diff --git a/graph/export.go b/graph/export.go
index 7512127f7e..6362e54a6d 100644
--- a/graph/export.go
+++ b/graph/export.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package graph
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ func (s *TagStore) ImageExport(names []string, outStream io.Writer) error {
 		if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if err := os.Chtimes(filepath.Join(tempdir, "repositories"), time.Unix(0, 0), time.Unix(0, 0)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	} else {
 		logrus.Debugf("There were no repositories to write")
 	}
@@ -128,7 +133,11 @@ func (s *TagStore) exportImage(name, tempdir string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		imageInspectRaw, err := s.lookupRaw(n)
+		img, err := s.LookupImage(n)
+		if err != nil || img == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("No such image %s", n)
+		}
+		imageInspectRaw, err := s.graph.RawJSON(img.ID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -149,11 +158,13 @@ func (s *TagStore) exportImage(name, tempdir string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		// find parent
-		img, err := s.LookupImage(n)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+		for _, fname := range []string{"", "VERSION", "json", "layer.tar"} {
+			if err := os.Chtimes(filepath.Join(tmpImageDir, fname), img.Created, img.Created); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
+
+		// try again with parent
 		n = img.Parent
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/graph/service.go b/graph/service.go
index 1ecc08ccab..98a935c8d9 100644
--- a/graph/service.go
+++ b/graph/service.go
@@ -11,22 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/utils"
 )
 
-// lookupRaw looks up an image by name in a TagStore and returns the raw JSON
-// describing the image.
-func (s *TagStore) lookupRaw(name string) ([]byte, error) {
-	image, err := s.LookupImage(name)
-	if err != nil || image == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("No such image %s", name)
-	}
-
-	imageInspectRaw, err := s.graph.RawJSON(image.ID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return imageInspectRaw, nil
-}
-
 // Lookup looks up an image by name in a TagStore and returns it as an
 // ImageInspect structure.
 func (s *TagStore) Lookup(name string) (*types.ImageInspect, error) {
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
index d783b215f8..1fe694c8ff 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-check/check"
 )
@@ -97,6 +99,24 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestSaveSingleTag(c *check.C) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestSaveCheckTimes(c *check.C) {
+	repoName := "busybox:latest"
+	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "inspect", repoName)
+	data := []struct {
+		ID      string
+		Created time.Time
+	}{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), &data)
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf("failed to marshal from %q: err %v", repoName, err))
+	c.Assert(len(data), check.Not(check.Equals), 0, check.Commentf("failed to marshal the data from %q", repoName))
+	tarTvTimeFormat := "2006-01-02 15:04"
+	out, _, err = runCommandPipelineWithOutput(
+		exec.Command(dockerBinary, "save", repoName),
+		exec.Command("tar", "tv"),
+		exec.Command("grep", "-E", fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", data[0].Created.Format(tarTvTimeFormat), data[0].ID)))
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf("failed to save repo with image ID and 'repositories' file: %s, %v", out, err))
+}
+
 func (s *DockerSuite) TestSaveImageId(c *check.C) {
 	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux)
 	repoName := "foobar-save-image-id-test"