diff --git a/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go b/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
index b2359958..2abfc9ff 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ type bootstrapFlags struct {
 	authorName  string
 	authorEmail string
 
+	gpgKeyPath    string
+	gpgPassphrase string
+	gpgKeyID      string
+
 	commitMessageAppendix string
 }
 
@@ -119,6 +123,10 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.authorName, "author-name", "Flux", "author name for Git commits")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.authorEmail, "author-email", "", "author email for Git commits")
 
+	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyPath, "gpg-key", "", "path to secret gpg key for signing commits")
+	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.gpgPassphrase, "gpg-passphrase", "", "passphrase for decrypting secret gpg key")
+	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyID, "gpg-key-id", "", "key id for selecting a particular key")
+
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.commitMessageAppendix, "commit-message-appendix", "", "string to add to the commit messages, e.g. '[ci skip]'")
 
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&bootstrapArgs.arch, "arch", bootstrapArgs.arch.Description())
diff --git a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go
index f01d925c..894742c4 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		bootstrap.WithPostGenerateSecretFunc(promptPublicKey),
 		bootstrap.WithLogger(logger),
 		bootstrap.WithCABundle(caBundle),
+		bootstrap.WithGitCommitSigning(bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyPath, bootstrapArgs.gpgPassphrase, bootstrapArgs.gpgKeyID),
 	}
 
 	// Setup bootstrapper with constructed configs
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f03e0b04..2c03bc94 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.0
+	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20210428141323-04723f9f07d7
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers v0.1.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v0.11.2
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_plain_git.go b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_plain_git.go
index 6475c40f..898f976d 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_plain_git.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_plain_git.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ type PlainGitBootstrapper struct {
 	author                git.Author
 	commitMessageAppendix string
 
+	gpgKeyPath    string
+	gpgPassphrase string
+	gpgKeyID      string
+
 	kubeconfig  string
 	kubecontext string
 
@@ -142,6 +146,7 @@ func (b *PlainGitBootstrapper) ReconcileComponents(ctx context.Context, manifest
 	}
 
 	// Git commit generated
+	gpgOpts := git.WithGpgSigningOption(b.gpgKeyPath, b.gpgPassphrase, b.gpgKeyID)
 	commitMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Add Flux %s component manifests", options.Version)
 	if b.commitMessageAppendix != "" {
 		commitMsg = commitMsg + "\n\n" + b.commitMessageAppendix
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ func (b *PlainGitBootstrapper) ReconcileComponents(ctx context.Context, manifest
 	commit, err := b.git.Commit(git.Commit{
 		Author:  b.author,
 		Message: commitMsg,
-	})
+	}, gpgOpts)
 	if err != nil && err != git.ErrNoStagedFiles {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to commit sync manifests: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -306,6 +311,7 @@ func (b *PlainGitBootstrapper) ReconcileSyncConfig(ctx context.Context, options
 	b.logger.Successf("generated sync manifests")
 
 	// Git commit generated
+	gpgOpts := git.WithGpgSigningOption(b.gpgKeyPath, b.gpgPassphrase, b.gpgKeyID)
 	commitMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Add Flux sync manifests")
 	if b.commitMessageAppendix != "" {
 		commitMsg = commitMsg + "\n\n" + b.commitMessageAppendix
@@ -313,7 +319,8 @@ func (b *PlainGitBootstrapper) ReconcileSyncConfig(ctx context.Context, options
 	commit, err := b.git.Commit(git.Commit{
 		Author:  b.author,
 		Message: commitMsg,
-	})
+	}, gpgOpts)
+
 	if err != nil && err != git.ErrNoStagedFiles {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to commit sync manifests: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/git/commit_options.go b/internal/bootstrap/git/commit_options.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1a9712c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/git/commit_options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package git
+
+// Option is a some configuration that modifies options for a commit.
+type Option interface {
+	// ApplyToCommit applies this configuration to a given commit option.
+	ApplyToCommit(*CommitOptions)
+}
+
+// CommitOptions contains options for making a commit.
+type CommitOptions struct {
+	*GPGSigningInfo
+}
+
+// GPGSigningInfo contains information for signing a commit.
+type GPGSigningInfo struct {
+	PrivateKeyPath string
+	Passphrase     string
+	KeyID          string
+}
+
+type GpgSigningOption struct {
+	*GPGSigningInfo
+}
+
+func (w GpgSigningOption) ApplyToCommit(in *CommitOptions) {
+	in.GPGSigningInfo = w.GPGSigningInfo
+}
+
+func WithGpgSigningOption(path, passphrase, keyID string) Option {
+	return GpgSigningOption{
+		GPGSigningInfo: &GPGSigningInfo{
+			PrivateKeyPath: path,
+			Passphrase:     passphrase,
+			KeyID:          keyID,
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/git/git.go b/internal/bootstrap/git/git.go
index 103ea49b..1a0f6d86 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/git/git.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/git/git.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type Git interface {
 	Init(url, branch string) (bool, error)
 	Clone(ctx context.Context, url, branch string, caBundle []byte) (bool, error)
 	Write(path string, reader io.Reader) error
-	Commit(message Commit) (string, error)
+	Commit(message Commit, options ...Option) (string, error)
 	Push(ctx context.Context, caBundle []byte) error
 	Status() (bool, error)
 	Head() (string, error)
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/gogit.go b/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/gogit.go
index 07248791..333661d5 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/gogit.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/gogit.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto/openpgp"
 	gogit "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ type GoGit struct {
 	repository *gogit.Repository
 }
 
