diff --git a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/monitor/DockerEventMonitor.java b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/monitor/DockerEventMonitor.java
index 70daa4a75..087b98bb2 100644
--- a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/monitor/DockerEventMonitor.java
+++ b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/monitor/DockerEventMonitor.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
 
 @Component
 public class DockerEventMonitor extends TriggerMonitor {
@@ -88,6 +89,15 @@ protected boolean isValidTrigger(final Trigger trigger) {
       );
   }
 
+  private boolean matchTags(String suppliedTag, String incomingTag) {
+    try {
+      // use matches to handle regex or basic string compare
+      return incomingTag.matches(suppliedTag);
+    } catch (PatternSyntaxException e) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected Predicate<Trigger> matchTriggerFor(final TriggerEvent event) {
     DockerEvent dockerEvent = (DockerEvent) event;
@@ -98,7 +108,7 @@ protected Predicate<Trigger> matchTriggerFor(final TriggerEvent event) {
       trigger.getRepository().equals(repository) &&
       trigger.getRegistry().equals(registry) &&
       ((trigger.getTag() == null && !tag.equals("latest"))
-        || trigger.getTag() != null && trigger.getTag().equals(tag));
+        || trigger.getTag() != null && matchTags(trigger.getTag(), tag));
   }
 
   protected void onMatchingPipeline(Pipeline pipeline) {
diff --git a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/DockerEventMonitorSpec.groovy b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/DockerEventMonitorSpec.groovy
index bac381105..213d488ef 100644
--- a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/DockerEventMonitorSpec.groovy
+++ b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/DockerEventMonitorSpec.groovy
@@ -166,4 +166,42 @@ class DockerEventMonitorSpec extends Specification implements RetrofitStubs {
     goodPipeline = createPipelineWith(enabledDockerTrigger)
     badPipeline = createPipelineWith(trigger)
   }
+
+  @Unroll
+  def "triggers a pipeline that has an enabled docker trigger with regex"() {
+    given:
+    def pipeline = createPipelineWith(trigger)
+    pipelineCache.getPipelines() >> [pipeline]
+
+    when:
+    monitor.processEvent(objectMapper.convertValue(event, Event))
+
+    then:
+    1 * subscriber.call({ it.id == pipeline.id })
+
+    where:
+    trigger                               | field
+    enabledDockerTrigger.withTag("\\d+")  | "regex tag"
+
+    event = createDockerEvent("2")
+  }
+
+  @Unroll
+  def "does not trigger a pipeline that has an enabled docker trigger with regex"() {
+    given:
+    def pipeline = createPipelineWith(trigger)
+    pipelineCache.getPipelines() >> [pipeline]
+
+    when:
+    monitor.processEvent(objectMapper.convertValue(event, Event))
+
+    then:
+    0 * subscriber._
+
+    where:
+    trigger                               | field
+    enabledDockerTrigger.withTag("\\d+")  | "regex tag"
+
+    event = createDockerEvent()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/test/RetrofitStubs.groovy b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/test/RetrofitStubs.groovy
index c2d186e25..1504314b6 100644
--- a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/test/RetrofitStubs.groovy
+++ b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/test/RetrofitStubs.groovy
@@ -56,9 +56,13 @@ trait RetrofitStubs {
     return res
   }
 
-  DockerEvent createDockerEvent() {
+  DockerEvent createDockerEvent(String inTag) {
+    def tag = "tag"
+    if (inTag) {
+      tag = inTag
+    }
     def res = new DockerEvent()
-    res.content = new DockerEvent.Content("registry", "repository", "tag", "sha")
+    res.content = new DockerEvent.Content("registry", "repository", tag, "sha")
     res.details = new Metadata([type: DockerEvent.TYPE, source: "spock"])
     return res
   }