diff --git a/api/client/commands.go b/api/client/commands.go
index 4e8259914f..8882e2c1e6 100644
--- a/api/client/commands.go
+++ b/api/client/commands.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) Command(name string) func(...string) error {
 		"exec":    cli.CmdExec,
 		"info":    cli.CmdInfo,
 		"inspect": cli.CmdInspect,
-		"load":    cli.CmdLoad,
 		"login":   cli.CmdLogin,
 		"logout":  cli.CmdLogout,
 		"ps":      cli.CmdPs,
diff --git a/api/client/image/load.go b/api/client/image/load.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..240362d1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/client/image/load.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package image
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/client"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/cli"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/jsonmessage"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type loadOptions struct {
+	input string
+	quiet bool
+}
+
+// NewLoadCommand creates a new `docker load` command
+func NewLoadCommand(dockerCli *client.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
+	var opts loadOptions
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "load [OPTIONS]",
+		Short: "Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN",
+		Args:  cli.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return runLoad(dockerCli, opts)
+		},
+	}
+
+	flags := cmd.Flags()
+
+	flags.StringVarP(&opts.input, "input", "i", "", "Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&opts.quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Suppress the load output")
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func runLoad(dockerCli *client.DockerCli, opts loadOptions) error {
+
+	var input io.Reader = dockerCli.In()
+	if opts.input != "" {
+		file, err := os.Open(opts.input)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer file.Close()
+		input = file
+	}
+	if !dockerCli.IsTerminalOut() {
+		opts.quiet = true
+	}
+	response, err := dockerCli.Client().ImageLoad(context.Background(), input, opts.quiet)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer response.Body.Close()
+
+	if response.Body != nil && response.JSON {
+		return jsonmessage.DisplayJSONMessagesStream(response.Body, dockerCli.Out(), dockerCli.OutFd(), dockerCli.IsTerminalOut(), nil)
+	}
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(dockerCli.Out(), response.Body)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/api/client/load.go b/api/client/load.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 820fdc0ef6..0000000000
--- a/api/client/load.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package client
-
-import (
-	"io"
-	"os"
-
-	"golang.org/x/net/context"
-
-	Cli "github.com/docker/docker/cli"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/jsonmessage"
-	flag "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mflag"
-)
-
-// CmdLoad loads an image from a tar archive.
-//
-// The tar archive is read from STDIN by default, or from a tar archive file.
-//
-// Usage: docker load [OPTIONS]
-func (cli *DockerCli) CmdLoad(args ...string) error {
-	cmd := Cli.Subcmd("load", nil, Cli.DockerCommands["load"].Description, true)
-	infile := cmd.String([]string{"i", "-input"}, "", "Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN")
-	quiet := cmd.Bool([]string{"q", "-quiet"}, false, "Suppress the load output")
-	cmd.Require(flag.Exact, 0)
-	cmd.ParseFlags(args, true)
-
-	var input io.Reader = cli.in
-	if *infile != "" {
-		file, err := os.Open(*infile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		defer file.Close()
-		input = file
-	}
-	if !cli.isTerminalOut {
-		*quiet = true
-	}
-	response, err := cli.client.ImageLoad(context.Background(), input, *quiet)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer response.Body.Close()
-
-	if response.Body != nil && response.JSON {
-		return jsonmessage.DisplayJSONMessagesStream(response.Body, cli.out, cli.outFd, cli.isTerminalOut, nil)
-	}
-
-	_, err = io.Copy(cli.out, response.Body)
-	return err
-}
diff --git a/cli/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go b/cli/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go
index 11b821cc44..c5fcac0698 100644
--- a/cli/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go
+++ b/cli/cobraadaptor/adaptor.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func NewCobraAdaptor(clientFlags *cliflags.ClientFlags) CobraAdaptor {
 		image.NewBuildCommand(dockerCli),
 		image.NewHistoryCommand(dockerCli),
 		image.NewImagesCommand(dockerCli),
+		image.NewLoadCommand(dockerCli),
 		image.NewRemoveCommand(dockerCli),
 		image.NewSearchCommand(dockerCli),
 		image.NewImportCommand(dockerCli),
diff --git a/cli/usage.go b/cli/usage.go
index e9debf3be7..b6d0439052 100644
--- a/cli/usage.go
+++ b/cli/usage.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ var DockerCommandUsage = []Command{
 	{"exec", "Run a command in a running container"},
 	{"info", "Display system-wide information"},
 	{"inspect", "Return low-level information on a container or image"},
-	{"load", "Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN"},
 	{"login", "Log in to a Docker registry"},
 	{"logout", "Log out from a Docker registry"},
 	{"ps", "List containers"},