diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLRequestHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLRequestHelper.java
index 2dd4bef9c4..77638b1648 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLRequestHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLRequestHelper.java
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.security.ssl.util;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@
 import java.security.cert.TrustAnchor;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
@@ -66,13 +70,17 @@ public static class SSLInfo {
         private final String principal;
         private final String protocol;
         private final String cipher;
+        private final X509Certificate[] headerCerts;
+        private final String headerPrincipal;
 
         public SSLInfo(
             final X509Certificate[] x509Certs,
             final String principal,
             final String protocol,
             final String cipher,
-            X509Certificate[] localCertificates
+            X509Certificate[] localCertificates,
+            final X509Certificate[] headerCerts,
+            final String headerPrincipal
         ) {
             super();
             this.x509Certs = x509Certs;
@@ -80,6 +88,8 @@ public SSLInfo(
             this.protocol = protocol;
             this.cipher = cipher;
             this.localCertificates = localCertificates;
+            this.headerCerts = headerCerts;
+            this.headerPrincipal = headerPrincipal;
         }
 
         public X509Certificate[] getX509Certs() {
@@ -131,9 +141,32 @@ public static SSLInfo getSSLInfo(
         final SSLSession session = engine.getSession();
 
         X509Certificate[] x509Certs = null;
+        X509Certificate[] x509HeaderCerts = null;
         final String protocol = session.getProtocol();
         final String cipher = session.getCipherSuite();
         String principal = null;
+        String headerCertPrincipal = null;
+        final String clientCertHeaderName = settings.get("clientCertHeaderName", "ClientCert");
+        final boolean isURLEncoded = Boolean.parseBoolean(settings.get("isURLEncoded", "true"));
+
+        String clientCertEncoded = request.header(clientCertHeaderName);
+        if (isURLEncoded) {
+            String clientCertFromHeader = URLDecoder.decode(clientCertEncoded, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            byte[] decodedClientCert = Base64.getDecoder().decode(clientCertFromHeader);
+
+            CertificateFactory factory = null;
+            try {
+                factory = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
+                x509HeaderCerts = new X509Certificate[1];
+                x509HeaderCerts[0] = (X509Certificate) factory.generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(decodedClientCert));
+                headerCertPrincipal = principalExtractor == null
+                    ? null
+                    : principalExtractor.extractPrincipal(x509HeaderCerts[0], Type.HTTP);
+            } catch (CertificateException e) {
+
+            }
+
+        }
 
         if (engine.getNeedClientAuth() || engine.getWantClientAuth()) {
             Certificate[] certs = null;
@@ -157,7 +190,7 @@ public static SSLInfo getSSLInfo(
             localCerts = Arrays.stream(session.getLocalCertificates()).map(X509Certificate.class::cast).toArray(X509Certificate[]::new);
         }
 
-        return new SSLInfo(x509Certs, principal, protocol, cipher, localCerts);
+        return new SSLInfo(x509Certs, principal, protocol, cipher, localCerts, x509HeaderCerts, headerCertPrincipal);
     }
 
     private static void validatePeerCerts(final X509Certificate[] x509Certs, final Settings settings, final Path configPath)
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLRequestHelperTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLRequestHelperTest.java
index 8baf65a787..57612738fe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLRequestHelperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/util/SSLRequestHelperTest.java
@@ -158,7 +158,15 @@ public void configureValidator_leavesDateNull_whenTimestampIsNegative() throws E
 
     @Test
     public void sslInfoToString_containsAllFields() {
-        SSLRequestHelper.SSLInfo info = new SSLRequestHelper.SSLInfo(null, "CN=test", "TLSv1.3", "TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384", null);
+        SSLRequestHelper.SSLInfo info = new SSLRequestHelper.SSLInfo(
+            null,
+            "CN=test",
+            "TLSv1.3",
+            "TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
+            null,
+            null,
+            null
+        );
 
         assertThat(info.toString(), is("SSLInfo [x509Certs=null, principal=CN=test, protocol=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384]"));
     }