diff --git a/apps/spruce/src/gql/generated/types.ts b/apps/spruce/src/gql/generated/types.ts
index 45d0396d3..bc925e61f 100644
--- a/apps/spruce/src/gql/generated/types.ts
+++ b/apps/spruce/src/gql/generated/types.ts
@@ -5774,6 +5774,7 @@ export type DistroQuery = {
     containerPool: string;
     disabled: boolean;
     disableShallowClone: boolean;
+    imageId?: string | null;
     isCluster: boolean;
     isVirtualWorkStation: boolean;
     mountpoints?: Array<string | null> | null;
diff --git a/apps/spruce/src/gql/queries/distro.graphql b/apps/spruce/src/gql/queries/distro.graphql
index ea46c09eb..8236869d5 100644
--- a/apps/spruce/src/gql/queries/distro.graphql
+++ b/apps/spruce/src/gql/queries/distro.graphql
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ query Distro($distroId: String!) {
       configPath
       schedulerHost
     }
+    imageId
     isCluster
     isVirtualWorkStation
     mountpoints
diff --git a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/getFormSchema.ts b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/getFormSchema.ts
index f658e7f1d..126fd1859 100644
--- a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/getFormSchema.ts
+++ b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/getFormSchema.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,24 @@ export const getFormSchema = (
         type: "object" as "object",
         title: "",
         properties: {
-          identifier: {
+          name: {
             type: "string" as "string",
             title: "Identifier",
             readOnly: true,
           },
         },
       },
+      distroImage: {
+        type: "object" as "object",
+        title: "",
+        properties: {
+          image: {
+            type: "string" as "string",
+            title: "Image",
+            default: "",
+          },
+        },
+      },
       distroAliases: {
         type: "object" as "object",
         title: "Aliases",
@@ -76,7 +87,7 @@ export const getFormSchema = (
   uiSchema: {
     distroName: {
       "ui:ObjectFieldTemplate": CardFieldTemplate,
-      identifier: {
+      name: {
         ...(isContainerDistro && {
           "ui:warnings": [
             "Distro is a container pool, so it cannot be spawned for tasks.",
@@ -84,6 +95,12 @@ export const getFormSchema = (
         }),
       },
     },
+    distroImage: {
+      "ui:ObjectFieldTemplate": CardFieldTemplate,
+      image: {
+        "ui:description": "The image from which this distro inherits.",
+      },
+    },
     distroAliases: {
       "ui:rootFieldId": "aliases",
       "ui:ObjectFieldTemplate": CardFieldTemplate,
diff --git a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/transformers.test.ts b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/transformers.test.ts
index bc80f5034..48da16727 100644
--- a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/transformers.test.ts
+++ b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/transformers.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ describe("general tab", () => {
 
 const generalForm: GeneralFormState = {
   distroName: {
-    identifier: "rhel71-power8-large",
+    name: "rhel71-power8-large",
+  },
+  distroImage: {
+    image: "rhel71-power8",
   },
   distroAliases: {
     aliases: ["rhel71-power8", "rhel71-power8-build"],
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ const generalForm: GeneralFormState = {
 const generalGql: DistroInput = {
   ...distroData,
   name: "rhel71-power8-large",
+  imageId: "rhel71-power8",
   adminOnly: false,
   aliases: ["rhel71-power8", "rhel71-power8-build"],
   isCluster: false,
diff --git a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/transformers.ts b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/transformers.ts
index 0a97b0453..33f4ab717 100644
--- a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/transformers.ts
+++ b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/transformers.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const gqlToForm = ((data) => {
     aliases,
     disableShallowClone,
     disabled,
+    imageId,
     isCluster,
     name,
     note,
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ export const gqlToForm = ((data) => {
 
   return {
     distroName: {
-      identifier: name,
+      name,
+    },
+    distroImage: {
+      image: imageId,
     },
     distroAliases: {
       aliases,
@@ -36,11 +40,12 @@ export const gqlToForm = ((data) => {
 }) satisfies GqlToFormFunction<Tab>;
 
 export const formToGql = ((
-  { distroAliases, distroName, distroOptions },
+  { distroAliases, distroImage, distroName, distroOptions },
   distro,
 ) => ({
   ...distro,
-  name: distroName.identifier,
+  name: distroName.name,
+  imageId: distroImage.image,
   adminOnly: distroOptions.adminOnly,
   aliases: distroAliases.aliases,
   note: distroOptions.note,
diff --git a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/types.ts b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/types.ts
index 3c75d67bb..50f126e71 100644
--- a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/types.ts
+++ b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/GeneralTab/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 export interface GeneralFormState {
   distroName: {
-    identifier: string;
+    name: string;
+  };
+  distroImage: {
+    image: string;
   };
   distroAliases: {
     aliases: string[];
diff --git a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/testData.ts b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/testData.ts
index ae7bd52a6..fed701927 100644
--- a/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/testData.ts
+++ b/apps/spruce/src/pages/distroSettings/tabs/testData.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const distroData: DistroQuery["distro"] = {
   aliases: ["rhel71-power8", "rhel71-power8-build"],
   arch: Arch.Linux_64Bit,
   authorizedKeysFile: "",
+  imageId: "rhel71-power8",
   bootstrapSettings: {
     clientDir: "/home/evg/client",
     communication: CommunicationMethod.LegacySsh,