diff --git a/pkg/distribution/distribution/client.go b/pkg/distribution/distribution/client.go
index f150adef..82586068 100644
--- a/pkg/distribution/distribution/client.go
+++ b/pkg/distribution/distribution/client.go
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ func (c *Client) normalizeModelName(model string) string {
 		return model
 	}
 
+	// Normalize HuggingFace short URL (hf.co) to canonical form (huggingface.co)
+	// This ensures that hf.co/org/model and huggingface.co/org/model are treated as the same model
+	if rest, found := strings.CutPrefix(model, "hf.co/"); found {
+		model = "huggingface.co/" + rest
+	}
+
 	// If it looks like an ID or digest, try to resolve it to full ID
 	if c.looksLikeID(model) || c.looksLikeDigest(model) {
 		if fullID := c.resolveID(model); fullID != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/distribution/distribution/normalize_test.go b/pkg/distribution/distribution/normalize_test.go
index eff18597..26dd5567 100644
--- a/pkg/distribution/distribution/normalize_test.go
+++ b/pkg/distribution/distribution/normalize_test.go
@@ -123,6 +123,28 @@ func TestNormalizeModelName(t *testing.T) {
 			input:    "MyModel",
 			expected: "ai/mymodel:latest",
 		},
+
+		// HuggingFace URL normalization
+		{
+			name:     "hf.co normalized to huggingface.co",
+			input:    "hf.co/org/model",
+			expected: "huggingface.co/org/model:latest",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "hf.co with tag normalized to huggingface.co",
+			input:    "hf.co/org/model:Q4_K_M",
+			expected: "huggingface.co/org/model:Q4_K_M",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "huggingface.co stays unchanged",
+			input:    "huggingface.co/org/model",
+			expected: "huggingface.co/org/model:latest",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "huggingface.co with tag stays unchanged",
+			input:    "huggingface.co/org/model:Q4_K_M",
+			expected: "huggingface.co/org/model:Q4_K_M",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {