diff --git a/cmd/buildah/commit.go b/cmd/buildah/commit.go
index 811aeec76..7108f15a8 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/commit.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/commit.go
@@ -19,11 +19,20 @@ var (
 			Name:  "disable-compression, D",
 			Usage: "don't compress layers",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "cert-dir",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "use certificates at the specified path to access the registry",
+		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "creds",
 			Value: "",
 			Usage: "use `username[:password]` for accessing the registry",
 		},
+		cli.BoolTFlag{
+			Name:  "tls-verify",
+			Usage: "Require HTTPS and verify certificates when accessing the registry",
+		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "signature-policy",
 			Usage: "`pathname` of signature policy file (not usually used)",
@@ -123,11 +132,17 @@ func commitCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 		dest = dest2
 	}
 
+	systemContext, err := systemContextFromOptions(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error building system context")
+	}
+
 	options := buildah.CommitOptions{
 		PreferredManifestType: format,
 		Compression:           compress,
 		SignaturePolicyPath:   signaturePolicy,
 		HistoryTimestamp:      &timestamp,
+		SystemContext:         systemContext,
 	}
 	if !quiet {
 		options.ReportWriter = os.Stderr
diff --git a/cmd/buildah/from.go b/cmd/buildah/from.go
index c98f5aca5..89d34027b 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/from.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/from.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var (
 			Value: "",
 			Usage: "use `username[:password]` for accessing the registry",
 		},
-		cli.StringFlag{
+		cli.BoolTFlag{
 			Name:  "tls-verify",
 			Usage: "Require HTTPS and verify certificates when accessing the registry",
 		},
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func fromCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	systemContext, err := systemContextFromOptions(c)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Errorf("error building system context [%v]", err)
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error building system context")
 	}
 
 	pull := true
diff --git a/cmd/buildah/push.go b/cmd/buildah/push.go
index 09f46d4ce..e61a0ed94 100644
--- a/cmd/buildah/push.go
+++ b/cmd/buildah/push.go
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ var (
 			Name:  "disable-compression, D",
 			Usage: "don't compress layers",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "cert-dir",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "use certificates at the specified path to access the registry",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "creds",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "use `username[:password]` for accessing the registry",
+		},
+		cli.BoolTFlag{
+			Name:  "tls-verify",
+			Usage: "Require HTTPS and verify certificates when accessing the registry",
+		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "signature-policy",
 			Usage: "`pathname` of signature policy file (not usually used)",
@@ -79,10 +93,16 @@ func pushCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	systemContext, err := systemContextFromOptions(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error building system context")
+	}
+
 	options := buildah.PushOptions{
 		Compression:         compress,
 		SignaturePolicyPath: signaturePolicy,
 		Store:               store,
+		SystemContext:       systemContext,
 	}
 	if !quiet {
 		options.ReportWriter = os.Stderr
diff --git a/commit.go b/commit.go
index eba09664a..ee8e4a4be 100644
--- a/commit.go
+++ b/commit.go
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ type CommitOptions struct {
 	// HistoryTimestamp is the timestamp used when creating new items in the
 	// image's history.  If unset, the current time will be used.
 	HistoryTimestamp *time.Time
+	// github.com/containers/image/types SystemContext to hold credentials
+	// and other authentication/authorization information.
+	SystemContext *types.SystemContext
 }
 
 // PushOptions can be used to alter how an image is copied somewhere.
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ type PushOptions struct {
 	ReportWriter io.Writer
 	// Store is the local storage store which holds the source image.
 	Store storage.Store
+	// github.com/containers/image/types SystemContext to hold credentials
+	// and other authentication/authorization information.
+	SystemContext *types.SystemContext
 }
 
 // shallowCopy copies the most recent layer, the configuration, and the manifest from one image to another.
@@ -249,8 +255,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Commit(dest types.ImageReference, options CommitOptions) error
 	}
 	if exporting {
 		// Copy everything.
-		// TODO: add credsContext
-		err = cp.Image(policyContext, dest, src, getCopyOptions(options.ReportWriter, nil, nil))
+		err = cp.Image(policyContext, dest, src, getCopyOptions(options.ReportWriter, nil, options.SystemContext))
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error copying layers and metadata")
 		}
@@ -322,8 +327,7 @@ func Push(image string, dest types.ImageReference, options PushOptions) error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error recomputing layer digests and building metadata")
 	}
 	// Copy everything.
-	// TODO: add credsContext
-	err = cp.Image(policyContext, dest, src, getCopyOptions(options.ReportWriter, nil, nil))
+	err = cp.Image(policyContext, dest, src, getCopyOptions(options.ReportWriter, nil, options.SystemContext))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error copying layers and metadata")
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/completions/bash/buildah b/contrib/completions/bash/buildah
index aafa93c93..9134486f9 100644
--- a/contrib/completions/bash/buildah
+++ b/contrib/completions/bash/buildah
@@ -291,9 +291,12 @@ return 1
           --quiet
           -q
           --rm
+          --tls-verify
   "
 
      local options_with_args="
+          --cert-dir
+          --creds
           --signature-policy
           --format
           -f
@@ -471,9 +474,12 @@ return 1
           -D
           --quiet
           -q
+          --tls-verify
   "
 
      local options_with_args="
+          --cert-dir
+          --creds
           --signature-policy
   "
 
