diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 0a160a8921..a3ab77c4a9 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@
         <varname>PrivateDevices=</varname> below, as it may change the setting of
         <varname>DevicePolicy=</varname>.</para>
 
+        <xi:include href="vpick.xml" xpointer="image"/>
+
         <xi:include href="system-only.xml" xpointer="singular"/>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v248"/></listitem>
diff --git a/src/core/namespace.c b/src/core/namespace.c
index d87079ccbc..600d1fffb5 100644
--- a/src/core/namespace.c
+++ b/src/core/namespace.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "tmpfile-util.h"
 #include "umask-util.h"
 #include "user-util.h"
+#include "vpick.h"
 
 #define DEV_MOUNT_OPTIONS (MS_NOSUID|MS_STRICTATIME|MS_NOEXEC)
 
@@ -500,9 +501,24 @@ static int append_extensions(
         /* First, prepare a mount for each image, but these won't be visible to the unit, instead
          * they will be mounted in our propagate directory, and used as a source for the overlay. */
         for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                _cleanup_(pick_result_done) PickResult result = PICK_RESULT_NULL;
                 _cleanup_free_ char *mount_point = NULL;
                 const MountImage *m = mount_images + i;
 
+                r = path_pick(/* toplevel_path= */ NULL,
+                              /* toplevel_fd= */ AT_FDCWD,
+                              m->source,
+                              &pick_filter_image_raw,
+                              PICK_ARCHITECTURE|PICK_TRIES,
+                              &result);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+                if (!result.path)
+                        return log_debug_errno(
+                                        SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ENOENT),
+                                        "No matching entry in .v/ directory %s found.",
+                                        m->source);
+
                 if (asprintf(&mount_point, "%s/%zu", extension_dir, i) < 0)
                         return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -524,7 +540,7 @@ static int append_extensions(
                         .path_malloc = TAKE_PTR(mount_point),
                         .image_options_const = m->mount_options,
                         .ignore = m->ignore_enoent,
-                        .source_const = m->source,
+                        .source_malloc = TAKE_PTR(result.path),
                         .mode = MOUNT_EXTENSION_IMAGE,
                         .has_prefix = true,
                 };
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-50.sh b/test/units/testsuite-50.sh
index af379a4d8b..58b39d9f65 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-50.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-50.sh
@@ -435,6 +435,18 @@ EOF
 systemctl start testservice-50e.service
 systemctl is-active testservice-50e.service
 
+# Check vpick support in ExtensionImages=
+VBASE="vtest$RANDOM"
+VDIR="/tmp/${VBASE}.v"
+mkdir "$VDIR"
+
+ln -s /usr/share/app0.raw "$VDIR/${VBASE}_0.raw"
+ln -s /usr/share/app1.raw "$VDIR/${VBASE}_1.raw"
+
+systemd-run -P -p ExtensionImages="$VDIR" bash -c '/opt/script1.sh | grep ID'
+
+rm -rf "$VDIR"
+
 # ExtensionDirectories will set up an overlay
 mkdir -p "${image_dir}/app0" "${image_dir}/app1" "${image_dir}/app-nodistro" "${image_dir}/service-scoped-test"
 (! systemd-run -P --property ExtensionDirectories="${image_dir}/nonexistent" --property RootImage="${image}.raw" cat /opt/script0.sh)