diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 505ff09197..1871f23c36 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -558,6 +558,17 @@ To easily deploy Vault locally: (DO NOT DO THIS FOR PRODUCTION!!!)
 
     $ sops encrypt --verbose prod/raw.yaml > prod/encrypted.yaml
 
+Restricting HC Vault servers that SOPS can talk to
+**************************************************
+
+If you want to restrict which HC Vault servers SOPS is allowed to talk to, you can set the ``SOPS_HC_VAULT_ALLOWLIST`` environment variable.
+When set to ``all`` (the default value), there is no restriction.
+When set to ``none``, SOPS will not allow any access to HC Vault servers for decryption or encryption.
+
+When set to any other value, this value will be interpreted as a comma-separated list of strings.
+If SOPS attempts to contact a vault URL that starts with one of these strings, SOPS will attempt to contact that URL.
+If there is no matching prefix in ``SOPS_HC_VAULT_ALLOWLIST``, SOPS will not contact that URL.
+
 Encrypting using HuaweiCloud KMS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/hcvault/keysource.go b/hcvault/keysource.go
index 67706e71e3..c60e11cfcb 100644
--- a/hcvault/keysource.go
+++ b/hcvault/keysource.go
@@ -26,8 +26,75 @@ import (
 const (
 	// KeyTypeIdentifier is the string used to identify a Vault MasterKey.
 	KeyTypeIdentifier = "hc_vault"
+	// SopsHCVaultAllowlist can be set as an environment variable with a string list
+	// of age keys as value.
+	SopsHCVaultAllowlist = "SOPS_HC_VAULT_ALLOWLIST"
+	// Special value for allowlist that allows all hosts
+	AllowlistAllHosts = "all"
+	// Special value for allowlist that allows no hosts
+	AllowlistNoHosts = "none"
+	// Default value of allowlist. Should eventually be changed to "none".
+	AllowlistDefault = AllowlistAllHosts
 )
 
+type allowList struct {
+	All  bool
+	URIs []string
+}
+
+func (al *allowList) Allows(address string) bool {
+	if al.All {
+		return true
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(address, "/") {
+		address = address + "/"
+	}
+	for _, uri := range al.URIs {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(address, uri) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func parseAllowlistString(allowlistStr string) (allowList, error) {
+	switch allowlistStr {
+	case AllowlistAllHosts:
+		return allowList{
+			All:  true,
+			URIs: nil,
+		}, nil
+	case AllowlistNoHosts:
+		return allowList{
+			All:  false,
+			URIs: nil,
+		}, nil
+	}
+	uris := strings.Split(allowlistStr, ",")
+	for idx, uri := range uris {
+		uri = strings.Trim(uri, " ")
+		if uri == "" {
+			return allowList{}, fmt.Errorf("%s's entry %d is empty", SopsHCVaultAllowlist, idx+1)
+		}
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(uri, "/") {
+			uri = uri + "/"
+		}
+		uris[idx] = uri
+	}
+	return allowList{
+		All:  false,
+		URIs: uris,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func getAllowlist() (allowList, error) {
+	var allowlistStr = AllowlistDefault
+	if allowlist, ok := os.LookupEnv(SopsHCVaultAllowlist); ok && len(allowlist) > 0 {
+		allowlistStr = allowlist
+	}
+	return parseAllowlistString(allowlistStr)
+}
+
 func init() {
 	log = logging.NewLogger("VAULT_TRANSIT")
 }
@@ -331,6 +398,14 @@ func vaultClient(address, token string, hc *http.Client) (*api.Client, error) {
 	cfg := api.DefaultConfig()
 	cfg.Address = address
 
+	allowlist, err := getAllowlist()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !allowlist.Allows(address) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Allowlist does not allow %s", address)
+	}
+
 	if hc != nil {
 		cfg.HttpClient = hc
 	}
diff --git a/hcvault/keysource_test.go b/hcvault/keysource_test.go
index 02d5a13e2e..8059ed9ae8 100644
--- a/hcvault/keysource_test.go
+++ b/hcvault/keysource_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ var (
 	// testVaultAddress is the HTTP/S address of the Vault server, it is set
 	// by TestMain after booting it.
 	testVaultAddress string
+	// Whether to skip all Docker-based tests.
+	testSkipDocker = false
 )
 
