diff --git a/cmd/scepclient/scepclient.go b/cmd/scepclient/scepclient.go
index 3827241..3b61222 100644
--- a/cmd/scepclient/scepclient.go
+++ b/cmd/scepclient/scepclient.go
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto"
+	_ "crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"flag"
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ var (
 	version = "unknown"
 )
 
+const fingerprintHashType = crypto.SHA256
+
 type runCfg struct {
 	dir             string
 	csrPath         string
@@ -213,35 +216,36 @@ func run(cfg runCfg) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// logCerts logs the count, number, RDN, and SHA-256 of certs to logger
+// logCerts logs the count, number, RDN, and fingerprint of certs to logger
 func logCerts(logger log.Logger, certs []*x509.Certificate) {
 	logger.Log("msg", "cacertlist", "count", len(certs))
 	for i, cert := range certs {
+		h := fingerprintHashType.New()
+		h.Write(cert.Raw)
 		logger.Log(
 			"msg", "cacertlist",
 			"number", i,
 			"rdn", cert.Subject.ToRDNSequence().String(),
-			"sha256", fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha256.Sum256(cert.Raw)),
+			"hash_type", fingerprintHashType.String(),
+			"hash", fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil)),
 		)
 	}
 }
 
-// validateSHA256Fingerprint makes sure fingerprint looks like a SHA-256 hash.
+// validateFingerprint makes sure fingerprint looks like a hash.
 // We remove spaces and colons from fingerprint as it may come in various forms:
 //     e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
 //     E3B0C44298FC1C149AFBF4C8996FB92427AE41E4649B934CA495991B7852B855
 //     e3b0c442 98fc1c14 9afbf4c8 996fb924 27ae41e4 649b934c a495991b 7852b855
 //     e3:b0:c4:42:98:fc:1c:14:9a:fb:f4:c8:99:6f:b9:24:27:ae:41:e4:64:9b:93:4c:a4:95:99:1b:78:52:b8:55
-func validateSHA256Fingerprint(fingerprint string) (hash [32]byte, err error) {
+func validateFingerprint(fingerprint string) (hash []byte, err error) {
 	fingerprint = strings.NewReplacer(" ", "", ":", "").Replace(fingerprint)
-	byteSlice, err := hex.DecodeString(fingerprint)
-	copy(hash[:], byteSlice)
+	hash, err = hex.DecodeString(fingerprint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	// check for length of SHA-256
-	if len(byteSlice) != 32 {
-		err = errors.New("invalid SHA-256 hash length")
+	if len(hash) != fingerprintHashType.Size() {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid %s hash length", fingerprintHashType)
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -298,12 +302,12 @@ func main() {
 
 	caCertsSelector := scep.NopCertsSelector()
 	if *flCAFingerprint != "" {
-		hash, err := validateSHA256Fingerprint(*flCAFingerprint)
+		hash, err := validateFingerprint(*flCAFingerprint)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(fmt.Errorf("invalid fingerprint: %v", err))
+			fmt.Printf("invalid fingerprint: %s\n", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		caCertsSelector = scep.SHA256FingerprintCertsSelector(hash)
+		caCertsSelector = scep.FingerprintCertsSelector(fingerprintHashType, hash)
 	}
 
 	dir := filepath.Dir(*flPKeyPath)
diff --git a/scep/certs_selector.go b/scep/certs_selector.go
index 4cc8cea..62d726d 100644
--- a/scep/certs_selector.go
+++ b/scep/certs_selector.go
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package scep
 
 import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto"
 	"crypto/x509"
 )
 
@@ -39,12 +40,14 @@ func EnciphermentCertsSelector() CertsSelectorFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-// SHA256FingerprintCertsSelector selects a certificate that matches
-// a SHA-256 hash of the raw certificate DER bytes
-func SHA256FingerprintCertsSelector(hash [32]byte) CertsSelectorFunc {
+// FingerprintCertsSelector selects a certificate that matches hash using
+// hashType against the digest of the raw certificate DER bytes
+func FingerprintCertsSelector(hashType crypto.Hash, hash []byte) CertsSelectorFunc {
 	return func(certs []*x509.Certificate) (selected []*x509.Certificate) {
 		for _, cert := range certs {
-			if sha256.Sum256(cert.Raw) == hash {
+			h := hashType.New()
+			h.Write(cert.Raw)
+			if bytes.Compare(hash, h.Sum(nil)) == 0 {
 				selected = append(selected, cert)
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/scep/certs_selector_test.go b/scep/certs_selector_test.go
index 0743ad8..643249a 100644
--- a/scep/certs_selector_test.go
+++ b/scep/certs_selector_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,66 @@
 package scep
 
 import (
+	"crypto"
+	_ "crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestFingerprintCertsSelector(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		testName      string
+		hashType      crypto.Hash
+		hash          string
+		certRaw       []byte
+		expectedCount int
+	}{
+		{
+			"null SHA-256 hash",
+			crypto.SHA256,
+			"e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+			nil,
+			1,
+		},
+		{
+			"3 byte SHA-256 hash",
+			crypto.SHA256,
+			"039058c6f2c0cb492c533b0a4d14ef77cc0f78abccced5287d84a1a2011cfb81",
+			[]byte{1, 2, 3},
+			1,
+		},
+		{
+			"mismatched hash",
+			crypto.SHA256,
+			"8db07061ebb4cd0b0cd00825b363e5fb7f8131d8ff2c1fd70d03fa4fd6dc3785",
+			[]byte{4, 5, 6},
+			0,
+		},
+	} {
+		test := test
+		t.Run(test.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			fakeCerts := []*x509.Certificate{{Raw: test.certRaw}}
+
+			hash, err := hex.DecodeString(test.hash)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if want, have := test.hashType.Size(), len(hash); want != have {
+				t.Errorf("invalid input hash length, want: %d have: %d", want, have)
+			}
+
+			selected := FingerprintCertsSelector(test.hashType, hash).SelectCerts(fakeCerts)
+
+			if want, have := test.expectedCount, len(selected); want != have {
+				t.Errorf("wrong selected certs count, want: %d have: %d", want, have)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEnciphermentCertsSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		testName              string