diff --git a/passbook/providers/saml/api.py b/passbook/providers/saml/api.py
index 6a5baf748..0f1b950f3 100644
--- a/passbook/providers/saml/api.py
+++ b/passbook/providers/saml/api.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class SAMLProviderSerializer(ModelSerializer):
             "digest_algorithm",
             "signature_algorithm",
             "signing_kp",
+            "require_signing",
         ]
 
 
diff --git a/passbook/providers/saml/forms.py b/passbook/providers/saml/forms.py
index 1fa0e7adf..76a56d66a 100644
--- a/passbook/providers/saml/forms.py
+++ b/passbook/providers/saml/forms.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class SAMLProviderForm(forms.ModelForm):
             "session_valid_not_on_or_after",
             "property_mappings",
             "digest_algorithm",
+            "require_signing",
             "signature_algorithm",
             "signing_kp",
         ]
diff --git a/passbook/providers/saml/migrations/0009_auto_20200506_1551.py b/passbook/providers/saml/migrations/0009_auto_20200506_1551.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ff87d9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passbook/providers/saml/migrations/0009_auto_20200506_1551.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.0.3 on 2020-05-06 15:51
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("passbook_crypto", "0001_initial"),
+        ("passbook_providers_saml", "0008_auto_20200305_1606"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="samlprovider",
+            name="require_signing",
+            field=models.BooleanField(
+                default=False,
+                help_text="Require Requests to be signed by an X509 Certificate. Must match the Certificate selected in `Singing Keypair`.",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="samlprovider",
+            name="issuer",
+            field=models.TextField(help_text="Also known as EntityID"),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="samlprovider",
+            name="signing_kp",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                default=None,
+                help_text="Singing is enabled upon selection of a Key Pair.",
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                to="passbook_crypto.CertificateKeyPair",
+                verbose_name="Signing Keypair",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/passbook/providers/saml/models.py b/passbook/providers/saml/models.py
index 1007b71d2..f48eaba49 100644
--- a/passbook/providers/saml/models.py
+++ b/passbook/providers/saml/models.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class SAMLProvider(Provider):
 
     acs_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_("ACS URL"))
     audience = models.TextField(default="")
-    issuer = models.TextField()
+    issuer = models.TextField(help_text=_("Also known as EntityID"))
 
     assertion_valid_not_before = models.TextField(
         default="minutes=-5",
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ class SAMLProvider(Provider):
         null=True,
         help_text=_("Singing is enabled upon selection of a Key Pair."),
         on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        verbose_name=_("Signing Keypair"),
+    )
+
+    require_signing = models.BooleanField(
+        default=False,
+        help_text=_(
+            "Require Requests to be signed by an X509 Certificate. "
+            "Must match the Certificate selected in `Singing Keypair`."
+        ),
     )
 
     form = "passbook.providers.saml.forms.SAMLProviderForm"
diff --git a/passbook/providers/saml/processors/base.py b/passbook/providers/saml/processors/base.py
index 78abd20cd..c187ebbf8 100644
--- a/passbook/providers/saml/processors/base.py
+++ b/passbook/providers/saml/processors/base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 """Basic SAML Processor"""
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Union
 
+from cryptography.exceptions import InvalidSignature
 from defusedxml import ElementTree
 from django.http import HttpRequest
+from signxml import XMLVerifier
 from structlog import get_logger
 
 from passbook.core.exceptions import PropertyMappingExpressionException
@@ -146,6 +148,15 @@ class Processor:
         """Parses various parameters from _request_xml into _request_params."""
         decoded_xml = decode_base64_and_inflate(self._saml_request)
 
+        if self._remote.require_signing and self._remote.signing_kp:
+            self._logger.debug("Verifying Request signature")
+            try:
+                XMLVerifier().verify(
+                    decoded_xml, x509_cert=self._remote.signing_kp.certificate_data
+                )
+            except InvalidSignature as exc:
+                raise CannotHandleAssertion("Failed to verify signature") from exc
+
         root = ElementTree.fromstring(decoded_xml)
 
         params = {}