diff --git a/coordinator/core/marbleapi_test.go b/coordinator/core/marbleapi_test.go
index 46c6907bd..88607ec3e 100644
--- a/coordinator/core/marbleapi_test.go
+++ b/coordinator/core/marbleapi_test.go
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ func TestParseSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = parseSecrets("{{ hex .Secrets.emptysecret }}", manifest.ManifestFileTemplateFuncMap, testWrappedSecrets)
 	assert.Error(err)
 
+	// Test if we can encode as jks
+	parsedSecret, err = parseSecrets("{{ jks \"password\" .Secrets.testcertificate }}", manifest.ManifestFileTemplateFuncMap, testWrappedSecrets)
+	require.NoError(err)
+
 	testWrappedSecrets.Secrets = map[string]manifest.Secret{
 		"plainSecret": {Type: "plain", Public: []byte{1, 2, 3}},
 		"nullSecret":  {Type: "plain", Public: []byte{0, 1, 2}},
@@ -441,6 +445,10 @@ func TestParseSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 	// non plain secrets always result in an error
 	_, err = parseSecrets("{{ string .Secrets.otherSecret }}", manifest.ManifestEnvTemplateFuncMap, testWrappedSecrets)
 	assert.Error(err)
+
+	// jks must fail encoding a symmetric key
+	_, err = parseSecrets("{{ jks \"password\" .Secrets.otherSecret }}", manifest.ManifestEnvTemplateFuncMap, testWrappedSecrets)
+	assert.Error(err)
 }
 
 func TestSecurityLevelUpdate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/coordinator/manifest/manifest.go b/coordinator/manifest/manifest.go
index 18644f9f6..355b35d5e 100644
--- a/coordinator/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/coordinator/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package manifest
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/base64"
@@ -15,8 +16,10 @@ import (
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/pavlo-v-chernykh/keystore-go/v4"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/marblerun/coordinator/quote"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/marblerun/coordinator/user"
@@ -477,12 +480,64 @@ func EncodeSecretDataToString(data interface{}) (string, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// EncodeSecretsToJavaKeyStore encodes secrets as java keystore
+func EncodeSecretsToJavaKeyStore(password string, secrets...Secret) (string, error) {
+	ks := keystore.New()
+
+	for i, secret := range secrets {
+		if secret.Type != "cert-rsa" && secret.Type != "cert-ed25519" && secret.Type != "cert-ecdsa" {
+			return "", errors.New("only RSA, ED25519 and ECDSA certificates can be encoded as Java keystore")
+		}
+
+		if len(secret.Cert.Raw) == 0 {
+			return "", errors.New("certificate is empty")
+		}
+
+		var alias = fmt.Sprintf("a%d", i)
+
+		err := ks.SetTrustedCertificateEntry(alias, keystore.TrustedCertificateEntry{
+			Certificate: keystore.Certificate{
+				Type:    "X509",
+				Content: secret.Cert.Raw,
+			},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		if secret.Private != nil {
+			pkeIn := keystore.PrivateKeyEntry{
+				CreationTime: time.Now(),
+				PrivateKey:   secret.Private,
+				CertificateChain: []keystore.Certificate{
+					{
+						Type:    "X509",
+						Content: secret.Cert.Raw,
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			if err := ks.SetPrivateKeyEntry(alias, pkeIn, []byte(password)); err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var f bytes.Buffer
+	err := ks.Store(&f, []byte(password))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return f.String(), nil
+}
+
 // ManifestTemplateFuncMap defines the functions which can be specified for secret injections into files in the in Go template format.
 var ManifestFileTemplateFuncMap = template.FuncMap{
 	"pem":    EncodeSecretDataToPem,
 	"hex":    EncodeSecretDataToHex,
 	"raw":    EncodeSecretDataToRaw,
 	"base64": EncodeSecretDataToBase64,
+	"jks":    EncodeSecretsToJavaKeyStore,
 }
 
 // ManifestEnvTemplateFuncMap defines the functions which can be specified for secret injections into Env variables in the Go template format.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d24e2dd4f..92fbe0928 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.3-0.20211202183452-c5a74bcca799 // indirect
+	github.com/pavlo-v-chernykh/keystore-go/v4 v4.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fac2ed4ca..1ff4622a7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -921,6 +921,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.2/go.mod h1:MUIHuUEvKB1wtJjQdOyYRgOnLD2xA
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.10.0/go.mod h1:2i0OySw99QjzBBQByd1Gr9gSjvuho1lHsJxIJ3gGbJI=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFStlNbqXla1AfSYxPUl2o=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
+github.com/pavlo-v-chernykh/keystore-go/v4 v4.4.0 h1:y9azNmMzvkNBPyczpNRwaV4bm0U6e7Oyrj7gi2/SNFI=
+github.com/pavlo-v-chernykh/keystore-go/v4 v4.4.0/go.mod h1:lAVhWwbNaveeJmxrxuSTxMgKpF6DjnuVpn6T8WiBwYQ=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1/go.mod h1:T2/BmBdy8dvIRq1a/8aqjN41wvWlN4lrapLU/GW4pbc=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.3/go.mod h1:u1nR/EPcESfeI/szUZKdtJ0xRNbUoANCkoOuaOx1Y+c=