diff --git a/fixtures/input/nonempty/secret_dockerconfigjson.yaml b/fixtures/input/nonempty/secret_dockerconfigjson.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c5a0e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/input/nonempty/secret_dockerconfigjson.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+type: kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    avp.kubernetes.io/path: secret/testing
+    avp.kubernetes.io/kv-version: "1"
+  name: <name>-dockerconfigjson
+  namespace: <namespace>
+data:
+  .dockerconfigjson: eyJhdXRocyI6eyJodHRwczovL215LXNlcnZlci5sb2NhbCI6eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InVzZXIiLCJwYXNzd29yZCI6Ilx1MDAzY3BhdGg6c2VjcmV0L3Rlc3Rpbmcjc2VjcmV0LXZhci12YWx1ZVx1MDAzZSIsImF1dGgiOiJkWE5sY2pvOGNHRjBhRHB6WldOeVpYUXZkR1Z6ZEdsdVp5TnpaV055WlhRdGRtRnlMWFpoYkhWbFBnPT0ifX19
diff --git a/fixtures/output/all.yaml b/fixtures/output/all.yaml
index eea02833..1976bf73 100644
--- a/fixtures/output/all.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/output/all.yaml
@@ -189,6 +189,18 @@ metadata:
 type: Opaque
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  .dockerconfigjson: eyJhdXRocyI6eyJodHRwczovL215LXNlcnZlci5sb2NhbCI6eyJhdXRoIjoiZFhObGNqcGtSMVo2WkVNeGQxbFlUbnBrTWpsNVdrRTlQUT09IiwicGFzc3dvcmQiOiJkR1Z6ZEMxd1lYTnpkMjl5WkE9PSIsInVzZXJuYW1lIjoidXNlciJ9fX0=
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    avp.kubernetes.io/kv-version: "1"
+    avp.kubernetes.io/path: secret/testing
+  name: test-name-dockerconfigjson
+  namespace: test-namespace
+type: kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson
+---
+apiVersion: v1
 data:
   secret.yaml: c29tZQ==dGVzdC1wYXNzd29yZA==dmFsdWU=
 kind: Secret
diff --git a/pkg/kube/template.go b/pkg/kube/template.go
index 4e4adb8a..99ef97a1 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/template.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/template.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 // A Resource is the basis for all Templates
 type Resource struct {
 	Kind              string
+	Type              string
 	TemplateData      map[string]interface{} // The template as read from YAML
 	Backend           types.Backend
 	replacementErrors []error                // Any errors encountered in performing replacements
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func NewTemplate(template unstructured.Unstructured, backend types.Backend, path
 	return &Template{
 		Resource{
 			Kind:           template.GetKind(),
+			Type:           getType(template),
 			TemplateData:   template.Object,
 			Backend:        backend,
 			Data:           data,
@@ -71,7 +73,11 @@ func (t *Template) Replace() error {
 	case "ConfigMap":
 		replacerFunc = configReplacement
 	case "Secret":
-		replacerFunc = secretReplacement
+		if t.Type == "kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson" {
+			replacerFunc = dockerSecretReplacement
+		} else {
+			replacerFunc = secretReplacement
+		}
 	default:
 		replacerFunc = genericReplacement
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kube/util.go b/pkg/kube/util.go
index aeaccc20..84a362a5 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/util.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/util.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-vault-plugin/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-vault-plugin/pkg/utils"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	k8yaml "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
 )
 
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ type missingKeyError struct {
 	s string
 }
 
+type dockerConfig struct {
+	Auths map[string](map[string]string) `json:"auths"`
+}
+
 func (e *missingKeyError) Error() string {
 	return e.s
 }
@@ -226,6 +231,54 @@ func secretReplacement(key, value string, resource Resource) (interface{}, []err
 	return genericReplacement(key, value, resource)
 }
 
