diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8d61d8..99b6f5c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 ### Deprecations
 * `read...Credentials()` methods for specific database mounts (#92)
 
+### Features
+* Support PEM certificate string from `VAULT_CACERT` environment variable (#93)
+
 ### Dependencies
 * Updated Jackson to 2.18.3 (#90)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder.java b/src/main/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder.java
index 534cf62..a4329e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder.java
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import de.stklcode.jvault.connector.exception.ConnectionException;
 import de.stklcode.jvault.connector.exception.TlsException;
 import de.stklcode.jvault.connector.exception.VaultConnectorException;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -326,7 +328,11 @@ public final class HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder {
 
         /* Parse certificate, if set */
         if (System.getenv(ENV_VAULT_CACERT) != null && !System.getenv(ENV_VAULT_CACERT).isBlank()) {
-            return withTrustedCA(Paths.get(System.getenv(ENV_VAULT_CACERT)));
+            X509Certificate cert = certificateFromString(System.getenv(ENV_VAULT_CACERT));
+            if (cert == null) {
+                cert = certificateFromFile(Paths.get(System.getenv(ENV_VAULT_CACERT)));
+            }
+            return withTrustedCA(cert);
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -398,6 +404,28 @@ public final class HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder {
         return con;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Read given certificate file to X.509 certificate.
+     *
+     * @param cert Certificate string (optionally PEM)
+     * @return X.509 Certificate object if parseable, else {@code null}
+     * @throws TlsException on error
+     * @since 1.5.0
+     */
+    private X509Certificate certificateFromString(final String cert) throws TlsException {
+        // Check if PEM header is present in given string
+        if (cert.contains("-BEGIN ") && cert.contains("-END")) {
+            try (var is = new ByteArrayInputStream(cert.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
+                return (X509Certificate) CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509").generateCertificate(is);
+            } catch (IOException | CertificateException e) {
+                throw new TlsException("Unable to read certificate.", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Not am PEM string, skip
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Read given certificate file to X.509 certificate.
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorBuilderTest.java
index d31ba8e..1b030e6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/stklcode/jvault/connector/HTTPVaultConnectorBuilderTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import static com.github.stefanbirkner.systemlambda.SystemLambda.withEnvironmentVariable;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
@@ -128,19 +131,6 @@ class HTTPVaultConnectorBuilderTest {
             return null;
         });
 
-        // Provide CA certificate.
-        String vaultCacert = tempDir.toString() + "/doesnotexist";
-        withVaultEnv(VAULT_ADDR, vaultCacert, VAULT_MAX_RETRIES.toString(), null).execute(() -> {
-            TlsException e = assertThrows(
-                    TlsException.class,
-                    () -> HTTPVaultConnector.builder().fromEnv(),
-                    "Creation with unknown cert path failed"
-            );
-            assertEquals(vaultCacert, assertInstanceOf(NoSuchFileException.class, e.getCause()).getFile());
-
-            return null;
-        });
-
         // Automatic authentication.
         withVaultEnv(VAULT_ADDR, null, VAULT_MAX_RETRIES.toString(), VAULT_TOKEN).execute(() -> {
             HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder builder = assertDoesNotThrow(
@@ -164,6 +154,59 @@ class HTTPVaultConnectorBuilderTest {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test CA certificate handling from environment variables
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testCertificateFromEnv() throws Exception {
+        // From direct PEM content
+        String pem = Files.readString(Paths.get(getClass().getResource("/tls/ca.pem").toURI()));
+        AtomicReference<Object> certFromPem = new AtomicReference<>();
+        withVaultEnv(VAULT_ADDR, pem, null, null).execute(() -> {
+            HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder builder = assertDoesNotThrow(
+                    () -> HTTPVaultConnector.builder().fromEnv(),
+                    "Builder with PEM certificate from environment failed"
+            );
+            HTTPVaultConnector connector = builder.build();
+
+            certFromPem.set(getRequestHelperPrivate(connector, "trustedCaCert"));
+            assertNotNull(certFromPem.get(), "Trusted CA cert from PEM not set");
+
+            return null;
+        });
+
+        // From file path
+        String file = Paths.get(getClass().getResource("/tls/ca.pem").toURI()).toString();
+        AtomicReference<Object> certFromFile = new AtomicReference<>();
+        withVaultEnv(VAULT_ADDR, file, null, null).execute(() -> {
+            HTTPVaultConnectorBuilder builder = assertDoesNotThrow(
+                    () -> HTTPVaultConnector.builder().fromEnv(),
+                    "Builder with certificate path from environment failed"
+            );
+            HTTPVaultConnector connector = builder.build();
+
+            certFromFile.set(getRequestHelperPrivate(connector, "trustedCaCert"));
+            assertNotNull(certFromFile.get(), "Trusted CA cert from file not set");
+
+            return null;
+        });
+
+        assertEquals(certFromPem.get(), certFromFile.get(), "Certificates from PEM and file should be equal");
+
+        // Non-existing path CA certificate path
+        String doesNotExist = tempDir.toString() + "/doesnotexist";
+        withVaultEnv(VAULT_ADDR, doesNotExist, VAULT_MAX_RETRIES.toString(), null).execute(() -> {
+            TlsException e = assertThrows(
+                    TlsException.class,
+                    () -> HTTPVaultConnector.builder().fromEnv(),
+                    "Creation with unknown cert path failed"
+            );
+            assertEquals(doesNotExist, assertInstanceOf(NoSuchFileException.class, e.getCause()).getFile());
+
+            return null;
+        });
+    }
+
     private SystemLambda.WithEnvironmentVariables withVaultEnv(String vaultAddr, String vaultCacert, String vaultMaxRetries, String vaultToken) {
         return withEnvironmentVariable("VAULT_ADDR", vaultAddr)
                 .and("VAULT_CACERT", vaultCacert)