+type CommitOptions struct {
+	GpgKeyPath       string
+	GpgKeyPassphrase string
+	KeyID            string
+}
+
 func New(path string, auth transport.AuthMethod) *GoGit {
 	return &GoGit{
 		path: path,
@@ -127,7 +134,7 @@ func (g *GoGit) Write(path string, reader io.Reader) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (g *GoGit) Commit(message git.Commit) (string, error) {
+func (g *GoGit) Commit(message git.Commit, opts ...git.Option) (string, error) {
 	if g.repository == nil {
 		return "", git.ErrNoGitRepository
 	}
@@ -142,6 +149,12 @@ func (g *GoGit) Commit(message git.Commit) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	// apply the options
+	options := &git.CommitOptions{}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt.ApplyToCommit(options)
+	}
+
 	// go-git has [a bug](https://github.com/go-git/go-git/issues/253)
 	// whereby it thinks broken symlinks to absolute paths are
 	// modified. There's no circumstance in which we want to commit a
@@ -173,13 +186,24 @@ func (g *GoGit) Commit(message git.Commit) (string, error) {
 		return head.Hash().String(), git.ErrNoStagedFiles
 	}
 
-	commit, err := wt.Commit(message.Message, &gogit.CommitOptions{
+	commitOpts := &gogit.CommitOptions{
 		Author: &object.Signature{
 			Name:  message.Name,
 			Email: message.Email,
 			When:  time.Now(),
 		},
-	})
+	}
+
+	if options.GPGSigningInfo != nil {
+		entity, err := getOpenPgpEntity(*options.GPGSigningInfo)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		commitOpts.SignKey = entity
+	}
+
+	commit, err := wt.Commit(message.Message, commitOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -232,3 +256,41 @@ func (g *GoGit) Path() string {
 func isRemoteBranchNotFoundErr(err error, ref string) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), fmt.Sprintf("couldn't find remote ref %q", ref))
 }
+
+func getOpenPgpEntity(info git.GPGSigningInfo) (*openpgp.Entity, error) {
+	r, err := os.Open(info.PrivateKeyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	entityList, err := openpgp.ReadKeyRing(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(entityList) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no entity formed")
+	}
+
+	var entity *openpgp.Entity
+	if info.KeyID != "" {
+		for _, ent := range entityList {
+			if ent.PrimaryKey.KeyIdString() == info.KeyID {
+				entity = ent
+			}
+		}
+
+		if entity == nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no key matching the key id was found")
+		}
+	} else {
+		entity = entityList[0]
+	}
+
+	err = entity.PrivateKey.Decrypt([]byte(info.Passphrase))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return entity, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/gogit_test.go b/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/gogit_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c8bb311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/gogit_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// +build unit
+
+package gogit
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/bootstrap/git"
+)
+
+func TestGetOpenPgpEntity(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		keyPath    string
+		passphrase string
+		id         string
+		expectErr  bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "no default key id given",
+			keyPath:    "testdata/private.key",
+			passphrase: "flux",
+			id:         "",
+			expectErr:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "key id given",
+			keyPath:    "testdata/private.key",
+			passphrase: "flux",
+			id:         "0619327DBD777415",
+			expectErr:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "wrong key id",
+			keyPath:    "testdata/private.key",
+			passphrase: "flux",
+			id:         "0619327DBD777416",
+			expectErr:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "wrong password",
+			keyPath:    "testdata/private.key",
+			passphrase: "fluxe",
+			id:         "0619327DBD777415",
+			expectErr:  true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			gpgInfo := git.GPGSigningInfo{
+				PrivateKeyPath: tt.keyPath,
+				Passphrase:     tt.passphrase,
+				KeyID:          tt.id,
+			}
+
+			_, err := getOpenPgpEntity(gpgInfo)
+			if err != nil && !tt.expectErr {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+			}
+			if err == nil && tt.expectErr {
+				t.Errorf("expected error when %s", tt.name)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/testdata/private.key b/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/testdata/private.key
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e56432c
Binary files /dev/null and b/internal/bootstrap/git/gogit/testdata/private.key differ
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/options.go b/internal/bootstrap/options.go
index 88972c1e..750f66e9 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/options.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/options.go
@@ -112,3 +112,27 @@ func (o loggerOption) applyGit(b *PlainGitBootstrapper) {
 func (o loggerOption) applyGitProvider(b *GitProviderBootstrapper) {
 	b.logger = o.logger
 }
+
+func WithGitCommitSigning(path, passphrase, keyID string) Option {
+	return gitCommitSigningOption{
+		gpgKeyPath:    path,
+		gpgPassphrase: passphrase,
+		gpgKeyID:      keyID,
+	}
+}
+
+type gitCommitSigningOption struct {
+	gpgKeyPath    string
+	gpgPassphrase string
+	gpgKeyID      string
+}
+
+func (o gitCommitSigningOption) applyGit(b *PlainGitBootstrapper) {
+	b.gpgPassphrase = o.gpgPassphrase
+	b.gpgKeyPath = o.gpgKeyPath
+	b.gpgKeyID = o.gpgKeyID
+}
+
+func (o gitCommitSigningOption) applyGitProvider(b *GitProviderBootstrapper) {
+	o.applyGit(b.PlainGitBootstrapper)
+}