diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index d247f259b47..8deac6862f9 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -831,6 +831,10 @@ type PodSpec struct {
 	// used must be specified.
 	// Optional: Default to false.
 	HostNetwork bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty"`
+	// ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec.
+	// If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.  For example,
+	// in the case of docker, only DockerConfig type secrets are honored.
+	ImagePullSecrets []LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty" description:"list of references to secrets in the same namespace available for pulling the container images"`
 }
 
 // PodStatus represents information about the status of a pod. Status may trail the actual
@@ -1630,6 +1634,12 @@ type ObjectReference struct {
 	FieldPath string `json:"fieldPath,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.
+type LocalObjectReference struct {
+	//TODO: Add other useful fields.  apiVersion, kind, uid?
+	Name string
+}
+
 type SerializedReference struct {
 	TypeMeta  `json:",inline"`
 	Reference ObjectReference `json:"reference,omitempty" description:"the reference to an object in the system"`
@@ -1704,6 +1714,10 @@ type ContainerManifest struct {
 	// Required: Set DNS policy.
 	DNSPolicy   DNSPolicy `json:"dnsPolicy"`
 	HostNetwork bool      `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty"`
+	// ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec.
+	// If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.  For example,
+	// in the case of docker, only DockerConfig type secrets are honored.
+	ImagePullSecrets []LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty" description:"list of references to secrets in the same namespace available for pulling the container images"`
 }
 
 // ContainerManifestList is used to communicate container manifests to kubelet.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/conversion_generated.go b/pkg/api/v1/conversion_generated.go
index 073b3eeb495..0169de49a8e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/conversion_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/conversion_generated.go
@@ -1599,6 +1599,22 @@ func convert_api_ListOptions_To_v1_ListOptions(in *newer.ListOptions, out *ListO
 	return nil
 }
 
+func convert_v1_LocalObjectReference_To_api_LocalObjectReference(in *LocalObjectReference, out *newer.LocalObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
+	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
+		defaulting.(func(*LocalObjectReference))(in)
+	}
+	out.Name = in.Name
+	return nil
+}
+
+func convert_api_LocalObjectReference_To_v1_LocalObjectReference(in *newer.LocalObjectReference, out *LocalObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
+	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
+		defaulting.(func(*newer.LocalObjectReference))(in)
+	}
+	out.Name = in.Name
+	return nil
+}
+
 func convert_v1_NFSVolumeSource_To_api_NFSVolumeSource(in *NFSVolumeSource, out *newer.NFSVolumeSource, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
 		defaulting.(func(*NFSVolumeSource))(in)
@@ -2856,6 +2872,16 @@ func convert_v1_PodSpec_To_api_PodSpec(in *PodSpec, out *newer.PodSpec, s conver
 	out.ServiceAccount = in.ServiceAccount
 	out.Host = in.Host
 	out.HostNetwork = in.HostNetwork
+	if in.ImagePullSecrets != nil {
+		out.ImagePullSecrets = make([]newer.LocalObjectReference, len(in.ImagePullSecrets))
+		for i := range in.ImagePullSecrets {
+			if err := convert_v1_LocalObjectReference_To_api_LocalObjectReference(&in.ImagePullSecrets[i], &out.ImagePullSecrets[i], s); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		out.ImagePullSecrets = nil
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -2908,6 +2934,16 @@ func convert_api_PodSpec_To_v1_PodSpec(in *newer.PodSpec, out *PodSpec, s conver
 	out.ServiceAccount = in.ServiceAccount
 	out.Host = in.Host
 	out.HostNetwork = in.HostNetwork
+	if in.ImagePullSecrets != nil {
+		out.ImagePullSecrets = make([]LocalObjectReference, len(in.ImagePullSecrets))
+		for i := range in.ImagePullSecrets {
+			if err := convert_api_LocalObjectReference_To_v1_LocalObjectReference(&in.ImagePullSecrets[i], &out.ImagePullSecrets[i], s); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		out.ImagePullSecrets = nil
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -4518,6 +4554,7 @@ func init() {
 		convert_api_ListMeta_To_v1_ListMeta,
 		convert_api_ListOptions_To_v1_ListOptions,
 		convert_api_List_To_v1_List,
+		convert_api_LocalObjectReference_To_v1_LocalObjectReference,
 		convert_api_NFSVolumeSource_To_v1_NFSVolumeSource,
 		convert_api_NamespaceList_To_v1_NamespaceList,
 		convert_api_NamespaceSpec_To_v1_NamespaceSpec,
@@ -4628,6 +4665,7 @@ func init() {
 		convert_v1_ListMeta_To_api_ListMeta,
 		convert_v1_ListOptions_To_api_ListOptions,
 		convert_v1_List_To_api_List,
+		convert_v1_LocalObjectReference_To_api_LocalObjectReference,
 		convert_v1_NFSVolumeSource_To_api_NFSVolumeSource,
 		convert_v1_NamespaceList_To_api_NamespaceList,
 		convert_v1_NamespaceSpec_To_api_NamespaceSpec,
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
index c4c38652f45..8a1460f3493 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
@@ -825,6 +825,10 @@ type PodSpec struct {
 	// used must be specified.
 	// Optional: Default to false.
 	HostNetwork bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty" description:"host networking requested for this pod"`
+	// ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec.
+	// If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.  For example,
+	// in the case of docker, only DockerConfig type secrets are honored.
+	ImagePullSecrets []LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty" description:"list of references to secrets in the same namespace available for pulling the container images"  patchStrategy:"merge" patchMergeKey:"name"`
 }
 
