diff --git a/cr-dump.c b/cr-dump.c
index 2ce3c762e..e7489601b 100644
--- a/cr-dump.c
+++ b/cr-dump.c
@@ -675,7 +675,6 @@ static int dump_task_core(struct core_entry *core, int fd_core)
 {
 	pr_info("Dumping header ... ");
 
-	core->header.version	= HEADER_VERSION;
 	core->header.arch	= HEADER_ARCH_X86_64;
 	core->header.flags	= 0;
 
@@ -1377,6 +1376,9 @@ int cr_dump_tasks(pid_t pid, const struct cr_options *opts)
 	pr_info("Dumping process %s(pid: %d)\n", !opts->leader_only ? "group " : "", pid);
 	pr_info("========================================\n");
 
+	if (write_img_inventory())
+		goto err;
+
 	if (collect_pstree(pid, opts))
 		goto err;
 
diff --git a/cr-restore.c b/cr-restore.c
index 2559b2139..9f0d1ef4c 100644
--- a/cr-restore.c
+++ b/cr-restore.c
@@ -403,11 +403,6 @@ static int check_core_header(int pid, struct task_core_entry *tc)
 	if (read_img(fd, &hdr) < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (hdr.version != HEADER_VERSION) {
-		pr_err("Core version mismatch %d\n", (int)hdr.version);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	if (hdr.arch != HEADER_ARCH_X86_64) {
 		pr_err("Core arch mismatch %d\n", (int)hdr.arch);
 		goto out;
@@ -866,6 +861,9 @@ static int prepare_task_entries()
 
 static int restore_all_tasks(pid_t pid, struct cr_options *opts)
 {
+	if (check_img_inventory() < 0)
+		return -1;
+
 	if (prepare_task_entries() < 0)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/image.c b/image.c
index d241b3e2b..bc63427fa 100644
--- a/image.c
+++ b/image.c
@@ -9,6 +9,64 @@
 #include "ipc_ns.h"
 #include "sk-inet.h"
 #include "mount.h"
+#include "protobuf.h"
+#include "protobuf/inventory.pb-c.h"
+
+int check_img_inventory(void)
+{
+	int fd, ret;
+	InventoryEntry *he;
+
+	fd = open_image_ro(CR_FD_INVENTORY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	ret = pb_read(fd, &he, inventory_entry);
+	close(fd);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = he->img_version;
+	inventory_entry__free_unpacked(he, NULL);
+
+	if (ret != CRTOOLS_IMAGES_V1) {
+		pr_err("Not supported images version %u\n", ret);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int write_img_inventory(void)
+{
+	int fd;
+	InventoryEntry he = INVENTORY_ENTRY__INIT;
+
+	pr_info("Writing image inventory (version %u)\n", CRTOOLS_IMAGES_V1);
+
+	fd = open_image(CR_FD_INVENTORY, O_DUMP);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	he.img_version = CRTOOLS_IMAGES_V1;
+
+	if (pb_write(fd, &he, inventory_entry) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	close(fd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void show_inventory(int fd, struct cr_options *o)
+{
+	InventoryEntry *he;
+
+	if (pb_read(fd, &he, inventory_entry) < 0)
+		return;
+
+	pr_msg("Version: %u\n", he->img_version);
+	inventory_entry__free_unpacked(he, NULL);
+}
 
 /*
  * The cr fd set is the set of files where the information
@@ -25,6 +83,7 @@
 	}
 
 struct cr_fd_desc_tmpl fdset_template[CR_FD_MAX] = {
+	FD_ENTRY(INVENTORY,	"inventory",	 show_inventory),
 	FD_ENTRY(FDINFO,	"fdinfo-%d",	 show_files),
 	FD_ENTRY(PAGES,		"pages-%d",	 show_pages),
 	FD_ENTRY(SHMEM_PAGES,	"pages-shmem-%ld", show_pages),
diff --git a/include/crtools.h b/include/crtools.h
index 329774102..9b7d6ddfa 100644
--- a/include/crtools.h
+++ b/include/crtools.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #define CRIU_VERSION_MINOR	0
 
 enum {
+	CR_FD_INVENTORY,
 	/*
 	 * Task entries
 	 */
@@ -123,6 +124,9 @@ void show_ghost_file(int fd, struct cr_options *o);
 void show_fown_cont(void *p);
 void show_eventfds(int fd, struct cr_options *o);
 
+int check_img_inventory(void);
+int write_img_inventory(void);
+
 extern void print_data(unsigned long addr, unsigned char *data, size_t size);
 extern struct cr_fd_desc_tmpl fdset_template[CR_FD_MAX];
 
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index d8d57e62c..637e59a62 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@
 #include "types.h"
 #include "compiler.h"
 
+/*
+ * Basic multi-file images
+ */
+
+#define CRTOOLS_IMAGES_V1	1
+
 /*
  * The magic-s below correspond to coordinates
  * of various Russian towns in the NNNNEEEE form.
  */
 
+#define INVENTORY_MAGIC		0x58313116 /* Veliky Novgorod */
 #define PSTREE_MAGIC		0x50273030 /* Kyiv */
 #define FDINFO_MAGIC		0x56213732 /* Dmitrov */
 #define PAGES_MAGIC		0x56084025 /* Vladimir */
@@ -80,12 +87,10 @@ struct page_entry {
 
 #define CR_CAP_SIZE	2
 
-#define HEADER_VERSION		1
 #define HEADER_ARCH_X86_64	1
 
 struct image_header {
-	u16	version;
-	u16	arch;
+	u32	arch;
 	u32	flags;
 } __packed;
 
diff --git a/protobuf/Makefile b/protobuf/Makefile
index db481706e..0b66c3bd3 100644
--- a/protobuf/Makefile
+++ b/protobuf/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CFLAGS		+= $(WARNINGS) $(DEFINES)
 
 LIBRARY		:= protobuf-lib.o
 
+PROTO_FILES	+= inventory.proto
 PROTO_FILES	+= fdinfo.proto
 PROTO_FILES	+= fown.proto
 PROTO_FILES	+= regfile.proto
diff --git a/protobuf/inventory.proto b/protobuf/inventory.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9a40eeaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protobuf/inventory.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message inventory_entry {
+	required uint32	img_version = 1;
+}