+func dockerSecretReplacement(key, value string, resource Resource) (interface{}, []error) {
+	reencode := true
+	bytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		reencode = false
+		bytes = []byte(value)
+	}
+
+	dc := dockerConfig{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &dc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return secretReplacement(key, value, resource)
+	}
+
+	errs := []error{}
+
+	// iterate through the auths map and run a secretReplacement
+	// on each value so we can replace secrets that have
+	// been base64 encoded twice or are HTML escaped
+	for repo, auth := range dc.Auths {
+		for k, v := range auth {
+			res, err := secretReplacement(key, v, resource)
+			if err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, err...)
+			} else {
+				auth[k], _ = res.(string)
+			}
+		}
+		dc.Auths[repo] = auth
+	}
+
+	bytes, err = json.Marshal(dc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, append(errs, err)
+	}
+
+	value = string(bytes)
+	if reencode {
+		// only base64 encode if the original value was encoded
+		value = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(bytes)
+	}
+
+	// run a fallback genericReplacement to catch any placeholders
+	// that are not in .dockerconfigjson
+	res, fallbackErr := genericReplacement(key, value, resource)
+	return res, append(errs, fallbackErr...)
+}
+
 func stringify(input interface{}) string {
 	switch input.(type) {
 	case int:
@@ -270,3 +323,12 @@ func secretNamespaceName(input string) (string, string) {
 
 	return secretNamespace, secretName
 }
+
+func getType(template unstructured.Unstructured) string {
+	val := template.UnstructuredContent()["type"]
+	s, ok := val.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return s
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kube/util_test.go b/pkg/kube/util_test.go
index b09fef90..dafe4b94 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/util_test.go
@@ -679,6 +679,74 @@ func TestSecretReplacement_Base64Substrings(t *testing.T) {
 	assertSuccessfulReplacement(&dummyResource, &expected, t)
 }
 
+func TestDockerReplacement_Base64(t *testing.T) {
+	dummyResource := Resource{
+		TemplateData: map[string]interface{}{
+			"data": map[string]interface{}{
+				".dockerconfigjson": `eyJhdXRocyI6eyJodHRwczovL215LXNlcnZlci5sb2NhbCI6eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6Ilx1MDAzY3VzZXJcdTAwM2UiLCJwYXNzd29yZCI6Ilx1MDAzY3Bhc3NcdTAwM2UiLCJhdXRoIjoiUEhWelpYSStPanh3WVhOelBnPT0ifX19`,
+			},
+		},
+		Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"user": "testuser",
+			"pass": "testpass",
+		},
+		Annotations: map[string]string{
+			(types.AVPPathAnnotation): "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	replaceInner(&dummyResource, &dummyResource.TemplateData, dockerSecretReplacement)
+
+	expected := Resource{
+		TemplateData: map[string]interface{}{
+			"data": map[string]interface{}{
+				".dockerconfigjson": `eyJhdXRocyI6eyJodHRwczovL215LXNlcnZlci5sb2NhbCI6eyJhdXRoIjoiZEdWemRIVnpaWEk2ZEdWemRIQmhjM009IiwicGFzc3dvcmQiOiJ0ZXN0cGFzcyIsInVzZXJuYW1lIjoidGVzdHVzZXIifX19`,
+			},
+		},
+		Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"user": "testuser",
+			"pass": "testpass",
+		},
+		replacementErrors: []error{},
+	}
+
+	assertSuccessfulReplacement(&dummyResource, &expected, t)
+}
+
+func TestDockerReplacement_Plain(t *testing.T) {
+	dummyResource := Resource{
+		TemplateData: map[string]interface{}{
+			"stringData": map[string]interface{}{
+				".dockerconfigjson": `{"auths":{"https://my-server.local":{"username":"\u003cuser\u003e","password":"\u003cpass\u003e","auth":"PHVzZXI+OjxwYXNzPg=="}}}`,
+			},
+		},
+		Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"user": "testuser",
+			"pass": "testpass",
+		},
+		Annotations: map[string]string{
+			(types.AVPPathAnnotation): "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	replaceInner(&dummyResource, &dummyResource.TemplateData, dockerSecretReplacement)
+
+	expected := Resource{
+		TemplateData: map[string]interface{}{
+			"stringData": map[string]interface{}{
+				".dockerconfigjson": `{"auths":{"https://my-server.local":{"auth":"dGVzdHVzZXI6dGVzdHBhc3M=","password":"testpass","username":"testuser"}}}`,
+			},
+		},
+		Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"user": "testuser",
+			"pass": "testpass",
+		},
+		replacementErrors: []error{},
+	}
+
+	assertSuccessfulReplacement(&dummyResource, &expected, t)
+}
+
 func TestStringify(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		input    interface{}