diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
index 83c05ba1ed308..3787903dedc3e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ export interface IRepository extends IResource {
    */
   repositoryUriForTag(tag?: string): string;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the URI of the repository for a certain tag. Can be used in `docker push/pull`.
+   *
+   *    ACCOUNT.dkr.ecr.REGION.amazonaws.com/REPOSITORY[@DIGEST]
+   *
+   * @param digest Image digest to use (tools usually default to the image with the "latest" tag if omitted)
+   */
+  repositoryUriForDigest(digest?: string): string;
+
   /**
    * Add a policy statement to the repository's resource policy
    */
@@ -136,8 +145,29 @@ export abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    */
   public repositoryUriForTag(tag?: string): string {
     const tagSuffix = tag ? `:${tag}` : '';
+    return this.repositoryUriWithSuffix(tagSuffix);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the URL of the repository. Can be used in `docker push/pull`.
+   *
+   *    ACCOUNT.dkr.ecr.REGION.amazonaws.com/REPOSITORY[@DIGEST]
+   *
+   * @param digest Optional image digest
+   */
+  public repositoryUriForDigest(digest?: string): string {
+    const digestSuffix = digest ? `@${digest}` : '';
+    return this.repositoryUriWithSuffix(digestSuffix);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the repository URI, with an appended suffix, if provided.
+   * @param suffix An image tag or an image digest.
+   * @private
+   */
+  private repositoryUriWithSuffix(suffix?: string): string {
     const parts = this.stack.parseArn(this.repositoryArn);
-    return `${parts.account}.dkr.ecr.${parts.region}.${this.stack.urlSuffix}/${this.repositoryName}${tagSuffix}`;
+    return `${parts.account}.dkr.ecr.${parts.region}.${this.stack.urlSuffix}/${this.repositoryName}${suffix}`;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/images/ecr.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/images/ecr.ts
index e8dc339bf9e82..b9786f13e2816 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/images/ecr.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/lib/images/ecr.ts
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@ export class EcrImage extends ContainerImage {
   /**
    * Constructs a new instance of the EcrImage class.
    */
-  constructor(private readonly repository: ecr.IRepository, private readonly tag: string) {
+  constructor(private readonly repository: ecr.IRepository, private readonly tagOrDigest: string) {
     super();
 
-    this.imageName = this.repository.repositoryUriForTag(this.tag);
+    if (tagOrDigest?.startsWith('sha256:')) {
+      this.imageName = this.repository.repositoryUriForDigest(this.tagOrDigest);
+    } else {
+      this.imageName = this.repository.repositoryUriForTag(this.tagOrDigest);
+    }
   }
 
   public bind(_scope: CoreConstruct, containerDefinition: ContainerDefinition): ContainerImageConfig {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/ec2/ec2-task-definition.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/ec2/ec2-task-definition.test.ts
index 60c39d2103daf..bd13e8b83b524 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/ec2/ec2-task-definition.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs/test/ec2/ec2-task-definition.test.ts
@@ -531,6 +531,146 @@ describe('ec2 task definition', () => {
 
     });
 
+    test('correctly sets containers from ECR repository using an image tag', () => {
+      // GIVEN
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+
+      const taskDefinition = new ecs.Ec2TaskDefinition(stack, 'Ec2TaskDef');
+
+      taskDefinition.addContainer('web', {
+        image: ecs.ContainerImage.fromEcrRepository(new Repository(stack, 'myECRImage'), 'myTag'),
+        memoryLimitMiB: 512,
+      });
+
+      // THEN
+      expect(stack).toHaveResource('AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition', {
+        ContainerDefinitions: [{
+          Essential: true,
+          Memory: 512,
+          Image: {
+            'Fn::Join': [
+              '',
+              [
+                {
+                  'Fn::Select': [
+                    4,
+                    {
+                      'Fn::Split': [
+                        ':',
+                        {
+                          'Fn::GetAtt': [
+                            'myECRImage7DEAE474',
+                            'Arn',
+                          ],
+                        },
+                      ],
+                    },
+                  ],
+                },
+                '.dkr.ecr.',
+                {
+                  'Fn::Select': [
+                    3,
+                    {
+                      'Fn::Split': [
+                        ':',
+                        {
+                          'Fn::GetAtt': [
+                            'myECRImage7DEAE474',
+                            'Arn',
+                          ],
+                        },
+                      ],
+                    },
+                  ],
+                },
+                '.',
+                {
+                  Ref: 'AWS::URLSuffix',
+                },
+                '/',
+                {
+                  Ref: 'myECRImage7DEAE474',
+                },
+                ':myTag',
+              ],
+            ],
+          },
+          Name: 'web',
+        }],
+      });
+    });
+
+    test('correctly sets containers from ECR repository using an image digest', () => {
+      // GIVEN
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+
+      const taskDefinition = new ecs.Ec2TaskDefinition(stack, 'Ec2TaskDef');
+
+      taskDefinition.addContainer('web', {
+        image: ecs.ContainerImage.fromEcrRepository(new Repository(stack, 'myECRImage'), 'sha256:94afd1f2e64d908bc90dbca0035a5b567EXAMPLE'),
+        memoryLimitMiB: 512,
+      });
+
+      // THEN
+      expect(stack).toHaveResource('AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition', {
+        ContainerDefinitions: [{
+          Essential: true,
+          Memory: 512,
+          Image: {
+            'Fn::Join': [
+              '',
+              [
+                {
+                  'Fn::Select': [
+                    4,
+                    {
+                      'Fn::Split': [
+                        ':',
+                        {
+                          'Fn::GetAtt': [
+                            'myECRImage7DEAE474',
+                            'Arn',
+                          ],
+                        },
+                      ],
+                    },
+                  ],
+                },
+                '.dkr.ecr.',
+                {
+                  'Fn::Select': [
+                    3,
+                    {
+                      'Fn::Split': [
+                        ':',
+                        {
+                          'Fn::GetAtt': [
+                            'myECRImage7DEAE474',
+                            'Arn',
+                          ],
+                        },
+                      ],
+                    },
+                  ],
+                },
+                '.',
+                {
+                  Ref: 'AWS::URLSuffix',
+                },
+                '/',
+                {
+                  Ref: 'myECRImage7DEAE474',
+                },
+                '@sha256:94afd1f2e64d908bc90dbca0035a5b567EXAMPLE',
+              ],
+            ],
+          },
+          Name: 'web',
+        }],
+      });
+    });
+
     test('correctly sets containers from ECR repository using default props', () => {
       // GIVEN
       const stack = new cdk.Stack();