diff --git a/doc/reference.conf b/doc/reference.conf
index 731eadf8..d0720a57 100644
--- a/doc/reference.conf
+++ b/doc/reference.conf
@@ -1407,7 +1407,8 @@ general {
 	 *
 	 * The spki_* variants operate on the SubjectPublicKeyInfo of the certificate, which does
 	 * not change unless the private key is changed.  This allows the fingerprint to stay
-	 * constant even if the certificate is reissued.
+	 * constant even if the certificate is reissued.  These fingerprints will be prefixed with
+	 * "SPKI:SHA2-256:" or "SPKI:SHA2-512:" depending on the hash type.
 	 */
 	certfp_method = sha1;
 
diff --git a/ircd/sslproc.c b/ircd/sslproc.c
index efe3d764..51e594a9 100644
--- a/ircd/sslproc.c
+++ b/ircd/sslproc.c
@@ -482,23 +482,48 @@ ssl_process_certfp(ssl_ctl_t * ctl, ssl_ctl_buf_t * ctl_buf)
 {
 	struct Client *client_p;
 	uint32_t fd;
+	uint32_t certfp_method;
 	uint32_t len;
 	uint8_t *certfp;
 	char *certfp_string;
+	const char *method_string;
+	int method_len;
 
-	if(ctl_buf->buflen > 9 + RB_SSL_CERTFP_LEN)
+	if(ctl_buf->buflen > 13 + RB_SSL_CERTFP_LEN)
 		return;		/* bogus message..drop it.. XXX should warn here */
 
 	fd = buf_to_uint32(&ctl_buf->buf[1]);
-	len = buf_to_uint32(&ctl_buf->buf[5]);
-	certfp = (uint8_t *)&ctl_buf->buf[9];
+	certfp_method = buf_to_uint32(&ctl_buf->buf[5]);
+	len = buf_to_uint32(&ctl_buf->buf[9]);
+	certfp = (uint8_t *)&ctl_buf->buf[13];
 	client_p = find_cli_connid_hash(fd);
 	if(client_p == NULL)
 		return;
+
+	switch (certfp_method) {
+	case RB_SSL_CERTFP_METH_CERT_SHA1:
+	case RB_SSL_CERTFP_METH_CERT_SHA256:
+	case RB_SSL_CERTFP_METH_CERT_SHA512:
+		method_string = "";
+		break;
+
+	/* These names are copied from RFC 7218 */
+	case RB_SSL_CERTFP_METH_SPKI_SHA256:
+		method_string = "SPKI:SHA2-256:";
+		break;
+	case RB_SSL_CERTFP_METH_SPKI_SHA512:
+		method_string = "SPKI:SHA2-512:";
+		break;
+	default:
+		return;
+	}
+	method_len = strlen(method_string);
+
 	rb_free(client_p->certfp);
-	certfp_string = rb_malloc(len * 2 + 1);
+	certfp_string = rb_malloc(method_len + len * 2 + 1);
+	strcpy(certfp_string, method_string);
 	for(uint32_t i = 0; i < len; i++)
-		snprintf(certfp_string + 2 * i, 3, "%02x",
+		snprintf(certfp_string + method_len + 2 * i, 3, "%02x",
 				certfp[i]);
 	client_p->certfp = certfp_string;
 }
diff --git a/ssld/ssld.c b/ssld/ssld.c
index e8fb5adf..1bf90771 100644
--- a/ssld/ssld.c
+++ b/ssld/ssld.c
@@ -686,17 +686,18 @@ ssl_send_cipher(conn_t *conn)
 static void
 ssl_send_certfp(conn_t *conn)
 {
-	uint8_t buf[9 + RB_SSL_CERTFP_LEN];
+	uint8_t buf[13 + RB_SSL_CERTFP_LEN];
 
-	int len = rb_get_ssl_certfp(conn->mod_fd, &buf[9], certfp_method);
+	int len = rb_get_ssl_certfp(conn->mod_fd, &buf[13], certfp_method);
 	if (!len)
 		return;
 
 	lrb_assert(len <= RB_SSL_CERTFP_LEN);
 	buf[0] = 'F';
 	uint32_to_buf(&buf[1], conn->id);
-	uint32_to_buf(&buf[5], len);
-	mod_cmd_write_queue(conn->ctl, buf, 9 + len);
+	uint32_to_buf(&buf[5], certfp_method);
+	uint32_to_buf(&buf[9], len);
+	mod_cmd_write_queue(conn->ctl, buf, 13 + len);
 }
 
 static void