diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff1bc12f..6cc98094 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ It handles the automated creation, renewal and use of SSL certificates for proxi
 * Support creation of [Multi-Domain (SAN) Certificates](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/acme-companion/blob/main/docs/Let's-Encrypt-and-ACME.md#multi-domains-certificates).
 * Creation of a strong [RFC7919 Diffie-Hellman Group](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7919#appendix-A) at startup.
 * Work with all versions of docker.
+* Support DNS challenges (the list of supported providers is available here: https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/tree/master/dnsapi)
 
 ### Requirements:
 * Your host **must** be publicly reachable on **both** port [`80`](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/allow-port-80/) and [`443`](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/acme-companion/discussions/873#discussioncomment-1410225).
 * Check your firewall rules and [**do not attempt to block port `80`**](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/allow-port-80/) as that will prevent `http-01` challenges from completing.
 * For the same reason, you can't use nginx-proxy's [`HTTPS_METHOD=nohttp`](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy#how-ssl-support-works).
+* If for any reason, either the port `80` or `443` are not publicly reachable (firewall, ...), please use dns challenge (see below).
 * The (sub)domains you want to issue certificates for must correctly resolve to the host.
 * Your DNS provider must [answer correctly to CAA record requests](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/caa/).
 * If your (sub)domains have AAAA records set, the host must be publicly reachable over IPv6 on port `80` and `443`.
@@ -112,6 +114,38 @@ $ docker run --detach \
 
 Repeat [Step 3](#step-3---proxied-containers) for any other container you want to proxy.
 
+## DNS challenge
+If you want to use the DNS challenge, you have to add the following environment variable to your proxied container as following :
+
+For our example, we want to setup the DNS challenge using the provider OVH.
+
+### Check if your provider is supported by acme.sh
+Go to https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/tree/master/dnsapi and search for your provider.
+In our example, we are searching for `ovh` and we see that this provider is supported (`dns_ovh.sh` file).
+Then, we use the name of that file without the extension as the value for the `LETSENCRYPT_DNS_CHALLENGE_API` environment variable for our proxied container, i.e. : `LETSENCRYPT_DNS_CHALLENGE_API=dns_ovh`
+
+### Add additional credentials for your provider
+Refer to the content of the file your found in the previous step (`dns_ovh.sh` in our example) and note the variable(s) required by the provider.
+
+In our example, our provider needs at least the following credentials : `OVH_AK`, `OVH_AS`, `OVH_CK`, `OVH_END_POINT` as stated in the `dns_ovh.sh` file.
+Then, we add the following environment variable to our proxied container `LETSENCRYPT_DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV=OVH_AK, OVH_AS, OVH_CK, OVH_END_POINT` which is the list of variable (seperated by `,`) related to our provider that should be passed to `acme.sh`.
+
+Finally, we define all of these environment variables inside our proxied container as following :
+
+```shell
+$ docker run --detach \
+    --name your-proxied-app \
+    --env "VIRTUAL_HOST=subdomain.yourdomain.tld" \
+    --env "LETSENCRYPT_HOST=subdomain.yourdomain.tld" \
+    --env "LETSENCRYPT_DNS_CHALLENGE_API=dns_ovh" \
+    --env "LETSENCRYPT_DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV=OVH_AK, OVH_AS, OVH_CK, OVH_END_POINT" \
+    --env "OVH_AK=appKey" \
+    --env "OVH_AS=appSecret" \
+    --env "OVH_CK=consumerKey" \
+    --env "OVH_END_POINT=consumerKey" \
+    nginx
+```
+
 ## Additional documentation
 
 Please check the [docs section](https://github.com/nginx-proxy/acme-companion/tree/main/docs).
diff --git a/app/letsencrypt_service b/app/letsencrypt_service
index ea9c4864..0aa3cb34 100755
--- a/app/letsencrypt_service
+++ b/app/letsencrypt_service
@@ -151,6 +151,21 @@ function update_cert {
     local -a params_issue_arr
     params_issue_arr+=(--webroot /usr/share/nginx/html)
 
+    # DNS challenge
+    local -n dns_challenge_api="LETSENCRYPT_${cid}_DNS_CHALLENGE_API"
+    local -n dns_challenge_env="LETSENCRYPT_${cid}_DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV"
+    if [[ -z "$dns_challenge_api" ]]; then
+      :
+    else
+      echo "DNS challenge using API: $dns_challenge_api"
+      params_base_arr+=(--dns "$dns_challenge_api")
+      # Loop over defined variable for DNS challenge
+      for var_name in ${dns_challenge_env//,/ } ; do
+        local -n var_value="LETSENCRYPT_${cid}_DNS_CHALLENGE_VAR_${var_name}"
+        declare -x $var_name=$var_value
+      done
+    fi
+
     local -n cert_keysize="LETSENCRYPT_${cid}_KEYSIZE"
     if [[ -z "$cert_keysize" ]] || \
         [[ ! "$cert_keysize" =~ ^(2048|3072|4096|ec-256|ec-384)$ ]]; then
@@ -354,6 +369,16 @@ function update_cert {
 
     local acmesh_return=$?
 
