diff --git a/formats/aci.py b/formats/aci.py
index a34f91631..97be94a59 100644
--- a/formats/aci.py
+++ b/formats/aci.py
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+import json
+import re
+
+from uuid import uuid4
+
 from app import app
 from util.registry.streamlayerformat import StreamLayerMerger
 from formats.tarimageformatter import TarImageFormatter
 
-import json
-import re
+
+ACNAME_REGEX = re.compile(r'[^a-z-]+')
+
 
 class ACIImage(TarImageFormatter):
   """ Image formatter which produces an ACI-compatible TAR.
@@ -126,6 +132,13 @@ class ACIImage(TarImageFormatter):
 
     return ports
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def _ac_name(value):
+    sanitized = ACNAME_REGEX.sub('-', value.lower()).strip('-')
+    if sanitized == '':
+      return str(uuid4())
+    return sanitized
+
   @staticmethod
   def _build_volumes(docker_config):
     """ Builds the volumes definitions for the ACI. """
@@ -133,7 +146,7 @@ class ACIImage(TarImageFormatter):
     names = set()
 
     def get_name(docker_volume_path):
-      return "volume-%s" % docker_volume_path.replace('/', '-')
+      return "volume-%s" % ACIImage._ac_name(docker_volume_path)
 
     for docker_volume_path in ACIImage._get_docker_config_value(docker_config, 'Volumes', []):
       if not docker_volume_path: