diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
index e55ef49513..ee0a92894f 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ pub struct SandboxData {
     pub storages: Vec<agent::Storage>,
 }
 
+enum K8sEnvFromSource {
+    ConfigMap(config_map::ConfigMap),
+    Secret(secret::Secret),
+}
+
 impl AgentPolicy {
     pub async fn from_files(config: &utils::Config) -> Result<AgentPolicy> {
         let mut config_maps = Vec::new();
@@ -488,9 +493,18 @@ impl AgentPolicy {
             }
         }
 
-        if let Some(config_map_files) = &config.config_map_files {
-            for file in config_map_files {
-                config_maps.push(config_map::ConfigMap::new(file)?);
+        if let Some(config_files) = &config.config_files {
+            for resource_file in config_files {
+                for config_resource in parse_config_file(resource_file.to_string(), config).await? {
+                    match config_resource {
+                        K8sEnvFromSource::ConfigMap(config_map) => {
+                            config_maps.push(config_map);
+                        }
+                        K8sEnvFromSource::Secret(secret) => {
+                            secrets.push(secret);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -822,6 +836,37 @@ fn get_image_layer_storages(
     storages.push(overlay_storage);
 }
 
+async fn parse_config_file(
+    yaml_file: String,
+    config: &utils::Config,
+) -> Result<Vec<K8sEnvFromSource>> {
+    let mut k8sRes = Vec::new();
+    let yaml_contents = yaml::get_input_yaml(&Some(yaml_file))?;
+    for document in serde_yaml::Deserializer::from_str(&yaml_contents) {
+        let doc_mapping = Value::deserialize(document)?;
+        if doc_mapping != Value::Null {
+            let yaml_string = serde_yaml::to_string(&doc_mapping)?;
+            let silent = config.silent_unsupported_fields;
+            let (mut resource, kind) = yaml::new_k8s_resource(&yaml_string, silent)?;
+
+            resource.init(config, &doc_mapping, silent).await;
+
+            // ConfigMap and Secret documents contain additional input for policy generation.
+            if kind.eq("ConfigMap") {
+                let config_map: config_map::ConfigMap = serde_yaml::from_str(&yaml_string)?;
+                debug!("{:#?}", &config_map);
+                k8sRes.push(K8sEnvFromSource::ConfigMap(config_map));
+            } else if kind.eq("Secret") {
+                let secret: secret::Secret = serde_yaml::from_str(&yaml_string)?;
+                debug!("{:#?}", &secret);
+                k8sRes.push(K8sEnvFromSource::Secret(secret));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(k8sRes)
+}
+
 /// Converts the given name to a string representation of its sha256 hash.
 fn name_to_hash(name: &str) -> String {
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
index 6696338cdb..26f619825c 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,16 @@ struct CommandLineOptions {
     #[clap(
         short,
         long,
-        help = "Optional Kubernetes config map YAML input file path"
+        help = "Optional Kubernetes config map YAML input file path. DEPRECATED: use --config-file instead"
     )]
     config_map_file: Option<String>,
 
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        help = "Optional Kubernetes YAML input file path containing config resources such as ConfigMaps and Secrets"
+    )]
+    config_file: Option<Vec<String>>,
+
     #[clap(
         short = 'p',
         long,
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub yaml_file: Option<String>,
     pub rego_rules_path: String,
     pub settings: settings::Settings,
-    pub config_map_files: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    pub config_files: Option<Vec<String>>,
 
     pub silent_unsupported_fields: bool,
     pub raw_out: bool,
@@ -125,16 +131,15 @@ impl Config {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         let args = CommandLineOptions::parse();
 
-        let mut config_map_files = Vec::new();
-        if let Some(config_map_file) = &args.config_map_file {
-            config_map_files.push(config_map_file.clone());
-        }
+        // Migrate all files from the old `config_map_file` to the new `config_files` field
+        let config_files = args
+            .config_file
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .into_iter()
+            .chain(args.config_map_file.iter().cloned())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        let cm_files = if !config_map_files.is_empty() {
-            Some(config_map_files.clone())
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
+        let config_files = (!config_files.is_empty()).then_some(config_files);
 
         let mut layers_cache_file_path = args.layers_cache_file_path;
         // preserve backwards compatibility for only using the `use_cached_files` flag
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ impl Config {
             yaml_file: args.yaml_file,
             rego_rules_path: args.rego_rules_path,
             settings,
-            config_map_files: cm_files,
+            config_files,
             silent_unsupported_fields: args.silent_unsupported_fields,
             raw_out: args.raw_out,
             base64_out: args.base64_out,
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs
index e6a8275736..04f6f32e92 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let config = genpolicy::utils::Config {
             base64_out: false,
-            config_map_files: None,
+            config_files: None,
             containerd_socket_path: None, // Some(String::from("/var/run/containerd/containerd.sock")),
             insecure_registries: Vec::new(),
             layers_cache_file_path: None,