 // PodStatus represents information about the status of a pod. Status may trail the actual
@@ -1555,6 +1559,12 @@ type ObjectReference struct {
 	FieldPath string `json:"fieldPath,omitempty" description:"if referring to a piece of an object instead of an entire object, this string should contain a valid JSON/Go field access statement, such as desiredState.manifest.containers[2]"`
 }
 
+// LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.
+type LocalObjectReference struct {
+	//TODO: Add other useful fields.  apiVersion, kind, uid?
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty" description:"name of the referent"`
+}
+
 type SerializedReference struct {
 	TypeMeta  `json:",inline"`
 	Reference ObjectReference `json:"reference,omitempty" description:"the reference to an object in the system"`
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
index dea7f90d79a..56cf5c2395e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
@@ -706,6 +706,9 @@ func addConversionFuncs() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.RestartPolicy, &out.RestartPolicy, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.ImagePullSecrets, &out.ImagePullSecrets, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			if in.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil {
 				out.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds = new(int64)
 				*out.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds = *in.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
@@ -729,6 +732,9 @@ func addConversionFuncs() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.RestartPolicy, &out.RestartPolicy, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.ImagePullSecrets, &out.ImagePullSecrets, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			if in.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil {
 				out.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds = new(int64)
 				*out.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds = *in.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
index b89fbb5f3ba..ebc059407cb 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ type ContainerManifest struct {
 	// used must be specified.
 	// Optional: Default to false.
 	HostNetwork bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty" description:"host networking requested for this pod"`
+	// ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec.
+	// If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.  For example,
+	// in the case of docker, only DockerConfig type secrets are honored.
+	ImagePullSecrets []LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty" description:"list of references to secrets in the same namespace available for pulling the container images"`
 }
 
 // ContainerManifestList is used to communicate container manifests to kubelet.
@@ -1409,6 +1413,12 @@ type ObjectReference struct {
 	FieldPath string `json:"fieldPath,omitempty" description:"if referring to a piece of an object instead of an entire object, this string should contain a valid JSON/Go field access statement, such as desiredState.manifest.containers[2]"`
 }
 
+// LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.
+type LocalObjectReference struct {
+	//TODO: Add other useful fields.  apiVersion, kind, uid?
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty" description:"name of the referent"`
+}
+
 type SerializedReference struct {
 	TypeMeta  `json:",inline"`
 	Reference ObjectReference `json:"reference,omitempty" description:"the reference to an object in the system"`
@@ -1505,6 +1515,10 @@ type PodSpec struct {
 	// used must be specified.
 	// Optional: Default to false.
 	HostNetwork bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty" description:"host networking requested for this pod"`
+	// ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec.
+	// If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.  For example,
+	// in the case of docker, only DockerConfig type secrets are honored.
+	ImagePullSecrets []LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty" description:"list of references to secrets in the same namespace available for pulling the container images"`
 }
 
