diff --git a/pkg/name/errors.go b/pkg/name/errors.go
index 035e35069..35a25847f 100644
--- a/pkg/name/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/name/errors.go
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ func (e *ErrBadName) Error() string {
 	return e.info
 }
 
+// Is reports whether target is an error of type ErrBadName
+func (e *ErrBadName) Is(target error) bool {
+	var berr *ErrBadName
+	return errors.As(target, &berr)
+}
+
 // newErrBadName returns a ErrBadName which returns the given formatted string from Error().
 func newErrBadName(fmtStr string, args ...interface{}) *ErrBadName {
 	return &ErrBadName{fmt.Sprintf(fmtStr, args...)}
diff --git a/pkg/name/errors_test.go b/pkg/name/errors_test.go
index 8ee6d4d8e..6ceb4590c 100644
--- a/pkg/name/errors_test.go
+++ b/pkg/name/errors_test.go
@@ -31,4 +31,8 @@ func TestBadName(t *testing.T) {
 	if err.Error() != "could not parse reference: @@" {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected string: %v", err)
 	}
+	//var cerr *ErrBadName
+	if !errors.Is(err, &ErrBadName{}) {
+		t.Errorf("Not an ErrBadName using errors.Is: %v", err)
+	}
 }