diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_plugins_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_plugins_test.go
index 4846744d62..252df5acef 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_plugins_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_plugins_test.go
@@ -52,3 +52,10 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestPluginInstallDisable(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil)
 	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, nameWithTag)
 }
+
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestPluginInstallImage(c *check.C) {
+	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux, ExperimentalDaemon)
+	out, _, err := dockerCmdWithError("plugin", "install", "redis")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "content is not a plugin")
+}
diff --git a/plugin/distribution/pull.go b/plugin/distribution/pull.go
index 61971b3ee6..1bae8d4bb7 100644
--- a/plugin/distribution/pull.go
+++ b/plugin/distribution/pull.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func Pull(name string, rs registry.Service, metaheader http.Header, authConfig *
 		}
 		if !confirmedV2 {
 			logrus.Debugf("pull.go: !confirmedV2")
-			return nil, ErrUnSupportedRegistry
+			return nil, ErrUnsupportedRegistry
 		}
 		logrus.Debugf("Trying to pull %s from %s %s", repoInfo.Name(), endpoint.URL, endpoint.Version)
 		break
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ func Pull(name string, rs registry.Service, metaheader http.Header, authConfig *
 		logrus.Debugf("pull.go: error in json.Unmarshal(): %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if m.Config.MediaType != MediaTypeConfig {
+		return nil, ErrUnsupportedMediaType
+	}
 
 	pd := &pullData{
 		repository: repository,
diff --git a/plugin/distribution/push.go b/plugin/distribution/push.go
index 45deea83bb..27e717af4c 100644
--- a/plugin/distribution/push.go
+++ b/plugin/distribution/push.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func Push(name string, rs registry.Service, metaHeader http.Header, authConfig *
 			return "", err
 		}
 		if !confirmedV2 {
-			return "", ErrUnSupportedRegistry
+			return "", ErrUnsupportedRegistry
 		}
 		logrus.Debugf("Trying to push %s to %s %s", repoInfo.Name(), endpoint.URL, endpoint.Version)
 		// This means that we found an endpoint. and we are ready to push
diff --git a/plugin/distribution/types.go b/plugin/distribution/types.go
index e1c05b76ff..0b1fd7aea1 100644
--- a/plugin/distribution/types.go
+++ b/plugin/distribution/types.go
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ package distribution
 
 import "errors"
 
-// ErrUnSupportedRegistry indicates that the registry does not support v2 protocol
-var ErrUnSupportedRegistry = errors.New("Only V2 repositories are supported for plugin distribution")
+// ErrUnsupportedRegistry indicates that the registry does not support v2 protocol
+var ErrUnsupportedRegistry = errors.New("only V2 repositories are supported for plugin distribution")
+
+// ErrUnsupportedMediaType indicates we are pulling content that's not a plugin
+var ErrUnsupportedMediaType = errors.New("content is not a plugin")
 
 // Plugin related media types
 const (