diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd6f7e5e4..7fb852553 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Read our [contributing guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md) if you wish to contribute.
   * [unlockAccount](#unlockaccountoptions)
   * [verifyRecoveryToken](#verifyrecoverytokenoptions)
   * [webfinger](#webfingeroptions)
-  * [fingerprint] (#fingerprintoptions)
+  * [fingerprint](#fingerprintoptions)
   * [tx.resume](#txresume)
   * [tx.exists](#txexists)
   * [transaction.status](#transactionstatus)
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ The goal of an authentication flow is to [set an Okta session cookie on the user
 
   - `username` - User’s non-qualified short-name (e.g. dade.murphy) or unique fully-qualified login (e.g dade.murphy@example.com)
   - `password` - The password of the user
+  - `sendFingerprint` -  Enabling this will send a `X-Device-Fingerprint` header. Defaults to `false`
 
 ```javascript
 authClient.signIn({
diff --git a/lib/clientBuilder.js b/lib/clientBuilder.js
index 8333146cc..045597d96 100644
--- a/lib/clientBuilder.js
+++ b/lib/clientBuilder.js
@@ -159,7 +159,23 @@ proto.features.isTokenVerifySupported = function() {
 
 // { username, password, (relayState), (context) }
 proto.signIn = function (opts) {
-  return tx.postToTransaction(this, '/api/v1/authn', opts);
+  var sdk = this;
+  var body = opts || {};
+  return new Q(!body.sendFingerprint ? {} :
+    sdk.fingerprint()
+    .then(function(fingerprint) {
+      return {
+        headers: {
+          'X-Device-Fingerprint': fingerprint
+        }
+      };
+    })
+  )
+  .then(function(options) {
+    body = util.clone(body);
+    delete body.sendFingerprint;
+    return tx.postToTransaction(sdk, '/api/v1/authn', body, options);
+  });
 };
 
 proto.signOut = function () {
diff --git a/lib/tx.js b/lib/tx.js
index 69c992ab7..aba77843c 100644
--- a/lib/tx.js
+++ b/lib/tx.js
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ function transactionExists(sdk) {
   return !!sdk.tx.exists._getCookie(config.STATE_TOKEN_COOKIE_NAME);
 }
 
-function postToTransaction(sdk, url, options) {
-  return http.post(sdk, url, options)
+function postToTransaction(sdk, url, body, options) {
+  return http.post(sdk, url, body, options)
     .then(function(res) {
       return new AuthTransaction(sdk, res);
     });
diff --git a/test/spec/fingerprint.js b/test/spec/fingerprint.js
index 3743d9b66..4754dfe54 100644
--- a/test/spec/fingerprint.js
+++ b/test/spec/fingerprint.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 define(function(require) {
   var OktaAuth = require('OktaAuth');
   var util = require('../util/util');
+  var packageJson = require('../../package.json');
 
   describe('fingerprint', function() {
     function setup(options) {
@@ -59,17 +60,17 @@ define(function(require) {
         });
       });
 
-      var authClient = new OktaAuth({
+      var authClient = options.authClient || new OktaAuth({
         url: 'http://example.okta.com'
       });
       if (typeof options.userAgent !== 'undefined') {
         util.mockUserAgent(authClient, options.userAgent);
       }
-      return authClient.fingerprint({ timeout: options.timeout });
+      return authClient;
     }
 
     it('iframe is created with the right src and it is hidden', function (done) {
-      return setup()
+      return setup().fingerprint()
       .catch(function(err) {
         expect(err).toBeUndefined();
       })
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ define(function(require) {
     });
 
     it('allows non-Okta postMessages', function (done) {
-      return setup({ sendOtherMessage: true })
+      return setup({ sendOtherMessage: true }).fingerprint()
       .catch(function(err) {
         expect(err).toBeUndefined();
       })
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ define(function(require) {
     });
 
     it('fails if the iframe sends invalid message content', function (done) {
-      return setup({ firstMessage: 'invalidMessageContent' })
+      return setup({ firstMessage: 'invalidMessageContent' }).fingerprint()
       .then(function() {
         done.fail('Fingerprint promise should have been rejected');
       })
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ define(function(require) {
     });
 
     it('fails if user agent is not defined', function (done) {
-      return setup({ userAgent: '' })
+      return setup({ userAgent: '' }).fingerprint()
       .then(function() {
         done.fail('Fingerprint promise should have been rejected');
       })
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ define(function(require) {
     it('fails if it is called from a Windows phone', function (done) {
       return setup({
         userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows Phone OS 7.5; Trident/5.0;)'
-      })
+      }).fingerprint()
       .then(function() {
         done.fail('Fingerprint promise should have been rejected');
       })
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ define(function(require) {
     });
 
     it('fails after a timeout period', function (done) {
-      return setup({ timeout: 5 })
+      return setup({ timeout: true }).fingerprint({ timeout: 5 })
       .then(function() {
         done.fail('Fingerprint promise should have been rejected');
       })
@@ -145,5 +146,51 @@ define(function(require) {
         done();
       });
     });
+
+    util.itMakesCorrectRequestResponse({
+      title: 'attaches fingerprint to signIn requests if addFingerprint is true',
+      setup: {
+        uri: 'http://example.okta.com',
+        calls: [
+          {
+            request: {
+              method: 'post',
+              uri: '/api/v1/authn',
+              data: { username: 'not', password: 'real' },
+              headers: {
+                'Accept': 'application/json',
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                'X-Okta-User-Agent-Extended': 'okta-auth-js-' + packageJson.version,
+                'X-Device-Fingerprint': 'ABCD'
+              }
+            },
+            response: 'success'
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      execute: function (test) {
+        return setup({ authClient: test.oa }).signIn({
+          username: 'not',
+          password: 'real',
+          sendFingerprint: true
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('fails signIn request if fingerprinting fails', function(done) {
+      return setup({ firstMessage: 'invalidMessageContent' })
+      .signIn({
+        username: 'not',
+        password: 'real',
+        sendFingerprint: true
+      })
+      .then(function() {
+        done.fail('signIn promise should have been rejected');
+      })
+      .catch(function(err) {
+        util.assertAuthSdkError(err, 'Unable to parse iframe response');
+        done();
+      });
+    });
   });
 });