diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Creator/IdentityServerConfigurationCreator.cs b/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Creator/IdentityServerConfigurationCreator.cs
index 48819608..6ed3b6c0 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Creator/IdentityServerConfigurationCreator.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Creator/IdentityServerConfigurationCreator.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace Ocelot.Configuration.Creator
             var username = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OCELOT_USERNAME");
             var hash = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OCELOT_HASH");
             var salt = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OCELOT_SALT");
+            var credentialsSigningCertificateLocation = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OCELOT_CERTIFICATE");
+            var credentialsSigningCertificatePassword = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OCELOT_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD");
 
             return new IdentityServerConfiguration(
                 "admin",
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ namespace Ocelot.Configuration.Creator
                 new List<User>
                 {
                     new User("admin", username, hash, salt)
-                }
+                },
+                credentialsSigningCertificateLocation,
+                credentialsSigningCertificatePassword
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Provider/IIdentityServerConfiguration.cs b/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Provider/IIdentityServerConfiguration.cs
index bb66265f..0a388abb 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Provider/IIdentityServerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Provider/IIdentityServerConfiguration.cs
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.Configuration.Provider
         AccessTokenType AccessTokenType {get;}
         bool RequireClientSecret {get;}
         List<User> Users {get;}
+        string CredentialsSigningCertificateLocation { get; }
+        string CredentialsSigningCertificatePassword { get; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Provider/IdentityServerConfiguration.cs b/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Provider/IdentityServerConfiguration.cs
index f0f6897d..881d6f5a 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Provider/IdentityServerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Configuration/Provider/IdentityServerConfiguration.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.Configuration.Provider
             IEnumerable<string>  grantType,
             AccessTokenType accessTokenType,
             bool requireClientSecret,
-            List<User> users)
+            List<User> users, string credentialsSigningCertificateLocation, string credentialsSigningCertificatePassword)
         {
             ApiName = apiName;
             RequireHttps = requireHttps;
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ namespace Ocelot.Configuration.Provider
             AccessTokenType = accessTokenType;
             RequireClientSecret = requireClientSecret;
             Users = users;
+            CredentialsSigningCertificateLocation = credentialsSigningCertificateLocation;
+            CredentialsSigningCertificatePassword = credentialsSigningCertificatePassword;
         }
 
         public string ApiName { get; private set; }
@@ -43,5 +45,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.Configuration.Provider
         public AccessTokenType AccessTokenType {get;private set;}
         public bool RequireClientSecret {get;private set;}
         public List<User> Users {get;private set;}
+        public string CredentialsSigningCertificateLocation { get; private set; }
+        public string CredentialsSigningCertificatePassword { get; private set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index d52341fe..6b33f5c7 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
 using Ocelot.Configuration;
 using FileConfigurationProvider = Ocelot.Configuration.Provider.FileConfigurationProvider;
 
@@ -87,8 +89,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.DependencyInjection
             {
                 services.TryAddSingleton<IIdentityServerConfiguration>(identityServerConfiguration);
                 services.TryAddSingleton<IHashMatcher, HashMatcher>();
-                services.AddIdentityServer()
-                    .AddTemporarySigningCredential()
+                var identityServerBuilder = services.AddIdentityServer()
                     .AddInMemoryApiResources(new List<ApiResource>
                     {
                         new ApiResource
@@ -120,6 +121,16 @@ namespace Ocelot.DependencyInjection
                             RequireClientSecret = identityServerConfiguration.RequireClientSecret
                         }
                     }).AddResourceOwnerValidator<OcelotResourceOwnerPasswordValidator>();
+
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(identityServerConfiguration.CredentialsSigningCertificateLocation) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(identityServerConfiguration.CredentialsSigningCertificatePassword))
+                {
+                    identityServerBuilder.AddTemporarySigningCredential();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var cert = new X509Certificate2(identityServerConfiguration.CredentialsSigningCertificateLocation, identityServerConfiguration.CredentialsSigningCertificatePassword);
+                    identityServerBuilder.AddSigningCredential(cert);
+                }
             }
 
             var assembly = typeof(FileConfigurationController).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests.csproj b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests.csproj
index 0faafe84..94e30391 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Update="configuration.json">
+    <None Update="configuration.json;idsrv3test.pfx">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.IntegrationTests/AdministrationTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.IntegrationTests/AdministrationTests.cs
index 2fa2c05c..3f7ea18a 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.IntegrationTests/AdministrationTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.IntegrationTests/AdministrationTests.cs
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ namespace Ocelot.IntegrationTests
     public class AdministrationTests : IDisposable
     {
         private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
+        private readonly HttpClient _httpClientTwo;
         private HttpResponseMessage _response;
         private IWebHost _builder;
         private IWebHostBuilder _webHostBuilder;
         private readonly string _ocelotBaseUrl;
         private BearerToken _token;
+        private IWebHostBuilder _webHostBuilderTwo;
+        private IWebHost _builderTwo;
 
         public AdministrationTests()
         {
             _httpClient = new HttpClient();
+            _httpClientTwo = new HttpClient();
             _ocelotBaseUrl = "http://localhost:5000";
             _httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri(_ocelotBaseUrl);
         }
@@ -70,6 +74,27 @@ namespace Ocelot.IntegrationTests
                  .BDDfy();
          }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void should_be_able_to_use_token_from_ocelot_a_on_ocelot_b()
+        {
+            var configuration = new FileConfiguration
+            {
+                GlobalConfiguration = new FileGlobalConfiguration
+                {
+                    AdministrationPath = "/administration"
+                }
+            };
+
+            this.Given(x => GivenThereIsAConfiguration(configuration))
+                .And(x => GivenOcelotIsRunning())
+                .And(x => GivenIHaveAnOcelotToken("/administration"))
+                .And(x => GivenIHaveAddedATokenToMyRequest())
+                .And(x => GivenAnotherOcelotIsRunning("http://localhost:5007"))
+                .When(x => WhenIGetUrlOnTheSecondOcelot("/administration/configuration"))
+                .Then(x => ThenTheStatusCodeShouldBe(HttpStatusCode.OK))
+                .BDDfy();
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void should_return_file_configuration()
         {
@@ -193,6 +218,29 @@ namespace Ocelot.IntegrationTests
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
+        private void GivenAnotherOcelotIsRunning(string baseUrl)
+        {
+            _httpClientTwo.BaseAddress = new Uri(baseUrl);
+
+            _webHostBuilderTwo = new WebHostBuilder()
+               .UseUrls(baseUrl)
+               .UseKestrel()
+               .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
+               .ConfigureServices(x => {
+                   x.AddSingleton(_webHostBuilder);
+               })
+               .UseStartup<Startup>();
+
+            _builderTwo = _webHostBuilderTwo.Build();
+
+            _builderTwo.Start();
+        }
+
+        private void WhenIGetUrlOnTheSecondOcelot(string url)
+        {
+            _response = _httpClientTwo.GetAsync(url).Result;
+        }
+
         private void WhenIPostOnTheApiGateway(string url, FileConfiguration updatedConfiguration)
         {
             var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(updatedConfiguration);
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.IntegrationTests/Ocelot.IntegrationTests.csproj b/test/Ocelot.IntegrationTests/Ocelot.IntegrationTests.csproj
index db4b23d2..59513b38 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.IntegrationTests/Ocelot.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/test/Ocelot.IntegrationTests/Ocelot.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Update="configuration.json;appsettings.json">
+    <None Update="configuration.json;appsettings.json;idsrv3test.pfx">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>