diff --git a/image/tarexport/load.go b/image/tarexport/load.go
index 22e6442dfb..59a499d6e3 100644
--- a/image/tarexport/load.go
+++ b/image/tarexport/load.go
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ func (l *tarexporter) Load(inTar io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, quiet bool)
 	}
 
 	var parentLinks []parentLink
+	var imageIDsStr string
+	var imageRefCount int
 
 	for _, m := range manifest {
 		configPath, err := safePath(tmpDir, m.Config)
@@ -109,7 +111,9 @@ func (l *tarexporter) Load(inTar io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, quiet bool)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		imageIDsStr += fmt.Sprintf("Loaded image ID: %s\n", imgID)
 
+		imageRefCount = 0
 		for _, repoTag := range m.RepoTags {
 			named, err := reference.ParseNamed(repoTag)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -120,6 +124,8 @@ func (l *tarexporter) Load(inTar io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, quiet bool)
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid tag %q", repoTag)
 			}
 			l.setLoadedTag(ref, imgID, outStream)
+			outStream.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Loaded image: %s\n", ref)))
+			imageRefCount++
 		}
 
 		parentLinks = append(parentLinks, parentLink{imgID, m.Parent})
@@ -134,6 +140,10 @@ func (l *tarexporter) Load(inTar io.ReadCloser, outStream io.Writer, quiet bool)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if imageRefCount == 0 {
+		outStream.Write([]byte(imageIDsStr))
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
index 514c040c53..869bf6bf88 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
@@ -350,3 +350,33 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestSaveLoadParents(c *check.C) {
 	inspectOut = inspectField(c, idFoo, "Parent")
 	c.Assert(inspectOut, checker.Equals, "")
 }
+
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestSaveLoadNoTag(c *check.C) {
+	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux)
+
+	name := "saveloadnotag"
+
+	_, err := buildImage(name, "FROM busybox\nENV foo=bar", true)
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil, check.Commentf("%v", err))
+
+	id := inspectField(c, name, "Id")
+
+	// Test to make sure that save w/o name just shows imageID during load
+	out, _, err := runCommandPipelineWithOutput(
+		exec.Command(dockerBinary, "save", id),
+		exec.Command(dockerBinary, "load"))
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil, check.Commentf("failed to save and load repo: %s, %v", out, err))
+
+	// Should not show 'name' but should show the image ID during the load
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Not(checker.Contains), "Loaded image: ")
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "Loaded image ID:")
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, id)
+
+	// Test to make sure that save by name shows that name during load
+	out, _, err = runCommandPipelineWithOutput(
+		exec.Command(dockerBinary, "save", name),
+		exec.Command(dockerBinary, "load"))
+	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil, check.Commentf("failed to save and load repo: %s, %v", out, err))
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "Loaded image: "+name+":latest")
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Not(checker.Contains), "Loaded image ID:")
+}