diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/impl/CertificateGenerator.java b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/impl/CertificateGenerator.java
index d1882b30965..f6c051ebc23 100755
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/impl/CertificateGenerator.java
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/impl/CertificateGenerator.java
@@ -288,6 +288,19 @@ public class CertificateGenerator {
         return lookUpCertificate;
     }
 
+    public CertificateResponse verifyCertificateDN(String distinguishedName) throws KeystoreException {
+        CertificateResponse lookUpCertificate = null;
+        KeyStoreReader keyStoreReader = new KeyStoreReader();
+        if (distinguishedName != null && !distinguishedName.isEmpty()) {
+            String[] dnSplits = distinguishedName.split("/CN=");
+            if (dnSplits != null) {
+                String commonNameExtracted = dnSplits[dnSplits.length-1];
+                lookUpCertificate = keyStoreReader.getCertificateBySerial(commonNameExtracted);
+            }
+        }
+        return lookUpCertificate;
+    }
+
     public static String getCommonName(X509Certificate requestCertificate) {
         String distinguishedName = requestCertificate.getSubjectDN().getName();
         if(distinguishedName != null && !distinguishedName.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/service/CertificateManagementService.java b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/service/CertificateManagementService.java
index c91f0f34d6d..d294dbc224d 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/service/CertificateManagementService.java
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/service/CertificateManagementService.java
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ public interface CertificateManagementService {
 
     public CertificateResponse verifyPEMSignature(X509Certificate requestCertificate) throws KeystoreException;
 
+    public CertificateResponse verifySubjectDN(String requestDN) throws KeystoreException;
+
     public X509Certificate extractCertificateFromSignature(String headerSignature) throws KeystoreException;
 
     String extractChallengeToken(X509Certificate certificate);
diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/service/CertificateManagementServiceImpl.java b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/service/CertificateManagementServiceImpl.java
index 7157d08e6b2..89fd9b48278 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/service/CertificateManagementServiceImpl.java
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/certificate/mgt/core/service/CertificateManagementServiceImpl.java
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ public class CertificateManagementServiceImpl implements CertificateManagementSe
         return certificateGenerator.verifyPEMSignature(requestCertificate);
     }
 
+    @Override public CertificateResponse verifySubjectDN(String requestDN) throws KeystoreException {
+        return certificateGenerator.verifyCertificateDN(requestDN);
+    }
+
     public X509Certificate extractCertificateFromSignature(String headerSignature) throws KeystoreException {
         return certificateGenerator.extractCertificateFromSignature(headerSignature);
     }
diff --git a/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/authenticator/CertificateAuthenticator.java b/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/authenticator/CertificateAuthenticator.java
index 6b40e2022b8..0f9026a3a4a 100644
--- a/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/authenticator/CertificateAuthenticator.java
+++ b/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/authenticator/CertificateAuthenticator.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class CertificateAuthenticator implements WebappAuthenticator {
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CertificateAuthenticator.class);
     private static final String CERTIFICATE_AUTHENTICATOR = "CertificateAuth";
     private static final String MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER = "mutual-auth-header";
+    private static final String PROXY_MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER = "proxy-mutual-auth-header";
     private static final String CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_HEADER = "certificate-verification-header";
     private static final String CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_ATTRIBUTE = "javax.servlet.request.X509Certificate";
 
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ public class CertificateAuthenticator implements WebappAuthenticator {
 
     @Override
     public boolean canHandle(Request request) {
-        if (request.getHeader(CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_HEADER) != null || request.getHeader(MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER) !=
-                                                                         null) {
+        if (request.getHeader(CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_HEADER) != null || request.getHeader(MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER) != null
+                || request.getHeader(PROXY_MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER) != null) {
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -56,35 +57,20 @@ public class CertificateAuthenticator implements WebappAuthenticator {
 
         String certVerificationHeader = request.getContext().findParameter(CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_HEADER);
         try {
-
-            if (request.getHeader(MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER) != null) {
+            // When there is a load balancer terminating mutual SSL, it should pass this header along and
+            // as the value of this header, the client certificate subject dn should be passed.
+            if (request.getHeader(PROXY_MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER) != null) {
+                CertificateResponse certificateResponse = AuthenticatorFrameworkDataHolder.getInstance().
+                        getCertificateManagementService().verifySubjectDN(request.getHeader(PROXY_MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER));
+                authenticationInfo = checkCertificateResponse(certificateResponse);
+            }
+            else if (request.getHeader(MUTUAL_AUTH_HEADER) != null) {
                 X509Certificate[] clientCertificate = (X509Certificate[]) request.
                                                                         getAttribute(CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_ATTRIBUTE);
                 if (clientCertificate != null && clientCertificate[0] != null) {
                     CertificateResponse certificateResponse = AuthenticatorFrameworkDataHolder.getInstance().
                             getCertificateManagementService().verifyPEMSignature(clientCertificate[0]);
-                    if (certificateResponse == null) {
-                        authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.FAILURE);
-                        authenticationInfo.setMessage("Certificate sent doesn't match any certificate in the store." +
-                                                      " Unauthorized access attempt.");
-                    } else if (certificateResponse.getCommonName() != null && !certificateResponse.getCommonName().
-                            isEmpty()) {
-                        authenticationInfo.setTenantId(certificateResponse.getTenantId());
-                        authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.CONTINUE);
-                        authenticationInfo.setUsername(certificateResponse.getCommonName());
-                        try {
-                            authenticationInfo.setTenantDomain(Utils.
-                                                                            getTenantDomain(
-                                                                                    certificateResponse.getTenantId()));
-                        } catch (AuthenticationException e) {
-                            authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.FAILURE);
-                            authenticationInfo.setMessage("Could not identify tenant domain.");
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.FAILURE);
-                        authenticationInfo.setMessage("A matching certificate is found, " +
-                                                      "but the serial number is missing in the database.");
-                    }
+                    authenticationInfo = checkCertificateResponse(certificateResponse);
 
                 } else {
                     authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.FAILURE);
@@ -133,6 +119,33 @@ public class CertificateAuthenticator implements WebappAuthenticator {
         return authenticationInfo;
     }
 
+    private AuthenticationInfo checkCertificateResponse(CertificateResponse certificateResponse) {
+        AuthenticationInfo authenticationInfo = new AuthenticationInfo();
+        if (certificateResponse == null) {
+            authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.FAILURE);
+            authenticationInfo.setMessage("Certificate sent doesn't match any certificate in the store." +
+                                          " Unauthorized access attempt.");
+        } else if (certificateResponse.getCommonName() != null && !certificateResponse.getCommonName().
+                isEmpty()) {
+            authenticationInfo.setTenantId(certificateResponse.getTenantId());
+            authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.CONTINUE);
+            authenticationInfo.setUsername(certificateResponse.getCommonName());
+            try {
+                authenticationInfo.setTenantDomain(Utils.
+                                                                getTenantDomain(
+                                                                        certificateResponse.getTenantId()));
+            } catch (AuthenticationException e) {
+                authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.FAILURE);
+                authenticationInfo.setMessage("Could not identify tenant domain.");
+            }
+        } else {
+            authenticationInfo.setStatus(Status.FAILURE);
+            authenticationInfo.setMessage("A matching certificate is found, " +
+                                          "but the serial number is missing in the database.");
+        }
+        return authenticationInfo;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getName() {
         return CERTIFICATE_AUTHENTICATOR;