 // List holds a list of objects, which may not be known by the server.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
index 27b29e90194..685c4866524 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
@@ -486,6 +486,9 @@ func addConversionFuncs() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.RestartPolicy, &out.RestartPolicy, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.ImagePullSecrets, &out.ImagePullSecrets, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			if in.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil {
 				out.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds = new(int64)
 				*out.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds = *in.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
@@ -509,6 +512,9 @@ func addConversionFuncs() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.RestartPolicy, &out.RestartPolicy, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.ImagePullSecrets, &out.ImagePullSecrets, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			if in.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil {
 				out.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds = new(int64)
 				*out.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds = *in.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
index c59245a45b6..fe84122d2c2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -1443,6 +1443,12 @@ type ObjectReference struct {
 	FieldPath string `json:"fieldPath,omitempty" description:"if referring to a piece of an object instead of an entire object, this string should contain a valid JSON/Go field access statement, such as desiredState.manifest.containers[2]"`
 }
 
+// LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.
+type LocalObjectReference struct {
+	//TODO: Add other useful fields.  apiVersion, kind, uid?
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty" description:"name of the referent"`
+}
+
 type SerializedReference struct {
 	TypeMeta  `json:",inline"`
 	Reference ObjectReference `json:"reference,omitempty" description:"the reference to an object in the system"`
@@ -1537,6 +1543,10 @@ type ContainerManifest struct {
 	// used must be specified.
 	// Optional: Default to false.
 	HostNetwork bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty" description:"host networking requested for this pod"`
+	// ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec.
+	// If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.  For example,
+	// in the case of docker, only DockerConfig type secrets are honored.
+	ImagePullSecrets []LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty" description:"list of references to secrets in the same namespace available for pulling the container images"`
 }
 
 // ContainerManifestList is used to communicate container manifests to kubelet.
@@ -1581,6 +1591,10 @@ type PodSpec struct {
 	// used must be specified.
 	// Optional: Default to false.
 	HostNetwork bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty" description:"host networking requested for this pod"`
+	// ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec.
+	// If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.  For example,
+	// in the case of docker, only DockerConfig type secrets are honored.
+	ImagePullSecrets []LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty" description:"list of references to secrets in the same namespace available for pulling the container images"`
 }
 
 // List holds a list of objects, which may not be known by the server.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta3/conversion_generated.go b/pkg/api/v1beta3/conversion_generated.go
index ae9406cd849..837c6f02560 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta3/conversion_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta3/conversion_generated.go
@@ -1413,6 +1413,22 @@ func convert_api_ListOptions_To_v1beta3_ListOptions(in *newer.ListOptions, out *
 	return nil
 }
 
