diff --git a/cli/docker.go b/cli/docker.go
index a6b4b97..7d1e3aa 100644
--- a/cli/docker.go
+++ b/cli/docker.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	dockertypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
+	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ var (
 	EnvMemory               = "CODER_MEMORY"
 	EnvAddGPU               = "CODER_ADD_GPU"
 	EnvUsrLibDir            = "CODER_USR_LIB_DIR"
+	EnvDockerConfig         = "CODER_DOCKER_CONFIG"
 	EnvDebug                = "CODER_DEBUG"
 	EnvDisableIDMappedMount = "CODER_DISABLE_IDMAPPED_MOUNT"
 )
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ type flags struct {
 	boostrapScript       string
 	containerMounts      string
 	hostUsrLibDir        string
+	dockerConfig         string
 	cpus                 int
 	memory               int
 	disableIDMappedMount bool
@@ -336,6 +339,7 @@ func dockerCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cliflag.StringVarP(cmd.Flags(), &flags.boostrapScript, "boostrap-script", "", EnvBootstrap, "", "The script to use to bootstrap the container. This should typically install and start the agent.")
 	cliflag.StringVarP(cmd.Flags(), &flags.containerMounts, "mounts", "", EnvMounts, "", "Comma separated list of mounts in the form of '<source>:<target>[:options]' (e.g. /var/lib/docker:/var/lib/docker:ro,/usr/src:/usr/src).")
 	cliflag.StringVarP(cmd.Flags(), &flags.hostUsrLibDir, "usr-lib-dir", "", EnvUsrLibDir, "", "The host /usr/lib mountpoint. Used to detect GPU drivers to mount into inner container.")
+	cliflag.StringVarP(cmd.Flags(), &flags.dockerConfig, "docker-config", "", EnvDockerConfig, "/root/.docker/config.json", "The path to the docker config to consult when pulling an image.")
 	cliflag.BoolVarP(cmd.Flags(), &flags.addTUN, "add-tun", "", EnvAddTun, false, "Add a TUN device to the inner container.")
 	cliflag.BoolVarP(cmd.Flags(), &flags.addFUSE, "add-fuse", "", EnvAddFuse, false, "Add a FUSE device to the inner container.")
 	cliflag.BoolVarP(cmd.Flags(), &flags.addGPU, "add-gpu", "", EnvAddGPU, false, "Add detected GPUs to the inner container.")
@@ -369,6 +373,19 @@ func runDockerCVM(ctx context.Context, log slog.Logger, client dockerutil.Docker
 		}
 	}
 
+	log.Info(ctx, "checking for docker config file", slog.F("path", flags.dockerConfig))
+	if _, err := fs.Stat(flags.dockerConfig); err == nil {
+		log.Info(ctx, "detected file", slog.F("image", flags.innerImage))
+		ref, err := name.NewTag(flags.innerImage)
+		if err != nil {
+			return xerrors.Errorf("parse ref: %w", err)
+		}
+		dockerAuth, err = dockerutil.AuthConfigFromPath(flags.dockerConfig, ref.RegistryStr())
+		if err != nil && !xerrors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return xerrors.Errorf("auth config from file: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	envs := defaultContainerEnvs(ctx, flags.agentToken)
 
 	innerEnvsTokens := strings.Split(flags.innerEnvs, ",")
diff --git a/dockerutil/client.go b/dockerutil/client.go
index 99b1c1b..7e97f71 100644
--- a/dockerutil/client.go
+++ b/dockerutil/client.go
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
 
+	"github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg"
 	dockertypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	dockerclient "github.com/docker/docker/client"
+
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 )
 
@@ -45,6 +48,39 @@ func (a AuthConfig) Base64() (string, error) {
 	return base64.URLEncoding.EncodeToString(authStr), nil
 }
 
+func AuthConfigFromPath(path string, registry string) (AuthConfig, error) {
+	var config dockercfg.Config
+	err := dockercfg.FromFile(path, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return AuthConfig{}, xerrors.Errorf("load config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	hostname := dockercfg.ResolveRegistryHost(registry)
+
+	if config, ok := config.AuthConfigs[registry]; ok {
+		return AuthConfig(config), nil
+	}
+
+	username, secret, err := config.GetRegistryCredentials(hostname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return AuthConfig{}, xerrors.Errorf("get credentials from helper: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if secret != "" {
+		if username == "" {
+			return AuthConfig{
+				IdentityToken: secret,
+			}, nil
+		}
+		return AuthConfig{
+			Username: username,
+			Password: secret,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	return AuthConfig{}, xerrors.Errorf("no auth config found for registry %s: %w", registry, os.ErrNotExist)
+}
+
 func ParseAuthConfig(raw string) (AuthConfig, error) {
 	type dockerConfig struct {
 		AuthConfigs map[string]dockertypes.AuthConfig `json:"auths"`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ea7206..ad9b03e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ require (
 	cdr.dev/slog v1.5.4
 	github.com/coder/coder v0.27.3
 	github.com/coder/retry v1.4.0
+	github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg v0.3.1
 	github.com/docker/docker v23.0.8+incompatible
+	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.9.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc2
 	github.com/ory/dockertest/v3 v3.10.0
 	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.22
@@ -121,7 +123,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/term v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/opa v0.51.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 49ae56b..fc49115 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Qe8Bv2Xik5FyTXwgIbLAnv2sWSBmvWdFE
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.6.0 h1:AKVxfYw1Gmkn/w96z0DbT/B/xFnzTd3MkZvWLjF4n/o=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.6.0/go.mod h1:ZpHUsHBucTUj6WOkrP4E20UPynbLZzhTQ1XKCXkxyPc=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
+github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg v0.3.1 h1:/FpZ+JaygUR/lZP2NlFI2DVfrOEMAIKP5wWEJdoYe9E=
+github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg v0.3.1/go.mod h1:sugsbF4//dDlL/i+S+rtpIWp+5h0BHJHfjj5/jFyUJc=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
@@ -322,6 +324,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7/go.mod h1:n+brtR0CgQNWTVd5ZUFpTBC8YFBDLK/h/bpaJ8/DtOE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.9.0 h1:5Ths7RjxyFV0huKChQTgY6fLzvHhZMpLTFNja8U0/0w=
+github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.9.0/go.mod h1:9eq4BnSufyT1kHNffX+vSXVonaJ7yaIOulrKZejMxnQ=
 github.com/google/go-github/v43 v43.0.1-0.20220414155304-00e42332e405 h1:DdHws/YnnPrSywrjNYu2lEHqYHWp/LnEx56w59esd54=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
@@ -516,7 +520,6 @@ github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v0.0.0-20180701023420-4b7aa43c6742/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
 github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 h1:nP9CBfwrvYnBRgY6qfDQkygYDmYwOilePFkwzv4dU8A=
-github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0/go.mod h1:BbKIizmSmc5MMPqRYbxO4ZU0S0+P200+tUnFx7PXmsc=
 github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.0/go.mod h1:M1WthSahJixYnrXQl/DFQuteStB1weuxD2QJNHXfbSQ=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0 h1:IFsN6K9NfGtjeggFP+68I4chLZV2yIKsXJFNZ+eWh6s=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0/go.mod h1:pbwTDkVPibjO2kyvBQRBxTWEEGDGq0FlB1BIKtnHY/8=