diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 08dacdb..55a9ebf 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ export interface Env {
   PASSWORD?: string;
   READONLY_USERNAME?: string;
   READONLY_PASSWORD?: string;
+  // Set to "true" to serve pull requests (GET/HEAD) without authentication.
+  // Mutating methods (push, delete) still require credentials. Note this also
+  // exposes read-only discovery endpoints like /v2/_catalog anonymously.
+  ANONYMOUS_PULL?: string;
   PUSH_COMPATIBILITY_MODE?: PushCompatibilityMode;
   REGISTRIES_JSON?: string; // should be in the format of RegistryConfiguration[];
   REGISTRY_CLIENT: Registry;
@@ -41,15 +45,18 @@ export default {
       return new AuthErrorResponse(request);
     }
 
-    const authMethod = await authenticationMethodFromEnv(env);
-    if (!authMethod) {
-      return new AuthErrorResponse(request);
-    }
+    const anonymousPull = env.ANONYMOUS_PULL === "true" && (request.method === "GET" || request.method === "HEAD");
+    if (!anonymousPull) {
+      const authMethod = await authenticationMethodFromEnv(env);
+      if (!authMethod) {
+        return new AuthErrorResponse(request);
+      }
 
-    const credentials = await authMethod.checkCredentials(request);
-    if (!credentials.verified) {
-      console.warn(`Not Authorized. authmode=${authMethod.authmode}. verified=false`);
-      return new AuthErrorResponse(request);
+      const credentials = await authMethod.checkCredentials(request);
+      if (!credentials.verified) {
+        console.warn(`Not Authorized. authmode=${authMethod.authmode}. verified=false`);
+        return new AuthErrorResponse(request);
+      }
     }
 
     env.REGISTRY_CLIENT = new R2Registry(env);
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index 65ebe53..1d26df7 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -2380,3 +2380,63 @@ test("docker.io", () => {
     }
   }
 });
+
+describe("anonymous pull", () => {
+  async function fetchAnonymousPull(r: Request): Promise<Response> {
+    const ctx = createExecutionContext();
+    const res = await worker.fetch(r, { ...env, ANONYMOUS_PULL: "true" } as Env, ctx);
+    await waitOnExecutionContext(ctx);
+    return res as Response;
+  }
+
+  test("GET /v2/ needs no credentials when ANONYMOUS_PULL is enabled", async () => {
+    const res = await fetchAnonymousPull(createRequest("GET", "/v2/", null));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+
+  test("GET /v2/ still requires credentials when ANONYMOUS_PULL is disabled", async () => {
+    const res = await fetchUnauth(createRequest("GET", "/v2/", null));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  test("manifests and blobs pull anonymously, with bad credentials ignored", async () => {
+    const name = "anonymous-pull-test";
+    const manifest = await generateManifest(name);
+    const { sha256 } = await uploadManifest(name, manifest, "latest");
+
+    const getRes = await fetchAnonymousPull(createRequest("GET", `/v2/${name}/manifests/latest`, null));
+    expect(getRes.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(getRes.headers.get("docker-content-digest")).toEqual(sha256);
+
+    const headRes = await fetchAnonymousPull(createRequest("HEAD", `/v2/${name}/manifests/latest`, null));
+    expect(headRes.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const imageManifest = getImageManifestV2(manifest);
+    const blobRes = await fetchAnonymousPull(
+      createRequest("GET", `/v2/${name}/blobs/${imageManifest.layers[0].digest}`, null),
+    );
+    expect(blobRes.status).toBe(200);
+
+    // Garbage credentials on a pull must not break anonymous access.
+    const badCredRes = await fetchAnonymousPull(
+      createRequest("GET", `/v2/${name}/manifests/latest`, null, {
+        Authorization: usernamePasswordToAuth("nobody", "wrong"),
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(badCredRes.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+
+  test("mutating methods still require credentials when ANONYMOUS_PULL is enabled", async () => {
+    const name = "anonymous-pull-test-mutations";
+    const uploadRes = await fetchAnonymousPull(createRequest("POST", `/v2/${name}/blobs/uploads/`, null));
+    expect(uploadRes.status).toBe(401);
+
+    const putRes = await fetchAnonymousPull(
+      createRequest("PUT", `/v2/${name}/manifests/latest`, new Blob(["{}"]).stream()),
+    );
+    expect(putRes.status).toBe(401);
+
+    const deleteRes = await fetchAnonymousPull(createRequest("DELETE", `/v2/${name}/manifests/latest`, null));
+    expect(deleteRes.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+});