diff --git a/test/610_proxy_wait_for_weave_test.sh b/test/610_proxy_wait_for_weave_test.sh
index a701a9bb..82053b54 100755
--- a/test/610_proxy_wait_for_weave_test.sh
+++ b/test/610_proxy_wait_for_weave_test.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ assert "echo $((dirs_with_proxy-3))" $dirs_sans_proxy
 # Check errors are returned (when docker returns an error code)
 assert_raises "proxy docker_on $HOST1 run -e 'WEAVE_CIDR=10.2.1.3/24' $SMALL_IMAGE foo 2>&1 | grep 'exec: \"foo\": executable file not found in \$PATH'"
 # Check errors still happen when no command is specified
-assert_raises "proxy docker_on $HOST1 run -e 'WEAVE_CIDR=10.2.1.3/24' $SMALL_IMAGE 2>&1 | grep 'Error response from daemon: No command specified'"
+assert_raises "proxy docker_on $HOST1 run -e 'WEAVE_CIDR=10.2.1.3/24' weaveworks/no-cmd 2>&1 | grep 'Error response from daemon: No command specified'"
 
 end_suite
diff --git a/test/images/no-cmd/Dockerfile b/test/images/no-cmd/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b431273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/images/no-cmd/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Create a Docker image with no CMD, specifically so we can generate
+# an error when we try to run it
+FROM scratch
+COPY Dockerfile /