diff --git a/Dockerfile-conformance b/Dockerfile-conformance
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58eb4995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile-conformance
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# ---
+# Stage 1: Install certs, build binary, create default config file
+# ---
+FROM docker.io/golang:1.13.6-alpine3.11 AS builder
+RUN apk --update add git make ca-certificates
+RUN mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/anuvu/zot
+WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/anuvu/zot
+COPY . .
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 make clean binary
+RUN echo -e '# Default config file for zot server\n\
+http:\n\
+  address: 0.0.0.0\n\
+  port: 5000\n\
+storage:\n\
+  rootDirectory: /var/lib/registry\n\
+  gc: false\n\
+  dedupe: false' > config.yml && cat config.yml
+
+# ---
+# Stage 2: Final image with nothing but certs, binary, and default config file
+# ---
+FROM scratch AS final
+COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/anuvu/zot/bin/zot /zot
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/anuvu/zot/config.yml /etc/zot/config.yml
+ENTRYPOINT ["/zot"]
+EXPOSE 5000
+VOLUME ["/var/lib/registry"]
+CMD ["serve", "/etc/zot/config.yml"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/api/controller_test.go b/pkg/api/controller_test.go
index b73b2e75..a2dfe64d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/controller_test.go
@@ -1525,6 +1525,78 @@ func TestHTTPReadOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestCrossRepoMount(t *testing.T) {
+	Convey("Cross Repo Mount", t, func() {
+		config := api.NewConfig()
+		config.HTTP.Port = SecurePort1
+		htpasswdPath := makeHtpasswdFileFromString(getCredString(username, passphrase))
+
+		// defer os.Remove(htpasswdPath)
+
+		config.HTTP.Auth = &api.AuthConfig{
+			HTPasswd: api.AuthHTPasswd{
+				Path: htpasswdPath,
+			},
+		}
+
+		c := api.NewController(config)
+
+		dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "oci-repo-test")
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		err = copyFiles("../../test/data", dir)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		// defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+
+		c.Config.Storage.RootDirectory = dir
+
+		go func() {
+			// this blocks
+			if err := c.Run(); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+		}()
+
+		// wait till ready
+		for {
+			_, err := resty.R().Get(BaseURL1)
+			if err == nil {
+				break
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+		}
+
+		params := make(map[string]string)
+
+		params["mount"] = "63a795ca90aa6e7cca60941e826810a4cd0a2e73ea02bf458241df2a5c973e29"
+		params["from"] = "zot-test"
+
+		client := resty.New()
+		postResponse, err := client.R().
+			SetBasicAuth(username, passphrase).SetQueryParams(params).
+			Post(BaseURL1 + "/v2/zot-c-test/blobs/uploads/")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+		So(postResponse.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, 202)
+
+		postResponse, err = client.R().
+			SetBasicAuth(username, passphrase).SetQueryParams(params).
+			Post(BaseURL1 + "/v2/zot-cve-test/blobs/uploads/")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+		So(postResponse.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, 500)
+
+		postResponse, err = client.R().
+			SetBasicAuth(username, passphrase).SetQueryParams(params).
+			Post(BaseURL1 + "/v2/ /blobs/uploads/")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+		So(postResponse.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, 404)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestParallelRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		srcImageName  string
diff --git a/pkg/api/routes.go b/pkg/api/routes.go
index f2410699..fa1ea675 100644
--- a/pkg/api/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/api/routes.go
@@ -626,10 +626,23 @@ func (rh *RouteHandler) CreateBlobUpload(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 		return
 	}
 
-	// blob mounts not allowed since we don't have access control yet, and this
-	// may be a uncommon use case, but remain compliant
-	if _, ok := r.URL.Query()["mount"]; ok {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+	// currently zot does not support cross-repository mounting, following dist-spec and returning 202
+	if mountDigests, ok := r.URL.Query()["mount"]; ok {
+		if len(mountDigests) != 1 {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+
+		u, err := rh.c.ImageStore.NewBlobUpload(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		w.Header().Set("Location", path.Join(r.URL.String(), u))
+		w.Header().Set(BlobUploadUUID, u)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
+
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -908,7 +921,6 @@ func (rh *RouteHandler) UpdateBlobUpload(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	contentPresent := true
 
 	contentLen, err := strconv.ParseInt(r.Header.Get("Content-Length"), 10, 64)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		contentPresent = false
 	}
@@ -1070,7 +1082,6 @@ func getContentRange(r *http.Request) (int64 /* from */, int64 /* to */, error)
 	tokens := strings.Split(contentRange, "-")
 
 	from, err := strconv.ParseInt(tokens[0], 10, 64)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, -1, errors.ErrBadUploadRange
 	}
@@ -1089,8 +1100,8 @@ func getContentRange(r *http.Request) (int64 /* from */, int64 /* to */, error)
 
 func WriteJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, data interface{}) {
 	var json = jsoniter.ConfigCompatibleWithStandardLibrary
-	body, err := json.Marshal(data)
 
+	body, err := json.Marshal(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage.go b/pkg/storage/storage.go
index 565a7d1c..30a4744e 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage.go
@@ -636,9 +636,10 @@ func (is *ImageStore) NewBlobUpload(repo string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	u := uuid.String()
-	blobUploadPath := is.BlobUploadPath(repo, u)
-	file, err := os.OpenFile(blobUploadPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
 
+	blobUploadPath := is.BlobUploadPath(repo, u)
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(blobUploadPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.ErrRepoNotFound
 	}