diff --git a/authority/admin/api/eak.go b/authority/admin/api/eak.go
index 1e46ff31..6f785f7a 100644
--- a/authority/admin/api/eak.go
+++ b/authority/admin/api/eak.go
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/authority/admin"
 )
 
-// CreateExternalAccountKeyRequest is the type for GET /admin/eak requests
+// CreateExternalAccountKeyRequest is the type for POST /admin/eak requests
 type CreateExternalAccountKeyRequest struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 }
 
-// CreateExternalAccountKeyResponse is the type for GET /admin/eak responses
+// CreateExternalAccountKeyResponse is the type for POST /admin/eak responses
 type CreateExternalAccountKeyResponse struct {
 	KeyID string `json:"keyID"`
 	Name  string `json:"name"`
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ type CreateExternalAccountKeyResponse struct {
 
 // CreateExternalAccountKey creates a new External Account Binding key
 func (h *Handler) CreateExternalAccountKey(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	var eakRequest = new(CreateExternalAccountKeyRequest)
-	if err := api.ReadJSON(r.Body, eakRequest); err != nil { // TODO: rewrite into protobuf json (likely)
+	var body CreateExternalAccountKeyRequest
+	if err := api.ReadJSON(r.Body, &body); err != nil { // TODO: rewrite into protobuf json (likely)
 		api.WriteError(w, err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	// TODO: Validate input
 
-	eak, err := h.db.CreateExternalAccountKey(r.Context(), eakRequest.Name)
+	eak, err := h.db.CreateExternalAccountKey(r.Context(), body.Name)
 	if err != nil {
-		api.WriteError(w, admin.WrapErrorISE(err, "error creating external account key %s", eakRequest.Name))
+		api.WriteError(w, admin.WrapErrorISE(err, "error creating external account key %s", body.Name))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/authority/admin/api/handler.go b/authority/admin/api/handler.go
index 561db687..ba72581d 100644
--- a/authority/admin/api/handler.go
+++ b/authority/admin/api/handler.go
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ func (h *Handler) Route(r api.Router) {
 	r.MethodFunc("DELETE", "/admins/{id}", authnz(h.DeleteAdmin))
 
 	// External Account Binding Keys
-	r.MethodFunc("POST", "/eak", h.CreateExternalAccountKey) // TODO: authnz
+	r.MethodFunc("POST", "/eak", authnz(h.CreateExternalAccountKey))
 }
diff --git a/ca/adminClient.go b/ca/adminClient.go
index 2f3d4b5d..4aa03db2 100644
--- a/ca/adminClient.go
+++ b/ca/adminClient.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/api"
 	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/authority/admin"
 	adminAPI "github.com/smallstep/certificates/authority/admin/api"
 	"github.com/smallstep/certificates/authority/provisioner"
@@ -558,6 +559,43 @@ retry:
 	return nil
 }
 
+// CreateExternalAccountKey performs the POST /admin/eak request to the CA.
+func (c *AdminClient) CreateExternalAccountKey(eakRequest *adminAPI.CreateExternalAccountKeyRequest) (*adminAPI.CreateExternalAccountKeyResponse, error) {
+	var retried bool
+	//body, err := protojson.Marshal(req)
+	body, err := json.Marshal(eakRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errs.Wrap(http.StatusInternalServerError, err, "error marshaling request")
+	}
+	u := c.endpoint.ResolveReference(&url.URL{Path: path.Join(adminURLPrefix, "eak")})
+	tok, err := c.generateAdminToken(u.Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error generating admin token")
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), bytes.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "create POST %s request failed", u)
+	}
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", tok)
+retry:
+	resp, err := c.client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "client POST %s failed", u)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
+		if !retried && c.retryOnError(resp) {
+			retried = true
+			goto retry
+		}
+		return nil, readAdminError(resp.Body)
+	}
+	var eakResp = new(adminAPI.CreateExternalAccountKeyResponse)
+	if err := api.ReadJSON(resp.Body, &eakResp); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error reading %s", u)
+	}
+	return eakResp, nil
+}
+
 func readAdminError(r io.ReadCloser) error {
 	defer r.Close()
 	adminErr := new(admin.Error)