diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provider.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provider.go
index ae9635be04..f92bf8cbae 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provider.go
@@ -253,3 +253,24 @@ func (p *Provider) CollectLogs(dir string, nodes []nodes.Node) error {
 	errs = append(errs, errors.AggregateConcurrent(fns))
 	return errors.NewAggregate(errs)
 }
+
+// SaveImage saves image to dest, as in `docker save`
+func (p *Provider) SaveImage(image, dest string) error {
+	return exec.Command("docker", "save", "-o", dest, image).Run()
+}
+
+// ImageID return the Id of the container image
+func (p *Provider) ImageID(containerNameOrID string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "image", "inspect",
+		"-f", "{{ .Id }}",
+		containerNameOrID, // ... against the container
+	)
+	lines, err := exec.CombinedOutputLines(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if len(lines) != 1 {
+		return "", errors.Errorf("Docker image ID should only be one line, got %d lines", len(lines))
+	}
+	return lines[0], nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provider.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provider.go
index 43e69cc9e6..4ca3d832c4 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/podman/provider.go
@@ -306,3 +306,24 @@ func (p *Provider) CollectLogs(dir string, nodes []nodes.Node) error {
 	errs = append(errs, errors.AggregateConcurrent(fns))
 	return errors.NewAggregate(errs)
 }
+
+// SaveImage saves image to dest, as in `docker save`
+func (p *Provider) SaveImage(image, dest string) error {
+	return exec.Command("podman", "save", "-o", dest, image).Run()
+}
+
+// ImageID return the Id of the container image
+func (p *Provider) ImageID(containerNameOrID string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("podman", "image", "inspect",
+		"-f", "{{.Id}}",
+		containerNameOrID, // ... against the container
+	)
+	lines, err := exec.CombinedOutputLines(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if len(lines) != 1 {
+		return "", errors.Errorf("Docker image ID should only be one line, got %d lines", len(lines))
+	}
+	return lines[0], nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/provider/provider.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/provider/provider.go
index 937b29ba03..13366d69fb 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/provider/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/provider/provider.go
@@ -45,4 +45,8 @@ type Provider interface {
 	GetAPIServerInternalEndpoint(cluster string) (string, error)
 	// CollectLogs will populate dir with cluster logs and other debug files
 	CollectLogs(dir string, nodes []nodes.Node) error
+	// SaveImage saves image to dest, as in `docker save`
+	SaveImage(image, dest string) error
+	// ImageID return the Id of the container image
+	ImageID(containerNameOrID string) (string, error)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/provider.go b/pkg/cluster/provider.go
index 0eec33426c..99179596d3 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/provider.go
@@ -193,3 +193,13 @@ func (p *Provider) CollectLogs(name, dir string) error {
 	}
 	return p.provider.CollectLogs(dir, n)
 }
+
+// SaveImage saves image to dest, as in `docker save`
+func (p *Provider) SaveImage(image, dest string) error {
+	return p.provider.SaveImage(image, dest)
+}
+
+// ImageID return the Id of the container image
+func (p *Provider) ImageID(containerNameOrID string) (string, error) {
+	return p.provider.ImageID(containerNameOrID)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/kind/load/docker-image/docker-image.go b/pkg/cmd/kind/load/docker-image/docker-image.go
index 45e62d546d..d6685ece49 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/kind/load/docker-image/docker-image.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/kind/load/docker-image/docker-image.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/cluster/nodeutils"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/cmd"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/errors"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/exec"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/fs"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kind/pkg/log"
 
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ func runE(logger log.Logger, flags *flagpole, args []string) error {
 
 	// Check that the image exists locally and gets its ID, if not return error
 	imageName := args[0]
-	imageID, err := imageID(imageName)
+	imageID, err := provider.ImageID(imageName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("image: %q not present locally", imageName)
 	}
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ func runE(logger log.Logger, flags *flagpole, args []string) error {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 	imageTarPath := filepath.Join(dir, "image.tar")
 
-	err = save(imageName, imageTarPath)
+	err = provider.SaveImage(imageName, imageTarPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -168,24 +167,3 @@ func loadImage(imageTarName string, node nodes.Node) error {
 	defer f.Close()
 	return nodeutils.LoadImageArchive(node, f)
 }
-
-// save saves image to dest, as in `docker save`
-func save(image, dest string) error {
-	return exec.Command("docker", "save", "-o", dest, image).Run()
-}
-
-// imageID return the Id of the container image
-func imageID(containerNameOrID string) (string, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "image", "inspect",
-		"-f", "{{ .Id }}",
-		containerNameOrID, // ... against the container
-	)
-	lines, err := exec.CombinedOutputLines(cmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	if len(lines) != 1 {
-		return "", errors.Errorf("Docker image ID should only be one line, got %d lines", len(lines))
-	}
-	return lines[0], nil
-}