diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
index 668c70fd96d98..001a2cbb3022a 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
@@ -1144,6 +1144,24 @@ cluster.addHelmChart('test-chart', {
 });
 ```
 
+### OCI Charts
+
+OCI charts are also supported.
+Also replace the `${VARS}` with appropriate values.
+
+```ts
+declare const cluster: eks.Cluster;
+// option 1: use a construct
+new eks.HelmChart(this, 'MyOCIChart', {
+  cluster,
+  chart: 'some-chart',
+  repository: 'oci://${ACCOUNT_ID}.dkr.ecr.${ACCOUNT_REGION}.amazonaws.com/${REPO_NAME}',
+  namespace: 'oci',
+  version: '0.0.1'
+});
+
+```
+
 Helm charts are implemented as CloudFormation resources in CDK.
 This means that if the chart is deleted from your code (or the stack is
 deleted), the next `cdk deploy` will issue a `helm uninstall` command and the
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/kubectl-handler/helm/__init__.py b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/kubectl-handler/helm/__init__.py
index f83fc204b73e3..7d51e26d7d09b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/kubectl-handler/helm/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/kubectl-handler/helm/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 import subprocess
 import shutil
+import tempfile
 import zipfile
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, unquote
 
@@ -78,6 +80,12 @@ def helm_handler(event, context):
             # future work: support versions from s3 assets
             chart = get_chart_asset_from_url(chart_asset_url)
 
+        if repository.startswith('oci://'):
+            assert(repository is not None)
+            tmpdir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+            chart_dir = get_chart_from_oci(tmpdir.name, release, repository, version)
+            chart = chart_dir
+
         helm('upgrade', release, chart, repository, values_file, namespace, version, wait, timeout, create_namespace)
     elif request_type == "Delete":
         try:
@@ -85,6 +93,58 @@ def helm_handler(event, context):
         except Exception as e:
             logger.info("delete error: %s" % e)
 
+
+def get_oci_cmd(repository, version):
+
+    cmnd = []
+    pattern = '\d+.dkr.ecr.[a-z]+-[a-z]+-\d.amazonaws.com'
+
+    registry = repository.rsplit('/', 1)[0].replace('oci://', '')
+
+    if re.fullmatch(pattern, registry) is not None:
+        region = registry.replace('.amazonaws.com', '').split('.')[-1]
+        cmnd = [
+            f"aws ecr get-login-password --region {region} | " \
+            f"helm registry login --username AWS --password-stdin {registry}; helm pull {repository} --version {version} --untar"
+            ]
+    else:
+        logger.info("Non AWS OCI repository found")
+        cmnd = ['HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI=1', 'helm', 'pull', repository, '--version', version, '--untar']
+
+    return cmnd
+
+
+def get_chart_from_oci(tmpdir, release, repository = None, version = None):
+
+    cmnd = get_oci_cmd(repository, version)
+
+    maxAttempts = 3
+    retry = maxAttempts
+    while retry > 0:
+        try:
+            logger.info(cmnd)
+            env = get_env_with_oci_flag()
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmnd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=tmpdir, env=env, shell=True)
+            logger.info(output)
+
+            return os.path.join(tmpdir, release)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
+            output = exc.output
+            if b'Broken pipe' in output:
+                retry = retry - 1
+                logger.info("Broken pipe, retries left: %s" % retry)
+            else:
+                raise Exception(output)
+    raise Exception(f'Operation failed after {maxAttempts} attempts: {output}')
+
+
+def get_env_with_oci_flag():
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env['HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI'] = '1'
+
+    return env
+
+
 def helm(verb, release, chart = None, repo = None, file = None, namespace = None, version = None, wait = False, timeout = None, create_namespace = None):
     import subprocess
 
@@ -113,7 +173,8 @@ def helm(verb, release, chart = None, repo = None, file = None, namespace = None
     retry = maxAttempts
     while retry > 0:
         try:
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmnd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=outdir)
+            env = get_env_with_oci_flag()
+            output = subprocess.check_output(cmnd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=outdir, env=env)
             logger.info(output)
             return
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/kubectl-provider.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/kubectl-provider.ts
index 161ef77cfe3f3..eef07598abf27 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/kubectl-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/kubectl-provider.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ export class KubectlProvider extends NestedStack implements IKubectlProvider {
       resources: [cluster.clusterArn],
     }));
 
+    // For OCI helm chart authorization.
+    this.handlerRole.addManagedPolicy(
+      iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName('AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly'),
+    );
+
     // allow this handler to assume the kubectl role
     cluster.kubectlRole.grant(this.handlerRole, 'sts:AssumeRole');
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/cluster.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/cluster.test.ts
index 77556af1a0da4..5e579c4f2a247 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/cluster.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/cluster.test.ts
@@ -2107,7 +2107,41 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
         ],
       });
 
-
+      Template.fromStack(providerStack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::IAM::Role', {
+        AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {
+          Statement: [
+            {
+              Action: 'sts:AssumeRole',
+              Effect: 'Allow',
+              Principal: { Service: 'lambda.amazonaws.com' },
+            },
+          ],
+          Version: '2012-10-17',
+        },
+        ManagedPolicyArns: [
+          {
+            'Fn::Join': ['', [
+              'arn:',
+              { Ref: 'AWS::Partition' },
+              ':iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole',
+            ]],
+          },
+          {
+            'Fn::Join': ['', [
+              'arn:',
+              { Ref: 'AWS::Partition' },
+              ':iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaVPCAccessExecutionRole',
+            ]],
+          },
+          {
+            'Fn::Join': ['', [
+              'arn:',
+              { Ref: 'AWS::Partition' },
+              ':iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly',
+            ]],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
     });
 
     test('coreDnsComputeType will patch the coreDNS configuration to use a "fargate" compute type and restore to "ec2" upon removal', () => {
@@ -2274,8 +2308,42 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
         },
       });
 
+      Template.fromStack(providerStack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::IAM::Role', {
+        AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {
+          Statement: [
+            {
+              Action: 'sts:AssumeRole',
+              Effect: 'Allow',
+              Principal: { Service: 'lambda.amazonaws.com' },
+            },
+          ],
+          Version: '2012-10-17',
+        },
+        ManagedPolicyArns: [
+          {
+            'Fn::Join': ['', [
+              'arn:',
+              { Ref: 'AWS::Partition' },
+              ':iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole',
+            ]],
+          },
+          {
+            'Fn::Join': ['', [
+              'arn:',
+              { Ref: 'AWS::Partition' },
+              ':iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaVPCAccessExecutionRole',
+            ]],
+          },
+          {
+            'Fn::Join': ['', [
+              'arn:',
+              { Ref: 'AWS::Partition' },
+              ':iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly',
+            ]],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
     });
-
   });
 
   test('kubectl provider passes security group to provider', () => {