@@ -614,6 +620,7 @@ return 1
      --pull-always
      --quiet
      -q
+     --tls-verify
   "
 
      local options_with_args="
@@ -621,7 +628,6 @@ return 1
      --creds
      --name
      --signature-policy
-     --tls-verify
   "
 
 
diff --git a/docs/buildah-commit.md b/docs/buildah-commit.md
index 489215bba..0c45d9502 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-commit.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-commit.md
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ specified, an ID is assigned, but no name is assigned to the image.
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
+**--cert-dir** *path*
+
+Use certificates at *path* (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) to connect to the registry
+
+**--creds** *creds*
+
+The username[:password] to use to authenticate with the registry if required.
+
 **--disable-compression, -D**
 
 Don't compress filesystem layers when building the image.
@@ -23,6 +31,10 @@ Pathname of a signature policy file to use.  It is not recommended that this
 option be used, as the default behavior of using the system-wide default policy
 (frequently */etc/containers/policy.json*) is most often preferred.
 
+**--tls-verify** *bool-value*
+
+Require HTTPS and verify certificates when talking to container registries (defaults to true)
+
 **--quiet**
 
 When writing the output image, suppress progress output.
@@ -39,13 +51,24 @@ Default leaves the container and its content in place.
 
 ## EXAMPLE
 
-buildah commit containerID
+This example saves an image based on the container.
+ `buildah commit containerID`
 
-buildah commit --rm containerID newImageName
+This example saves an image named newImageName based on the container.
+ `buildah commit --rm containerID newImageName`
 
-buildah commit --disable-compression --signature-policy '/etc/containers/policy.json' containerID
 
-buildah commit --disable-compression --signature-policy '/etc/containers/policy.json' containerID newImageName
+This example saves an image based on the container disabling compression.
+ `buildah commit --disable-compression containerID`
+
+This example saves an image named newImageName based on the container disabling compression.
+ `buildah commit --disable-compression containerID newImageName`
+
+This example commits the container to the image on the local registry while turning off tls verification.
+ `buildah commit --tls-verify=false containerID docker://localhost:5000/imageId`
+
+This example commits the container to the image on the local registry using credentials and certificates for authentication.
+ `buildah commit --cert-dir ~/auth  --tls-verify=true --creds=username:password containerID docker://localhost:5000/imageId`
 
 ## SEE ALSO
 buildah(1)
diff --git a/docs/buildah-from.md b/docs/buildah-from.md
index 591a31fb2..92eba1845 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-from.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-from.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Use certificates at *path* (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) to connect to the registry
 
 **--creds** *creds*
 
-The username and password to use to authenticate with the registry if required.
+The username[:password] to use to authenticate with the registry if required.
 
 **--name** *name*
 
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ buildah from imagename --signature-policy /etc/containers/policy.json
 
 buildah from docker://myregistry.example.com/imagename --pull-always --name "mycontainer"
 
-buildah from myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag --creds=myusername:mypassword
+buildah from myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag --tls-verify=false
+
+buildah from myregistry/myrepository/imagename:imagetag --creds=myusername:mypassword --cert-dir ~/auth
 
 ## SEE ALSO
 buildah(1)
diff --git a/docs/buildah-push.md b/docs/buildah-push.md
index ca2e6393f..43c02905a 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-push.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-push.md
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ Image stored in local container/storage
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
+**--cert-dir** *path*
+
+Use certificates at *path* (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) to connect to the registry
+
+**--creds** *creds*
+
+The username[:password] to use to authenticate with the registry if required.
+
 **--disable-compression, -D**
 
 Don't compress copies of filesystem layers which will be pushed.
@@ -50,6 +58,10 @@ Pathname of a signature policy file to use.  It is not recommended that this
 option be used, as the default behavior of using the system-wide default policy
 (frequently */etc/containers/policy.json*) is most often preferred.
 
+**--tls-verify** *bool-value*
+
+Require HTTPS and verify certificates when talking to container registries (defaults to true)
+
 **--quiet**
 
 When writing the output image, suppress progress output.
@@ -64,13 +76,19 @@ This example extracts the imageID image to a local directory in oci format.
 
  `# buildah push imageID oci:/path/to/layout`
 
-This example extracts the imageID image to a container registry named registry.example.com
+This example extracts the imageID image to a container registry named registry.example.com.
 
  `# buildah push imageID docker://registry.example.com/repository:tag`
 
-This example extracts the imageID image and puts into the local docker container store
+This example extracts the imageID image and puts into the local docker container store.
 
