diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/commands/service/SynchronousCommandProcessingService.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/commands/service/SynchronousCommandProcessingService.java
index 537c09ba0..43ae13cb4 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/commands/service/SynchronousCommandProcessingService.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/commands/service/SynchronousCommandProcessingService.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.apache.fineract.commands.handler.NewCommandSourceHandler;
 import org.apache.fineract.commands.provider.CommandHandlerProvider;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.configuration.domain.ConfigurationDomainService;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.api.JsonCommand;
+import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.config.FineractProperties;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.data.CommandProcessingResult;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.data.CommandProcessingResultBuilder;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.serialization.ToApiJsonSerializer;
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ import org.apache.fineract.useradministration.domain.AppUser;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestAttributes;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;
 
 @Service
 @Slf4j
@@ -62,8 +66,8 @@ public class SynchronousCommandProcessingService implements CommandProcessingSer
     private final CommandSourceRepository commandSourceRepository;
     private final ConfigurationDomainService configurationDomainService;
     private final CommandHandlerProvider commandHandlerProvider;
-
     private final IdempotencyKeyGenerator idempotencyKeyGenerator;
+    private final FineractProperties fineractProperties;
 
     @Transactional
     @Override
@@ -90,8 +94,19 @@ public class SynchronousCommandProcessingService implements CommandProcessingSer
                     .orElseThrow(() -> new CommandNotFoundException(command.commandId()));
             commandSourceResult.markAsChecked(maker);
         } else {
+            String requestIdempotencyKey = null;
+            RequestAttributes requestAttributes = RequestContextHolder.getRequestAttributes();
+            if (requestAttributes != null) {
+                if (requestAttributes instanceof ServletRequestAttributes) {
+                    requestIdempotencyKey = ((ServletRequestAttributes) requestAttributes).getRequest()
+                            .getHeader(fineractProperties.getIdempotencyKeyHeaderName());
+                }
+            }
+
             commandSourceResult = CommandSource.fullEntryFrom(wrapper, command, maker,
-                    wrapper.getIdempotencyKey() == null ? idempotencyKeyGenerator.create() : wrapper.getIdempotencyKey());
+                    wrapper.getIdempotencyKey() == null
+                            ? (requestIdempotencyKey == null ? idempotencyKeyGenerator.create() : requestIdempotencyKey)
+                            : wrapper.getIdempotencyKey());
         }
         commandSourceResult.updateResourceId(result.getResourceId());
         commandSourceResult.updateForAudit(result.getOfficeId(), result.getGroupId(), result.getClientId(), result.getLoanId(),
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/config/FineractProperties.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/config/FineractProperties.java
index 996b0116b..d0b70e6eb 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/config/FineractProperties.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/config/FineractProperties.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public class FineractProperties {
 
     private String nodeId;
 
+    private String idempotencyKeyHeaderName;
+
     private FineractTenantProperties tenant;
 
     private FineractModeProperties mode;
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/resources/application.properties b/fineract-provider/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 92d8558b0..03f3f4283 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ fineract.events.external.producer.jms.enabled=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_PRODUCE
 fineract.events.external.producer.jms.event-queue-name=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_PRODUCER_JMS_QUEUE_NAME:JMS-event-queue}
 fineract.events.external.producer.jms.broker-url=${FINERACT_EXTERNAL_EVENTS_PRODUCER_JMS_BROKER_URL:tcp://127.0.0.1:61616}
 
+fineract.idempotency-key-header-name=${FINERACT_IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_HEADER_NAME:Idempotency-Key}
 
 # Logging pattern for the console
 logging.pattern.console=${CONSOLE_LOG_PATTERN:%clr(%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}){faint} %clr(${LOG_LEVEL_PATTERN:-%5p}) %clr(${PID:- }){magenta} %clr(%replace([%X{correlationId}]){'\\[\\]', ''}) %clr(---){faint} %clr([%15.15t]){faint} %clr(%-40.40logger{39}){cyan} %clr(:){faint} %m%n${LOG_EXCEPTION_CONVERSION_WORD:%wEx}}