diff --git a/remotes/docker/resolver.go b/remotes/docker/resolver.go
index 06b1724b44e4..371027489f7b 100644
--- a/remotes/docker/resolver.go
+++ b/remotes/docker/resolver.go
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ func (r *dockerBase) fetchTokenWithOAuth(ctx context.Context, to tokenOptions) (
 
 	// Registries without support for POST may return 404 for POST /v2/token.
 	// As of September 2017, GCR is known to return 404.
-	if (resp.StatusCode == 405 && r.username != "") || resp.StatusCode == 404 {
+	// As of February 2018, JFrog Artifactory is known to return 401.
+	if (resp.StatusCode == 405 && r.username != "") || resp.StatusCode == 404 || resp.StatusCode == 401 {
 		return r.getToken(ctx, to)
 	} else if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
 		b, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 64000)) // 64KB