+func convert_v1beta3_LocalObjectReference_To_api_LocalObjectReference(in *LocalObjectReference, out *newer.LocalObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
+	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
+		defaulting.(func(*LocalObjectReference))(in)
+	}
+	out.Name = in.Name
+	return nil
+}
+
+func convert_api_LocalObjectReference_To_v1beta3_LocalObjectReference(in *newer.LocalObjectReference, out *LocalObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
+	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
+		defaulting.(func(*newer.LocalObjectReference))(in)
+	}
+	out.Name = in.Name
+	return nil
+}
+
 func convert_v1beta3_NFSVolumeSource_To_api_NFSVolumeSource(in *NFSVolumeSource, out *newer.NFSVolumeSource, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	if defaulting, found := s.DefaultingInterface(reflect.TypeOf(*in)); found {
 		defaulting.(func(*NFSVolumeSource))(in)
@@ -2670,6 +2686,16 @@ func convert_v1beta3_PodSpec_To_api_PodSpec(in *PodSpec, out *newer.PodSpec, s c
 	out.ServiceAccount = in.ServiceAccount
 	out.Host = in.Host
 	out.HostNetwork = in.HostNetwork
+	if in.ImagePullSecrets != nil {
+		out.ImagePullSecrets = make([]newer.LocalObjectReference, len(in.ImagePullSecrets))
+		for i := range in.ImagePullSecrets {
+			if err := convert_v1beta3_LocalObjectReference_To_api_LocalObjectReference(&in.ImagePullSecrets[i], &out.ImagePullSecrets[i], s); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		out.ImagePullSecrets = nil
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -2722,6 +2748,16 @@ func convert_api_PodSpec_To_v1beta3_PodSpec(in *newer.PodSpec, out *PodSpec, s c
 	out.ServiceAccount = in.ServiceAccount
 	out.Host = in.Host
 	out.HostNetwork = in.HostNetwork
+	if in.ImagePullSecrets != nil {
+		out.ImagePullSecrets = make([]LocalObjectReference, len(in.ImagePullSecrets))
+		for i := range in.ImagePullSecrets {
+			if err := convert_api_LocalObjectReference_To_v1beta3_LocalObjectReference(&in.ImagePullSecrets[i], &out.ImagePullSecrets[i], s); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		out.ImagePullSecrets = nil
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -4331,6 +4367,7 @@ func init() {
 		convert_api_ListMeta_To_v1beta3_ListMeta,
 		convert_api_ListOptions_To_v1beta3_ListOptions,
 		convert_api_List_To_v1beta3_List,
+		convert_api_LocalObjectReference_To_v1beta3_LocalObjectReference,
 		convert_api_NFSVolumeSource_To_v1beta3_NFSVolumeSource,
 		convert_api_NamespaceList_To_v1beta3_NamespaceList,
 		convert_api_NamespaceSpec_To_v1beta3_NamespaceSpec,
@@ -4440,6 +4477,7 @@ func init() {
 		convert_v1beta3_ListMeta_To_api_ListMeta,
 		convert_v1beta3_ListOptions_To_api_ListOptions,
 		convert_v1beta3_List_To_api_List,
+		convert_v1beta3_LocalObjectReference_To_api_LocalObjectReference,
 		convert_v1beta3_NFSVolumeSource_To_api_NFSVolumeSource,
 		convert_v1beta3_NamespaceList_To_api_NamespaceList,
 		convert_v1beta3_NamespaceSpec_To_api_NamespaceSpec,
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
index efb6cefce08..50e0bc4cc69 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
@@ -829,6 +829,10 @@ type PodSpec struct {
 	// used must be specified.
 	// Optional: Default to false.
 	HostNetwork bool `json:"hostNetwork,omitempty" description:"host networking requested for this pod"`
+	// ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec.
+	// If specified, these secrets will be passed to individual puller implementations for them to use.  For example,
+	// in the case of docker, only DockerConfig type secrets are honored.
+	ImagePullSecrets []LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty" description:"list of references to secrets in the same namespace available for pulling the container images"  patchStrategy:"merge" patchMergeKey:"name"`
 }
 
 // PodStatus represents information about the status of a pod. Status may trail the actual
@@ -1559,6 +1563,12 @@ type ObjectReference struct {
 	FieldPath string `json:"fieldPath,omitempty" description:"if referring to a piece of an object instead of an entire object, this string should contain a valid JSON/Go field access statement, such as desiredState.manifest.containers[2]"`
 }
 
+// LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.
+type LocalObjectReference struct {
+	//TODO: Add other useful fields.  apiVersion, kind, uid?
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty" description:"name of the referent"`
+}
+
 type SerializedReference struct {
 	TypeMeta  `json:",inline"`
 	Reference ObjectReference `json:"reference,omitempty" description:"the reference to an object in the system"`
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
index bc47d2be2ee..f5dd81d7ed4 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"path"
+	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -890,6 +891,20 @@ func validateHostNetwork(hostNetwork bool, containers []api.Container) errs.Vali
 	return allErrors
 }
 
