diff --git a/service_provider.go b/service_provider.go
index 30b35670..61afa1b1 100644
--- a/service_provider.go
+++ b/service_provider.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"compress/flate"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rsa"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/sha512"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/base64"
@@ -91,6 +93,18 @@ type ServiceProvider struct {
 	// IDPMetadata is the metadata from the identity provider.
 	IDPMetadata *EntityDescriptor
 
+	// IDPCertificateFingerprint is fingerprint of the idp public certificate. If this field is specified,
+	// IDPCertificateFingerprintAlgorithm must also be specified, and IDPCertificate must not be specified.
+	IDPCertificateFingerprint *string
+	// IDPCertificateFingerprintAlgorithm is fingerprint algorithm used to obtain fingerprint of the idp public
+	// certificate.
+	// If this field is specified, IDPCertificateFingerprint must also be specified, and IDPCertificate must not be specified.
+	IDPCertificateFingerprintAlgorithm *string
+
+	// IDPCertificate to use as idp public certificate. If this field is specified, IDPCertificateFingerprint and
+	// IDPCertificateFingerprintAlgorithm must not be specified.
+	IDPCertificate *string
+
 	// AuthnNameIDFormat is the format used in the NameIDPolicy for
 	// authentication requests
 	AuthnNameIDFormat NameIDFormat
@@ -378,6 +392,85 @@ func (sp *ServiceProvider) getIDPSigningCerts() ([]*x509.Certificate, error) {
 	return certs, nil
 }
 
+func (sp *ServiceProvider) getCertBasedOnFingerprint(el *etree.Element) ([]*x509.Certificate, error) {
+	x509CertEl := el.FindElement("./Signature/KeyInfo/X509Data/X509Certificate")
+	if x509CertEl == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: no certificate present", el.Tag)
+	}
+	if len(x509CertEl.Child) != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: x509 cert el child len != 1: %d", el.Tag, len(x509CertEl.Child))
+	}
+
+	x509CertElCharData, ok := x509CertEl.Child[0].(*etree.CharData)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: x509 cert el first child not char data: %T", el.Tag, x509CertEl.Child[0])
+	}
+
+	cert, err := parseCert(x509CertElCharData.Data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: %w", el.Tag, err)
+	}
+
+	finP, err := fingerprint(cert, *sp.IDPCertificateFingerprintAlgorithm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: %w", el.Tag, err)
+	}
+
+	if *sp.IDPCertificateFingerprint != finP {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: fingerprint mismatch", el.Tag)
+	}
+
+	return []*x509.Certificate{cert}, nil
+
+}
+
+func parseCert(x509Data string) (*x509.Certificate, error) {
+	// cleanup whitespace
+	regex := regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
+	certStr := regex.ReplaceAllString(x509Data, "")
+	certBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(certStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse cert, cannot base64 decode cert string: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	parsedCert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(certBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse cert, cannot parse certificate: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return parsedCert, nil
+}
+
+func fingerprint(cert *x509.Certificate, fingerprintAlgorithm string) (string, error) {
+	switch fingerprintAlgorithm {
+	case "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256":
+		fp := sha256.Sum256(cert.Raw)
+		return fingerprintFormat(fp[:])
+	case "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512":
+		fp := sha512.Sum512(cert.Raw)
+		return fingerprintFormat(fp[:])
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("fingerprint, unknown algorithm: %s", fingerprintAlgorithm)
+	}
+}
+
+func fingerprintFormat(fp []byte) (string, error) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	for i, f := range fp {
+		if i > 0 {
+			_, err := fmt.Fprintf(&buf, ":")
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("fingerprint format, print ':': %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+		_, err := fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "%02X", f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("fingerprint format, print bytes: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return buf.String(), nil
+}
+
 // MakeArtifactResolveRequest produces a new ArtifactResolve object to send to the idp's Artifact resolver
 func (sp *ServiceProvider) MakeArtifactResolveRequest(artifactID string) (*ArtifactResolve, error) {
 	req := ArtifactResolve{
@@ -1101,9 +1194,28 @@ func (sp *ServiceProvider) validateSignature(el *etree.Element) error {
 		return errSignatureElementNotPresent
 	}
 
-	certs, err := sp.getIDPSigningCerts()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: %v", el.Tag, err)
+	var certs []*x509.Certificate
+	if sp.IDPMetadata != nil && sp.IDPCertificateFingerprint == nil && sp.IDPCertificateFingerprintAlgorithm == nil && sp.IDPCertificate == nil {
+		certs, err = sp.getIDPSigningCerts()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: %v", el.Tag, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if sp.IDPMetadata != nil && sp.IDPCertificateFingerprint != nil && sp.IDPCertificateFingerprintAlgorithm != nil && sp.IDPCertificate == nil {
+		certs, err = sp.getCertBasedOnFingerprint(el)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: %v", el.Tag, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if sp.IDPMetadata != nil && sp.IDPCertificateFingerprint == nil && sp.IDPCertificateFingerprintAlgorithm == nil && sp.IDPCertificate != nil {
+		cert, err := parseCert(*sp.IDPCertificate)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: %w", el.Tag, err)
+		}
+		certs = append(certs, cert)
+	}
+	if len(certs) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot validate signature on %s: saml config not set up properly, specify either idp metadata url, fingerprints or actual certificate", el.Tag)
 	}
 
 	certificateStore := dsig.MemoryX509CertificateStore{