diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/ivdijan-onRenderInitials_2018-04-20-13-44.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/ivdijan-onRenderInitials_2018-04-20-13-44.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9afcec63ee64ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/ivdijan-onRenderInitials_2018-04-20-13-44.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Propagate onRenderInitials correctly from Persona to PersonaCoin",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "ivdijan@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Persona/Persona.base.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Persona/Persona.base.tsx
index 0328512db1769e..2f7b99c2ea72b5 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Persona/Persona.base.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Persona/Persona.base.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export class PersonaBase extends BaseComponent<IPersonaProps, {}> {
       initialsColor,
       onPhotoLoadingStateChange,
       onRenderCoin,
+      onRenderInitials,
       presence,
       primaryText,
       showSecondaryText,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ export class PersonaBase extends BaseComponent<IPersonaProps, {}> {
       initialsColor,
       onPhotoLoadingStateChange,
       onRenderCoin,
+      onRenderInitials,
       presence,
       primaryText,
       size,