+// validateImagePullSecrets checks to make sure the pull secrets are well formed.  Right now, we only expect name to be set (it's the only field).  If this ever changes
+// and someone decides to set those fields, we'd like to know.
+func validateImagePullSecrets(imagePullSecrets []api.LocalObjectReference) errs.ValidationErrorList {
+	allErrors := errs.ValidationErrorList{}
+	for i, currPullSecret := range imagePullSecrets {
+		strippedRef := api.LocalObjectReference{Name: currPullSecret.Name}
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(strippedRef, currPullSecret) {
+			allErrors = append(allErrors, errs.NewFieldInvalid(fmt.Sprintf("[%d]", i), currPullSecret, "only name may be set"))
+		}
+	}
+	return allErrors
+}
+
 // ValidatePod tests if required fields in the pod are set.
 func ValidatePod(pod *api.Pod) errs.ValidationErrorList {
 	allErrs := errs.ValidationErrorList{}
@@ -913,6 +928,7 @@ func ValidatePodSpec(spec *api.PodSpec) errs.ValidationErrorList {
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDNSPolicy(&spec.DNSPolicy).Prefix("dnsPolicy")...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, ValidateLabels(spec.NodeSelector, "nodeSelector")...)
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateHostNetwork(spec.HostNetwork, spec.Containers).Prefix("hostNetwork")...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateImagePullSecrets(spec.ImagePullSecrets).Prefix("imagePullSecrets")...)
 
 	if spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds != nil {
 		if *spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds <= 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/credentialprovider/config.go b/pkg/credentialprovider/config.go
index d9ffe4803f3..bd04be4098f 100644
--- a/pkg/credentialprovider/config.go
+++ b/pkg/credentialprovider/config.go
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ func readDockerConfigFileFromBytes(contents []byte) (cfg DockerConfig, err error
 	return
 }
 
-// DockerConfigEntryWithAuth is used solely for deserializing the Auth field
+// dockerConfigEntryWithAuth is used solely for deserializing the Auth field
 // into a dockerConfigEntry during JSON deserialization.
-type DockerConfigEntryWithAuth struct {
+type dockerConfigEntryWithAuth struct {
 	Username string `json:"username,omitempty"`
 	Password string `json:"password,omitempty"`
 	Email    string `json:"email,omitempty"`
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ type DockerConfigEntryWithAuth struct {
 }
 
 func (ident *DockerConfigEntry) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
-	var tmp DockerConfigEntryWithAuth
+	var tmp dockerConfigEntryWithAuth
 	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &tmp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ func decodeDockerConfigFieldAuth(field string) (username, password string, err e
 	return
 }
 
-func (ident DockerConfigEntry) ConvertToDockerConfigCompatible() DockerConfigEntryWithAuth {
-	ret := DockerConfigEntryWithAuth{ident.Username, ident.Password, ident.Email, ""}
+func (ident DockerConfigEntry) ConvertToDockerConfigCompatible() dockerConfigEntryWithAuth {
+	ret := dockerConfigEntryWithAuth{ident.Username, ident.Password, ident.Email, ""}
 	ret.Auth = encodeDockerConfigFieldAuth(ident.Username, ident.Password)
 
 	return ret
diff --git a/pkg/credentialprovider/keyring.go b/pkg/credentialprovider/keyring.go
index 94855b8a710..334cfadb1a9 100644
--- a/pkg/credentialprovider/keyring.go
+++ b/pkg/credentialprovider/keyring.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package credentialprovider
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"net/url"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	docker "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 )
 
