diff --git a/docs/detectors/linux.md b/docs/detectors/linux.md
index 839363300..b4e1c613f 100644
--- a/docs/detectors/linux.md
+++ b/docs/detectors/linux.md
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ Images present on the filesystem as either an [OCI layout directory](https://spe
 - For OCI image layout directories, use the prefix `oci-dir:` followed by the path to the directory, e.g. `oci-dir:/path/to/image`
 - For OCI image archives (tarballs), use the prefix `oci-archive:` followed by the path to the archive file, e.g. `oci-archive:/path/to/image.tar`
 
+#### Docker Archives
+
+Images saved to disk via `docker save` can be referenced using the `docker-archive:` prefix followed by the path to the tarball, e.g. `docker-archive:/path/to/image.tar`.
+
 ### Scanner Scope
 
 By default, this detector invokes Syft with the `all-layers` scanning scope (i.e. the Syft argument `--scope all-layers`).
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/ImageReference.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/ImageReference.cs
index 5ba97f9bd..fcb8c1c34 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/ImageReference.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/ImageReference.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ internal enum ImageReferenceKind
     /// An OCI archive (tarball) file on disk (e.g., "oci-archive:/path/to/image.tar").
     /// </summary>
     OciArchive,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A Docker archive (tarball) file on disk created by "docker save" (e.g., "docker-archive:/path/to/image.tar").
+    /// </summary>
+    DockerArchive,
 }
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ internal class ImageReference
 {
     private const string OciDirPrefix = "oci-dir:";
     private const string OciArchivePrefix = "oci-archive:";
+    private const string DockerArchivePrefix = "docker-archive:";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the original input string as provided by the user.
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ internal class ImageReference
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the cleaned reference string with any scheme prefix removed.
-    /// For Docker images, this is lowercased. For OCI paths, case is preserved.
+    /// For Docker images, this is lowercased. For file paths, case is preserved.
     /// </summary>
     public required string Reference { get; init; }
 
@@ -86,6 +92,22 @@ public static ImageReference Parse(string input)
             };
         }
 
+        if (input.StartsWith(DockerArchivePrefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            var path = input[DockerArchivePrefix.Length..];
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Input with '{DockerArchivePrefix}' prefix must include a path.", nameof(input));
+            }
+
+            return new ImageReference
+            {
+                OriginalInput = input,
+                Reference = path,
+                Kind = ImageReferenceKind.DockerArchive,
+            };
+        }
+
 #pragma warning disable CA1308
         return new ImageReference
         {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxContainerDetector.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxContainerDetector.cs
index 0c762d71c..41d0747d0 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxContainerDetector.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxContainerDetector.cs
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ private async Task ResolveImageAsync(
                     break;
                 case ImageReferenceKind.OciLayout:
                 case ImageReferenceKind.OciArchive:
+                case ImageReferenceKind.DockerArchive:
                     var fullPath = this.ValidateLocalImagePath(imageRef);
                     localImages.TryAdd(fullPath, imageRef.Kind);
                     break;
@@ -309,16 +310,21 @@ await this.dockerService.InspectImageAsync(image, cancellationToken)
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Validates that a local image path exists on disk. Throws a FileNotFoundException if it does not.
-    /// For OCI layouts, checks for a directory. For OCI archives, checks for a file.
+    /// Validates that a local image path exists on disk. Throws a <see cref="FileNotFoundException"/> if it does not.
+    /// For OCI layouts, checks for a directory. For OCI archives and Docker archives, checks for a file.
     /// Returns the full path to the local image if validation succeeds.
     /// </summary>
     private string ValidateLocalImagePath(ImageReference imageRef)
     {
         var path = Path.GetFullPath(imageRef.Reference);
-        var exists = imageRef.Kind == ImageReferenceKind.OciLayout
-            ? Directory.Exists(path)
-            : System.IO.File.Exists(path);
+        var exists = imageRef.Kind switch
+        {
+            ImageReferenceKind.OciLayout => Directory.Exists(path),
+            ImageReferenceKind.OciArchive => System.IO.File.Exists(path),
+            ImageReferenceKind.DockerArchive => System.IO.File.Exists(path),
+            ImageReferenceKind.DockerImage or _ => throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"ValidateLocalImagePath does not support image kind '{imageRef.Kind}'."),
+        };
 
