diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 470be276..ab010f3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ __pycache__
 *.debug
 coverage.html
 /kubeconfig*
+passwords.yml
+/x509-certificate-exporter
diff --git a/cmd/x509-certificate-exporter/main.go b/cmd/x509-certificate-exporter/main.go
index 0531241b..5ae21a03 100644
--- a/cmd/x509-certificate-exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/x509-certificate-exporter/main.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ func main() {
 	kubeExcludeLabels := stringArrayFlag{}
 	getopt.FlagLong(&kubeExcludeLabels, "exclude-label", 0, "removes the kube secrets with the given label (or label value if specified) from the watch list (applied after --include-label)")
 
+	var PasswordsFile string
+	getopt.FlagLong(&PasswordsFile, "passwords-file", 0, "path to a yaml file containing a list of passwords to try when opening a p12 file")
+
 	getopt.Parse()
 
 	if *help {
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ func main() {
 		KubeExcludeNamespaces: kubeExcludeNamespaces,
 		KubeIncludeLabels:     kubeIncludeLabels,
 		KubeExcludeLabels:     kubeExcludeLabels,
+		PasswordsFile:         PasswordsFile,
 	}
 
 	if getopt.Lookup("expose-labels").Seen() {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a9e0e89a..b9a031f0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/yalp/jsonpath v0.0.0-20180802001716-5cc68e5049a0
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.0
+	software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.5.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -72,7 +74,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241105132330-32ad38e42d3f // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index caa03f23..8c300594 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -218,3 +218,5 @@ sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2 h1:MdmvkGuXi/8io6ixD5wud3vOLwc1rj0aN
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=
+software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.5.0 h1:EC6R394xgENTpZ4RltKydeDUjtlM5drOYIG9c6TVj2M=
+software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Qiz0EyvDRJjjxGyUQa2cCNZn/wMyzrRJ/qcDXOQazLI=
diff --git a/internal/certificate.go b/internal/certificate.go
index 0a0c855d..98b75e3c 100644
--- a/internal/certificate.go
+++ b/internal/certificate.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yalp/jsonpath"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12"
 )
 
 // YAMLCertRef : Contains information to access certificates in yaml files
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ type certificateRef struct {
 	kubeSecret    v1.Secret
 	kubeConfigMap v1.ConfigMap
 	kubeSecretKey string
+	password   string
+
 }
 
 type parsedCertificate struct {
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ const (
 	certificateFormatYAML                            = iota
 	certificateFormatKubeSecret                      = iota
 	certificateFormatKubeConfigMap                   = iota
+	certificateFormatP12                          = iota
 )
 
 func (cert *certificateRef) parse() error {
@@ -103,6 +107,8 @@ func (cert *certificateRef) parse() error {
 		cert.certificates, err = readAndParseKubeSecret(&cert.kubeSecret, cert.kubeSecretKey)
 	case certificateFormatKubeConfigMap:
 		cert.certificates, err = readAndParseKubeConfigMap(&cert.kubeConfigMap, cert.kubeSecretKey)
+	case certificateFormatP12:
+		cert.certificates, err = readAndParsePasswordPkcsFile(cert.path, cert.password)
 	}
 	return err
 }
@@ -126,6 +132,32 @@ func readAndParsePEMFile(path string) ([]*parsedCertificate, error) {
 	return output, nil
 }
 
+func readAndParsePasswordPkcsFile(path string, password string) ([]*parsedCertificate, error) {
+        contents, err := readFile(path)
+        if err != nil {
+               return nil, err
+        }
+
+        output := []*parsedCertificate{}
+        // keystore p12
+        _, cert, err := pkcs12.Decode(contents, password)
+	if err == nil {
+                output = append(output, &parsedCertificate{cert: cert})
+		return output, nil
+	}
+
+	// truststore p12
+        certs, err := pkcs12.DecodeTrustStore(contents, password)
+        if err != nil {
+                return nil, err
+        }
+
+        for _, cert := range certs {
+                output = append(output, &parsedCertificate{cert: cert})
+        }
+        return output, nil
+}
+
 func readAndParseYAMLFile(filePath string, yamlPaths []YAMLCertRef) ([]*parsedCertificate, error) {
 	output := []*parsedCertificate{}
 
diff --git a/internal/exporter.go b/internal/exporter.go
index b2e84ee6..7017e651 100644
--- a/internal/exporter.go
+++ b/internal/exporter.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
 	"github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/web"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 )
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ type Exporter struct {
 	isDiscovery     bool
 	secretsCache    *cache.Cache
 	configMapsCache *cache.Cache
+    PasswordsFile string
 }
 
 type KubeSecretType struct {
@@ -285,9 +287,28 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) collectMatchingPaths(pattern string, format certificat
 					continue
 				}
 
+                                var password string
+                                if strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".p12") || strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".jks") {
+                                        format = certificateFormatP12
+                                        password, err = exporter.obtainP12Passwords(path.Clean(path.Join(dir, file.Name())))
+                                        if err != nil {
+                                                outputErrors = append(outputErrors, err)
+                                                continue
+                                        }
+                                } else {
+					if strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".crt") ||
+					   strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".pem") ||
+					   strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".cert") {
+						format = certificateFormatPEM
+					} else {
+                                                continue
+                                        }
+                                }
+
 				output = append(output, &certificateRef{
-					path:   path.Clean(path.Join(dir, file.Name())),
-					format: certificateFormatPEM,
+                                        path:        path.Clean(path.Join(dir, file.Name())),
+                                        format:      format,
+                                        password:    password,
 				})
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -340,6 +361,38 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) collectMatchingPaths(pattern string, format certificat
 	return output, outputErrors
 }
 
+func (exporter *Exporter) obtainP12Passwords(filename string) (string, error) {
+        filename = filepath.Base(filename)
+        if len(exporter.PasswordsFile) == 0 {
+                return "", errors.New("password file not specified")
+        }
+
+        passwordsFile, err := os.ReadFile(exporter.PasswordsFile)
+        if err != nil {
+                return "", err
+        }
+        type P12Config struct {
+                Name     string `yaml:"name"`
+                Password string `yaml:"password"`
+        }
+        type Config struct {
+                P12 []P12Config `yaml:"pkcs12"`
+        }
+        var config Config
+        if err = yaml.Unmarshal(passwordsFile, &config); err != nil {
+                return "", err
+        }
+
+        for _, p12 := range config.P12 {
+                if p12.Name == filename {
+                        return p12.Password, nil
+                }
+         }
+
+        return "", errors.New("p12 password not found")
+}
+
+
 // compareCertificates compares labels of these two certificates
 // and returns true if they are the same
 // It would normally run `.getLabels` on both cert/ref combinations,
diff --git a/passwords.yml.example b/passwords.yml.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f7581ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passwords.yml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+pkcs12:
+  - name: "keystore.p12"
+    password: "mysecretpassword1"
+  - name: "truststore.p12"
+    password: "mysecretpassword2"