diff --git a/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
index acb6fe339..92fc6adc1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ module Epp::ContactsHelper
       contact_hash[:address_attributes] = 
         Address.extract_attributes(( @ph.try(:[], :postalInfo).try(:[], :addr) || [] ),  type)
     end
+    contact_hash[:ident_type] = ident_type unless ident_type.nil?
     contact_hash
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb b/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
index b8c7d920e..dbba0ab55 100644
--- a/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ describe 'EPP Contact', epp: true do
 
         expect(Contact.count).to eq(1)
         expect(Contact.first.org_name).to eq('Example Inc.')
+        expect(Contact.first.ident).to eq '37605030299'
+        expect(Contact.first.ident_type).to eq 'op'
 
         expect(Contact.first.address.street).to eq('123 Example Dr.')
         expect(Contact.first.address.street2).to eq('Suite 100')
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ describe 'EPP Contact', epp: true do
         expect(response[:msg]).to eq('Command completed successfully')
         expect(Contact.first.name).to eq('John Doe')
         expect(Contact.first.email).to eq('jdoe@example.com')
+        expect(Contact.first.ident).to eq('J836954')
+        expect(Contact.first.ident_type).to eq('passport')
       end
   
       it 'returns phone and email error' do 
diff --git a/spec/epp/requests/contacts/update.xml b/spec/epp/requests/contacts/update.xml
index 5c396ad11..89fbeec1c 100644
--- a/spec/epp/requests/contacts/update.xml
+++ b/spec/epp/requests/contacts/update.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <contact:voice x="1234">+123.7035555555</contact:voice>
             <contact:fax>+1.7035555556</contact:fax>
             <contact:email>jdoe@example.com</contact:email>
-            <contact:ident type="op">37605030299</contact:ident>
+            <contact:ident type="passport">J836954</contact:ident>
             <contact:authInfo>
               <contact:pw>2fooBAR</contact:pw>
             </contact:authInfo>
diff --git a/spec/support/epp_contact_xml_builder.rb b/spec/support/epp_contact_xml_builder.rb
index 4fc211ff1..a97f154ad 100644
--- a/spec/support/epp_contact_xml_builder.rb
+++ b/spec/support/epp_contact_xml_builder.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module EppContactXmlBuilder
             xml.tag!('contact:voice', (xml_params[:voice] || '+372.1234567')) unless xml_params[:voice] == false
             xml.tag!('contact:fax', (xml_params[:fax] || '123123' )) unless xml_params[:fax] == false
             xml.tag!('contact:email', (xml_params[:email] || 'example@test.example')) unless xml_params[:email] == false
-            xml.tag!('contact:ident', (xml_params[:ident] || '37605030299')) unless xml_params[:ident] == false
+            xml.tag!('contact:ident', (xml_params[:ident] || '37605030299'), type: 'op') unless xml_params[:ident] == false
             unless xml_params[:authInfo] == [false]
               xml.tag!('contact:authInfo') do
                 xml.tag!('contact:pw', xml_params[:authInfo][:pw] ) unless xml_params[:authInfo][:pw] == false