diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/images.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/images.go
index bfe5fbec3fc5..2e30621c5c70 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/images.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/images.go
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ func (ir *ImageEngine) Load(ctx context.Context, opts entities.ImageLoadOptions)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	return images.Load(ir.ClientCxt, f, &opts.Name)
+	ref := opts.Name
+	if len(opts.Tag) > 0 {
+		ref += ":" + opts.Tag
+	}
+	return images.Load(ir.ClientCxt, f, &ref)
 }
 
 func (ir *ImageEngine) Import(ctx context.Context, opts entities.ImageImportOptions) (*entities.ImageImportReport, error) {
diff --git a/test/system/120-load.bats b/test/system/120-load.bats
index f290c188817f..c0ddbf4d620f 100644
--- a/test/system/120-load.bats
+++ b/test/system/120-load.bats
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ verify_iid_and_name() {
     verify_iid_and_name $img_name
 }
 
-@test "podman load - NAME and NAME:TAG arguments work (requires: #2674)" {
+@test "podman load - NAME and NAME:TAG arguments work" {
     get_iid_and_name
     run_podman save $iid -o $archive
     run_podman rmi $iid