diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c1c9dfa..8973c9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ This is meant to be used as a [Drone plugin](http://plugins.drone.io/).
 - **deploy_key**: SSH private key part for ssh public key authentication
 - **stack**: Name of the stack to be deployed
 
+### Required (If Private Repo)
+
+- **image**: Name and Tag of image since private image's are not pulled automatically by docker stack deploy
+
 ### Optional (with defaults)
 
 - **compose** (default: `compose.yml`): compose file to use for deploying
diff --git a/plugin.sh b/plugin.sh
index 6cfcabc..9790d39 100755
--- a/plugin.sh
+++ b/plugin.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ run_stack_deploy() {
   if [[ ! -z "${PLUGIN_REG_USER}" ]] && [[ ! -z "${PLUGIN_REG_PASS}" ]]; then
     echo "--- discovered secrets, assuming private registry, logging in ---"
     docker login -u "${PLUGIN_REG_USER}" -p "${PLUGIN_REG_PASS}"
+    docker image pull "${PLUGIN_IMAGE}"
     docker -H "$REMOTE_DOCKER_HOST" stack deploy -c "$PLUGIN_COMPOSE" "$PLUGIN_STACK"
   else
     docker -H "$REMOTE_DOCKER_HOST" stack deploy -c "$PLUGIN_COMPOSE" "$PLUGIN_STACK"