diff --git a/serverless/src/index.ts b/serverless/src/index.ts
index a50e09d..85004ff 100644
--- a/serverless/src/index.ts
+++ b/serverless/src/index.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export interface FunctionProperties {
   TracingConfig?: { [key: string]: string };
   FunctionName?: string;
   Architectures?: [string];
+  PackageType?: string;
 }
 
 export const handler = async (event: InputEvent, _: any) => {
diff --git a/serverless/src/layer.ts b/serverless/src/layer.ts
index e6b0722..289f6fa 100644
--- a/serverless/src/layer.ts
+++ b/serverless/src/layer.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ export function findLambdas(resources: Resources, templateParameterValues: Param
       }
 
       const properties: FunctionProperties = resource.Properties;
+
+      if (properties.PackageType == "Image") {
+        log.debug(`Resource ${key} is an image based Lambda function, skipping...`);
+        return;
+      }
+
       const runtime = useOrRef(properties.Runtime, templateParameterValues);
       const architecture = useOrRef(properties.Architectures?.[0], templateParameterValues) ?? "x86_64";
 
diff --git a/serverless/test/layer.spec.ts b/serverless/test/layer.spec.ts
index 5c79999..25c61af 100644
--- a/serverless/test/layer.spec.ts
+++ b/serverless/test/layer.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   getNewLayers,
 } from "../src/layer";
 
-function mockFunctionResource(runtime: string | { Ref: string }, architectures?: string[]) {
+function mockFunctionResource(runtime: string | { Ref: string }, architectures?: string[], packageType?: string) {
   return {
     Type: "AWS::Lambda::Function",
     Properties: {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function mockFunctionResource(runtime: string | { Ref: string }, architectures?:
       Role: "role-arn",
       Runtime: runtime,
       Architectures: architectures,
+      ...(packageType && { PackageType: packageType }), // set PackageType property if available
     },
   };
 }
@@ -100,6 +101,17 @@ describe("findLambdas", () => {
       }),
     ]);
   });
+
+  it("skips lambdas that are image based", () => {
+    const resources = {
+      Python39Function: mockFunctionResource("python3.9", ["x86_64"]),
+      Python39ImageFunction: mockFunctionResource("python3.9", ["x86_64"], "Image"),
+    };
+    const lambdas = findLambdas(resources, {});
+    expect(lambdas).toEqual([
+      mockLambdaFunction("Python39Function", "python3.9", RuntimeType.PYTHON, "x86_64", ArchitectureType.x86_64),
+    ]);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("applyLayers", () => {