@@ -164,3 +166,50 @@ type FakeKeyring struct {
 func (f *FakeKeyring) Lookup(image string) ([]docker.AuthConfiguration, bool) {
 	return f.auth, f.ok
 }
+
+// unionDockerKeyring delegates to a set of keyrings.
+type unionDockerKeyring struct {
+	keyrings []DockerKeyring
+}
+
+func (k *unionDockerKeyring) Lookup(image string) ([]docker.AuthConfiguration, bool) {
+	authConfigs := []docker.AuthConfiguration{}
+
+	for _, subKeyring := range k.keyrings {
+		if subKeyring == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		currAuthResults, _ := subKeyring.Lookup(image)
+		authConfigs = append(authConfigs, currAuthResults...)
+	}
+
+	return authConfigs, (len(authConfigs) > 0)
+}
+
+// MakeDockerKeyring inspects the passedSecrets to see if they contain any DockerConfig secrets.  If they do,
+// then a DockerKeyring is built based on every hit and unioned with the defaultKeyring.
+// If they do not, then the default keyring is returned
+func MakeDockerKeyring(passedSecrets []api.Secret, defaultKeyring DockerKeyring) (DockerKeyring, error) {
+	passedCredentials := []DockerConfig{}
+	for _, passedSecret := range passedSecrets {
+		if dockercfgBytes, dockercfgExists := passedSecret.Data[api.DockerConfigKey]; (passedSecret.Type == api.SecretTypeDockercfg) && dockercfgExists && (len(dockercfgBytes) > 0) {
+			dockercfg := DockerConfig{}
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(dockercfgBytes, &dockercfg); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			passedCredentials = append(passedCredentials, dockercfg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(passedCredentials) > 0 {
+		basicKeyring := &BasicDockerKeyring{}
+		for _, currCredentials := range passedCredentials {
+			basicKeyring.Add(currCredentials)
+		}
+		return &unionDockerKeyring{[]DockerKeyring{basicKeyring, defaultKeyring}}, nil
+	}
+
+	return defaultKeyring, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
index b96424c9dd2..6fa2073da49 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ type Runtime interface {
 	// exited and dead containers (used for garbage collection).
 	GetPods(all bool) ([]*Pod, error)
 	// Syncs the running pod into the desired pod.
-	SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus) error
+	SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret) error
 	// KillPod kills all the containers of a pod.
 	KillPod(pod Pod) error
 	// GetPodStatus retrieves the status of the pod, including the information of
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type Runtime interface {
 	GetPodStatus(*api.Pod) (*api.PodStatus, error)
 	// PullImage pulls an image from the network to local storage using the supplied
 	// secrets if necessary.
-	PullImage(image ImageSpec, secrets []api.Secret) error
+	PullImage(image ImageSpec, pullSecrets []api.Secret) error
 	// IsImagePresent checks whether the container image is already in the local storage.
 	IsImagePresent(image ImageSpec) (bool, error)
 	// Gets all images currently on the machine.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
index 9952d4e4299..340838e89e3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ type KubeletContainerName struct {
 
 // DockerPuller is an abstract interface for testability.  It abstracts image pull operations.
 type DockerPuller interface {
-	Pull(image string) error
+	Pull(image string, secrets []api.Secret) error
 	IsImagePresent(image string) (bool, error)
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func parseImageName(image string) (string, string) {
 	return parsers.ParseRepositoryTag(image)
 }
 
-func (p dockerPuller) Pull(image string) error {
+func (p dockerPuller) Pull(image string, secrets []api.Secret) error {
 	repoToPull, tag := parseImageName(image)
 
 	// If no tag was specified, use the default "latest".
@@ -126,7 +126,12 @@ func (p dockerPuller) Pull(image string) error {
 		Tag:        tag,
 	}
 
-	creds, haveCredentials := p.keyring.Lookup(repoToPull)
+	keyring, err := credentialprovider.MakeDockerKeyring(secrets, p.keyring)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	creds, haveCredentials := keyring.Lookup(repoToPull)
 	if !haveCredentials {
 		glog.V(1).Infof("Pulling image %s without credentials", image)
 
@@ -161,9 +166,9 @@ func (p dockerPuller) Pull(image string) error {
 	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(pullErrs)
 }
 
-func (p throttledDockerPuller) Pull(image string) error {
+func (p throttledDockerPuller) Pull(image string, secrets []api.Secret) error {
 	if p.limiter.CanAccept() {
-		return p.puller.Pull(image)
+		return p.puller.Pull(image, secrets)
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("pull QPS exceeded.")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
index 8c4e1c04901..5b7b2e863dc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package dockertools
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"hash/adler32"
 	"reflect"
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ func TestPullWithNoSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 			keyring: fakeKeyring,
 		}
 
