diff --git a/.changelog/15898.txt b/.changelog/15898.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64d96190d93e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/15898.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+docker: Fixed a bug where infra_image did not get alloc_id label
+```
diff --git a/drivers/docker/network.go b/drivers/docker/network.go
index 71a9ab512f3d..1cc57db77d8f 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/network.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/network.go
@@ -119,12 +119,14 @@ func (d *Driver) DestroyNetwork(allocID string, spec *drivers.NetworkIsolationSp
 // createSandboxContainerConfig creates a docker container configuration which
 // starts a container with an empty network namespace.
 func (d *Driver) createSandboxContainerConfig(allocID string, createSpec *drivers.NetworkCreateRequest) (*docker.CreateContainerOptions, error) {
-
 	return &docker.CreateContainerOptions{
 		Name: fmt.Sprintf("nomad_init_%s", allocID),
 		Config: &docker.Config{
 			Image:    d.config.InfraImage,
 			Hostname: createSpec.Hostname,
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				dockerLabelAllocID: allocID,
+			},
 		},
 		HostConfig: &docker.HostConfig{
 			// Set the network mode to none which creates a network namespace
diff --git a/drivers/docker/network_test.go b/drivers/docker/network_test.go
index 80c235cf8e4e..8d53306f6cec 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/network_test.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/network_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ func TestDriver_createSandboxContainerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Name: "nomad_init_768b5e8c-a52e-825c-d564-51100230eb62",
 				Config: &docker.Config{
 					Image: "gcr.io/google_containers/pause-amd64:3.1",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						dockerLabelAllocID: "768b5e8c-a52e-825c-d564-51100230eb62",
+					},
 				},
 				HostConfig: &docker.HostConfig{
 					NetworkMode:   "none",
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ func TestDriver_createSandboxContainerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: &docker.Config{
 					Image:    "gcr.io/google_containers/pause-amd64:3.1",
 					Hostname: "linux",
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						dockerLabelAllocID: "768b5e8c-a52e-825c-d564-51100230eb62",
+					},
 				},
 				HostConfig: &docker.HostConfig{
 					NetworkMode:   "none",