diff --git a/build_library/release_util.sh b/build_library/release_util.sh
index c1e518c7cd..faa84425f3 100644
--- a/build_library/release_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/release_util.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ compress_disk_images() {
     # We want to compress images, but we also want to remove the uncompressed files
     # from the list of uploadable files.
     for filename in "${local_files_to_evaluate[@]}"; do
-        if [[ "${filename}" =~ \.(img|bin|vdi|vhd|vhdx|vmdk)$ ]]; then
+        if [[ "${filename}" =~ \.(img|bin|vdi|vhd|vhdx|vmdk|qcow[2]?)$ ]]; then
             # Parse the formats as an array. This will yield an extra empty
             # array element at the end.
             readarray -td, FORMATS<<<"${FLAGS_image_compression_formats},"
diff --git a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
index 214bc2d179..9a6e89df1f 100644
--- a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ IMG_DEFAULT_FS_HOOK=
 # May be raw, qcow2 (qemu), or vmdk (vmware, virtualbox)
 IMG_DEFAULT_DISK_FORMAT=raw
 
+# Extension to set before the compression extension.
+IMG_DEFAULT_DISK_EXTENSION=
+
 # Name of the partition layout from disk_layout.json
 IMG_DEFAULT_DISK_LAYOUT=base
 
@@ -310,6 +313,7 @@ IMG_scaleway_DISK_LAYOUT=vm
 IMG_scaleway_OEM_PACKAGE=common-oem-files
 IMG_scaleway_OEM_USE=scaleway
 IMG_scaleway_OEM_SYSEXT=oem-scaleway
+IMG_scaleway_DISK_EXTENSION=qcow2
 
 ###########################################################
 
@@ -421,6 +425,11 @@ _dst_path() {
 # Get the proper disk format extension.
 _disk_ext() {
     local disk_format=$(_get_vm_opt DISK_FORMAT)
+    local disk_extension=$(_get_vm_opt DISK_EXTENSION)
+    if [[ -n ${disk_extension} ]]; then
+	echo "${disk_extension}"
+	return 0
+    fi
     case ${disk_format} in
         raw) echo bin;;
         qcow2) echo img;;
diff --git a/changelog/changes/2024-04-24-scaleway.md b/changelog/changes/2024-04-24-scaleway.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa69be0413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/changes/2024-04-24-scaleway.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Scaleway: images are now provided directly as `.qcow2` to ease the import on Scaleway ([scripts#1953](https://github.com/flatcar/scripts/pull/1953))
diff --git a/ci-automation/vms.sh b/ci-automation/vms.sh
index 33e655fefe..02754fa3eb 100644
--- a/ci-automation/vms.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/vms.sh
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ function _vm_build_impl() {
             COMPRESSION_FORMAT="bz2,none"
         elif [[ "${format}" =~ ^(hyperv|hyperv_vhdx)$ ]];then
             COMPRESSION_FORMAT="zip"
+        elif [[ "${format}" =~ ^(scaleway)$ ]];then
+            COMPRESSION_FORMAT="none"
         fi
         ./run_sdk_container -n "${vms_container}" -C "${packages_image}" \
             -v "${vernum}" \