diff --git a/cli/docs/flags.go b/cli/docs/flags.go
index 8f47c0a4..040cbbbf 100644
--- a/cli/docs/flags.go
+++ b/cli/docs/flags.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ const (
 	Watches             = "watches"
 	RepoPath            = "repo-path"
 	Licenses            = "licenses"
+	UseTar              = "tar"
 	Fail                = "fail"
 	ExtendedTable       = "extended-table"
 	MinSeverity         = "min-severity"
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ var commandFlags = map[string][]string{
 		url, user, password, accessToken, ServerId, Project, Vuln, OutputFormat, Fail, ExtendedTable, Rescan,
 	},
 	DockerScan: {
-		ServerId, Project, Watches, RepoPath, Licenses, OutputFormat, Fail, ExtendedTable, BypassArchiveLimits, MinSeverity, FixableOnly,
+		ServerId, Project, Watches, RepoPath, Licenses, UseTar, OutputFormat, Fail, ExtendedTable, BypassArchiveLimits, MinSeverity, FixableOnly,
 	},
 	Audit: {
 		url, user, password, accessToken, ServerId, InsecureTls, Project, Watches, RepoPath, Licenses, OutputFormat, ExcludeTestDeps,
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ var flagsMap = map[string]components.Flag{
 	Watches:       components.NewStringFlag(Watches, "A comma-separated list of Xray watches, to determine Xray's violations creation."),
 	RepoPath:      components.NewStringFlag(RepoPath, "Target repo path, to enable Xray to determine watches accordingly."),
 	Licenses:      components.NewBoolFlag(Licenses, "Set to true if you'd like to receive licenses from Xray scanning."),
+	UseTar:        components.NewBoolFlag(UseTar, "Set to true to force request docker scan on a .tar file instead of an image."),
 	OutputFormat: components.NewStringFlag(
 		OutputFormat,
 		"Defines the output format of the command. Acceptable values are: table, json, simple-json and sarif. Note: the json format doesn't include information about scans that are included as part of the Advanced Security package.",
diff --git a/cli/scancommands.go b/cli/scancommands.go
index dd1ac526..fd53ee7e 100644
--- a/cli/scancommands.go
+++ b/cli/scancommands.go
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ func DockerScan(c *components.Context, image string) error {
 		SetProject(c.GetStringFlagValue(flags.Project)).
 		SetIncludeVulnerabilities(shouldIncludeVulnerabilities(c)).
 		SetIncludeLicenses(c.GetBoolFlagValue(flags.Licenses)).
+		SetIsTar(c.GetBoolFlagValue(flags.UseTar)).
 		SetFail(c.GetBoolFlagValue(flags.Fail)).
 		SetPrintExtendedTable(c.GetBoolFlagValue(flags.ExtendedTable)).
 		SetBypassArchiveLimits(c.GetBoolFlagValue(flags.BypassArchiveLimits)).
diff --git a/commands/audit/audit.go b/commands/audit/audit.go
index 4b9d5f4b..470dde30 100644
--- a/commands/audit/audit.go
+++ b/commands/audit/audit.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type AuditCommand struct {
 	IncludeLicenses        bool
 	Fail                   bool
 	PrintExtendedTable     bool
+	IsTar                  bool
 	AuditParams
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ func (auditCmd *AuditCommand) SetIncludeLicenses(include bool) *AuditCommand {
 	return auditCmd
 }
 
+func (auditCmd *AuditCommand) SetIsTar(isTar bool) *AuditCommand {
+	auditCmd.IsTar = isTar
+	return auditCmd
+}
+
 func (auditCmd *AuditCommand) SetFail(fail bool) *AuditCommand {
 	auditCmd.Fail = fail
 	return auditCmd
diff --git a/commands/scan/dockerscan.go b/commands/scan/dockerscan.go
index 8e954792..be8eb090 100644
--- a/commands/scan/dockerscan.go
+++ b/commands/scan/dockerscan.go
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ package scan
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-cli-core/v2/common/spec"
 	xrayutils "github.com/jfrog/jfrog-cli-security/utils"
 	clientutils "github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils"
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/errorutils"
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/io/fileutils"
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/log"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ func (dsc *DockerScanCommand) SetTargetRepoPath(repoPath string) *DockerScanComm
 	return dsc
 }
 
+func (dsc *DockerScanCommand) SetIsTar(isTar bool) *DockerScanCommand {
+	dsc.isTar = isTar
+	return dsc
+}
+
 func (dsc *DockerScanCommand) Run() (err error) {
 	// Validate Xray minimum version
 	_, xrayVersion, err := xrayutils.CreateXrayServiceManagerAndGetVersion(dsc.ScanCommand.serverDetails)
@@ -63,17 +68,20 @@ func (dsc *DockerScanCommand) Run() (err error) {
 	}()
 
 	// Run the 'docker save' command, to create tar file from the docker image, and pass it to the indexer-app
-	if dsc.progress != nil {
-		dsc.progress.SetHeadlineMsg("Creating image archive 📦")
-	}
-	log.Info("Creating image archive...")
-	imageTarPath := filepath.Join(tempDirPath, "image.tar")
-	dockerSaveCmd := exec.Command("docker", "save", dsc.imageTag, "-o", imageTarPath)
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	dockerSaveCmd.Stderr = &stderr
-	err = dockerSaveCmd.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed running command: '%s' with error: %s - %s", strings.Join(dockerSaveCmd.Args, " "), err.Error(), stderr.String())
+	imageTarPath := dsc.imageTag
+	if !dsc.isTar {
+        skipSave := dsc.isTar || (fileutils.IsFileExists(dsc.imageTag) && strings.HasSuffix(".tar"))
+		if !skipSave {
+			dsc.progress.SetHeadlineMsg("Creating image archive 📦")
+		}
+		log.Info("Creating image archive...")
+		dockerSaveCmd := exec.Command("docker", "save", dsc.imageTag, "-o", imageTarPath)
+		var stderr bytes.Buffer
+		dockerSaveCmd.Stderr = &stderr
+		err = dockerSaveCmd.Run()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed running command: '%s' with error: %s - %s", strings.Join(dockerSaveCmd.Args, " "), err.Error(), stderr.String())
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Perform scan on image.tar
diff --git a/commands/scan/scan.go b/commands/scan/scan.go
index b21e2ea5..b9f3eed1 100644
--- a/commands/scan/scan.go
+++ b/commands/scan/scan.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type ScanCommand struct {
 	printExtendedTable     bool
 	bypassArchiveLimits    bool
 	fixableOnly            bool
+	isTar                  bool
 	progress               ioUtils.ProgressMgr
 }
 
@@ -286,6 +287,11 @@ func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) CommandName() string {
 	return "xr_scan"
 }
 
+func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) SetIsTar(isTar bool) *ScanCommand {
+	scanCmd.isTar = isTar
+	return scanCmd
+}
+
 func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) prepareScanTasks(fileProducer, indexedFileProducer parallel.Runner, resultsArr [][]*services.ScanResponse, fileErrors, indexedFileErrors [][]formats.SimpleJsonError, fileCollectingErrorsQueue *clientutils.ErrorsQueue, xrayVersion string) {
 	go func() {
 		defer fileProducer.Done()