         if (!exists)
         {
@@ -409,6 +415,11 @@ private async Task<ImageScanningResult> ScanLocalImageAsync(
                     ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Could not determine parent directory for OCI archive path '{localImagePath}'.");
                 syftContainerPath = $"oci-archive:{LocalImageMountPoint}/{Path.GetFileName(localImagePath)}";
                 break;
+            case ImageReferenceKind.DockerArchive:
+                hostPathToBind = Path.GetDirectoryName(localImagePath)
+                    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Could not determine parent directory for Docker archive path '{localImagePath}'.");
+                syftContainerPath = $"docker-archive:{LocalImageMountPoint}/{Path.GetFileName(localImagePath)}";
+                break;
             case ImageReferenceKind.DockerImage:
             default:
                 throw new InvalidUserInputException(
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxContainerDetectorTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxContainerDetectorTests.cs
index 8e68e88bf..823dbe395 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxContainerDetectorTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxContainerDetectorTests.cs
@@ -1127,4 +1127,121 @@ public async Task TestLinuxContainerDetector_OciArchiveImage_DetectsComponentsAs
             System.IO.File.Delete(ociArchive);
         }
     }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public async Task TestLinuxContainerDetector_DockerArchiveImage_DetectsComponentsAsync()
+    {
+        var componentRecorder = new ComponentRecorder();
+
+        // Create a temp file to act as the Docker archive
+        var dockerArchiveDir = Path.GetTempPath().TrimEnd(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
+        var dockerArchiveName = "test-docker-archive-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") + ".tar";
+        var dockerArchive = Path.Combine(dockerArchiveDir, dockerArchiveName);
+        await System.IO.File.WriteAllBytesAsync(dockerArchive, []);
+
+        try
+        {
+            var scanRequest = new ScanRequest(
+                new DirectoryInfo(Path.GetTempPath()),
+                (_, __) => false,
+                this.mockLogger.Object,
+                null,
+                [$"docker-archive:{dockerArchive}"],
+                componentRecorder
+            );
+
+            var syftOutputJson = """
+                {
+                    "distro": { "id": "ubuntu", "versionID": "22.04" },
+                    "artifacts": [],
+                    "source": {
+                        "id": "sha256:abc",
+                        "name": "/local-image",
+                        "type": "image",
+                        "version": "sha256:abc",
+                        "metadata": {
+                            "userInput": "/local-image",
+                            "imageID": "sha256:dockerarchiveimg",
+                            "tags": ["myapp:v2"],
+                            "repoDigests": [],
+                            "layers": [
+                                { "digest": "sha256:dockerlayer1", "size": 50000 },
+                                { "digest": "sha256:dockerlayer2", "size": 60000 }
+                            ],
+                            "labels": {}
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                """;
+            var syftOutput = SyftOutput.FromJson(syftOutputJson);
+
+            this.mockSyftLinuxScanner.Setup(scanner =>
+                    scanner.GetSyftOutputAsync(
+                        It.IsAny<string>(),
+                        It.IsAny<IList<string>>(),
+                        It.IsAny<LinuxScannerScope>(),
+                        It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()
+                    )
+                )
+                .ReturnsAsync(syftOutput);
+
+            var layerMappedComponents = new[]
+            {
+                new LayerMappedLinuxComponents
+                {
+                    DockerLayer = new DockerLayer { DiffId = "sha256:dockerlayer1", LayerIndex = 0 },
+                    Components = [new LinuxComponent("ubuntu", "22.04", "libc6", "2.35-0ubuntu3")],
+                },
+            };
+
+            this.mockSyftLinuxScanner.Setup(scanner =>
+                    scanner.ProcessSyftOutput(
+                        It.IsAny<SyftOutput>(),
+                        It.IsAny<IEnumerable<DockerLayer>>(),
+                        It.IsAny<ISet<ComponentType>>()
+                    )
+                )
+                .Returns(layerMappedComponents);
+
+            var linuxContainerDetector = new LinuxContainerDetector(
+                this.mockSyftLinuxScanner.Object,
+                this.mockDockerService.Object,
+                this.mockLinuxContainerDetectorLogger.Object
+            );
+
+            var scanResult = await linuxContainerDetector.ExecuteDetectorAsync(scanRequest);
+
+            scanResult.ResultCode.Should().Be(ProcessingResultCode.Success);
+            scanResult.ContainerDetails.Should().ContainSingle();
+
+            var containerDetails = scanResult.ContainerDetails.First();
+            containerDetails.ImageId.Should().Be("sha256:dockerarchiveimg");
+            containerDetails.Tags.Should().ContainSingle().Which.Should().Be("myapp:v2");
+
+            var detectedComponents = componentRecorder.GetDetectedComponents().ToList();
+            detectedComponents.Should().ContainSingle();
+            var detectedComponent = detectedComponents.First();
+            detectedComponent.Component.Id.Should().Contain("libc6");
+            detectedComponent.ContainerLayerIds.Keys.Should().ContainSingle();
+            var containerId = detectedComponent.ContainerLayerIds.Keys.First();
+            detectedComponent.ContainerLayerIds[containerId].Should().BeEquivalentTo([0]);
+
+            // Verify GetSyftOutputAsync was called with docker-archive: prefix
+            this.mockSyftLinuxScanner.Verify(
+                scanner =>
+                    scanner.GetSyftOutputAsync(
+                        It.Is<string>(s => s.StartsWith("docker-archive:") && s.Contains(dockerArchiveName)),
+                        It.Is<IList<string>>(binds =>
+                            binds.Count == 1 && binds[0].Contains(dockerArchiveDir)),
+                        It.IsAny<LinuxScannerScope>(),
+                        It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()
+                    ),
+                Times.Once
+            );
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            System.IO.File.Delete(dockerArchive);
+        }
+    }
 }