCategory(scrollDir, repo, category)
 
diff --git a/internal/core/services/registry/oci.go b/internal/core/services/registry/oci.go
index 47955e9..9d9dbdc 100644
--- a/internal/core/services/registry/oci.go
+++ b/internal/core/services/registry/oci.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ type OciClient struct {
 	httpClient *http.Client
 	// plainHTTP forces plain HTTP (no TLS) for registry communication.
 	plainHTTP bool
+	// disableTarReproducible opts out of reproducible tar layers for pushes.
+	disableTarReproducible bool
 }
 
 func NewOciClient(credentialStore *CredentialStore) *OciClient {
@@ -54,6 +56,20 @@ func plainHTTPFromEnv() bool {
 	return value == "1" || value == "true" || value == "yes"
 }
 
+// DisableTarReproducible preserves source file timestamps in pushed tar layers.
+func (c *OciClient) DisableTarReproducible() {
+	c.disableTarReproducible = true
+}
+
+func (c *OciClient) newFileStore(root string) (*file.Store, error) {
+	fs, err := file.New(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	fs.TarReproducible = !c.disableTarReproducible
+	return fs, nil
+}
+
 func (c *OciClient) GetRepo(repoUrl string) (*remote.Repository, error) {
 	repo, err := remote.NewRepository(repoUrl)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -762,7 +778,7 @@ func (c *OciClient) Push(folder string, repo string, tag string, overrides map[s
 		return v1.Descriptor{}, fmt.Errorf("no files found to push")
 	}
 
-	fs, err := file.New(folder)
+	fs, err := c.newFileStore(folder)
 	if err != nil {
 		return v1.Descriptor{}, err
 	}
@@ -888,7 +904,7 @@ func (c *OciClient) PushCategory(dir string, repo string, category string) (v1.D
 		return v1.Descriptor{}, err
 	}
 
-	fs, err := file.New(dir)
+	fs, err := c.newFileStore(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return v1.Descriptor{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/core/services/registry/oci_test.go b/internal/core/services/registry/oci_test.go
index b8d70e7..2179b3d 100644
--- a/internal/core/services/registry/oci_test.go
+++ b/internal/core/services/registry/oci_test.go
@@ -128,6 +128,31 @@ func TestValidateCredentialsUsesPlainHTTPEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNewFileStoreUsesReproducibleTarsByDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	client := NewOciClient(NewCredentialStore(nil))
+	store, err := client.newFileStore(t.TempDir())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer store.Close()
+	if !store.TarReproducible {
+		t.Fatal("TarReproducible = false, want true")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDisableTarReproducible(t *testing.T) {
+	client := NewOciClient(NewCredentialStore(nil))
+	client.DisableTarReproducible()
+	store, err := client.newFileStore(t.TempDir())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer store.Close()
+	if store.TarReproducible {
+		t.Fatal("TarReproducible = true, want false")
+	}
+}
+
 // TestPushDataChunkPathNotDoubled calls OciClient.Push directly with a
 // relative scroll folder containing a data directory, pushing to a fake
 // in-process OCI registry. This verifies the data-chunk file paths are