diff --git a/cmd/crane/cmd/root.go b/cmd/crane/cmd/root.go
index d0bc6429a..b692e91e2 100644
--- a/cmd/crane/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/crane/cmd/root.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func New(use, short string, options []crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 	verbose := false
 	insecure := false
 	platform := &platformValue{}
+	var osVersion string
 
 	root := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:               use,
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ func New(use, short string, options []crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 				options = append(options, crane.WithUserAgent(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", binary, Version)))
 			}
 
+			if osVersion != "" {
+				platform.platform.OSVersion = osVersion
+			}
+
 			options = append(options, crane.WithPlatform(platform.platform))
 
 			transport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ func New(use, short string, options []crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 	root.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "Enable debug logs")
 	root.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&insecure, "insecure", false, "Allow image references to be fetched without TLS")
 	root.PersistentFlags().Var(platform, "platform", "Specifies the platform in the form os/arch[/variant] (e.g. linux/amd64).")
+	root.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&osVersion, "osversion", "", "Specifies the OS version.")
 
 	return root
 }
diff --git a/pkg/v1/remote/index.go b/pkg/v1/remote/index.go
index 49c5404e1..989857918 100644
--- a/pkg/v1/remote/index.go
+++ b/pkg/v1/remote/index.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func (r *remoteIndex) childByPlatform(platform v1.Platform) (*Descriptor, error)
 			return r.childDescriptor(childDesc, platform)
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no child with platform %s/%s in index %s", platform.OS, platform.Architecture, r.Ref)
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no child with platform %+v in index %s", platform, r.Ref)
 }
 
 func (r *remoteIndex) childByHash(h v1.Hash) (*Descriptor, error) {