diff --git a/images/image-user/Dockerfile b/images/image-user/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e42c7a1020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/image-user/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+FROM busybox
+USER 1002
diff --git a/pkg/validate/image.go b/pkg/validate/image.go
index efa838796c..4af85dfb46 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/image.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/image.go
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Image Manager", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
+	It("image status get image fields should not have Uid empty [Conformance]", func() {
+		// runcom/imageuser has been built with a dockerfile having USER 1002
+		// we test that that user is returned in image status
+		framework.PullPublicImage(c, "runcom/imageuser")
+
+		defer removeImage(c, "runcom/imageuser")
+
+		status := framework.ImageStatus(c, "runcom/imageuser")
+		Expect(status.GetUid()).NotTo(BeNil(), "Image Uid should not be empty")
+		Expect(status.GetUid().GetValue()).To(Equal(int64(1002)), "Image Uid should be 1002")
+	})
+
 	It("listImage should get exactly 3 image in the result list [Conformance]", func() {
 		// different tags refer to different images
 		testImageList := []string{