diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 6c28fd002c4c5b81f92651d2d909ca2ae7bfa6ed..54822da71a0986706570c6b482bfb517409d06fc 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -350,7 +350,10 @@ This can also be done automatically by setting the env var CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_
 	}
 
 	if !exists || config.VMDriver == constants.DriverNone {
-		fmt.Println("Starting cluster components...")
+		fmt.Println("Pulling images...")
+		if err := bs.PullImages(kubernetesConfig); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Unable to pull images, which may be OK: %v", err)
+		}
 		if err := bs.StartCluster(kubernetesConfig); err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("Error starting cluster: %v", err)
 			cmdutil.MaybeReportErrorAndExit(err)
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/none/none.go b/pkg/drivers/none/none.go
index 235f04b502a4eb97946439de9590307b8bf78915..4298a96b63ba0ad8900ee65af35ebad5e04af94c 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/none/none.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/none/none.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (d *Driver) GetURL() (string, error) {
 
 // GetState returns the state that the host is in (running, stopped, etc)
 func (d *Driver) GetState() (state.State, error) {
-	if err := runningKubelet(d.exec); err != nil {
+	if err := checkKubelet(d.exec); err != nil {
 		glog.Infof("kubelet not running: %v", err)
 		return state.Stopped, nil
 	}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Remove() error {
 	if err := d.Kill(); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "kill")
 	}
-	// TODO(tstromberg): Make sure this calls into the bootstrapper to perform `kubeadm reset`
+	// TODO(#3637): Make sure this calls into the bootstrapper to perform `kubeadm reset`
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("sudo rm -rf %s", strings.Join(cleanupPaths, " "))
 	if err := d.exec.Run(cmd); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("cleanup incomplete: %v", err)
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ func restartKubelet(exec bootstrapper.CommandRunner) error {
 	return exec.Run("sudo systemctl restart kubelet.service")
 }
 
-// runningKubelet returns an error if the kubelet is not running.
-func runningKubelet(exec bootstrapper.CommandRunner) error {
+// checkKubelet returns an error if the kubelet is not running.
+func checkKubelet(exec bootstrapper.CommandRunner) error {
 	glog.Infof("checking for running kubelet ...")
 	return exec.Run("systemctl is-active --quiet service kubelet")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
index 0855c93078a154b0bbbfdd3dc3474dafa8871a34..46c23060a307f8b52266de75caa8e7e544754c4b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (r *Containerd) Disable() error {
 
 // LoadImage loads an image into this runtime
 func (r *Containerd) LoadImage(path string) error {
-	return nil
+	return pullImageCRI(r.Runner, path)
 }
 
 // KubeletOptions returns kubelet options for a containerd
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
index 62d15fbbf9f0c8445e46e31674f616d59cb8287c..07a88475ea8fba23485c3d798f3fb76351fd7489 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cri.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"path"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
 // listCRIContainers returns a list of containers using crictl
@@ -29,12 +31,18 @@ func listCRIContainers(_ CommandRunner, _ string) ([]string, error) {
 	return []string{}, fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
 }
 
+// pullImageCRI uses ctr to pull images into a CRI runtime
+func pullImageCRI(cr CommandRunner, path string) error {
+	glog.Infof("Loading image: %s", path)
+	return cr.Run(fmt.Sprintf("sudo ctr cri load %s", path))
+}
+
 // criCRIContainers kills a list of containers using crictl
 func killCRIContainers(CommandRunner, []string) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
 }
 
-// StopCRIContainers stops containers using crictl
+// stopCRIContainers stops containers using crictl
 func stopCRIContainers(CommandRunner, []string) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("unimplemented")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
index e19ef91ee674453cb1dad9417f9ddfeae0f3ff35..4d81d6068989976c2636bd3abc3d9796ba68a425 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ func (r *CRIO) Disable() error {
 
 // LoadImage loads an image into this runtime
 func (r *CRIO) LoadImage(path string) error {
+	// This should use ctr via pullImageCRI once we sort out why api.v1.CRIPluginService is unimplemented.
 	return r.Runner.Run(fmt.Sprintf("sudo podman load -i %s", path))
+
 }
 
 // KubeletOptions returns kubelet options for a runtime.
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index 47807ccdb0020022566661b3010a50a57e5585f6..fb4f7bf6424ae71d3f212cef9589a398a5f54b3a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func (r *Docker) Disable() error {
 
 // LoadImage loads an image into this runtime
 func (r *Docker) LoadImage(path string) error {
+	glog.Infof("Loading image: %s", path)
 	return r.Runner.Run(fmt.Sprintf("docker load -i %s", path))
 }