diff --git a/cmd/nerdctl/build.go b/cmd/nerdctl/build.go
index 1035e4ade1c..0bd8567c417 100644
--- a/cmd/nerdctl/build.go
+++ b/cmd/nerdctl/build.go
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ func generateBuildctlArgs(cmd *cobra.Command, buildkitHost string, platform, arg
 			}
 			tags[idx] = dockerreference.TagNameOnly(named).String()
 		}
+	} else if len(tags) == 0 {
+		output = output + ",dangling-name-prefix=<none>"
 	}
 
 	buildctlArgs = buildkitutil.BuildctlBaseArgs(buildkitHost)
diff --git a/cmd/nerdctl/build_test.go b/cmd/nerdctl/build_test.go
index fcb9812b0e7..df0f600104f 100644
--- a/cmd/nerdctl/build_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nerdctl/build_test.go
@@ -402,3 +402,21 @@ CMD ["echo", "dockerfile"]
 	base.Cmd("build", "-t", imageName, buildCtx).AssertOK()
 	base.Cmd("run", "--rm", imageName).AssertOutExactly("dockerfile\n")
 }
+
+func TestBuildNoTag(t *testing.T) {
+	testutil.RequiresBuild(t)
+	base := testutil.NewBase(t)
+	defer base.Cmd("builder", "prune").AssertOK()
+	base.Cmd("image", "prune", "--force", "--all").AssertOK()
+
+	dockerfile := fmt.Sprintf(`FROM %s
+CMD ["echo", "nerdctl-build-notag-string"]
+	`, testutil.CommonImage)
+	buildCtx, err := createBuildContext(dockerfile)
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(buildCtx)
+
+	base.Cmd("build", buildCtx).AssertOK()
+	base.Cmd("images").AssertOutContains("<none>")
+	base.Cmd("image", "prune", "--force", "--all").AssertOK()
+}