diff --git a/docs/providers-guide.md b/docs/providers-guide.md
index dcab56f4e..2ba6210b4 100644
--- a/docs/providers-guide.md
+++ b/docs/providers-guide.md
@@ -231,6 +231,14 @@ Provider type: `codebuild`.
   > Along with `repository_arn`, we also support a `tag` key which can be used
   > to define which image should be used (defaults to `latest`).
   > An example of this setup is provided [here](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-deployment-framework/blob/master/docs/user-guide.md#custom-build-images).
+  > 
+  > Image can also take an object that contains a reference to a
+  > public docker hub image with a prefix of `docker-hub://`, such as
+  > `docker-hub://bitnami/mongodb`. This allows your pipeline
+  > to consume a public docker hub image if required.
+  > Along with the docker hub image name, we also support using a tag which can
+  > be provided after the docker hub image name such as `docker-hub://bitnami/mongodb:3.6.23`
+  > in order to define which image should be used (defaults to `latest`).
 - *size* *(String)* **(small|medium|large)** - default: `small`.
   > The Compute type to use for the build, types can be found
   > [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/build-env-ref-compute-types.html).
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md
index 97337c452..0d238e646 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ pipelines:
       - ...
 ```
 
+Public images from docker hub can be defined in your deployment map like so:
+
+```yaml
+pipelines:
+  - name: example-custom-image
+    default_providers:
+      source:
+        ...
+      build:
+        provider: codebuild
+        properties:
+          image: docker-hub://bitnami/mongodb
+    targets:
+      - ...
+```
+
 ### CloudFormation Parameters and Tagging
 
 When you define CloudFormation templates as artifacts to push through a pipeline you might want to have a set of parameters associated with the templates. You can utilize the `params` folder in your repository to add in parameters as you see fit. To avoid having to create a parameter file for each of the stacks you wish to deploy to, you can create a parameter file called `global.yml` *(or .json)* any parameters defined in this file will be merged into the parameters for any specific account parameter file at build time. For example you might have a single parameter for a template called `CostCenter` the value of this will be the same across every deployment of your application however you might have another parameter called `InstanceType` that you want to be different per account. Using this example we can create a `global.yml` file that contains the following content:
diff --git a/src/lambda_codebase/initial_commit/bootstrap_repository/adf-build/shared/cdk/cdk_constructs/adf_codebuild.py b/src/lambda_codebase/initial_commit/bootstrap_repository/adf-build/shared/cdk/cdk_constructs/adf_codebuild.py
index 1729425c1..4c30b2a5b 100644
--- a/src/lambda_codebase/initial_commit/bootstrap_repository/adf-build/shared/cdk/cdk_constructs/adf_codebuild.py
+++ b/src/lambda_codebase/initial_commit/bootstrap_repository/adf-build/shared/cdk/cdk_constructs/adf_codebuild.py
@@ -160,6 +160,21 @@ def determine_build_spec(codebuild_id, default_props, target=None):
             ),
         )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_image_by_name(specific_image: str):
+        if hasattr(_codebuild.LinuxBuildImage,
+            (specific_image or DEFAULT_CODEBUILD_IMAGE).upper()):
+            return getattr(_codebuild.LinuxBuildImage,
+                (specific_image or DEFAULT_CODEBUILD_IMAGE).upper())
+        if specific_image.startswith('docker-hub://'):
+            specific_image = specific_image.split('docker-hub://')[-1]
+            return _codebuild.LinuxBuildImage.from_docker_registry(specific_image)
+        raise Exception(
+                "The CodeBuild image {0} could not be found.".format(
+                    specific_image
+                    ),
+                )
+
     @staticmethod
     def determine_build_image(scope, target, map_params):
         specific_image = None
@@ -184,10 +199,7 @@ def determine_build_image(scope, target, map_params):
                 repo_arn,
                 specific_image.get('tag', 'latest'),
             )
-        return getattr(
-            _codebuild.LinuxBuildImage,
-            (specific_image or DEFAULT_CODEBUILD_IMAGE).upper(),
-        )
+        return CodeBuild.get_image_by_name(specific_image)
 
     @staticmethod
     def generate_build_env_variables(codebuild, shared_modules_bucket, map_params, target=None):