diff --git a/plugins/builder-dockerfile/builder-release b/plugins/builder-dockerfile/builder-release
index 5f078cf8b..976c27a86 100755
--- a/plugins/builder-dockerfile/builder-release
+++ b/plugins/builder-dockerfile/builder-release
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ trigger-builder-dockerfile-builder-release() {
   plugn trigger pre-release-dockerfile "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG"
 
   local IMAGE=$(get_app_image_name "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG")
-  echo "FROM $IMAGE" | suppress_output "$DOCKER_BIN" image build --label=com.dokku.image-stage=release --label=com.dokku.app-name=$APP --label=org.label-schema.schema-version=1.0 --label=org.label-schema.vendor=dokku --label=dokku -t "$IMAGE" -
+  if "$DOCKER_BIN" image history --format "{{ json . }}" "$IMAGE" | grep  -q "ONBUILD"; then
+    dokku_log_warn "Image contains one or more ONBUILD directives, skipping label injection"
+  else
+    echo "FROM $IMAGE" | suppress_output "$DOCKER_BIN" image build --label=com.dokku.image-stage=release --label=com.dokku.app-name=$APP --label=org.label-schema.schema-version=1.0 --label=org.label-schema.vendor=dokku --label=dokku -t "$IMAGE" -
+  fi
   plugn trigger post-release-dockerfile "$APP" "$IMAGE_TAG"
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/tags.bats b/tests/unit/tags.bats
index 43c44cdc5..4cdc4d77d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tags.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/tags.bats
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ load test_helper
 
 setup() {
   global_setup
-  deploy_app
+  create_app
 }
 
 teardown() {
@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@ teardown() {
 }
 
 @test "(tags) tags:create, tags, tags:destroy" {
+  run deploy_app
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
   run /bin/bash -c "dokku tags:create $TEST_APP v0.9.0"
   echo "output: $output"
   echo "status: $status"
   assert_success
+
   run /bin/bash -c "dokku tags $TEST_APP | grep -q -E 'v0.9.0'"
   echo "output: $output"
   echo "status: $status"
@@ -40,6 +46,11 @@ teardown() {
 }
 
 @test "(tags) tags:deploy" {
+  run deploy_app
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
   run /bin/bash -c "dokku tags:create $TEST_APP v0.9.0"
   echo "output: $output"
   echo "status: $status"
@@ -64,3 +75,27 @@ teardown() {
   echo "status: $status"
   assert_failure
 }
+
+@test "(tags) tags:deploy (onbuild)" {
+  run /bin/bash -c "docker image pull gliderlabs/logspout:v3.2.13"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "docker image tag gliderlabs/logspout:v3.2.13 dokku/$TEST_APP:3.2.13"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku storage:mount $TEST_APP /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku tags:deploy $TEST_APP 3.2.13"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_output_contains "Image contains one or more ONBUILD directives, skipping label injection"
+  assert_output_contains "COPY failed" 0
+  assert_success
+}