diff --git a/rockcraft-gradle/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/PushRockcraftTask.java b/rockcraft-gradle/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/PushRockcraftTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eec92be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rockcraft-gradle/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/PushRockcraftTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.canonical.rockcraft.gradle;
+
+import com.canonical.rockcraft.builder.RockBuilder;
+import com.canonical.rockcraft.builder.RockcraftOptions;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * This task pushes rock image to the local docker
+ */
+public class PushRockcraftTask extends AbstractRockcraftTask {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs PushRockcraftTask
+     *
+     * @param options - rockcraft options
+     */
+    @Inject
+    public PushRockcraftTask(RockcraftOptions options) {
+        super(options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The task action
+     *
+     * @throws IOException          - IO error while writing <i>rockcraft.yaml</i>
+     * @throws InterruptedException - <i>rockcraft</i> process was aborted
+     */
+    @TaskAction
+    public void pushRock() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        RockBuilder.buildRock(RockSettingsFactory.createRockProjectSettings(getProject()), getOptions());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rockcraft-gradle/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/RockcraftPlugin.java b/rockcraft-gradle/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/RockcraftPlugin.java
index b268223..30afa0b 100644
--- a/rockcraft-gradle/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/RockcraftPlugin.java
+++ b/rockcraft-gradle/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/RockcraftPlugin.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public RockcraftPlugin() {
 
     /**
      * Applies the plugin
+     *
      * @param project The target object
      */
     public void apply(Project project) {
@@ -78,9 +79,13 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
         if (tasks.isEmpty())
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Rockcraft plugin requires bootJar or jar task");
 
-        project.getTasks().register("build-rock", BuildRockcraftTask.class, options);
+        TaskProvider<PushRockcraftTask> push = project.getTasks().register("push-rock", PushRockcraftTask.class, options);
+        TaskProvider<BuildRockcraftTask> build = project.getTasks().register("build-rock", BuildRockcraftTask.class, options);
         TaskProvider<CreateRockcraftTask> create = project.getTasks().register("create-rock", CreateRockcraftTask.class, options);
 
+        project.getTasks().getByName("push-rock")
+                .dependsOn(build);
+
         project.getTasks().getByName("build-rock")
                 .dependsOn(create);
 
diff --git a/rockcraft-gradle/src/test/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/RockcraftPluginTest.java b/rockcraft-gradle/src/test/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/RockcraftPluginTest.java
index 5abf82d..4af8af0 100644
--- a/rockcraft-gradle/src/test/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/RockcraftPluginTest.java
+++ b/rockcraft-gradle/src/test/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/gradle/RockcraftPluginTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ void buildRockTest() throws IOException {
         assertEquals(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS, getLastTaskOutcome(result)); // the build needs to succeed
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Make a separate test for pushing, so that it could be excluded in docker-less
+     * scenarios
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Test
+    void pushRockTest() throws IOException {
+        BuildResult result = runBuild("push-rock");
+        assertEquals(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS, getLastTaskOutcome(result)); // the build needs to succeed
+    }
+
     @Test
     void validRockcraftYaml() throws IOException {
         runBuild("create-rock");
diff --git a/rockcraft/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/builder/RockBuilder.java b/rockcraft/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/builder/RockBuilder.java
index 784274a..25d0ac6 100644
--- a/rockcraft/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/builder/RockBuilder.java
+++ b/rockcraft/src/main/java/com/canonical/rockcraft/builder/RockBuilder.java
@@ -47,6 +47,25 @@ public static void checkRockcraft() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Please install rockcraft 'snap install rockcraft'.");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Pushes rock image to the docker
+     *
+     * @param settings - rockcraft project settings
+     * @throws IOException          - IO error while writing <i>rockcraft.yaml</i>
+     * @throws InterruptedException - <i>rockcraft</i> process was aborted
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static void pushRock(RockProjectSettings settings, RockcraftOptions options) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+        Map<String, Object> rockcraft = (Map<String, Object>) yaml.load(new FileReader(settings.getRockOutput().resolve(IRockcraftNames.ROCKCRAFT_YAML).toFile()));
+        String imageName = String.valueOf(rockcraft.get(IRockcraftNames.ROCKCRAFT_NAME));
+        String imageVersion = String.valueOf(rockcraft.get(IRockcraftNames.ROCKCRAFT_VERSION));
+        Path rockDestPath = settings.getRockOutput().resolve(IRockcraftNames.ROCK_OUTPUT);
+        for (File file : rockDestPath.toFile().listFiles((dir, file) -> file.endsWith(".rock"))) {
+            copyInDocker(file, imageName, imageVersion);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds the rock image
      *
@@ -76,4 +95,26 @@ public static void buildRock(RockProjectSettings settings, RockcraftOptions opti
             Files.move(source, destination);
         }
     }
+
+    private static void copyInDocker(File ociImage, String imageName, String imageVersion) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("rockcraft.skopeo",
+                "copy",
+                String.format("oci-archive:%s", ociImage.getAbsolutePath()),
+                String.format("docker-daemon:%s:latest", imageName))
+                .directory(ociImage.getParentFile())
+                .inheritIO();
+        Process process = pb.start();
+        int result = process.waitFor();
+        if (result != 0)
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Failed to copy " + ociImage.getAbsolutePath() + " to docker image " + String.format("%s:latest", imageName));
+
+        pb = new ProcessBuilder("docker", "tag", imageName,
+                String.format("%s:%s", imageName, imageVersion))
+                .directory(ociImage.getParentFile())
+                .inheritIO();
+        process = pb.start();
+        result = process.waitFor();
+        if (result != 0)
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Failed to tag " + String.format("%s:%s", imageName, imageVersion));
+    }
 }