diff --git a/docker/reference/reference.go b/docker/reference/reference.go
index fb9c01754d..38c30e2dbb 100644
--- a/docker/reference/reference.go
+++ b/docker/reference/reference.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type Canonical interface {
 // returned.
 // If an error was encountered it is returned, along with a nil Reference.
 func ParseNamed(s string) (Named, error) {
-	named, err := distreference.ParseNamed(s)
+	named, err := distreference.ParseNormalizedNamed(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error parsing reference: %q is not a valid repository/tag", s)
 	}