diff --git a/cmd/sealer/cmd/cluster/apply.go b/cmd/sealer/cmd/cluster/apply.go
index dd600580643..30927c30143 100644
--- a/cmd/sealer/cmd/cluster/apply.go
+++ b/cmd/sealer/cmd/cluster/apply.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import (
 
 var applyClusterFile string
 
+var applyMode string
+
 const MasterRoleLabel = "node-role.kubernetes.io/master"
 
 var longApplyCmdDescription = `apply command is used to apply a Kubernetes cluster via specified Clusterfile.
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ func NewApplyCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	applyCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ForceDelete, "force", false, "force to delete the specified cluster if set true")
 	applyCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&applyClusterFile, "Clusterfile", "f", "", "Clusterfile path to apply a Kubernetes cluster")
+	applyCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&applyMode, "applyMode", "m", common.ApplyModeApply, "the run mode")
 	return applyCmd
 }
 
@@ -169,6 +172,15 @@ func createNewCluster(clusterImageName string, infraDriver infradriver.InfraDriv
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if applyMode == common.ApplyModeLoadImage {
+		logrus.Infof("start to apply with mode(%s)", applyMode)
+
+		if err = distributor.DistributeRegistry(infraDriver.GetHostIPList()[0], infraDriver.GetClusterRootfsPath()); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		logrus.Infof("load image success")
+		return nil
+	}
 	plugins, err := loadPluginsFromImage(imageMountInfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -204,6 +216,7 @@ func createNewCluster(clusterImageName string, infraDriver infradriver.InfraDriv
 	if err = cf.SaveAll(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index e499512d448..4eee0a0cc28 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ const (
 	EnvIPv6DualStack              = "IPv6DualStack"
 )
 
+const (
+	ApplyModeApply     = "apply"
+	ApplyModeLoadImage = "loadImage"
+)
+
 // image module
 const (
 	DefaultImageRootDir     = "/var/lib/sealer/data"