 // TestMain initializes a Vault server using Docker, writes the HTTP address to
@@ -34,6 +36,11 @@ var (
 // Vault Transit on the testEnginePath. It then runs all the tests, which can
 // make use of the various `test*` variables.
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	if testSkipDocker {
+		os.Exit(m.Run())
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Uses a sensible default on Windows (TCP/HTTP) and Linux/MacOS (socket)
 	pool, err := dockertest.NewPool("")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -179,6 +186,10 @@ func TestNewMasterKeyFromURI(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMasterKey_Encrypt(t *testing.T) {
+	if testSkipDocker {
+		return
+	}
+
 	key := NewMasterKey(testVaultAddress, testEnginePath, "encrypt")
 	(Token(testVaultToken)).ApplyToMasterKey(key)
 	assert.NoError(t, createVaultKey(key))
@@ -207,6 +218,10 @@ func TestMasterKey_Encrypt(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMasterKey_EncryptIfNeeded(t *testing.T) {
+	if testSkipDocker {
+		return
+	}
+
 	key := NewMasterKey(testVaultAddress, testEnginePath, "encrypt-if-needed")
 	(Token(testVaultToken)).ApplyToMasterKey(key)
 	assert.NoError(t, createVaultKey(key))
@@ -226,6 +241,10 @@ func TestMasterKey_EncryptedDataKey(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMasterKey_Decrypt(t *testing.T) {
+	if testSkipDocker {
+		return
+	}
+
 	key := NewMasterKey(testVaultAddress, testEnginePath, "decrypt")
 	(Token(testVaultToken)).ApplyToMasterKey(key)
 	assert.NoError(t, createVaultKey(key))
@@ -254,6 +273,10 @@ func TestMasterKey_Decrypt(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMasterKey_EncryptDecrypt_RoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	if testSkipDocker {
+		return
+	}
+
 	token := Token(testVaultToken)
 
 	encryptKey := NewMasterKey(testVaultAddress, testEnginePath, "roundtrip")
@@ -519,3 +542,144 @@ func createVaultKey(key *MasterKey) error {
 	_, err = client.Logical().Read(p)
 	return err
 }
+
+func TestAllowlistParse(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
+		al, err := parseAllowlistString("all")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All:  true,
+			URIs: nil,
+		}, al)
+
+		al, err = parseAllowlistString("none")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All:  false,
+			URIs: nil,
+		}, al)
+
+		al, err = parseAllowlistString("non")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All: false,
+			URIs: []string{
+				"non/",
+			},
+		}, al)
+
+		al, err = parseAllowlistString("foo,bar/,baz")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All: false,
+			URIs: []string{
+				"foo/",
+				"bar/",
+				"baz/",
+			},
+		}, al)
+
+		al, err = parseAllowlistString(" foo/ ,  bar,   baz    ")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All: false,
+			URIs: []string{
+				"foo/",
+				"bar/",
+				"baz/",
+			},
+		}, al)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		al, err := parseAllowlistString("")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "SOPS_HC_VAULT_ALLOWLIST's entry 1 is empty", err.Error())
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All:  false,
+			URIs: nil,
+		}, al)
+
+		al, err = parseAllowlistString(",")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "SOPS_HC_VAULT_ALLOWLIST's entry 1 is empty", err.Error())
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All:  false,
+			URIs: nil,
+		}, al)
+
+		al, err = parseAllowlistString(",a")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "SOPS_HC_VAULT_ALLOWLIST's entry 1 is empty", err.Error())
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All:  false,
+			URIs: nil,
+		}, al)
+
+		al, err = parseAllowlistString("a,")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "SOPS_HC_VAULT_ALLOWLIST's entry 2 is empty", err.Error())
+		assert.Equal(t, allowList{
+			All:  false,
+			URIs: nil,
+		}, al)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAllowlistAllow(t *testing.T) {
+	al, _ := parseAllowlistString("all")
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows(""), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("foo"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("bar"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com/"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.com/foo"), true)
+
+	al, _ = parseAllowlistString("none")
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows(""), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("foo"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("bar"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.com/foo"), false)
+
+	al, _ = parseAllowlistString("http://example.com")
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.co"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.comm"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com:80"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com/"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com/foo"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://fiz@example.com/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com:123/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.com"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.com/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows(""), false)
+
+	al, _ = parseAllowlistString("http://example.com, https://example.org/bar/,http://foo:80")
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com/"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com/foo"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://fiz@example.com/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.com:123/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.com"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.com/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.org"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.org/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.org/foo"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://fiz@example.org/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://example.org:123/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.org"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.org/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.org/bar"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.org/barr"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.org/bar/"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("https://example.org/bar/baz"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://foo"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://foo/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://foo:80"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://foo:80/"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://foo:8080"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows("http://foo:8080/"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, al.Allows(""), false)
+}