-		err := dp.Pull(test.imageName)
+		err := dp.Pull(test.imageName, []api.Secret{})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected non-nil err: %s", err)
 			continue
@@ -237,6 +238,73 @@ func TestPullWithNoSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPullWithSecrets(t *testing.T) {
+	// auth value is equivalent to: "username":"passed-user","password":"passed-password"
+	dockerCfg := map[string]map[string]string{"index.docker.io/v1/": {"email": "passed-email", "auth": "cGFzc2VkLXVzZXI6cGFzc2VkLXBhc3N3b3Jk"}}
+	dockercfgContent, err := json.Marshal(dockerCfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		imageName           string
+		passedSecrets       []api.Secret
+		builtInDockerConfig credentialprovider.DockerConfig
+		expectedPulls       []string
+	}{
+		"no matching secrets": {
+			"ubuntu",
+			[]api.Secret{},
+			credentialprovider.DockerConfig(map[string]credentialprovider.DockerConfigEntry{}),
+			[]string{"ubuntu:latest using {}"},
+		},
+		"default keyring secrets": {
+			"ubuntu",
+			[]api.Secret{},
+			credentialprovider.DockerConfig(map[string]credentialprovider.DockerConfigEntry{"index.docker.io/v1/": {"built-in", "password", "email"}}),
+			[]string{`ubuntu:latest using {"username":"built-in","password":"password","email":"email"}`},
+		},
+		"default keyring secrets unused": {
+			"ubuntu",
+			[]api.Secret{},
+			credentialprovider.DockerConfig(map[string]credentialprovider.DockerConfigEntry{"extraneous": {"built-in", "password", "email"}}),
+			[]string{`ubuntu:latest using {}`},
+		},
+		"builtin keyring secrets, but use passed": {
+			"ubuntu",
+			[]api.Secret{{Type: api.SecretTypeDockercfg, Data: map[string][]byte{api.DockerConfigKey: dockercfgContent}}},
+			credentialprovider.DockerConfig(map[string]credentialprovider.DockerConfigEntry{"index.docker.io/v1/": {"built-in", "password", "email"}}),
+			[]string{`ubuntu:latest using {"username":"passed-user","password":"passed-password","email":"passed-email"}`},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		builtInKeyRing := &credentialprovider.BasicDockerKeyring{}
+		builtInKeyRing.Add(test.builtInDockerConfig)
+
+		fakeClient := &FakeDockerClient{}
+
+		dp := dockerPuller{
+			client:  fakeClient,
+			keyring: builtInKeyRing,
+		}
+
+		err := dp.Pull(test.imageName, test.passedSecrets)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected non-nil err: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if e, a := 1, len(fakeClient.pulled); e != a {
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected 1 pulled image, got %d: %v", test.imageName, a, fakeClient.pulled)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if e, a := test.expectedPulls, fakeClient.pulled; !reflect.DeepEqual(e, a) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected pull of %v, but got %v", test.imageName, e, a)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDockerKeyringLookupFails(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeKeyring := &credentialprovider.FakeKeyring{}
 	fakeClient := &FakeDockerClient{
@@ -248,7 +316,7 @@ func TestDockerKeyringLookupFails(t *testing.T) {
 		keyring: fakeKeyring,
 	}
 
-	err := dp.Pull("host/repository/image:version")
+	err := dp.Pull("host/repository/image:version", []api.Secret{})
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected non-error")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
index 1a29fdef1fb..1ae9e0954ae 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/fake_docker_client.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 )
 
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ type FakeDockerPuller struct {
 }
 
 // Pull records the image pull attempt, and optionally injects an error.
-func (f *FakeDockerPuller) Pull(image string) (err error) {
+func (f *FakeDockerPuller) Pull(image string, secrets []api.Secret) (err error) {
 	f.Lock()
 	defer f.Unlock()
 	f.ImagesPulled = append(f.ImagesPulled, image)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
index 924945c887d..2454f395000 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) ListImages() ([]kubecontainer.Image, error) {
 // TODO(vmarmol): Consider unexporting.
 // PullImage pulls an image from network to local storage.
 func (dm *DockerManager) PullImage(image kubecontainer.ImageSpec, secrets []api.Secret) error {
-	return dm.Puller.Pull(image.Image)
+	return dm.Puller.Pull(image.Image, secrets)
 }
 
 // IsImagePresent checks whether the container image is already in the local storage.
@@ -1264,8 +1264,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) createPodInfraContainer(pod *api.Pod) (kubeletTypes.Doc
 		return "", err
 	}
 	if !ok {
-		// TODO get the pull secrets from the container's ImageSpec and the pod's service account
-		if err := dm.PullImage(spec, nil); err != nil {
+		if err := dm.PullImage(spec, nil /* no pod secrets for the infra container */); err != nil {
 			if ref != nil {
 				dm.recorder.Eventf(ref, "failed", "Failed to pull image %q: %v", container.Image, err)
 			}
@@ -1438,7 +1437,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) clearReasonCache(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container
 }
 
