diff --git a/internal/cache/volume_cache.go b/internal/cache/volume_cache.go
index 25abd7f3db..fa0124e50a 100644
--- a/internal/cache/volume_cache.go
+++ b/internal/cache/volume_cache.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/client"
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ type VolumeCache struct {
 func NewVolumeCache(imageRef name.Reference, suffix string, dockerClient client.CommonAPIClient) *VolumeCache {
 	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(imageRef.Name()))
 
-	vol := paths.FilterReservedNames(fmt.Sprintf("%x", sum[:6]))
+	vol := paths.FilterReservedNames(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%x", sanitizedRef(imageRef), sum[:6]))
 	return &VolumeCache{
 		volume: fmt.Sprintf("pack-cache-%s.%s", vol, suffix),
 		docker: dockerClient,
@@ -41,3 +42,11 @@ func (c *VolumeCache) Clear(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (c *VolumeCache) Type() Type {
 	return Volume
 }
+
+// note image names and volume names are validated using the same restrictions:
+// see https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/f266f13965d5bfb1825afa181fe6c32f3a597fa3/daemon/names/names.go#L5
+func sanitizedRef(ref name.Reference) string {
+	result := strings.TrimPrefix(ref.Context().String(), ref.Context().RegistryStr()+"/")
+	result = strings.ReplaceAll(result, "/", "_")
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", result, ref.Identifier())
+}
diff --git a/internal/cache/volume_cache_test.go b/internal/cache/volume_cache_test.go
index 2f1388fe8b..9a36489ce9 100644
--- a/internal/cache/volume_cache_test.go
+++ b/internal/cache/volume_cache_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/filters"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/volume"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/client"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/names"
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
 	"github.com/heroku/color"
 	"github.com/sclevine/spec"
@@ -108,6 +109,16 @@ func testCache(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			expected := cache.NewVolumeCache(ref, "some-suffix", dockerClient)
 			h.AssertEq(t, subject.Name(), expected.Name())
 		})
+
+		it("includes human readable information", func() {
+			ref, err := name.ParseReference("myregistryhost:5000/fedora/httpd:version1.0", name.WeakValidation)
+			h.AssertNil(t, err)
+
+			subject := cache.NewVolumeCache(ref, "some-suffix", dockerClient)
+
+			h.AssertContains(t, subject.Name(), "fedora_httpd_version1.0")
+			h.AssertTrue(t, names.RestrictedNamePattern.MatchString(subject.Name()))
+		})
 	})
 
 	when("#Clear", func() {