diff --git a/frontend/dockerfile/instructions/parse.go b/frontend/dockerfile/instructions/parse.go
index ae5bdbb06ad0..9694592267e7 100644
--- a/frontend/dockerfile/instructions/parse.go
+++ b/frontend/dockerfile/instructions/parse.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func nodeArgs(node *parser.Node) []string {
 		if len(arg.Children) == 0 {
 			result = append(result, arg.Value)
 		} else if len(arg.Children) == 1 {
-			//sub command
+			// sub command
 			result = append(result, arg.Children[0].Value)
 			result = append(result, nodeArgs(arg.Children[0])...)
 		}
@@ -505,6 +505,9 @@ func parseOptInterval(f *Flag) (time.Duration, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
+	if d == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
 	if d < container.MinimumDuration {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Interval %#v cannot be less than %s", f.name, container.MinimumDuration)
 	}
@@ -579,8 +582,8 @@ func parseHealthcheck(req parseRequest) (*HealthCheckCommand, error) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			if retries < 1 {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("--retries must be at least 1 (not %d)", retries)
+			if retries < 0 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("--retries cannot be negative (%d)", retries)
 			}
 			healthcheck.Retries = int(retries)
 		} else {
diff --git a/frontend/dockerfile/instructions/parse_test.go b/frontend/dockerfile/instructions/parse_test.go
index bffbd37c2447..887efe5799fe 100644
--- a/frontend/dockerfile/instructions/parse_test.go
+++ b/frontend/dockerfile/instructions/parse_test.go
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ func TestParseOptInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "cannot be less than 1ms")
 
+	flInterval.Value = "0ms"
+	_, err = parseOptInterval(flInterval)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	flInterval.Value = "1ms"
 	_, err = parseOptInterval(flInterval)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/frontend/dockerfile/parser/testfiles/health/Dockerfile b/frontend/dockerfile/parser/testfiles/health/Dockerfile
index 081e4428820a..f34fe9462167 100644
--- a/frontend/dockerfile/parser/testfiles/health/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/dockerfile/parser/testfiles/health/Dockerfile
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ HEALTHCHECK CMD
 HEALTHCHECK   CMD   a b
 HEALTHCHECK --timeout=3s CMD ["foo"]
 HEALTHCHECK CONNECT TCP 7000
+HEALTHCHECK --start-period=0s --interval=5s --timeout=0s --retries=0 CMD ["foo"]
diff --git a/frontend/dockerfile/parser/testfiles/health/result b/frontend/dockerfile/parser/testfiles/health/result
index 092924f88c5c..b4f69164e9af 100644
--- a/frontend/dockerfile/parser/testfiles/health/result
+++ b/frontend/dockerfile/parser/testfiles/health/result
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 (healthcheck "CMD" "a b")
 (healthcheck ["--timeout=3s"] "CMD" "foo")
 (healthcheck "CONNECT" "TCP 7000")
+(healthcheck ["--start-period=0s" "--interval=5s" "--timeout=0s" "--retries=0"] "CMD" "foo")