diff --git a/docs/advanced-usage/deployment-tasks.md b/docs/advanced-usage/deployment-tasks.md
index 5c62a8ae0..bce01efab 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-usage/deployment-tasks.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-usage/deployment-tasks.md
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ Each "phase" has different expectations and limitations:
         - Priming or invalidating cache stores
         - Running database migrations
 
-Additionally, if using a Dockerfile with an `ENTRYPOINT`, the deployment task is passed to that entrypoint as is.
+Additionally, if using a Dockerfile with an `ENTRYPOINT`, the deployment task is passed to that entrypoint as is. The exceptions are if the entrypoint is one of the following:
+
+- `["/tini", "--"]`
+- `["/bin/tini", "--"]`
+- `["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]`
+- `["/usr/local/bin/tini", "--"]`
 
 Please keep the above in mind when utilizing deployment tasks.
 
diff --git a/plugins/app-json/functions.go b/plugins/app-json/functions.go
index c8b3f58f0..289c107cf 100644
--- a/plugins/app-json/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/app-json/functions.go
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
-func constructScript(command string, shell string, isHerokuishImage bool, isCnbImage bool, hasEntrypoint bool) []string {
-	if hasEntrypoint {
+func constructScript(command string, shell string, isHerokuishImage bool, isCnbImage bool, dockerfileEntrypoint string) []string {
+	nonSkippableEntrypoints := map[string]bool{
+		"ENTRYPOINT [\"/tini\",\"--\"]":               true,
+		"ENTRYPOINT [\"/bin/tini\",\"--\"]":           true,
+		"ENTRYPOINT [\"/usr/bin/tini\",\"--\"]":       true,
+		"ENTRYPOINT [\"/usr/local/bin/tini\",\"--\"]": true,
+	}
+
+	cannotSkip := nonSkippableEntrypoints[dockerfileEntrypoint]
+	if dockerfileEntrypoint != "" && !cannotSkip {
 		words, err := shellquote.Split(strings.TrimSpace(command))
 		if err != nil {
 			common.LogWarn(fmt.Sprintf("Skipping command construction for app with ENTRYPOINT: %v", err.Error()))
@@ -180,9 +188,8 @@ func executeScript(appName string, image string, imageTag string, phase string)
 		dockerfileCommand, _ = getCommandFromImage(image)
 	}
 
-	hasEntrypoint := dockerfileEntrypoint != ""
 	dokkuAppShell := getDokkuAppShell(appName)
-	script := constructScript(command, dokkuAppShell, isHerokuishImage, isCnbImage, hasEntrypoint)
+	script := constructScript(command, dokkuAppShell, isHerokuishImage, isCnbImage, dockerfileEntrypoint)
 
 	imageSourceType := "dockerfile"
 	if isHerokuishImage {
diff --git a/tests/unit/app-json.bats b/tests/unit/app-json.bats
index 649c88a20..31d99d365 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app-json.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/app-json.bats
@@ -85,3 +85,69 @@ teardown() {
   assert_success
   assert_output_contains '"SECRET_KEY": "fjdkslafjdk"'
 }
+
+@test "(app-json) tini test" {
+  if ! dokku plugin:installed postgres; then
+    run /bin/bash -c "dokku plugin:install https://github.com/dokku/dokku-postgres.git"
+    echo "output: $output"
+    echo "status: $status"
+    assert_success
+  fi
+
+  if ! dokku plugin:installed redis; then
+    run /bin/bash -c "dokku plugin:install https://github.com/dokku/dokku-redis.git"
+    echo "output: $output"
+    echo "status: $status"
+    assert_success
+  fi
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku config:set $TEST_APP SECRET_KEY_BASE=derp OTP_SECRET=1234"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku postgres:create $TEST_APP $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku postgres:link $TEST_APP $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku redis:create $TEST_APP $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku redis:link $TEST_APP $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku git:from-image $TEST_APP tootsuite/mastodon:v3.3.0"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku postgres:unlink $TEST_APP $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku redis:unlink $TEST_APP $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku --force postgres:destroy $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku --force redis:destroy $TEST_APP"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+}