diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
index fb94cad9d8..c70769e034 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,63 @@ func TestSaveAndLoadRepoStdout(t *testing.T) {
 	logDone("load - load a repo using stdout")
 }
 
+func TestSaveSingleTag(t *testing.T) {
+	repoName := "foobar-save-single-tag-test"
+
+	tagCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf("%v tag busybox:latest %v:latest", dockerBinary, repoName)
+	tagCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", tagCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(tagCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to tag repo: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	idCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf("%v images -q --no-trunc %v", dockerBinary, repoName)
+	idCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", idCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(idCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to get repo ID: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	cleanedImageID := stripTrailingCharacters(out)
+
+	saveCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf("%v save %v:latest | tar t | grep -E '(^repositories$|%v)'", dockerBinary, repoName, cleanedImageID)
+	saveCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", saveCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(saveCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to save repo with image ID and 'repositories' file: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	deleteImages(repoName)
+
+	logDone("save - save a specific image:tag")
+}
+
+func TestSaveImageId(t *testing.T) {
+	repoName := "foobar-save-image-id-test"
+
+	tagCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf("%v tag scratch:latest %v:latest", dockerBinary, repoName)
+	tagCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", tagCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(tagCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to tag repo: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	idLongCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf("%v images -q --no-trunc %v", dockerBinary, repoName)
+	idLongCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", idLongCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(idLongCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to get repo ID: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	cleanedLongImageID := stripTrailingCharacters(out)
+
+	idShortCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf("%v images -q %v", dockerBinary, repoName)
+	idShortCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", idShortCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(idShortCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to get repo short ID: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	cleanedShortImageID := stripTrailingCharacters(out)
+
+	saveCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf("%v save %v | tar t | grep %v", dockerBinary, cleanedShortImageID, cleanedLongImageID)
+	saveCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", saveCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(saveCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to save repo with image ID: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	deleteImages(repoName)
+
+	logDone("save - save a image by ID")
+}
+
 // save a repo and try to load it using flags
 func TestSaveAndLoadRepoFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "busybox", "true")
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 24d5e68cf2..2d1e8022f3 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -351,29 +351,52 @@ func (srv *Server) ImageExport(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 
 	utils.Debugf("Serializing %s", name)
 
+	rootRepoMap := map[string]graph.Repository{}
 	rootRepo, err := srv.daemon.Repositories().Get(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return job.Error(err)
 	}
 	if rootRepo != nil {
+		// this is a base repo name, like 'busybox'
+
 		for _, id := range rootRepo {
 			if err := srv.exportImage(job.Eng, id, tempdir); err != nil {
 				return job.Error(err)
 			}
 		}
-
-		// write repositories
-		rootRepoMap := map[string]graph.Repository{}
 		rootRepoMap[name] = rootRepo
+	} else {
+		img, err := srv.daemon.Repositories().LookupImage(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return job.Error(err)
+		}
+		if img != nil {
+			// This is a named image like 'busybox:latest'
+			repoName, repoTag := utils.ParseRepositoryTag(name)
+			if err := srv.exportImage(job.Eng, img.ID, tempdir); err != nil {
+				return job.Error(err)
+			}
+			// check this length, because a lookup of a truncated has will not have a tag
+			// and will not need to be added to this map
+			if len(repoTag) > 0 {
+				rootRepoMap[repoName] = graph.Repository{repoTag: img.ID}
+			}
+		} else {
+			// this must be an ID that didn't get looked up just right?
+			if err := srv.exportImage(job.Eng, name, tempdir); err != nil {
+				return job.Error(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// write repositories, if there is something to write
+	if len(rootRepoMap) > 0 {
 		rootRepoJson, _ := json.Marshal(rootRepoMap)
 
 		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path.Join(tempdir, "repositories"), rootRepoJson, os.FileMode(0644)); err != nil {
 			return job.Error(err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err := srv.exportImage(job.Eng, name, tempdir); err != nil {
-			return job.Error(err)
-		}
+		utils.Debugf("There were no repositories to write")
 	}
 
 	fs, err := archive.Tar(tempdir, archive.Uncompressed)