+    # DNS challenge : clean environment variables
+    if [[ -z "$dns_challenge_api" ]]; then
+      :
+    else
+      # Loop over defined variable for DNS challenge
+      for var_name in ${dns_challenge_env//,/ } ; do
+        unset $var_name
+      done
+    fi
+
     # 0 = success, 2 = RENEW_SKIP
     if [[ $acmesh_return == 0 || $acmesh_return == 2 ]]; then
         for domain in "${hosts_array[@]}"; do
diff --git a/app/letsencrypt_service_data.tmpl b/app/letsencrypt_service_data.tmpl
index b7077ff2..14a9947b 100644
--- a/app/letsencrypt_service_data.tmpl
+++ b/app/letsencrypt_service_data.tmpl
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ LETSENCRYPT_CONTAINERS=(
         {{ $KEYSIZE := trim (coalesce $container.Env.LETSENCRYPT_KEYSIZE "") }}
         {{ $STAGING := trim (coalesce $container.Env.LETSENCRYPT_TEST "") }}
         {{ $EMAIL := trim (coalesce $container.Env.LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL "") }}
+        {{ $DNS_CHALLENGE_API := trim (coalesce $container.Env.LETSENCRYPT_DNS_CHALLENGE_API "") }}
+        {{ $DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV := trim (coalesce $container.Env.LETSENCRYPT_DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV "") }}
         {{ $CA_URI := trim (coalesce $container.Env.ACME_CA_URI "") }}
         {{ $PREFERRED_CHAIN := trim (coalesce $container.Env.ACME_PREFERRED_CHAIN "") }}
         {{ $OCSP := trim (coalesce $container.Env.ACME_OCSP "") }}
@@ -44,6 +46,14 @@ LETSENCRYPT_CONTAINERS=(
                 {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_KEYSIZE="{{ $KEYSIZE }}"
                 {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_TEST="{{ $STAGING }}"
                 {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_EMAIL="{{ $EMAIL }}"
+                {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_DNS_CHALLENGE_API="{{ $DNS_CHALLENGE_API }}"
+                {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV="{{ $DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV }}"
+                {{/* Forwarding env variables for DNS API challenge */}}
+                {{ range $varName := split $DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV "," }}
+                    {{ $varName := trim $varName }}
+                    {{ $varValue := trim (coalesce (index $container.Env $varName) "") }}
+                    {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_DNS_CHALLENGE_VAR_{{ $varName }}="{{ $varValue }}"
+                {{ end }}
                 {{- "\n" }}ACME_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_CA_URI="{{ $CA_URI }}"
                 {{- "\n" }}ACME_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_PREFERRED_CHAIN="{{ $PREFERRED_CHAIN }}"
                 {{- "\n" }}ACME_{{ $cid }}_{{ $hostHash }}_OCSP="{{ $OCSP }}"
@@ -66,6 +76,14 @@ LETSENCRYPT_CONTAINERS=(
             {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_KEYSIZE="{{ $KEYSIZE }}"
             {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_TEST="{{ $STAGING }}"
             {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_EMAIL="{{ $EMAIL }}"
+            {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_DNS_CHALLENGE_API="{{ $DNS_CHALLENGE_API }}"
+            {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV="{{ $DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV }}"
+            {{/* Forwarding env variables for DNS API challenge */}}
+            {{ range $varName := split $DNS_CHALLENGE_ENV "," }}
+                {{ $varName := trim $varName }}
+                {{ $varValue := trim (coalesce (index $container.Env $varName) "") }}
+                {{- "\n" }}LETSENCRYPT_{{ $cid }}_DNS_CHALLENGE_VAR_{{ $varName }}="{{ $varValue }}"
+            {{ end }}
             {{- "\n" }}ACME_{{ $cid }}_CA_URI="{{ $CA_URI }}"
             {{- "\n" }}ACME_{{ $cid }}_PREFERRED_CHAIN="{{ $PREFERRED_CHAIN }}"
             {{- "\n" }}ACME_{{ $cid }}_OCSP="{{ $OCSP }}"