diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/AbstractDockerMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/AbstractDockerMojo.java
index b2c9b8b2..87b32584 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/AbstractDockerMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/AbstractDockerMojo.java
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 
 package com.spotify.docker;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.spotify.docker.client.DefaultDockerClient;
 import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerCertificateException;
+import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerCertificates;
 import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerClient;
 import com.spotify.docker.client.messages.AuthConfig;
 
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@
 import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
 import static com.spotify.docker.client.DefaultDockerClient.NO_TIMEOUT;
 
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
 abstract class AbstractDockerMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
   @Component(role = MavenSession.class)
@@ -67,7 +71,10 @@ abstract class AbstractDockerMojo extends AbstractMojo {
    */
   @Parameter(property = "dockerHost")
   private String dockerHost;
-
+  
+  @Parameter(property = "dockerCertPath")
+  private String dockerCertPath;
+  
   @Parameter(property = "serverId")
   private String serverId;
 
@@ -103,6 +110,10 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
       if (!isNullOrEmpty(dockerHost)) {
         builder.uri(dockerHost);
       }
+      final Optional<DockerCertificates> certs = dockerCertificates();
+      if (certs.isPresent()) {
+        builder.dockerCertificates(certs.get());
+      }
 
       final AuthConfig authConfig = authConfig();
       if (authConfig != null) {
@@ -131,6 +142,16 @@ protected String rawDockerHost() {
     return dockerHost;
   }
 
+  protected Optional<DockerCertificates> dockerCertificates() throws DockerCertificateException {
+    if (!isNullOrEmpty(dockerCertPath)) {
+      return DockerCertificates.builder()
+        .dockerCertPath(Paths.get(dockerCertPath)).build();
+    }
+    else {
+      return Optional.absent();
+    }
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Get the email from the server configuration in <code>~/.m2/settings.xml</code>.
    *
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/docker/AbstractDockerMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/docker/AbstractDockerMojoTest.java
index 938a78bc..1904b32d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/docker/AbstractDockerMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/docker/AbstractDockerMojoTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import com.spotify.docker.client.DefaultDockerClient;
 import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerCertificateException;
+import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerCertificates;
 import com.spotify.docker.client.DockerClient;
 import com.spotify.docker.client.messages.AuthConfig;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
@@ -41,11 +42,13 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class AbstractDockerMojoTest {
 
   private static final String DOCKER_HOST = "testhost";
+  private static final String DOCKER_CERT_PATH = "src/test/resources/certs";
   private static final String SERVER_ID = "testId";
   private static final String REGISTRY_URL = "https://my.docker.reg";
   private static final String USERNAME = "username";
@@ -93,10 +96,13 @@ public void setUp() {
   @Test
   public void testDockerHostSet() throws Exception {
     ReflectionTestUtils.setField(sut, "dockerHost", DOCKER_HOST);
+    ReflectionTestUtils.setField(sut, "dockerCertPath", DOCKER_CERT_PATH);
 
     sut.execute();
 
     verify(builder).uri(DOCKER_HOST);
+    verify(builder).dockerCertificates(any(DockerCertificates.class));
+ 
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/src/test/resources/certs/ca.pem b/src/test/resources/certs/ca.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e447607c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/certs/ca.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/certs/cert.pem b/src/test/resources/certs/cert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dd997f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/certs/cert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/certs/key.pem b/src/test/resources/certs/key.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e266ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/certs/key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
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