 // Pull the image for the specified pod and container.
-func (dm *DockerManager) pullImage(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container) error {
+func (dm *DockerManager) pullImage(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container, pullSecrets []api.Secret) error {
 	spec := kubecontainer.ImageSpec{container.Image}
 	present, err := dm.IsImagePresent(spec)
 
@@ -1456,14 +1455,13 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) pullImage(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container) error
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// TODO get the pull secrets from the container's ImageSpec and the pod's service account
-	err = dm.PullImage(spec, nil)
+	err = dm.PullImage(spec, pullSecrets)
 	dm.runtimeHooks.ReportImagePull(pod, container, err)
 	return err
 }
 
 // Sync the running pod to match the specified desired pod.
-func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus) error {
+func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret) error {
 	podFullName := kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod)
 	containerChanges, err := dm.computePodContainerChanges(pod, runningPod, podStatus)
 	glog.V(3).Infof("Got container changes for pod %q: %+v", podFullName, containerChanges)
@@ -1517,7 +1515,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, pod
 	for idx := range containerChanges.ContainersToStart {
 		container := &pod.Spec.Containers[idx]
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Creating container %+v", container)
-		err := dm.pullImage(pod, container)
+		err := dm.pullImage(pod, container, pullSecrets)
 		dm.updateReasonCache(pod, container, err)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Warningf("Failed to pull image %q from pod %q and container %q: %v", container.Image, kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod), container.Name, err)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 1320c531d18..8c54bd0ac4f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1060,7 +1060,13 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecont
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = kl.containerRuntime.SyncPod(pod, runningPod, podStatus)
+	pullSecrets, err := kl.getPullSecretsForPod(pod)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Unable to get pull secrets for pod %q (uid %q): %v", podFullName, uid, err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = kl.containerRuntime.SyncPod(pod, runningPod, podStatus, pullSecrets)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1088,6 +1094,24 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(pod *api.Pod, mirrorPod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecont
 	return nil
 }
 
+// getPullSecretsForPod inspects the Pod and retrieves the referenced pull secrets
+// TODO transitively search through the referenced service account to find the required secrets
+// TODO duplicate secrets are being retrieved multiple times and there is no cache.  Creating and using a secret manager interface will make this easier to address.
+func (kl *Kubelet) getPullSecretsForPod(pod *api.Pod) ([]api.Secret, error) {
+	pullSecrets := []api.Secret{}
+
+	for _, secretRef := range pod.Spec.ImagePullSecrets {
+		secret, err := kl.kubeClient.Secrets(pod.Namespace).Get(secretRef.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		pullSecrets = append(pullSecrets, *secret)
+	}
+
+	return pullSecrets, nil
+}
+
 // Stores all volumes defined by the set of pods into a map.
 // Keys for each entry are in the format (POD_ID)/(VOLUME_NAME)
 func getDesiredVolumes(pods []*api.Pod) map[string]api.Volume {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index 52584314a2c..690e1adfc1b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -789,7 +789,12 @@ func (r *runtime) PullImage(image kubecontainer.ImageSpec, pullSecrets []api.Sec
 		tag = "latest"
 	}
 
-	creds, ok := r.dockerKeyring.Lookup(repoToPull)
+	keyring, err := credentialprovider.MakeDockerKeyring(pullSecrets, r.dockerKeyring)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	creds, ok := keyring.Lookup(repoToPull)
 	if !ok {
 		glog.V(1).Infof("Pulling image %s without credentials", img)
 	}
@@ -827,7 +832,7 @@ func (r *runtime) RemoveImage(image kubecontainer.ImageSpec) error {
 }
 
 // SyncPod syncs the running pod to match the specified desired pod.
-func (r *runtime) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus) error {
+func (r *runtime) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, runningPod kubecontainer.Pod, podStatus api.PodStatus, pullSecrets []api.Secret) error {
 	podFullName := kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod)
 	if len(runningPod.Containers) == 0 {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Pod %q is not running, will start it", podFullName)