diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/tag/input_digest.go b/pkg/skaffold/tag/input_digest.go
index d144326aa5f..ff79abe3358 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/tag/input_digest.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/tag/input_digest.go
@@ -59,10 +59,16 @@ func (t *inputDigestTagger) GenerateTag(ctx context.Context, image latest.Artifa
 
 	if image.DockerArtifact != nil {
 		srcFiles = append(srcFiles, image.DockerArtifact.DockerfilePath)
+		if image.DockerArtifact.Target != "" {
+			inputs = append(inputs, image.DockerArtifact.Target)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if image.KanikoArtifact != nil {
 		srcFiles = append(srcFiles, image.KanikoArtifact.DockerfilePath)
+		if image.KanikoArtifact.Target != "" {
+			inputs = append(inputs, image.KanikoArtifact.Target)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if image.CustomArtifact != nil && image.CustomArtifact.Dependencies != nil && image.CustomArtifact.Dependencies.Dockerfile != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/tag/input_digest_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/tag/input_digest_test.go
index dc76985ce38..9fa78760c27 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/tag/input_digest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/tag/input_digest_test.go
@@ -153,3 +153,68 @@ CMD [ "true" ]
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestGenerateTag_DifferentTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	runCtx := &runcontext.RunContext{}
+	dockerfilePath := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "Dockerfile")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(dockerfilePath, []byte("FROM busybox\nCMD [\"ps\", \"faux\"]\n"), 0644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write dockerfile: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	digestExample, _ := NewInputDigestTagger(runCtx, graph.ToArtifactGraph(runCtx.Artifacts()))
+	tag1, err := digestExample.GenerateTag(context.Background(), latest.Artifact{
+		Workspace: t.TempDir(),
+		ArtifactType: latest.ArtifactType{
+			DockerArtifact: &latest.DockerArtifact{
+				DockerfilePath: dockerfilePath,
+				Target:         "target1",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GenerateTag failed for target1: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	digestExample, _ = NewInputDigestTagger(runCtx, graph.ToArtifactGraph(runCtx.Artifacts()))
+	tag2, err := digestExample.GenerateTag(context.Background(), latest.Artifact{
+		Workspace: t.TempDir(),
+		ArtifactType: latest.ArtifactType{
+			DockerArtifact: &latest.DockerArtifact{
+				DockerfilePath: dockerfilePath,
+				Target:         "target2",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GenerateTag failed for target2: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if tag1 == tag2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected different tags for different targets, got same: %s", tag1)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGenerateTag_NoTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	runCtx := &runcontext.RunContext{}
+	dockerfilePath := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "Dockerfile")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(dockerfilePath, []byte("FROM busybox\nCMD [\"ps\", \"faux\"]\n"), 0644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write dockerfile: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	digestExample, _ := NewInputDigestTagger(runCtx, graph.ToArtifactGraph(runCtx.Artifacts()))
+	tag, err := digestExample.GenerateTag(context.Background(), latest.Artifact{
+		Workspace: t.TempDir(),
+		ArtifactType: latest.ArtifactType{
+			DockerArtifact: &latest.DockerArtifact{
+				DockerfilePath: dockerfilePath,
+				// No Target field set
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GenerateTag failed when no target: %v", err)
+	}
+	if tag == "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected a non-empty tag when no target is set")
+	}
+}