diff --git a/cli/command/container/list.go b/cli/command/container/list.go
index 60c2462986..5bbf41966d 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/list.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/list.go
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ func (o listOptionsProcessor) Size() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// Label is needed here as it allows the correct pre-processing
+// because Label() is a method with arguments
+func (o listOptionsProcessor) Label(name string) string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 func buildContainerListOptions(opts *psOptions) (*types.ContainerListOptions, error) {
 	options := &types.ContainerListOptions{
 		All:     opts.all,
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
index f3bdb39d00..19ede90d5a 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
@@ -943,3 +943,10 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestPsFilterMissingArgErrorCode(c *check.C) {
 	_, errCode, _ := dockerCmdWithError("ps", "--filter")
 	c.Assert(errCode, checker.Equals, 125)
 }
+
+// Test case for 30291
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestPsFormatTemplateWithArg(c *check.C) {
+	runSleepingContainer(c, "-d", "--name", "top", "--label", "some.label=label.foo-bar")
+	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "ps", "--format", `{{.Names}} {{.Label "some.label"}}`)
+	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Equals, "top label.foo-bar")
+}