2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/image/image.go b/libpod/image/image.go
index 5413c4e6b..c79844f7f 100644
--- a/libpod/image/image.go
+++ b/libpod/image/image.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func (ir *Runtime) newFromStorage(img *storage.Image) *Image {
 // to only deal with local images already in the store (or
 // its aliases)
 func (ir *Runtime) NewFromLocal(name string) (*Image, error) {
-
 	image := Image{
 		InputName:    name,
 		Local:        true,
@@ -166,6 +165,14 @@ func (i *Image) reloadImage() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// stringSha256 strips sha256 from user input
+func stripSha256(name string) string {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "sha256:") && len(name) > 7 {
+		return name[7:]
+	}
+	return name
+}
+
 // getLocalImage resolves an unknown input describing an image and
 // returns a storage.Image or an error. It is used by NewFromLocal.
 func (i *Image) getLocalImage() (*storage.Image, error) {
@@ -174,7 +181,7 @@ func (i *Image) getLocalImage() (*storage.Image, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("input name is blank")
 	}
 	var taggedName string
-	img, err := i.imageruntime.getImage(i.InputName)
+	img, err := i.imageruntime.getImage(stripSha256(i.InputName))
 	if err == nil {
 		return img.image, err
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/image/image_test.go b/libpod/image/image_test.go
index 5c7cc191d..cb32b6cae 100644
--- a/libpod/image/image_test.go
+++ b/libpod/image/image_test.go
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ func TestImage_MatchRepoTag(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Test against tagged images of busybox
+
 	// foo should resolve to foo:latest
 	repoTag, err := newImage.MatchRepoTag("foo")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -185,3 +186,14 @@ func Test_splitString(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, splitString("a/foo/bar"), "bar")
 	assert.Equal(t, splitString("bar"), "bar")
 }
+
+// Test_stripSha256 tests test the stripSha256 function which removes
+// the prefix "sha256:" from a string if it is present
+func Test_stripSha256(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, stripSha256(""), "")
+	assert.Equal(t, stripSha256("test1"), "test1")
+	assert.Equal(t, stripSha256("sha256:9110ae7f579f35ee0c3938696f23fe0f5fbe641738ea52eb83c2df7e9995fa17"), "9110ae7f579f35ee0c3938696f23fe0f5fbe641738ea52eb83c2df7e9995fa17")
+	assert.Equal(t, stripSha256("sha256:9110ae7f"), "9110ae7f")
+	assert.Equal(t, stripSha256("sha256:"), "sha256:")
+	assert.Equal(t, stripSha256("sha256:a"), "a")
+}