diff --git a/controllers/imagerepository_controller.go b/controllers/imagerepository_controller.go
index aefc93a3..f7e47008 100644
--- a/controllers/imagerepository_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/imagerepository_controller.go
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -44,6 +47,10 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecr"
+
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/events"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/metrics"
@@ -177,6 +184,54 @@ func (r *ImageRepositoryReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 	return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: when}, nil
 }
 
+func parseAwsImageURL(imageUrl string) (accountId, awsEcrRegion, awsPartition, ecrRepository, tag string, err error) {
+	err = nil
+	registryUrlPartRe := regexp.MustCompile("([0-9+]*).dkr.ecr.([^/.]*).(amazonaws.com[.cn]*)/([^:]+):?(.*)")
+	registryUrlParts := registryUrlPartRe.FindAllStringSubmatch(imageUrl, -1)
+	if len(registryUrlParts) < 1 {
+		err = errors.New("imageUrl does not match AWS elastic container registry URL pattern")
+		return
+	}
+	accountId = registryUrlParts[0][1]
+	awsEcrRegion = registryUrlParts[0][2]
+	awsPartition = registryUrlParts[0][3]
+	ecrRepository = registryUrlParts[0][4]
+	if len(registryUrlParts[0]) <= 4 {
+		tag = ""
+		return
+	}
+	tag = registryUrlParts[0][5]
+	return
+}
+
+// TODO: Still missing from Flux 1:
+// Caching of tokens (one per account/region pair), this fetches a fresh token every time
+// handling of expiry
+// Back-Off in case of errors
+// Possibly: special behaviour for non-global partitions (China, GovCloud)
+func getAwsECRLoginAuth(accountId, awsEcrRegion string) (authConfig authn.AuthConfig, err error) {
+	accountIDs := []string{accountId}
+	ecrService := ecr.New(session.Must(session.NewSession(&aws.Config{Region: aws.String(awsEcrRegion)})))
+	ecrToken, err := ecrService.GetAuthorizationToken(&ecr.GetAuthorizationTokenInput{
+		RegistryIds: aws.StringSlice(accountIDs),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	token, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*ecrToken.AuthorizationData[0].AuthorizationToken)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	tokenSplit := strings.Split(string(token), ":")
+	authConfig = authn.AuthConfig{
+		Username: tokenSplit[0],
+		Password: tokenSplit[1],
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func (r *ImageRepositoryReconciler) scan(ctx context.Context, imageRepo *imagev1.ImageRepository, ref name.Reference) error {
 	timeout := imageRepo.GetTimeout()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
@@ -210,6 +265,28 @@ func (r *ImageRepositoryReconciler) scan(ctx context.Context, imageRepo *imagev1
 		options = append(options, remote.WithAuth(auth))
 	}
 
+	if accountId, awsEcrRegion, _, _, _, err := parseAwsImageURL(imageRepo.Spec.Image); err == nil {
+		if _, present := os.LookupEnv("USE_ECR"); present {
+			logr.FromContext(ctx).Info("Logging in to AWS ECR for " + imageRepo.Spec.Image)
+
+			authConfig, err := getAwsECRLoginAuth(accountId, awsEcrRegion)
+			if err != nil {
+				imagev1.SetImageRepositoryReadiness(
+					imageRepo,
+					metav1.ConditionFalse,
+					meta.ReconciliationFailedReason,
+					err.Error(),
+				)
+				return err
+			}
+
+			auth := authn.FromConfig(authConfig)
+			options = append(options, remote.WithAuth(auth))
+		} else {
+			logr.FromContext(ctx).Info("AWS ECR authentication is not enabled, to enable, set USE_ECR environment variable")
+		}
+	}
+
 	if imageRepo.Spec.CertSecretRef != nil {
 		var certSecret corev1.Secret
 		if imageRepo.Spec.SecretRef != nil && imageRepo.Spec.SecretRef.Name == imageRepo.Spec.CertSecretRef.Name {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 695e3d86..6421129e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ replace github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api => ./api
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.18
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2011.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v0.9.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v0.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0ca0de26..0d942d53 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.18 h1:Ccy1SV2SsgJU3rfrD+SOhQ0jvuzfrFuja/oKI86ruPw=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.18/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
@@ -164,6 +166,8 @@ github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.3/go.mod h1:rjx6GuL8TTa9VaixXglHmQmIL9
 github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.19.3/go.mod h1:FpwSN1ksY1eteniUU7X0N/BgJ7a4WvBFVA8Lj9mJglo=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.2/go.mod h1:POnQmlKehdgb5mhVOsnJFsivZCEZ/vjK9gh66Z9tfKk=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.5/go.mod h1:POnQmlKehdgb5mhVOsnJFsivZCEZ/vjK9gh66Z9tfKk=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0 h1:ozyZYNQW3x3HtqT1jira07DN2PArx2v7/mN66gGcHOs=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hp+jE20tsWTFYpLwKvXlhS1hjn+gTNwPg2I6zVXpSg4=
@@ -276,6 +280,8 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.5/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJ
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.10 h1:6q5mVkdH/vYmqngx7kZQTjJ5HRsx+ImorDIEQ+beJgc=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.10/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.3.0 h1:OS12ieG61fsCg5+qLJ+SsW9NicxNkg3b25OyT2yCeUc=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.3.0/go.mod h1:9QtRXoHjLGCJ5IBSaohpXITPlowMeeYCZ7fLUTSywik=
 github.com/joefitzgerald/rainbow-reporter v0.1.0/go.mod h1:481CNgqmVHQZzdIbN52CupLJyoVwB10FQ/IQlF1pdL8=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=