diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
index 3197895da58..ef946dc8e1d 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd.sh
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ runTests() {
   second_port_field="(index .spec.ports 1).port"
   second_port_name="(index .spec.ports 1).name"
   image_field="(index .spec.containers 0).image"
+  container_name_field="(index .spec.template.spec.containers 0).name"
   hpa_min_field=".spec.minReplicas"
   hpa_max_field=".spec.maxReplicas"
   hpa_cpu_field=".spec.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage"
@@ -1219,6 +1220,13 @@ __EOF__
   # Clean up
   kubectl delete deployment nginx "${kube_flags[@]}"
 
+  # Test kubectl create deployment
+  kubectl create deployment test-nginx --image=gcr.io/google-containers/nginx:test-cmd
+  # Post-Condition: Deployment has 2 replicas defined in its spec.
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'deploy test-nginx' "{{$container_name_field}}" 'nginx'
+  # Clean up
+  kubectl delete deployment test-nginx "${kube_flags[@]}"
+
   ###############
   # Kubectl get #
   ###############
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/deployment.go b/pkg/kubectl/deployment.go
index c167702fb3e..7266bdb626b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/deployment.go
@@ -67,8 +67,15 @@ func (s *DeploymentBasicGeneratorV1) StructuredGenerate() (runtime.Object, error
 
 	podSpec := api.PodSpec{Containers: []api.Container{}}
 	for _, imageString := range s.Images {
+		// Retain just the image name
 		imageSplit := strings.Split(imageString, "/")
 		name := imageSplit[len(imageSplit)-1]
+		// Remove any tag or hash
+		if strings.Contains(name, ":") {
+			name = strings.Split(name, ":")[0]
+		} else if strings.Contains(name, "@") {
+			name = strings.Split(name, "@")[0]
+		}
 		podSpec.Containers = append(podSpec.Containers, api.Container{Name: name, Image: imageString})
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/deployment_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/deployment_test.go
index 1d905be9262..713983ab66e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/deployment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/deployment_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestDeploymentGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 							Labels: map[string]string{"app": "foo"},
 						},
 						Spec: api.PodSpec{
-							Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "app:v4", Image: "abc/app:v4"}},
+							Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "app", Image: "abc/app:v4"}},
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestDeploymentGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 							Labels: map[string]string{"app": "foo"},
 						},
 						Spec: api.PodSpec{
-							Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "app:v4", Image: "abc/app:v4"},
+							Containers: []api.Container{{Name: "app", Image: "abc/app:v4"},
 								{Name: "ape", Image: "zyx/ape"}},
 						},
 					},
@@ -114,21 +114,22 @@ func TestDeploymentGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	generator := DeploymentBasicGeneratorV1{}
 	for index, test := range tests {
+		t.Logf("running scenario %d", index)
 		obj, err := generator.Generate(test.params)
 		switch {
 		case test.expectErr && err != nil:
 			continue // loop, since there's no output to check
 		case test.expectErr && err == nil:
-			t.Errorf("%v: expected error and didn't get one", index)
+			t.Errorf("expected error and didn't get one")
 			continue // loop, no expected output object
 		case !test.expectErr && err != nil:
-			t.Errorf("%v: unexpected error %v", index, err)
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error %v", err)
 			continue // loop, no output object
 		case !test.expectErr && err == nil:
 			// do nothing and drop through
 		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(obj.(*extensions.Deployment), test.expected) {
-			t.Errorf("%v\nexpected:\n%#v\nsaw:\n%#v", index, test.expected, obj.(*extensions.Deployment))
+			t.Errorf("expected:\n%#v\nsaw:\n%#v", test.expected, obj.(*extensions.Deployment))
 		}
 	}
 }