diff --git a/sources/host-ctr/cmd/host-ctr/main.go b/sources/host-ctr/cmd/host-ctr/main.go
index 7985a9806f2..6ec3cc4b7cc 100644
--- a/sources/host-ctr/cmd/host-ctr/main.go
+++ b/sources/host-ctr/cmd/host-ctr/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ecrpublic"
 	"github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-containerd-resolver/ecr"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/cio"
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/oci"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes/docker"
 	runtimespec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -664,19 +669,68 @@ func tagImage(ctx context.Context, imageName string, newImageName string, client
 
 // withDynamicResolver provides an initialized resolver for use with ref.
 func withDynamicResolver(ctx context.Context, ref string) containerd.RemoteOpt {
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(ref, "ecr.aws/") {
-		// not handled here
-		return func(_ *containerd.Client, _ *containerd.RemoteContext) error { return nil }
-	}
-
-	return func(_ *containerd.Client, c *containerd.RemoteContext) error {
-		// Create the ECR resolver
-		resolver, err := ecr.NewResolver()
+	noOp := func(_ *containerd.Client, _ *containerd.RemoteContext) error { return nil }
+
+	switch {
+	// For ECR registries, we need to use the Amazon ECR resolver
+	case strings.HasPrefix(ref, "ecr.aws/"):
+		return func(_ *containerd.Client, c *containerd.RemoteContext) error {
+			// Create the Amazon ECR resolver
+			resolver, err := ecr.NewResolver()
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to create ECR resolver")
+			}
+			log.G(ctx).WithField("ref", ref).Info("pulling with Amazon ECR Resolver")
+			c.Resolver = resolver
+			return nil
+		}
+	// For Amazon ECR Public registries, we should try and fetch credentials before resolving the image reference
+	case strings.HasPrefix(ref, "public.ecr.aws/"):
+		// Try to get credentials for authenticated pulls from ECR Public
+		session := session.Must(session.NewSession())
+		// The ECR Public API is only available in us-east-1 today
+		publicConfig := aws.NewConfig().WithRegion("us-east-1")
+		client := ecrpublic.New(session, publicConfig)
+		output, err := client.GetAuthorizationToken(&ecrpublic.GetAuthorizationTokenInput{})
 		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to create ECR resolver")
+			log.G(ctx).Warn("ecr-public: failed to get authorization token, falling back to default resolver (unauthenticated pull)")
+			return noOp
 		}
-		log.G(ctx).WithField("ref", ref).Info("pulling with Amazon ECR Resolver")
-		c.Resolver = resolver
-		return nil
+		if output == nil || output.AuthorizationData == nil {
+			log.G(ctx).Warn("ecr-public: missing AuthorizationData in ECR Public GetAuthorizationToken response, falling back to default resolver (unauthenticated pull)")
+			return noOp
+		}
+		authToken, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(aws.StringValue(output.AuthorizationData.AuthorizationToken))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.G(ctx).Warn("ecr-public: unable to decode authorization token, falling back to default resolver (unauthenticated pull)")
+			return noOp
+		}
+		tokens := strings.SplitN(string(authToken), ":", 2)
+		if len(tokens) != 2 {
+			log.G(ctx).Warn("ecr-public: invalid credentials decoded from authorization token, falling back to default resolver (unauthenticated pull)")
+			return noOp
+		}
+		// Use the fetched authorization credentials to resolve the image
+		authOpt := docker.WithAuthCreds(func(host string) (string, string, error) {
+			// Double-check to make sure the we're doing this for an ECR Public registry
+			if host != "public.ecr.aws" {
+				return "", "", errors.New("ecr-public: expected image to start with public.ecr.aws")
+			}
+			return tokens[0], tokens[1], nil
+		})
+		authorizer := docker.NewDockerAuthorizer(authOpt)
+		resolverOpt := docker.ResolverOptions{
+			Hosts: docker.ConfigureDefaultRegistries(docker.WithAuthorizer(authorizer)),
+		}
+
+		return func(_ *containerd.Client, c *containerd.RemoteContext) error {
+			resolver := docker.NewResolver(resolverOpt)
+			log.G(ctx).WithField("ref", ref).Info("pulling from ECR Public")
+			c.Resolver = resolver
+			return nil
+		}
+	default:
+		// For all other registries
+		return noOp
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sources/host-ctr/go.mod b/sources/host-ctr/go.mod
index 69aadf1835f..127c8cebc1f 100644
--- a/sources/host-ctr/go.mod
+++ b/sources/host-ctr/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.12
 require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.4.15 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.10 // indirect
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.25 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.0
 	github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-containerd-resolver v0.0.0-20200922205237-bbd7175f7bd0
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v0.0.0-20201109155418-13abef5d31ec // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.3.7
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/willf/bitset v1.1.11 // indirect
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.22.5 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201109165425-215b40eba54c // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.4 // indirect
diff --git a/sources/host-ctr/go.sum b/sources/host-ctr/go.sum
index ff4341534a6..d71556c6da5 100644
--- a/sources/host-ctr/go.sum
+++ b/sources/host-ctr/go.sum
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.9/go.mod h1:5692vkUqntj1idxauYlpoINNKeqCiG6Sg3
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.10 h1:k5wTrpnVU2/xv8ZuzGkbXVd3js5zJ8RnumPo5RxiIxU=
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.10/go.mod h1:g5uw8EV2mAlzqe94tfNBNdr89fnbD/n3HV0OhsddkmM=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.32.13/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.25 h1:0+UC6ZquMOLvYABoz0olShCAe+M9oKllgPfr2hnv9zE=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.25/go.mod h1:tlPOdRjfxPBpNIwqDj61rmsnA85v9jc0Ps9+muhnW+k=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.0 h1:GzFnhOIsrGyQ69s7VgqtrG2BG8v7X7vwB3Xpbd/DBBk=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.0/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-containerd-resolver v0.0.0-20200922205237-bbd7175f7bd0 h1:mxzIxXHpy2nmQH1FG/5y0Mr1LRk7RqzwBB+cKe0YwmQ=
 github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-containerd-resolver v0.0.0-20200922205237-bbd7175f7bd0/go.mod h1:KuTNnZvgS7awNYUpeTkWpvz3GZoj6GNkwr/Mn2TCF8Y=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=