diff --git a/pkg/api/controller_test.go b/pkg/api/controller_test.go
index 4f3652a4..4c262a28 100644
--- a/pkg/api/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/controller_test.go
@@ -5142,6 +5142,122 @@ func TestGetUsername(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAuthorizationMountBlob(t *testing.T) {
+	Convey("Make a new controller", t, func() {
+		port := test.GetFreePort()
+		baseURL := test.GetBaseURL(port)
+
+		conf := config.New()
+		conf.HTTP.Port = port
+		// have two users: one for  user Policy, and another for default policy
+		username1, _ := test.GenerateRandomString()
+		password1, _ := test.GenerateRandomString()
+		username2, _ := test.GenerateRandomString()
+		password2, _ := test.GenerateRandomString()
+		username1 = strings.ToLower(username1)
+		username2 = strings.ToLower(username2)
+
+		content := test.GetCredString(username1, password1) + test.GetCredString(username2, password2)
+		htpasswdPath := test.MakeHtpasswdFileFromString(content)
+		defer os.Remove(htpasswdPath)
+
+		conf.HTTP.Auth = &config.AuthConfig{
+			HTPasswd: config.AuthHTPasswd{
+				Path: htpasswdPath,
+			},
+		}
+
+		user1Repo := fmt.Sprintf("%s/**", username1)
+		user2Repo := fmt.Sprintf("%s/**", username2)
+
+		// config with all policy types, to test that the correct one is applied in each case
+		conf.HTTP.AccessControl = &config.AccessControlConfig{
+			Repositories: config.Repositories{
+				user1Repo: config.PolicyGroup{
+					Policies: []config.Policy{
+						{
+							Users: []string{username1},
+							Actions: []string{
+								constants.ReadPermission,
+								constants.CreatePermission,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				user2Repo: config.PolicyGroup{
+					Policies: []config.Policy{
+						{
+							Users: []string{username2},
+							Actions: []string{
+								constants.ReadPermission,
+								constants.CreatePermission,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+
+		ctlr := api.NewController(conf)
+		ctlr.Config.Storage.RootDirectory = dir
+
+		cm := test.NewControllerManager(ctlr)
+		cm.StartAndWait(port)
+		defer cm.StopServer()
+
+		userClient1 := resty.New()
+		userClient1.SetBasicAuth(username1, password1)
+
+		userClient2 := resty.New()
+		userClient2.SetBasicAuth(username2, password2)
+
+		img := CreateImageWith().RandomLayers(1, 2).DefaultConfig().Build()
+
+		repoName1 := username1 + "/" + "myrepo"
+		tag := "1.0"
+
+		// upload image with user1 on repoName1
+		err := UploadImageWithBasicAuth(img, baseURL, repoName1, tag, username1, password1)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		repoName2 := username2 + "/" + "myrepo"
+
+		blobDigest := img.Manifest.Layers[0].Digest
+
+		/* a HEAD request by user2 on blob digest (found in user1Repo) should return 404
+		because user2 doesn't have permissions to read user1Repo */
+		resp, err := userClient2.R().Head(baseURL + fmt.Sprintf("/v2/%s/blobs/%s", repoName2, blobDigest))
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+		So(resp.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, http.StatusNotFound)
+
+		params := make(map[string]string)
+		params["mount"] = blobDigest.String()
+
+		// trying to mount a blob which can be found in cache, but user doesn't have permission
+		// should return 202 instead of 201
+		resp, err = userClient2.R().SetQueryParams(params).Post(baseURL + "/v2/" + repoName2 + "/blobs/uploads/")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+		So(resp.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, http.StatusAccepted)
+
+		/* a HEAD request by user1 on blob digest (found in user1Repo) should return 200
+		because user1 has permission to read user1Repo */
+		resp, err = userClient1.R().Head(baseURL + fmt.Sprintf("/v2/%s/blobs/%s", username1+"/"+"mysecondrepo", blobDigest))
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+		So(resp.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, http.StatusOK)
+
+		// user2 can upload without dedupe
+		err = UploadImageWithBasicAuth(img, baseURL, repoName2, tag, username2, password2)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		// trying to mount a blob which can be found in cache and user has permission should return 201 instead of 202
+		resp, err = userClient2.R().SetQueryParams(params).Post(baseURL + "/v2/" + repoName2 + "/blobs/uploads/")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+		So(resp.StatusCode(), ShouldEqual, http.StatusCreated)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAuthorizationWithOnlyAnonymousPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	Convey("Make a new controller", t, func() {
 		const TestRepo = "my-repos/repo"
diff --git a/pkg/api/routes.go b/pkg/api/routes.go
index f71d7ae5..5dc29f2a 100644
--- a/pkg/api/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/api/routes.go
@@ -873,6 +873,37 @@ func (rh *RouteHandler) DeleteManifest(response http.ResponseWriter, request *ht
 	response.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
 }
 
