diff --git a/plugins/docker/_docker b/plugins/docker/_docker
index 25f55beca..a82a31ad3 100644
--- a/plugins/docker/_docker
+++ b/plugins/docker/_docker
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ __docker_all_containers() {
 # output a selectable list of all docker images
 __docker_images() {
     declare -a img_cmd
-    img_cmd=($(docker images | awk 'NR>1{print $1}'))
+    img_cmd=($(docker images | awk 'NR>1{print $1}'| sed 's/:/\\:/g'))
     _describe 'images' img_cmd
 }