diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f657114..98f3acf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ The configurations generated by this tool will not need multiple files but inclu
 
 After you've set up your folder (you also could use one of the example configurations in the [`example` folder](https://github.com/Luzifer/vault-openvpn/tree/master/example) of this repository) you can issue your servers configuration:
 
-```bash
-# vault-openvpn --auto-revoke --pki-mountpoint luzifer_io server edda.openvpn.luzifer.io
+```console
+$ vault-openvpn --auto-revoke --pki-mountpoint luzifer_io server edda.openvpn.luzifer.io
 server 10.231.0.0 255.255.255.0
 route 10.231.0.0 255.255.255.0
 
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ route 10.231.0.0 255.255.255.0
 
 And also you can generate client configurations:
 
-```bash
-# vault-openvpn --auto-revoke --pki-mountpoint luzifer_io client workwork01.openvpn.luzifer.io
+```console
+$ vault-openvpn --auto-revoke --pki-mountpoint luzifer_io client workwork01.openvpn.luzifer.io
 remote myserver.com 1194 udp
 
 [...]
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ remote myserver.com 1194 udp
 
 In case someone needs to get removed from your OpenVPN there is also a revoke:
 
-```bash
-# vault-openvpn --auto-revoke --pki-mountpoint luzifer_io revoke baduser.openvpn.luzifer.io
+```console
+$ vault-openvpn --auto-revoke --pki-mountpoint luzifer_io revoke baduser.openvpn.luzifer.io
 [...]
 2016/07/25 15:06:58 Found certificate 33:e1:0c:85:36:a5:c2:6b:05:85:f5:aa:9f:3b:f3:3a:a2:e0:ae:b0 with CN baduser.openvpn.luzifer.io
 2016/07/25 15:06:58 Revoked certificate 33:e1:0c:85:36:a5:c2:6b:05:85:f5:aa:9f:3b:f3:3a:a2:e0:ae:b0
@@ -88,3 +88,32 @@ In case someone needs to get removed from your OpenVPN there is also a revoke:
 ```
 
 To have revokes being executed by OpenVPN you need to periodically update the CRL file OpenVPN reads. For my solution see the `living-example` in the `example` folder.
+
+## Using TLS authentication
+OpenVPN highly recommends using TLS authentication hardening, see [GettingStartedwithOVPN](https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/GettingStartedwithOVPN#TLSAuthentication).
+
+This requires the use of a pre-shared key: If you want to use it, you will first need to generate a TLS authentication key and then upload it into vault:
+
+```console
+$ openvpn --genkey --secret openvpn.key
+$ vault kv put secret/ovpn key=@openvpn.key
+```
+
+In the above example we call the secret "ovpn" but you can call it anything you want, as long as it is a known value.
+The key must be placed into both the client and server configurations and must match. Edit both config templates to include a section as shown below:
+
+```
+<tls-auth>
+{{ .TLSAuth }}
+</tls-auth>
+```
+
+Now run vault-openvpn passing in the name of the secret that holds our key, e.g.
+
+```console
+# for the server config
+$ vault-openvpn --auto-revoke --ovpn-key secret/ovpn --pki-mountpoint luzifer_io server edda.openvpn.luzifer.io
+
+# for the client config
+$ vault-openvpn --auto-revoke --ovpn-key secret/ovpn --pki-mountpoint luzifer_io client workwork01.openvpn.luzifer.io
+```
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9ca75a4..5cb8a2b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ var (
 
 		AutoRevoke bool          `flag:"auto-revoke" vardefault:"auto-revoke" description:"Automatically revoke older certificates for this FQDN"`
 		CertTTL    time.Duration `flag:"ttl" vardefault:"ttl" description:"Set the TTL for this certificate"`
+		OVPNKey    string        `flag:"ovpn-key" vardefault:"ovpn-key" description:"Specify a secret name that holds an OpenVPN shared key"`
 
 		LogLevel       string `flag:"log-level" vardefault:"log-level" description:"Log level to use (debug, info, warning, error)"`
 		Sort           string `flag:"sort" vardefault:"sort" description:"How to sort list output (fqdn, issuedate, expiredate)"`
@@ -53,13 +54,14 @@ var (
 	}{}
 
 	defaultConfig = map[string]string{
+		"auto-revoke":    "true",
+		"log-level":      "info",
+		"ovpn-key":       "",
 		"pki-mountpoint": "/pki",
 		"pki-role":       "openvpn",
-		"auto-revoke":    "true",
-		"ttl":            "8760h",
-		"log-level":      "info",
 		"sort":           "fqdn",
 		"template-path":  ".",
+		"ttl":            "8760h",
 	}
 
 	version = "dev"
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ type templateVars struct {
 	CertAuthority string
 	Certificate   string
 	PrivateKey    string
+	TLSAuth       string
 }
 
 type listCertificatesTableRow struct {
@@ -290,6 +293,13 @@ func generateCertificateConfig(tplName, fqdn string) error {
 
 	tplv.CertAuthority = caCert
 
+	if cfg.OVPNKey != "" {
+		tplv.TLSAuth, err = fetchOVPNKey()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Could not fetch TLSAuth key: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := renderTemplate(tplName, tplv); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Could not render configuration: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -434,6 +444,26 @@ func getCACert() (string, error) {
 	return cs.Data["certificate"].(string), nil
 }
 
+func fetchOVPNKey() (string, error) {
+	path := strings.Trim(cfg.OVPNKey, "/")
+	secret, err := client.Logical().Read(path)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if secret == nil || secret.Data == nil {
+		return "", errors.New("Got no data from backend")
+	}
+
+	key, ok := secret.Data["key"]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", errors.New("Within specified secret no entry named 'key' was found")
+	}
+
+	return key.(string), nil
+}
+
 func generateCertificate(fqdn string) (*templateVars, error) {
 	path := strings.Join([]string{strings.Trim(cfg.PKIMountPoint, "/"), "issue", cfg.PKIRole}, "/")
 	secret, err := client.Logical().Write(path, map[string]interface{}{