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diff --git a/ClrHttpRequest/bin/Debug/ClrHttpRequest.dll b/ClrHttpRequest/bin/Debug/ClrHttpRequest.dll
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diff --git a/ClrHttpRequest/bin/Debug/ClrHttpRequest.pdb b/ClrHttpRequest/bin/Debug/ClrHttpRequest.pdb
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diff --git a/ClrHttpRequest/clr_http_request.cs b/ClrHttpRequest/clr_http_request.cs
index fc7bc1c..3d7636f 100644
--- a/ClrHttpRequest/clr_http_request.cs
+++ b/ClrHttpRequest/clr_http_request.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Data.SqlTypes;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 
@@ -138,6 +139,12 @@ public static SqlXml clr_http_request(string requestMethod, string url, string p
             }
             debugXml.Add(GetDebugStepXElement("Processed Headers"));
 
+            if (options.ContainsKey("client_certificate_name"))
+            {
+                var clientCertName = options["client_certificate_name"];
+                request.ClientCertificates.Add(ReadClientCertificate(clientCertName, debugXml));
+            }
+
             // Set the timeout if provided as an option
             if (options.ContainsKey("timeout"))
             {
@@ -156,11 +163,12 @@ public static SqlXml clr_http_request(string requestMethod, string url, string p
             // Add in non-GET parameters provided
             if (requestMethod.ToUpper() != "GET" && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(parameters))
             {
-                // Convert to byte array
-                var parameterData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(parameters);
-
-                // Set content info
-                if (!contentLengthSetFromHeaders)
+    	            var encoding = GetEncoding(options, debugXml);
+    	            // Convert to byte array
+    	            var parameterData = encoding.GetBytes(parameters);
+            
+    	            // Set content info
+    	            if (!contentLengthSetFromHeaders)
                 {
                     request.ContentLength = parameterData.Length;
                 }
@@ -304,11 +312,81 @@ public static SqlXml clr_http_request(string requestMethod, string url, string p
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Generates an XML element with a standard format for debug steps
+    /// Tries to get encoding from options
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="stepName">Name for this step in the process</param>
-    /// <returns>XElement representing a debug step</returns>
-    private static XElement GetDebugStepXElement(string stepName)
+    private static Encoding GetEncoding(Dictionary<string, string> options, XElement debugXml)
+    {
+    	    var encodingKey = "encoding";
+    	    Encoding result = Encoding.ASCII;
+    	    try
+    	    {
+    	        if (options.ContainsKey(encodingKey))
+    	        {
+    	    	        result = Encoding.GetEncoding(options[encodingKey]);
+    	        }
+    	    }
+    	    catch (Exception ex)
+    	    {
+    	    	    debugXml.Add(GetDebugStepXElement($"Error while parse specified encoding value {options[encodingKey]}"));
+        
+    	        debugXml.Add(GetXElementFromException(ex));
+    	    }
+    
+        debugXml.Add(GetDebugStepXElement($"Set encoding to {result}"));
+    
+        return result;
+    }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tries to read certificate by its name from certificates store 
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="clientCertName">CN or Subject Distinguished name</param>
+    /// <returns>Client certificate</returns>
+    private static X509Certificate2 ReadClientCertificate(string clientCertName, XElement debugXml)
+    {
+        	var storeLocations = new StoreLocation[] { StoreLocation.LocalMachine, StoreLocation.CurrentUser };
+    	    var storeNames = new StoreName[] { StoreName.Root, StoreName.My, StoreName.TrustedPeople, StoreName.AuthRoot };
+    
+    	    foreach (var storeLocation in storeLocations)
+            foreach (var storeName in storeNames)
+    	        {
+    	            X509Store store = null;
+    	            try
+    	            {
+    	    	            store = new X509Store(storeName, storeLocation);
+    	    	            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);
+                
+    	    	            foreach (var cert in store.Certificates)
+    	    	            {
+    	    	    	            if (cert.SubjectName?.Name?.Contains(clientCertName) == true
+    	    	    	        	    || cert.Subject?.Contains(clientCertName) == true)
+    	    	    	            {
+    	    	    	        	        debugXml.Add(GetDebugStepXElement($"Client certificate founded: {cert.Subject ?? cert.SubjectName?.Name}"));
+    	    	    	        	        return cert;
+    	    	    	            }
+    	    	            }
+    	            }
+    	            catch (Exception ex)
+    	            {
+    	    	            debugXml.Add(GetDebugStepXElement($"Error while reading store {storeName} for {storeLocation}"));
+                    
+    	    	            debugXml.Add(GetXElementFromException(ex));
+    	            }
+    	            finally
+    	            {
+    	    	            store?.Close();
+    	            }
+    		}
+    
+        throw new Exception($"Cannot find any certificate by name {clientCertName}");
+    }
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Generates an XML element with a standard format for debug steps
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="stepName">Name for this step in the process</param>
+	/// <returns>XElement representing a debug step</returns>
+	private static XElement GetDebugStepXElement(string stepName)
     {
         return new XElement(
             "Step",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1180301..5b49fae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ If you're waiting for me or have any questions for me, bug me!
   Pass a CSV of protocols from the [SecurityProtocolType Enum](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.securityprotocoltype)
       
   Example: `<security_protocol>Tls12,Tls11,Tls</security_protocol>`
+
+- encoding
+
+  Encoding of http request content. Default is ASCII
+
+  Example: `<encoding>utf-8</encoding>`
+
+- client_certificate_name
+
+  For mTLS support, pass a client certificate name to locate it in the server's certificate store by Subject or Subject Name and use it in the HTTP request.
+
+  Example: `<client_certificate_name>Cert's Subject Name</client_certificate_name>`
         
 - timeout