diff --git a/pkg/buildpack/locator_type.go b/pkg/buildpack/locator_type.go
index 0019cc900..b3d71e840 100644
--- a/pkg/buildpack/locator_type.go
+++ b/pkg/buildpack/locator_type.go
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ func GetLocatorType(locator string, relativeBaseDir string, buildpacksFromBuilde
 
 	if paths.IsURI(locator) {
 		if HasDockerLocator(locator) {
-			if _, err := name.ParseReference(locator); err == nil {
+			ref := strings.TrimPrefix(locator, "docker://")
+			if _, err := name.ParseReference(ref); err == nil {
 				return PackageLocator, nil
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/buildpack/locator_type_test.go b/pkg/buildpack/locator_type_test.go
index bdc045373..92240ba1f 100644
--- a/pkg/buildpack/locator_type_test.go
+++ b/pkg/buildpack/locator_type_test.go
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ func testGetLocatorType(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			locator:      "docker://registry.com/cnbs/some-bp:some-tag@sha256:0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
 			expectedType: buildpack.PackageLocator,
 		},
+		{
+			locator:      "docker://localhost:5000/foo/bar",
+			expectedType: buildpack.PackageLocator,
+		},
+		{
+			locator:      "docker://localhost:5000/foo/bar:latest",
+			expectedType: buildpack.PackageLocator,
+		},
+		{
+			locator:      "docker://myregistry:8080/cnbs/some-bp",
+			expectedType: buildpack.PackageLocator,
+		},
 		{
 			locator:      "cnbs/some-bp@sha256:0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
 			expectedType: buildpack.PackageLocator,