diff --git a/docker/docker_confirm.ps1 b/docker/docker_confirm.ps1
index 306f9977e3..d6c6042de6 100644
--- a/docker/docker_confirm.ps1
+++ b/docker/docker_confirm.ps1
@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ foreach ($img in @($BASE_IMAGE, $IMAGE)) {
   } else {
     $log = Join-Path $WORK ("pull_" + ($img -replace "[/:]", "_") + ".log")
     docker pull $img *> $log
-    if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) { Ok "pulled $img" } else { Bad "could not pull $img (see $log)" }
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) { Ok "pulled $img" }
+    else {
+      docker image inspect $img *> $null
+      # Locally built tags are not on a registry; presence is what matters.
+      if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) { Warn "not pullable but present locally: $img" }
+      else { Bad "could not pull $img (see $log)" }
+    }
   }
 }
 Hr
diff --git a/docker/docker_confirm.sh b/docker/docker_confirm.sh
index ac0babe7c1..8e63067263 100644
--- a/docker/docker_confirm.sh
+++ b/docker/docker_confirm.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ for img in "$BASE_IMAGE" "$IMAGE"; do
     docker image inspect "$img" >/dev/null 2>&1 && ok "local image present: $img" || bad "SKIP_PULL=1 but image missing locally: $img"
   elif docker pull "$img" >"$WORK/pull_$(echo "$img" | tr '/:' '__').log" 2>&1; then
     ok "pulled $img"
+  elif docker image inspect "$img" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Locally built tags (test_locally.sh / docker build) are not on a
+    # registry; that is fine as long as the image is present.
+    warn "not pullable but present locally: $img"
   else
     bad "could not pull $img (see $WORK/pull_*.log)"
   fi