+// canMount checks if a user has read permission on cached blobs with this specific digest.
+// returns true if the user have permission to copy blob from cache.
+func canMount(userAc *reqCtx.UserAccessControl, imgStore storageTypes.ImageStore, digest godigest.Digest,
+) (bool, error) {
+	canMount := true
+
+	// authz enabled
+	if userAc != nil {
+		canMount = false
+
+		repos, err := imgStore.GetAllDedupeReposCandidates(digest)
+		if err != nil {
+			// first write
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		if len(repos) == 0 {
+			canMount = false
+		}
+
+		// check if user can read any repo which contain this blob
+		for _, repo := range repos {
+			if userAc.Can(constants.ReadPermission, repo) {
+				canMount = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return canMount, nil
+}
+
 // CheckBlob godoc
 // @Summary Check image blob/layer
 // @Description Check an image's blob/layer given a digest
@@ -905,7 +936,31 @@ func (rh *RouteHandler) CheckBlob(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Re
 
 	digest := godigest.Digest(digestStr)
 
-	ok, blen, err := imgStore.CheckBlob(name, digest)
+	userAc, err := reqCtx.UserAcFromContext(request.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		response.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	userCanMount, err := canMount(userAc, imgStore, digest)
+	if err != nil {
+		rh.c.Log.Error().Err(err).Msg("unexpected error")
+	}
+
+	var blen int64
+
+	if userCanMount {
+		ok, blen, err = imgStore.CheckBlob(name, digest)
+	} else {
+		var lockLatency time.Time
+
+		imgStore.RLock(&lockLatency)
+		defer imgStore.RUnlock(&lockLatency)
+
+		ok, blen, _, err = imgStore.StatBlob(name, digest)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		details := zerr.GetDetails(err)
 		if errors.Is(err, zerr.ErrBadBlobDigest) { //nolint:gocritic // errorslint conflicts with gocritic:IfElseChain
@@ -1191,11 +1246,27 @@ func (rh *RouteHandler) CreateBlobUpload(response http.ResponseWriter, request *
 		}
 
