diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_rm_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_rm_test.go
index e25c9991de..34b5df0338 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_rm_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_rm_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestRemoveContainerWithVolume(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRemoveContainerRunning(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "--name", "foo", "busybox", "sleep", "300")
+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-dt", "--name", "foo", "busybox", "top")
 	if _, err := runCommand(cmd); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_tag_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_tag_test.go
index ef51f64644..032927e221 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_tag_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_tag_test.go
@@ -8,16 +8,12 @@ import (
 
 // tagging a named image in a new unprefixed repo should work
 func TestTagUnprefixedRepoByName(t *testing.T) {
-	pullCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "pull", "busybox")
-	out, exitCode, err := runCommandWithOutput(pullCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", out, err))
-
-	if err != nil || exitCode != 0 {
-		t.Fatal("pulling the busybox image from the registry has failed")
+	if err := pullImageIfNotExist("busybox:latest"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("couldn't find the busybox:latest image locally and failed to pull it")
 	}
 
-	tagCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "tag", "busybox", "testfoobarbaz")
-	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(tagCmd)
+	tagCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "tag", "busybox:latest", "testfoobarbaz")
+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(tagCmd)
 	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("%v %v", out, err))
 
 	deleteImages("testfoobarbaz")
@@ -62,18 +58,14 @@ func TestTagInvalidUnprefixedRepo(t *testing.T) {
 
 // ensure we allow the use of valid tags
 func TestTagValidPrefixedRepo(t *testing.T) {
-	pullCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "pull", "busybox")
-	out, exitCode, err := runCommandWithOutput(pullCmd)
-	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", out, err))
-
-	if err != nil || exitCode != 0 {
-		t.Fatal("pulling the busybox image from the registry has failed")
+	if err := pullImageIfNotExist("busybox:latest"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("couldn't find the busybox:latest image locally and failed to pull it")
 	}
 
 	validRepos := []string{"fooo/bar", "fooaa/test"}
 
 	for _, repo := range validRepos {
-		tagCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "tag", "busybox", repo)
+		tagCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "tag", "busybox:latest", repo)
 		_, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(tagCmd)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("tag busybox %v should have worked: %s", repo, err)
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_utils.go b/integration-cli/docker_utils.go
index cc45012437..74576ba489 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_utils.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_utils.go
@@ -66,6 +66,27 @@ func deleteImages(images string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func imageExists(image string) error {
+	inspectCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", image)
+	exitCode, err := runCommand(inspectCmd)
+	if exitCode != 0 && err == nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("couldn't find image '%s'", image)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func pullImageIfNotExist(image string) (err error) {
+	if err := imageExists(image); err != nil {
+		pullCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "pull", image)
+		_, exitCode, err := runCommandWithOutput(pullCmd)
+
+		if err != nil || exitCode != 0 {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("image '%s' wasn't found locally and it couldn't be pulled: %s", image, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func cmd(t *testing.T, args ...string) (string, int, error) {
 	out, status, err := runCommandWithOutput(exec.Command(dockerBinary, args...))
 	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("'%s' failed with errors: %v (%v)", strings.Join(args, " "), err, out))