diff --git a/nixos/tests/docker-tools.nix b/nixos/tests/docker-tools.nix
index 7d91076600f9..c8a227eb2cf7 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/docker-tools.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/docker-tools.nix
@@ -178,6 +178,14 @@ in {
             "docker load --input='${examples.bashUncompressed}'",
             "docker rmi ${examples.bashUncompressed.imageName}",
         )
+        docker.succeed(
+            "docker load --input='${examples.bashLayeredUncompressed}'",
+            "docker rmi ${examples.bashLayeredUncompressed.imageName}",
+        )
+        docker.succeed(
+            "docker load --input='${examples.bashLayeredZstdCompressed}'",
+            "docker rmi ${examples.bashLayeredZstdCompressed.imageName}",
+        )
 
     with subtest(
         "Check if the nix store is correctly initialized by listing "
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
index 86bd7e312cbd..1d1989d27fbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ rec {
 
   buildLayeredImage = lib.makeOverridable ({ name, compressor ? "gz", ... }@args:
     let
-      stream = streamLayeredImage args;
+      stream = streamLayeredImage (builtins.removeAttrs args ["compressor"]);
       compress = compressorForImage compressor name;
     in
     runCommand "${baseNameOf name}.tar${compress.ext}"
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ rec {
   # Wrapper around streamNixShellImage to build an image from the result
   buildNixShellImage = { drv, compressor ? "gz", ... }@args:
     let
-      stream = streamNixShellImage args;
+      stream = streamNixShellImage (builtins.removeAttrs args ["compressor"]);
       compress = compressorForImage compressor drv.name;
     in
     runCommand "${drv.name}-env.tar${compress.ext}"
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/docker/examples.nix b/pkgs/build-support/docker/examples.nix
index 72c1cbe0d410..52706ef6b21f 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/docker/examples.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/docker/examples.nix
@@ -509,7 +509,23 @@ rec {
     contents = pkgs.bashInteractive;
   };
 
-  # buildImage without explicit tag
+  # buildLayeredImage without compression
+  bashLayeredUncompressed = pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
+    name = "bash-layered-uncompressed";
+    tag = "latest";
+    compressor = "none";
+    contents = pkgs.bashInteractive;
+  };
+
+  # buildLayeredImage with zstd compression
+  bashLayeredZstdCompressed = pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
+    name = "bash-layered-zstd";
+    tag = "latest";
+    compressor = "zstd";
+    contents = pkgs.bashInteractive;
+  };
+
+  # streamLayeredImage without explicit tag
   bashNoTagStreamLayered = pkgs.dockerTools.streamLayeredImage {
     name = "bash-no-tag-stream-layered";
     contents = pkgs.bashInteractive;