diff --git a/registry/handlers/app.go b/registry/handlers/app.go
index 022701e06..95c677f00 100644
--- a/registry/handlers/app.go
+++ b/registry/handlers/app.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func NewApp(ctx context.Context, config *configuration.Configuration) *App {
 		}
 	}
 
-	app.registry, err = applyRegistryMiddleware(app, app.registry, config.Middleware["registry"])
+	app.registry, err = applyRegistryMiddleware(app, app.registry, app.driver, config.Middleware["registry"])
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -969,9 +969,9 @@ func appendCatalogAccessRecord(accessRecords []auth.Access, r *http.Request) []a
 }
 
 // applyRegistryMiddleware wraps a registry instance with the configured middlewares
-func applyRegistryMiddleware(ctx context.Context, registry distribution.Namespace, middlewares []configuration.Middleware) (distribution.Namespace, error) {
+func applyRegistryMiddleware(ctx context.Context, registry distribution.Namespace, driver storagedriver.StorageDriver, middlewares []configuration.Middleware) (distribution.Namespace, error) {
 	for _, mw := range middlewares {
-		rmw, err := registrymiddleware.Get(ctx, mw.Name, mw.Options, registry)
+		rmw, err := registrymiddleware.Get(ctx, mw.Name, mw.Options, registry, driver)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to configure registry middleware (%s): %s", mw.Name, err)
 		}
diff --git a/registry/middleware/registry/middleware.go b/registry/middleware/registry/middleware.go
index a19d7e53d..16552a319 100644
--- a/registry/middleware/registry/middleware.go
+++ b/registry/middleware/registry/middleware.go
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage"
+	storagedriver "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver"
 )
 
 // InitFunc is the type of a RegistryMiddleware factory function and is
 // used to register the constructor for different RegistryMiddleware backends.
-type InitFunc func(ctx context.Context, registry distribution.Namespace, options map[string]interface{}) (distribution.Namespace, error)
+type InitFunc func(ctx context.Context, registry distribution.Namespace, driver storagedriver.StorageDriver, options map[string]interface{}) (distribution.Namespace, error)
 
 var (
 	middlewares     map[string]InitFunc
@@ -33,10 +34,10 @@ func Register(name string, initFunc InitFunc) error {
 }
 
 // Get constructs a RegistryMiddleware with the given options using the named backend.
-func Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options map[string]interface{}, registry distribution.Namespace) (distribution.Namespace, error) {
+func Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options map[string]interface{}, registry distribution.Namespace, driver storagedriver.StorageDriver) (distribution.Namespace, error) {
 	if middlewares != nil {
 		if initFunc, exists := middlewares[name]; exists {
-			return initFunc(ctx, registry, options)
+			return initFunc(ctx, registry, driver, options)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/registry/registry.go b/registry/registry.go
index 8a9c05a4d..d4a91d0bd 100644
--- a/registry/registry.go
+++ b/registry/registry.go
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ const defaultLogFormatter = "text"
 // this channel gets notified when process receives signal. It is global to ease unit testing
 var quit = make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 
+// HandlerFunc defines an http middleware
+type HandlerFunc func(config *configuration.Configuration, handler http.Handler) http.Handler
+
+var handlerMiddlewares []HandlerFunc
+
+// RegisterHandler is used to register http middlewares to the registry service
+func RegisterHandler(handlerFunc HandlerFunc) {
+	handlerMiddlewares = append(handlerMiddlewares, handlerFunc)
+}
+
 // ServeCmd is a cobra command for running the registry.
 var ServeCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "serve <config>",
@@ -148,6 +158,10 @@ func NewRegistry(ctx context.Context, config *configuration.Configuration) (*Reg
 		handler = gorhandlers.CombinedLoggingHandler(os.Stdout, handler)
 	}
 
+	for _, applyHandlerMiddleware := range handlerMiddlewares {
+		handler = applyHandlerMiddleware(config, handler)
+	}
+
 	server := &http.Server{
 		Handler: handler,
 	}