diff --git a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1/types.go
index 276722793e9..31e737c60fa 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1/types.go
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ const (
 	// controller only processes Ingresses with this annotation either unset, or
 	// set to either the configured value or the empty string.
 	IngressClassAnnotationKey = "kubernetes.io/ingress.class"
+
+	// IngressSecretTemplate can be used to set the secretTemplate field in the generated Certificate.
+	// The value is a JSON representation of secretTemplate and must not have any unknown fields.
+	IngressSecretTemplate = "cert-manager.io/secret-template"
 )
 
 // Annotation names for CertificateRequests
diff --git a/pkg/controller/certificate-shim/helper.go b/pkg/controller/certificate-shim/helper.go
index 198bee84e9c..ce6f59152e0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/certificate-shim/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/certificate-shim/helper.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package shimhelper
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
@@ -268,5 +269,23 @@ func translateAnnotations(crt *cmapi.Certificate, ingLikeAnnotations map[string]
 		}
 	}
 
+	if secretTemplateJson, found := ingLikeAnnotations[cmapi.IngressSecretTemplate]; found {
+		decoder := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(secretTemplateJson))
+		decoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
+
+		var secretTemplate = new(cmapi.CertificateSecretTemplate)
+		if err := decoder.Decode(secretTemplate); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w %q: error parsing secret template JSON: %v", errInvalidIngressAnnotation, cmapi.IngressSecretTemplate, err)
+		}
+		for annotationKey := range secretTemplate.Annotations {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(annotationKey, "cert-manager.io/") {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%w %q: secretTemplate must not have cert-manager.io/ annotations: %q", errInvalidIngressAnnotation, cmapi.IngressSecretTemplate, annotationKey)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(secretTemplate.Annotations) > 0 || len(secretTemplate.Labels) > 0 {
+			crt.Spec.SecretTemplate = secretTemplate
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/certificate-shim/sync_test.go b/pkg/controller/certificate-shim/sync_test.go
index 4914d5b0e33..bd98f36267c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/certificate-shim/sync_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/certificate-shim/sync_test.go
@@ -536,6 +536,105 @@ func TestSync(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:   "return a single HTTP01 Certificate for an ingress with a single valid TLS entry and valid secret template annotation",
+			Issuer: acmeClusterIssuer,
+			IngressLike: &networkingv1.Ingress{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "ingress-name",
+					Namespace: gen.DefaultTestNamespace,
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						cmapi.IngressClusterIssuerNameAnnotationKey: "issuer-name",
+						cmapi.IngressSecretTemplate:                 `{ "annotations": { "example-annotation" : "dummy-value" }, "labels": { "example-label" : "dummy-value" } }`,
+					},
+					UID: types.UID("ingress-name"),
+				},
+				Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+					TLS: []networkingv1.IngressTLS{
+						{
+							Hosts:      []string{"example.com", "www.example.com"},
+							SecretName: "example-com-tls",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			ClusterIssuerLister: []runtime.Object{acmeClusterIssuer},
+			ExpectedEvents:      []string{`Normal CreateCertificate Successfully created Certificate "example-com-tls"`},
+			ExpectedCreate: []*cmapi.Certificate{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name:            "example-com-tls",
+						Namespace:       gen.DefaultTestNamespace,
+						OwnerReferences: buildIngressOwnerReferences("ingress-name", gen.DefaultTestNamespace),
+					},
+					Spec: cmapi.CertificateSpec{
+						DNSNames:   []string{"example.com", "www.example.com"},
+						SecretName: "example-com-tls",
+						SecretTemplate: &cmapi.CertificateSecretTemplate{
+							Annotations: map[string]string{
+								"example-annotation": "dummy-value",
+							},
+							Labels: map[string]string{
+								"example-label": "dummy-value",
+							},
+						},
+						IssuerRef: cmmeta.ObjectReference{
+							Name: "issuer-name",
+							Kind: "ClusterIssuer",
+						},
+						Usages: cmapi.DefaultKeyUsages(),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "secret template annotation should not allow cert-manager.io/ annotations",
+			Issuer: acmeClusterIssuer,
+			IngressLike: &networkingv1.Ingress{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "ingress-name",
+					Namespace: gen.DefaultTestNamespace,
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						cmapi.IngressClusterIssuerNameAnnotationKey: "issuer-name",
+						cmapi.IngressSecretTemplate:                 `{ "annotations": { "cert-manager.io/disallowed-annotation" : "dummy-value" } }`,
+					},
+					UID: types.UID("ingress-name"),
+				},
+				Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+					TLS: []networkingv1.IngressTLS{
+						{
+							Hosts:      []string{"example.com", "www.example.com"},
+							SecretName: "example-com-tls",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Err: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:   "secret template annotation should not allow unknown fields",
+			Issuer: acmeClusterIssuer,
+			IngressLike: &networkingv1.Ingress{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "ingress-name",
+					Namespace: gen.DefaultTestNamespace,
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						cmapi.IngressClusterIssuerNameAnnotationKey: "issuer-name",
+						cmapi.IngressSecretTemplate:                 `{ "unknown-field": "true" }`,
+					},
+					UID: types.UID("ingress-name"),
+				},
+				Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+					TLS: []networkingv1.IngressTLS{
+						{
+							Hosts:      []string{"example.com", "www.example.com"},
+							SecretName: "example-com-tls",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Err: true,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:   "edit-in-place set to false should not trigger editing the ingress in-place",
 			Issuer: acmeClusterIssuer,