diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index 61407b264842a..c6275177bce6a 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ func getContainersByName(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.Res
 	}
 	var job = eng.Job("container_inspect", vars["name"])
 	if version.LessThan("1.12") {
-		job.SetenvBool("dirty", true)
+		job.SetenvBool("raw", true)
 	}
 	streamJSON(job, w, false)
 	return job.Run()
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ func getImagesByName(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.Respons
 	}
 	var job = eng.Job("image_inspect", vars["name"])
 	if version.LessThan("1.12") {
-		job.SetenvBool("dirty", true)
+		job.SetenvBool("raw", true)
 	}
 	streamJSON(job, w, false)
 	return job.Run()
diff --git a/daemon/inspect.go b/daemon/inspect.go
index af6d4520fb632..6c4b74d6f2159 100644
--- a/daemon/inspect.go
+++ b/daemon/inspect.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerInspect(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	if container := daemon.Get(name); container != nil {
 		container.Lock()
 		defer container.Unlock()
-		if job.GetenvBool("dirty") {
+		if job.GetenvBool("raw") {
 			b, err := json.Marshal(&struct {
 				*Container
 				HostConfig *runconfig.HostConfig
diff --git a/graph/service.go b/graph/service.go
index 4bce6b5645242..ebdb8816030e9 100644
--- a/graph/service.go
+++ b/graph/service.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (s *TagStore) CmdLookup(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	}
 	name := job.Args[0]
 	if image, err := s.LookupImage(name); err == nil && image != nil {
-		if job.GetenvBool("dirty") {
+		if job.GetenvBool("raw") {
 			b, err := json.Marshal(image)
 			if err != nil {
 				return job.Error(err)
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
index d728c7de95aae..fb94cad9d8b6f 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_save_load_test.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-// save a repo and try to load it
-func TestSaveAndLoadRepo(t *testing.T) {
+// save a repo and try to load it using stdout
+func TestSaveAndLoadRepoStdout(t *testing.T) {
 	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "busybox", "true")
 	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(runCmd)
 	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to create a container: %v %v", out, err))
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ func TestSaveAndLoadRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(commitCmd)
 	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to commit container: %v %v", out, err))
 
+	inspectCmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", repoName)
+	before, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("the repo should exist before saving it: %v %v", before, err))
+
 	saveCmdTemplate := `%v save %v > /tmp/foobar-save-load-test.tar`
 	saveCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf(saveCmdTemplate, dockerBinary, repoName)
 	saveCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", saveCmdFinal)
@@ -39,14 +43,70 @@ func TestSaveAndLoadRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to load repo: %v %v", out, err))
 
 	inspectCmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", repoName)
+	after, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("the repo should exist after loading it: %v %v", after, err))
+
+	if before != after {
+		t.Fatalf("inspect is not the same after a save / load")
+	}
+
+	deleteContainer(cleanedContainerID)
+	deleteImages(repoName)
+
+	os.Remove("/tmp/foobar-save-load-test.tar")
+
+	logDone("save - save a repo using stdout")
+	logDone("load - load a repo using stdout")
+}
+
+// save a repo and try to load it using flags
+func TestSaveAndLoadRepoFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "busybox", "true")
+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(runCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to create a container: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	cleanedContainerID := stripTrailingCharacters(out)
+
+	repoName := "foobar-save-load-test"
+
+	inspectCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", cleanedContainerID)
 	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("the repo should exist after loading it: %v %v", out, err))
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("output should've been a container id: %v %v", cleanedContainerID, err))
+
+	commitCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "commit", cleanedContainerID, repoName)
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(commitCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to commit container: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	inspectCmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", repoName)
+	before, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("the repo should exist before saving it: %v %v", before, err))
+
+	saveCmdTemplate := `%v save -o /tmp/foobar-save-load-test.tar %v`
+	saveCmdFinal := fmt.Sprintf(saveCmdTemplate, dockerBinary, repoName)
+	saveCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", saveCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(saveCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to save repo: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	deleteImages(repoName)
+
+	loadCmdFinal := `docker load -i /tmp/foobar-save-load-test.tar`
+	loadCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", loadCmdFinal)
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(loadCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("failed to load repo: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	inspectCmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", repoName)
+	after, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(inspectCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("the repo should exist after loading it: %v %v", after, err))
+
+	if before != after {
+		t.Fatalf("inspect is not the same after a save / load")
+	}
 
 	deleteContainer(cleanedContainerID)
 	deleteImages(repoName)
 
 	os.Remove("/tmp/foobar-save-load-test.tar")
 
-	logDone("save - save a repo")
-	logDone("load - load a repo")
+	logDone("save - save a repo using -o")
+	logDone("load - load a repo using -i")
 }
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 76a51e796f15a..b054911ed83e6 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ func (srv *Server) exportImage(eng *engine.Engine, name, tempdir string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		job := eng.Job("image_inspect", n)
+		job.SetenvBool("raw", true)
 		job.Stdout.Add(json)
 		if err := job.Run(); err != nil {
 			return err