  `# buildah push imageID docker-daemon:image:tag`
 
+This example extracts the imageID image and puts it into the registry on the localhost while turning off tls verification.
+ `# buildah push --tls-verify=false imageID docker://localhost:5000/my-imageID`
+
+This example extracts the imageID image and puts it into the registry on the localhost using credentials and certificates for authentication.
+ `# buildah push --cert-dir ~/auth --tls-verify=true --creds=username:password imageID docker://localhost:5000/my-imageID`
+
 ## SEE ALSO
 buildah(1)
diff --git a/tests/test_buildah_authentication.sh b/tests/test_buildah_authentication.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0d07273c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_buildah_authentication.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# test_buildah_authentication
+# A script to be run at the command line with Buildah installed.
+# This will test the code and should be run with this command:
+#
+# /bin/bash -v test_buildah_authentication.sh
+
+########
+# Create creds and store in /root/auth/htpasswd
+########
+docker run --entrypoint htpasswd registry:2 -Bbn testuser testpassword > /root/auth/htpasswd
+
+########
+# Create certificate via openssl
+########
+openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -sha256 -keyout /root/auth/domain.key -x509 -days 2 -out /root/auth/domain.crt -subj "/C=US/ST=Foo/L=Bar/O=Red Hat, Inc./CN=localhost"
+
+########
+# Skopeo and buildah both require *.cert file
+########
+cp /root/auth/domain.crt /root/auth/domain.cert
+
+########
+# Create a private registry that uses certificate and creds file
+########
+docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name registry -v /root/auth:/root/auth:Z -e "REGISTRY_AUTH=htpasswd" -e "REGISTRY_AUTH_HTPASSWD_REALM=Registry Realm" -e REGISTRY_AUTH_HTPASSWD_PATH=/root/auth/htpasswd -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE=/root/auth/domain.crt -e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY=/root/auth/domain.key registry:2
+
+########
+# Pull alpine
+########
+buildah from alpine
+
+buildah containers
+
+buildah images
+
+########
+# Log into docker on local repo
+########
+docker login localhost:5000 --username testuser --password testpassword
+
+########
+# Push to the local repo using cached Docker creds.
+########
+buildah push --cert-dir /root/auth alpine docker://localhost:5000/my-alpine
+
+########
+# Show stuff
+########
+docker ps --all
+
+docker images
+
+buildah containers
+
+buildah images
+
+########
+# Buildah pulls using certs and cached Docker creds.
+# Should show two alpine images and containers when done.
+########
+ctrid=$(buildah from localhost:5000/my-alpine --cert-dir /root/auth)
+
+buildah containers
+
+buildah images
+
+########
+# Clean up Buildah
+########
+buildah rm $ctrid
+buildah rmi -f localhost:5000/my-alpine:latest
+
+########
+# Show stuff
+########
+docker ps --all
+
+docker images
+
+buildah containers
+
+buildah images
+
+########
+# Log out of local repo
+########
+docker logout localhost:5000
+
+########
+# Push using only certs, this should fail.
+########
+buildah push --cert-dir /root/auth --tls-verify=true alpine docker://localhost:5000/my-alpine
+
+########
+# Push using creds and certs, this should work.
+########
+buildah push --cert-dir ~/auth --tls-verify=true --creds=testuser:testpassword alpine docker://localhost:5000/my-alpine
+
+########
+# This should fail, no creds anywhere, only the certificate
+########
+buildah from localhost:5000/my-alpine --cert-dir /root/auth  --tls-verify=true
+
+########
+# Log in with creds, this should work
+########
+ctrid=$(buildah from localhost:5000/my-alpine --cert-dir /root/auth  --tls-verify=true --creds=testuser:testpassword)
+
+########
+# Show stuff
+########
+docker ps --all
+
+docker images
+
+buildah containers
+
+buildah images
+
+########
+# Clean up Buildah
+########
+buildah rm $ctrid
+buildah rmi -f $(buildah --debug=false images -q)
+
+########
+# Pull alpine
+########
+buildah from alpine
+
+########
+# Show stuff
+########
+docker ps --all
+
+docker images
+
+buildah containers
+
+buildah images
+
+########
+# Let's test commit
+########
+
+########
+# No credentials, this should fail.
+########
+buildah commit --cert-dir /root/auth  --tls-verify=true alpine-working-container docker://localhost:5000/my-commit-alpine
+
+########
+# This should work, writing image in registry.  Will not create an image locally.
+########
+buildah commit --cert-dir /root/auth  --tls-verify=true --creds=testuser:testpassword  alpine-working-container docker://localhost:5000/my-commit-alpine
+
+########
+# Pull the new image that we just commited
+########
+buildah from localhost:5000/my-commit-alpine --cert-dir /root/auth  --tls-verify=true --creds=testuser:testpassword
+
+########
+# Show stuff
+########
+docker ps --all
+
+docker images
+
+buildah containers
+
+buildah images
+
+########
+# Clean up
+########
+rm -rf ${TESTDIR}/auth
+docker rm -f $(docker ps --all -q)
+docker rmi -f $(docker images -q)
+buildah rm $(buildah containers -q)
+buildah rmi -f $(buildah --debug=false images -q)