diff --git a/botocore/utils.py b/botocore/utils.py
index 9553e0c82a..f592b4a451 100644
--- a/botocore/utils.py
+++ b/botocore/utils.py
@@ -3075,6 +3075,7 @@ class ContainerMetadataFetcher:
         '169.254.170.23',
         'fd00:ec2::23',
         'localhost',
+        'host.docker.internal',
     ]
 
     def __init__(self, session=None, sleep=time.sleep):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 702fb16515..506e030e1b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -2775,6 +2775,11 @@ def test_localhost_http_is_allowed(self):
     def test_localhost_with_port_http_is_allowed(self):
         self.assert_can_retrieve_metadata_from('http://localhost:8000/foo')
 
+    def test_docker_host_http_is_allowed(self):
+        self.assert_can_retrieve_metadata_from(
+            'http://host.docker.internal/foo'
+        )
+
     def test_localhost_https_is_allowed(self):
         self.assert_can_retrieve_metadata_from('https://localhost/foo')