diff --git a/acme/common.go b/acme/common.go
index d8b2b7e4..073e14b1 100644
--- a/acme/common.go
+++ b/acme/common.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type Provisioner interface {
 	AuthorizeSign(ctx context.Context, token string) ([]provisioner.SignOption, error)
 	GetName() string
 	DefaultTLSCertDuration() time.Duration
+	GetOptions() *provisioner.ProvisionerOptions
 }
 
 // MockProvisioner for testing
diff --git a/acme/order.go b/acme/order.go
index 8642c6d1..cf9002dc 100644
--- a/acme/order.go
+++ b/acme/order.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/authority/provisioner"
+	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/x509util"
 	"github.com/smallstep/nosql"
 )
 
@@ -299,23 +300,23 @@ func (o *order) finalize(db nosql.DB, csr *x509.CertificateRequest, auth SignAut
 	orderNames = uniqueLowerNames(orderNames)
 
 	// Validate identifier names against CSR alternative names.
+	//
+	// Note that with certificate templates we are not going to check for the no
+	// presence of other SANs as they will only be set if the templates allows
+	// them.
 	if len(csr.DNSNames) != len(orderNames) {
 		return nil, BadCSRErr(errors.Errorf("CSR names do not match identifiers exactly: CSR names = %v, Order names = %v", csr.DNSNames, orderNames))
 	}
+
+	sans := make([]x509util.SubjectAlternativeName, len(csr.DNSNames))
 	for i := range csr.DNSNames {
 		if csr.DNSNames[i] != orderNames[i] {
 			return nil, BadCSRErr(errors.Errorf("CSR names do not match identifiers exactly: CSR names = %v, Order names = %v", csr.DNSNames, orderNames))
 		}
-	}
-
-	if len(csr.IPAddresses) > 0 {
-		return nil, BadCSRErr(errors.Errorf("CSR contains IP Address SANs, but should only contain DNS Names"))
-	}
-	if len(csr.EmailAddresses) > 0 {
-		return nil, BadCSRErr(errors.Errorf("CSR contains Email Address SANs, but should only contain DNS Names"))
-	}
-	if len(csr.URIs) > 0 {
-		return nil, BadCSRErr(errors.Errorf("CSR contains URI SANs, but should only contain DNS Names"))
+		sans[i] = x509util.SubjectAlternativeName{
+			Type:  x509util.DNSType,
+			Value: csr.DNSNames[i],
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Get authorizations from the ACME provisioner.
@@ -325,6 +326,17 @@ func (o *order) finalize(db nosql.DB, csr *x509.CertificateRequest, auth SignAut
 		return nil, ServerInternalErr(errors.Wrapf(err, "error retrieving authorization options from ACME provisioner"))
 	}
 
+	// Template data
+	data := x509util.NewTemplateData()
+	data.SetCommonName(csr.Subject.CommonName)
+	data.Set(x509util.SANsKey, sans)
+
+	templateOptions, err := provisioner.TemplateOptions(p.GetOptions(), data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, ServerInternalErr(errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating template options from ACME provisioner"))
+	}
+	signOps = append(signOps, templateOptions)
+
 	// Create and store a new certificate.
 	certChain, err := auth.Sign(csr, provisioner.Options{
 		NotBefore: provisioner.NewTimeDuration(o.NotBefore),
diff --git a/authority/provisioner/acme.go b/authority/provisioner/acme.go
index f96fce2f..418f733c 100644
--- a/authority/provisioner/acme.go
+++ b/authority/provisioner/acme.go
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package provisioner
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/x509"
-	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/errs"
-	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/x509util"
 )
 
 // ACME is the acme provisioner type, an entity that can authorize the ACME
@@ -48,6 +46,11 @@ func (p *ACME) GetEncryptedKey() (string, string, bool) {
 	return "", "", false
 }
 
+// GetOptions returns the configured provisioner options.
+func (p *ACME) GetOptions() *ProvisionerOptions {
+	return p.Options
+}
+
 // DefaultTLSCertDuration returns the default TLS cert duration enforced by
 // the provisioner.
 func (p *ACME) DefaultTLSCertDuration() time.Duration {
@@ -75,14 +78,7 @@ func (p *ACME) Init(config Config) (err error) {
 // in the ACME protocol. This method returns a list of modifiers / constraints
 // on the resulting certificate.
 func (p *ACME) AuthorizeSign(ctx context.Context, token string) ([]SignOption, error) {
-	// Certificate templates
-	templateOptions, err := TemplateOptions(p.Options, x509util.NewTemplateData())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errs.Wrap(http.StatusInternalServerError, err, "acme.AuthorizeSign")
-	}
-
 	return []SignOption{
-		templateOptions,
 		// modifiers / withOptions
 		newProvisionerExtensionOption(TypeACME, p.Name, ""),
 		newForceCNOption(p.ForceCN),
diff --git a/x509util/extensions.go b/x509util/extensions.go
index e627d11c..4f3cb13b 100644
--- a/x509util/extensions.go
+++ b/x509util/extensions.go
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ var (
 	ExtKeyUsageMicrosoftKernelCodeSigning     = convertName("MicrosoftKernelCodeSigning")
 )
 
+// Names used and SubjectAlternativeNames types.
+const (
+	AutoType  = "auto"
+	DNSType   = "dns"
+	EmailType = "email"
+	IPType    = "ip"
+	URIType   = "uri"
+)
+
 // Extension is the JSON representation of a raw X.509 extensions.
 type Extension struct {
 	ID       ObjectIdentifier `json:"id"`
@@ -106,21 +115,21 @@ type SubjectAlternativeName struct {
 
 func (s SubjectAlternativeName) Set(c *x509.Certificate) {
 	switch strings.ToLower(s.Type) {
-	case "dns":
+	case DNSType:
 		c.DNSNames = append(c.DNSNames, s.Value)
-	case "email":
+	case EmailType:
 		c.EmailAddresses = append(c.EmailAddresses, s.Value)
-	case "ip":
+	case IPType:
 		// The validation of the IP would happen in the unmarshaling, but just
 		// to be sure we are only adding valid IPs.
 		if ip := net.ParseIP(s.Value); ip != nil {
 			c.IPAddresses = append(c.IPAddresses, ip)
 		}
-	case "uri":
+	case URIType:
 		if u, err := url.Parse(s.Value); err == nil {
 			c.URIs = append(c.URIs, u)
 		}
-	case "auto", "":
+	case "", AutoType:
 		dnsNames, ips, emails, uris := SplitSANs([]string{s.Value})
 		c.DNSNames = append(c.DNSNames, dnsNames...)
 		c.IPAddresses = append(c.IPAddresses, ips...)