diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
index 8f84ae9f53a..d9785dcb899 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
@@ -150,6 +150,44 @@ func filterHTTPError(err error, image string) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// Check if the inspected image matches what we are looking for
+func matchImageTagOrSHA(inspected dockertypes.ImageInspect, image string) bool {
+
+	// The image string follows the grammar specified here
+	// https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/master/reference/reference.go#L4
+	named, err := dockerref.ParseNamed(image)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.V(4).Infof("couldn't parse image reference %q: %v", image, err)
+		return false
+	}
+	_, isTagged := named.(dockerref.Tagged)
+	digest, isDigested := named.(dockerref.Digested)
+	if !isTagged && !isDigested {
+		// No Tag or SHA specified, so just return what we have
+		return true
+	}
+	if isTagged {
+		// Check the RepoTags for an exact match
+		for _, tag := range inspected.RepoTags {
+			if tag == image {
+				// We found a specific tag that we were looking for
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if isDigested {
+		algo := digest.Digest().Algorithm().String()
+		sha := digest.Digest().Hex()
+		// Look specifically for short and long sha(s)
+		if strings.Contains(inspected.ID, algo+":"+sha) {
+			// We found the short or long SHA requested
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Inspected image (%q) does not match %s", inspected.ID, image)
+	return false
+}
+
 // applyDefaultImageTag parses a docker image string, if it doesn't contain any tag or digest,
 // a default tag will be applied.
 func applyDefaultImageTag(image string) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
index a43b1cc8872..5fb9218583b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
@@ -157,6 +157,49 @@ func TestContainerNaming(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMatchImageTagOrSHA(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testCase := range []struct {
+		Inspected dockertypes.ImageInspect
+		Image     string
+		Output    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			Inspected: dockertypes.ImageInspect{RepoTags: []string{"ubuntu:latest"}},
+			Image:     "ubuntu",
+			Output:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			Inspected: dockertypes.ImageInspect{RepoTags: []string{"ubuntu:14.04"}},
+			Image:     "ubuntu:latest",
+			Output:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			Inspected: dockertypes.ImageInspect{
+				ID: "sha256:2208f7a29005d226d1ee33a63e33af1f47af6156c740d7d23c7948e8d282d53d",
+			},
+			Image:  "myimage@sha256:2208f7a29005d226d1ee33a63e33af1f47af6156c740d7d23c7948e8d282d53d",
+			Output: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Inspected: dockertypes.ImageInspect{
+				ID: "sha256:2208f7a29005d226d1ee33a63e33af1f47af6156c740d7d23c7948e8d282d53d",
+			},
+			Image:  "myimage@sha256:2208f7a29005",
+			Output: false,
+		},
+		{
+			Inspected: dockertypes.ImageInspect{
+				ID: "sha256:2208f7a29005d226d1ee33a63e33af1f47af6156c740d7d23c7948e8d282d53d",
+			},
+			Image:  "myimage@sha256:2208",
+			Output: false,
+		},
+	} {
+		match := matchImageTagOrSHA(testCase.Inspected, testCase.Image)
+		assert.Equal(t, testCase.Output, match, testCase.Image+" is not a match")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestApplyDefaultImageTag(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, testCase := range []struct {
 		Input  string
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/kube_docker_client.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/kube_docker_client.go
index a2de527c193..55613cf4f59 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/kube_docker_client.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/kube_docker_client.go
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ func (d *kubeDockerClient) InspectImage(image string) (*dockertypes.ImageInspect
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if !matchImageTagOrSHA(resp, image) {
+		return nil, imageNotFoundError{ID: image}
+	}
 	return &resp, nil
 }