 		mountDigest := godigest.Digest(mountDigests[0])
+
+		userAc, err := reqCtx.UserAcFromContext(request.Context())
+		if err != nil {
+			response.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		userCanMount, err := canMount(userAc, imgStore, mountDigest)
+		if err != nil {
+			rh.c.Log.Error().Err(err).Msg("unexpected error")
+		}
+
 		// zot does not support cross mounting directly and do a workaround creating using hard link.
 		// check blob looks for actual path (name+mountDigests[0]) first then look for cache and
 		// if found in cache, will do hard link and if fails we will start new upload.
-		_, _, err := imgStore.CheckBlob(name, mountDigest)
-		if err != nil {
+		if userCanMount {
+			_, _, err = imgStore.CheckBlob(name, mountDigest)
+		}
+
+		if err != nil || !userCanMount {
 			upload, err := imgStore.NewBlobUpload(name)
 			if err != nil {
 				details := zerr.GetDetails(err)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cache/boltdb.go b/pkg/storage/cache/boltdb.go
index efe65997..b80bbcb8 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cache/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cache/boltdb.go
@@ -174,6 +174,57 @@ func (d *BoltDBDriver) PutBlob(digest godigest.Digest, path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *BoltDBDriver) GetAllBlobs(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error) {
+	var blobPath strings.Builder
+
+	blobPaths := []string{}
+
+	if err := d.db.View(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+		root := tx.Bucket([]byte(constants.BlobsCache))
+		if root == nil {
+			// this is a serious failure
+			err := zerr.ErrCacheRootBucket
+			d.log.Error().Err(err).Msg("failed to access root bucket")
+
+			return err
+		}
+
+		bucket := root.Bucket([]byte(digest.String()))
+		if bucket != nil {
+			origin := bucket.Bucket([]byte(constants.OriginalBucket))
+			blobPath.Write(d.getOne(origin))
+			originBlob := blobPath.String()
+
+			blobPaths = append(blobPaths, originBlob)
+
+			deduped := bucket.Bucket([]byte(constants.DuplicatesBucket))
+			if deduped != nil {
+				cursor := deduped.Cursor()
+
+				for k, _ := cursor.First(); k != nil; k, _ = cursor.Next() {
+					var blobPath strings.Builder
+
+					blobPath.Write(k)
+
+					duplicateBlob := blobPath.String()
+
+					if duplicateBlob != originBlob {
+						blobPaths = append(blobPaths, duplicateBlob)
+					}
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		return zerr.ErrCacheMiss
+	}); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return blobPaths, nil
+}
+
 func (d *BoltDBDriver) GetBlob(digest godigest.Digest) (string, error) {
 	var blobPath strings.Builder
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cache/boltdb_test.go b/pkg/storage/cache/boltdb_test.go
index 816133ea..7c6a9a39 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cache/boltdb_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cache/boltdb_test.go
@@ -122,4 +122,47 @@ func TestBoltDBCache(t *testing.T) {
 		So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
 		So(val, ShouldBeEmpty)
 	})
+
+	Convey("Test cache.GetAllBlos()", t, func() {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+
+		log := log.NewLogger("debug", "")
+		So(log, ShouldNotBeNil)
+
+		_, err := storage.Create("boltdb", "failTypeAssertion", log)
+		So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
+
+		cacheDriver, _ := storage.Create("boltdb", cache.BoltDBDriverParameters{dir, "cache_test", false}, log)
+		So(cacheDriver, ShouldNotBeNil)
+
+		err = cacheDriver.PutBlob("digest", "first")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		err = cacheDriver.PutBlob("digest", "second")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		err = cacheDriver.PutBlob("digest", "third")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		blobs, err := cacheDriver.GetAllBlobs("digest")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		So(blobs, ShouldResemble, []string{"first", "second", "third"})
+
+		err = cacheDriver.DeleteBlob("digest", "first")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		blobs, err = cacheDriver.GetAllBlobs("digest")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		So(blobs, ShouldResemble, []string{"second", "third"})
+
+		err = cacheDriver.DeleteBlob("digest", "third")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		blobs, err = cacheDriver.GetAllBlobs("digest")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		So(blobs, ShouldResemble, []string{"second"})
+	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cache/cacheinterface.go b/pkg/storage/cache/cacheinterface.go
index de1df6b2..58044f6e 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cache/cacheinterface.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cache/cacheinterface.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ type Cache interface {
 	// Retrieves the blob matching provided digest.
 	GetBlob(digest godigest.Digest) (string, error)
 
+	GetAllBlobs(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error)
+
 	// Uploads blob to cachedb.
 	PutBlob(digest godigest.Digest, path string) error
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb.go b/pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb.go
index 4b21bb80..ea8def92 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb.go
@@ -141,6 +141,42 @@ func (d *DynamoDBDriver) GetBlob(digest godigest.Digest) (string, error) {
 	return out.OriginalBlobPath, nil
 }
 
+func (d *DynamoDBDriver) GetAllBlobs(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error) {
+	blobPaths := []string{}
+
+	resp, err := d.client.GetItem(context.TODO(), &dynamodb.GetItemInput{
+		TableName: aws.String(d.tableName),
+		Key: map[string]types.AttributeValue{
+			"Digest": &types.AttributeValueMemberS{Value: digest.String()},
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		d.log.Error().Err(err).Str("tableName", d.tableName).Msg("failed to get blob")
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	out := Blob{}
+
+	if resp.Item == nil {
+		d.log.Debug().Err(zerr.ErrCacheMiss).Str("digest", string(digest)).Msg("failed to find blob in cache")
+
+		return nil, zerr.ErrCacheMiss
+	}
+
+	_ = attributevalue.UnmarshalMap(resp.Item, &out)
+
+	blobPaths = append(blobPaths, out.OriginalBlobPath)
+
+	for _, item := range out.DuplicateBlobPath {
+		if item != out.OriginalBlobPath {
+			blobPaths = append(blobPaths, item)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return blobPaths, nil
+}
+
 func (d *DynamoDBDriver) PutBlob(digest godigest.Digest, path string) error {
 	if path == "" {
 		d.log.Error().Err(zerr.ErrEmptyValue).Str("digest", digest.String()).
diff --git a/pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb_test.go b/pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb_test.go
index b4f084c2..3f4158a5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb_test.go
@@ -144,6 +144,48 @@ func TestDynamoDB(t *testing.T) {
 		So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
 		So(val, ShouldBeEmpty)
 	})
+
+	Convey("Test dynamoDB", t, func(c C) {
+		log := log.NewLogger("debug", "")
+
+		cacheDriver, err := storage.Create("dynamodb", cache.DynamoDBDriverParameters{
+			Endpoint:  os.Getenv("DYNAMODBMOCK_ENDPOINT"),
+			TableName: "BlobTable",
+			Region:    "us-east-2",
+		}, log)
+		So(cacheDriver, ShouldNotBeNil)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		err = cacheDriver.PutBlob("digest", "first")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		err = cacheDriver.PutBlob("digest", "second")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		err = cacheDriver.PutBlob("digest", "third")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		blobs, err := cacheDriver.GetAllBlobs("digest")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		So(blobs, ShouldResemble, []string{"first", "second", "third"})
+
+		err = cacheDriver.DeleteBlob("digest", "first")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		blobs, err = cacheDriver.GetAllBlobs("digest")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		So(blobs, ShouldResemble, []string{"second", "third"})
+
+		err = cacheDriver.DeleteBlob("digest", "third")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		blobs, err = cacheDriver.GetAllBlobs("digest")
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		So(blobs, ShouldResemble, []string{"second"})
+	})
 }
 
 func TestDynamoDBError(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/imagestore/imagestore.go b/pkg/storage/imagestore/imagestore.go
index 35caca85..d07d5de4 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/imagestore/imagestore.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/imagestore/imagestore.go
@@ -1114,6 +1114,37 @@ func (is *ImageStore) BlobPath(repo string, digest godigest.Digest) string {
 	return path.Join(is.rootDir, repo, "blobs", digest.Algorithm().String(), digest.Encoded())
 }
 
+func (is *ImageStore) GetAllDedupeReposCandidates(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error) {
+	var lockLatency time.Time
+
+	if err := digest.Validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	is.RLock(&lockLatency)
+	defer is.RUnlock(&lockLatency)
+
+	blobsPaths, err := is.cache.GetAllBlobs(digest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	repos := []string{}
+
+	for _, blobPath := range blobsPaths {
+		// these can be both full paths or relative paths depending on the cache options
+		if !is.cache.UsesRelativePaths() && path.IsAbs(blobPath) {
+			blobPath, _ = filepath.Rel(is.rootDir, blobPath)
+		}
+
+		blobsDirIndex := strings.LastIndex(blobPath, "/blobs/")
+
+		repos = append(repos, blobPath[:blobsDirIndex])
+	}
+
+	return repos, nil
+}
+
 /*
 	CheckBlob verifies a blob and returns true if the blob is correct
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage_test.go b/pkg/storage/storage_test.go
index 22ae5015..d0e6bafc 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -132,6 +133,75 @@ func TestStorageNew(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestGetAllDedupeReposCandidates(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testcase := range testCases {
+		testcase := testcase
+		t.Run(testcase.testCaseName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var imgStore storageTypes.ImageStore
+			if testcase.storageType == storageConstants.S3StorageDriverName {
+				tskip.SkipS3(t)
+
+				uuid, err := guuid.NewV4()
+				if err != nil {
+					panic(err)
+				}
+
+				testDir := path.Join("/oci-repo-test", uuid.String())
+				tdir := t.TempDir()
+
+				var store driver.StorageDriver
+				store, imgStore, _ = createObjectsStore(testDir, tdir)
+				defer cleanupStorage(store, testDir)
+			} else {
+				dir := t.TempDir()
+
+				log := zlog.Logger{Logger: zerolog.New(os.Stdout)}
+				metrics := monitoring.NewMetricsServer(false, log)
+				cacheDriver, _ := storage.Create("boltdb", cache.BoltDBDriverParameters{
+					RootDir:     dir,
+					Name:        "cache",
+					UseRelPaths: true,
+				}, log)
+
+				driver := local.New(true)
+
+				imgStore = imagestore.NewImageStore(dir, dir, true, true, log, metrics, nil, driver, cacheDriver)
+			}
+
+			Convey("Push repos with deduped blobs", t, func(c C) {
+				repoNames := []string{
+					"first",
+					"second",
+					"repo/a",
+					"repo/a/b/c/d/e/f",
+					"repo/repo-b/blobs",
+					"foo/bar/baz",
+					"blobs/foo/bar/blobs",
+					"blobs",
+					"blobs/foo",
+				}
+
+				storeController := storage.StoreController{DefaultStore: imgStore}
+
+				image := CreateRandomImage()
+
+				for _, repoName := range repoNames {
+					err := WriteImageToFileSystem(image, repoName, tag, storeController)
+					So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				}
+
+				randomBlobDigest := image.Manifest.Layers[0].Digest
+
+				repos, err := imgStore.GetAllDedupeReposCandidates(randomBlobDigest)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				slices.Sort(repoNames)
+				slices.Sort(repos)
+				So(repoNames, ShouldResemble, repos)
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStorageAPIs(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, testcase := range testCases {
 		testcase := testcase
diff --git a/pkg/storage/types/types.go b/pkg/storage/types/types.go
index 39539ffa..3bd97fe5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/types/types.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type ImageStore interface { //nolint:interfacebloat
 	GetAllBlobs(repo string) ([]string, error)
 	PopulateStorageMetrics(interval time.Duration, sch *scheduler.Scheduler)
 	VerifyBlobDigestValue(repo string, digest godigest.Digest) error
+	GetAllDedupeReposCandidates(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error)
 }
 
