diff --git a/src/Testcontainers/Builders/DockerRegistryAuthenticationProvider.cs b/src/Testcontainers/Builders/DockerRegistryAuthenticationProvider.cs
index a510858c9..5db612a21 100644
--- a/src/Testcontainers/Builders/DockerRegistryAuthenticationProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Testcontainers/Builders/DockerRegistryAuthenticationProvider.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ private IDockerRegistryAuthenticationConfiguration GetUncachedAuthConfig(string
           {
             authConfig = new IDockerRegistryAuthenticationProvider[]
               {
-                new CredsHelperProvider(dockerConfigDocument, this.logger), new CredsStoreProvider(dockerConfigDocument, this.logger), new Base64Provider(dockerConfigDocument, this.logger),
+                // environment variable provider goes first as it should overwrite the Docker configuration file when set
+                new EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider(this.logger),
+                new CredsHelperProvider(dockerConfigDocument, this.logger),
+                new CredsStoreProvider(dockerConfigDocument, this.logger),
+                new Base64Provider(dockerConfigDocument, this.logger),
               }
               .AsParallel()
               .Select(authenticationProvider => authenticationProvider.GetAuthConfig(hostname))
diff --git a/src/Testcontainers/Builders/EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider.cs b/src/Testcontainers/Builders/EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ffbc8cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Testcontainers/Builders/EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+namespace DotNet.Testcontainers.Builders
+{
+  using System;
+  using System.Linq;
+  using System.Text;
+  using System.Text.Json;
+  using DotNet.Testcontainers.Configurations;
+  using JetBrains.Annotations;
+  using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+  internal sealed class EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider : IDockerRegistryAuthenticationProvider
+  {
+    private readonly JsonElement rootElement;
+    private readonly ILogger logger;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
+    [PublicAPI]
+    public EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider(ILogger logger)
+    {
+      var environmentVariableValue = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG");
+      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(environmentVariableValue))
+      {
+        try
+        {
+          this.rootElement = JsonDocument.Parse(environmentVariableValue).RootElement.TryGetProperty("auths", out var auths) ? auths : default;
+        }
+        catch (JsonException)
+        {
+          // silent
+        }
+      }
+
+      this.logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    public bool IsApplicable(string hostname)
+    {
+#if NETSTANDARD2_1_OR_GREATER
+      return !default(JsonElement).Equals(this.rootElement) && !JsonValueKind.Null.Equals(this.rootElement.ValueKind) && this.rootElement.EnumerateObject().Any(property => property.Name.Contains(hostname, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+#else
+      return !default(JsonElement).Equals(this.rootElement) && !JsonValueKind.Null.Equals(this.rootElement.ValueKind) && this.rootElement.EnumerateObject().Any(property => property.Name.IndexOf(hostname, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    public IDockerRegistryAuthenticationConfiguration GetAuthConfig(string hostname)
+    {
+      this.logger.SearchingDockerRegistryCredential("EnvironmentVariableAuths");
+
+      if (!this.IsApplicable(hostname))
+      {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+#if NETSTANDARD2_1_OR_GREATER
+      var authProperty = this.rootElement.EnumerateObject().LastOrDefault(property => property.Name.Contains(hostname, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+#else
+      var authProperty = this.rootElement.EnumerateObject().LastOrDefault(property => property.Name.IndexOf(hostname, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0);
+#endif
+
+      if (JsonValueKind.Undefined.Equals(authProperty.Value.ValueKind))
+      {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      if (!authProperty.Value.TryGetProperty("auth", out var auth))
+      {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(auth.GetString()))
+      {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      var credentialInBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(auth.GetString());
+      var credential = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(credentialInBytes).Split(new[] { ':' }, 2);
+
+      if (credential.Length != 2)
+      {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      this.logger.DockerRegistryCredentialFound(hostname);
+      return new DockerRegistryAuthenticationConfiguration(authProperty.Name, credential[0], credential[1]);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Testcontainers.Tests/Unit/Configurations/DockerRegistryAuthenticationProviderTest.cs b/tests/Testcontainers.Tests/Unit/Configurations/DockerRegistryAuthenticationProviderTest.cs
index ca7fd799b..84b91f6a8 100644
--- a/tests/Testcontainers.Tests/Unit/Configurations/DockerRegistryAuthenticationProviderTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Testcontainers.Tests/Unit/Configurations/DockerRegistryAuthenticationProviderTest.cs
@@ -104,6 +104,56 @@ public void ShouldGetAuthConfig()
       }
     }
 
+    public sealed class EnvironmentVariableBase64ProviderTest
+    {
+      private static void SetEnvironmentVariable(string authConfigValue)
+      {
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG", authConfigValue);
+      }
+
+      [Theory]
+      [InlineData("{}", false)]
+      [InlineData("{\"auths\":null}", false)]
+      [InlineData("{\"auths\":{}}", false)]
+      [InlineData("{\"auths\":{\"ghcr.io\":{}}}", false)]
+      [InlineData("{\"auths\":{\"" + DockerRegistry + "\":{}}}", true)]
+      [InlineData("{\"auths\":{\"" + DockerRegistry + "\":{\"auth\":null}}}", true)]
+      [InlineData("{\"auths\":{\"" + DockerRegistry + "\":{\"auth\":\"\"}}}", true)]
+      [InlineData("{\"auths\":{\"" + DockerRegistry + "\":{\"auth\":\"dXNlcm5hbWU=\"}}}", true)]
+      public void ShouldGetNull(string jsonAuthConfig, bool isApplicable)
+      {
+        // Given
+        SetEnvironmentVariable(jsonAuthConfig);
+
+        // When
+        var authenticationProvider = new EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider(TestcontainersSettings.Logger);
+        var authConfig = authenticationProvider.GetAuthConfig(DockerRegistry);
+
+        // Then
+        Assert.Equal(isApplicable, authenticationProvider.IsApplicable(DockerRegistry));
+        Assert.Null(authConfig);
+      }
+
+      [Fact]
+      public void ShouldGetAuthConfig()
+      {
+        // Given
+        const string jsonAuthConfig = "{\"auths\":{\"" + DockerRegistry + "\":{\"auth\":\"dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=\"}}}";
+        SetEnvironmentVariable(jsonAuthConfig);
+
+        // When
+        var authenticationProvider = new EnvironmentVariableBase64Provider(TestcontainersSettings.Logger);
+        var authConfig = authenticationProvider.GetAuthConfig(DockerRegistry);
+
+        // Then
+        Assert.True(authenticationProvider.IsApplicable(DockerRegistry));
+        Assert.NotNull(authConfig);
+        Assert.Equal(DockerRegistry, authConfig.RegistryEndpoint);
+        Assert.Equal("username", authConfig.Username);
+        Assert.Equal("password", authConfig.Password);
+      }
+    }
+
     public sealed class CredsStoreProviderTest : SetEnvVarPath
     {
       [Theory]