diff --git a/certificate/certificates.go b/certificate/certificates.go
index 867e4ac5..d5daec72 100644
--- a/certificate/certificates.go
+++ b/certificate/certificates.go
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ type ObtainRequest struct {
 	PreferredChain string
 }
 
+// ObtainForCSRRequest The request to obtain a certificate matching the CSR passed into it.
+//
+// If bundle is true, the []byte contains both the issuer certificate and your issued certificate as a bundle.
+type ObtainForCSRRequest struct {
+	CSR            *x509.CertificateRequest
+	Bundle         bool
+	PreferredChain string
+}
+
 type resolver interface {
 	Solve(authorizations []acme.Authorization) error
 }
@@ -146,12 +155,16 @@ func (c *Certifier) Obtain(request ObtainRequest) (*Resource, error) {
 //
 // This function will never return a partial certificate.
 // If one domain in the list fails, the whole certificate will fail.
-func (c *Certifier) ObtainForCSR(csr x509.CertificateRequest, bundle bool, preferredChain string) (*Resource, error) {
+func (c *Certifier) ObtainForCSR(request ObtainForCSRRequest) (*Resource, error) {
+	if request.CSR == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("cannot obtain resource for CSR: CSR is missing")
+	}
+
 	// figure out what domains it concerns
 	// start with the common name
-	domains := certcrypto.ExtractDomainsCSR(&csr)
+	domains := certcrypto.ExtractDomainsCSR(request.CSR)
 
-	if bundle {
+	if request.Bundle {
 		log.Infof("[%s] acme: Obtaining bundled SAN certificate given a CSR", strings.Join(domains, ", "))
 	} else {
 		log.Infof("[%s] acme: Obtaining SAN certificate given a CSR", strings.Join(domains, ", "))
@@ -179,7 +192,7 @@ func (c *Certifier) ObtainForCSR(csr x509.CertificateRequest, bundle bool, prefe
 	log.Infof("[%s] acme: Validations succeeded; requesting certificates", strings.Join(domains, ", "))
 
 	failures := make(obtainError)
-	cert, err := c.getForCSR(domains, order, bundle, csr.Raw, nil, preferredChain)
+	cert, err := c.getForCSR(domains, order, request.Bundle, request.CSR.Raw, nil, request.PreferredChain)
 	if err != nil {
 		for _, auth := range authz {
 			failures[challenge.GetTargetedDomain(auth)] = err
@@ -188,7 +201,7 @@ func (c *Certifier) ObtainForCSR(csr x509.CertificateRequest, bundle bool, prefe
 
 	if cert != nil {
 		// Add the CSR to the certificate so that it can be used for renewals.
-		cert.CSR = certcrypto.PEMEncode(&csr)
+		cert.CSR = certcrypto.PEMEncode(request.CSR)
 	}
 
 	// Do not return an empty failures map,
@@ -394,7 +407,11 @@ func (c *Certifier) Renew(certRes Resource, bundle, mustStaple bool, preferredCh
 			return nil, errP
 		}
 
-		return c.ObtainForCSR(*csr, bundle, preferredChain)
+		return c.ObtainForCSR(ObtainForCSRRequest{
+			CSR:            csr,
+			Bundle:         bundle,
+			PreferredChain: preferredChain,
+		})
 	}
 
 	var privateKey crypto.PrivateKey
diff --git a/cmd/cmd_renew.go b/cmd/cmd_renew.go
index 49d024b4..8283b5f5 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_renew.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_renew.go
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ func renewForCSR(ctx *cli.Context, client *lego.Client, certsStorage *Certificat
 	timeLeft := cert.NotAfter.Sub(time.Now().UTC())
 	log.Infof("[%s] acme: Trying renewal with %d hours remaining", domain, int(timeLeft.Hours()))
 
-	certRes, err := client.Certificate.ObtainForCSR(*csr, bundle, ctx.String("preferred-chain"))
+	certRes, err := client.Certificate.ObtainForCSR(certificate.ObtainForCSRRequest{
+		CSR:            csr,
+		Bundle:         bundle,
+		PreferredChain: ctx.String("preferred-chain"),
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cmd_run.go b/cmd/cmd_run.go
index eacf2ed0..a6d0eb79 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_run.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_run.go
@@ -178,5 +178,9 @@ func obtainCertificate(ctx *cli.Context, client *lego.Client) (*certificate.Reso
 	}
 
 	// obtain a certificate for this CSR
-	return client.Certificate.ObtainForCSR(*csr, bundle, ctx.String("preferred-chain"))
+	return client.Certificate.ObtainForCSR(certificate.ObtainForCSRRequest{
+		CSR:            csr,
+		Bundle:         bundle,
+		PreferredChain: ctx.String("preferred-chain"),
+	})
 }
diff --git a/e2e/challenges_test.go b/e2e/challenges_test.go
index d5fae6a6..ec6909bb 100644
--- a/e2e/challenges_test.go
+++ b/e2e/challenges_test.go
@@ -307,7 +307,10 @@ func TestChallengeTLS_Client_ObtainForCSR(t *testing.T) {
 	csr, err := x509.ParseCertificateRequest(csrRaw)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	resource, err := client.Certificate.ObtainForCSR(*csr, true, "")
+	resource, err := client.Certificate.ObtainForCSR(certificate.ObtainForCSRRequest{
+		CSR:    csr,
+		Bundle: true,
+	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	require.NotNil(t, resource)