 type Driver interface { //nolint:interfacebloat
diff --git a/pkg/test/mocks/cache_mock.go b/pkg/test/mocks/cache_mock.go
index ef8dbf16..50d011ef 100644
--- a/pkg/test/mocks/cache_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/test/mocks/cache_mock.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ type CacheMock struct {
 	// Returns the human-readable "name" of the driver.
 	NameFn func() string
 
+	GetAllBlobsFn func(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error)
+
 	// Retrieves the blob matching provided digest.
 	GetBlobFn func(digest godigest.Digest) (string, error)
 
@@ -68,3 +70,11 @@ func (cacheMock CacheMock) DeleteBlob(digest godigest.Digest, path string) error
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (cacheMock CacheMock) GetAllBlobs(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error) {
+	if cacheMock.GetAllBlobsFn != nil {
+		return cacheMock.GetAllBlobsFn(digest)
+	}
+
+	return []string{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/test/mocks/image_store_mock.go b/pkg/test/mocks/image_store_mock.go
index 03e939b7..375bb1fb 100644
--- a/pkg/test/mocks/image_store_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/test/mocks/image_store_mock.go
@@ -50,13 +50,14 @@ type MockedImageStore struct {
 	RunDedupeBlobsFn     func(interval time.Duration, sch *scheduler.Scheduler)
 	RunDedupeForDigestFn func(ctx context.Context, digest godigest.Digest, dedupe bool,
 		duplicateBlobs []string) error
-	GetNextDigestWithBlobPathsFn func(repos []string, lastDigests []godigest.Digest) (godigest.Digest, []string, error)
-	GetAllBlobsFn                func(repo string) ([]string, error)
-	CleanupRepoFn                func(repo string, blobs []godigest.Digest, removeRepo bool) (int, error)
-	PutIndexContentFn            func(repo string, index ispec.Index) error
-	PopulateStorageMetricsFn     func(interval time.Duration, sch *scheduler.Scheduler)
-	StatIndexFn                  func(repo string) (bool, int64, time.Time, error)
-	VerifyBlobDigestValueFn      func(repo string, digest godigest.Digest) error
+	GetNextDigestWithBlobPathsFn  func(repos []string, lastDigests []godigest.Digest) (godigest.Digest, []string, error)
+	GetAllBlobsFn                 func(repo string) ([]string, error)
+	CleanupRepoFn                 func(repo string, blobs []godigest.Digest, removeRepo bool) (int, error)
+	PutIndexContentFn             func(repo string, index ispec.Index) error
+	PopulateStorageMetricsFn      func(interval time.Duration, sch *scheduler.Scheduler)
+	StatIndexFn                   func(repo string) (bool, int64, time.Time, error)
+	VerifyBlobDigestValueFn       func(repo string, digest godigest.Digest) error
+	GetAllDedupeReposCandidatesFn func(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error)
 }
 
 func (is MockedImageStore) StatIndex(repo string) (bool, int64, time.Time, error) {
@@ -419,3 +420,11 @@ func (is MockedImageStore) VerifyBlobDigestValue(repo string, digest godigest.Di
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (is MockedImageStore) GetAllDedupeReposCandidates(digest godigest.Digest) ([]string, error) {
+	if is.GetAllBlobsFn != nil {
+		return is.GetAllDedupeReposCandidatesFn(digest)
+	}
+
+	return []string{}, nil
+}