diff --git a/passbook/providers/saml/processors/request_parser.py b/passbook/providers/saml/processors/request_parser.py
index b37d0ffdb..34ff8364b 100644
--- a/passbook/providers/saml/processors/request_parser.py
+++ b/passbook/providers/saml/processors/request_parser.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ from structlog import get_logger
 from passbook.providers.saml.exceptions import CannotHandleAssertion
 from passbook.providers.saml.models import SAMLProvider
 from passbook.providers.saml.utils.encoding import decode_base64_and_inflate
+from passbook.sources.saml.processors.constants import (
+    NS_SAML_PROTOCOL,
+    SAML_NAME_ID_FORMAT_EMAIL,
+)
 
 LOGGER = get_logger()
 
@@ -27,6 +31,8 @@ class AuthNRequest:
 
     relay_state: Optional[str] = None
 
+    name_id_policy: str = SAML_NAME_ID_FORMAT_EMAIL
+
 
 class AuthNRequestParser:
     """AuthNRequest Parser"""
@@ -37,7 +43,6 @@ class AuthNRequestParser:
         self.provider = provider
 
     def _parse_xml(self, decoded_xml: str, relay_state: Optional[str]) -> AuthNRequest:
-
         root = ElementTree.fromstring(decoded_xml)
 
         request_acs_url = root.attrib["AssertionConsumerServiceURL"]
@@ -51,6 +56,13 @@ class AuthNRequestParser:
             raise CannotHandleAssertion(msg)
 
         auth_n_request = AuthNRequest(id=root.attrib["ID"], relay_state=relay_state)
+
+        # Check if AuthnRequest has a NameID Policy object
+        name_id_policies = root.findall(f"{{{NS_SAML_PROTOCOL}}}:NameIDPolicy")
+        if len(name_id_policies) > 0:
+            name_id_policy = name_id_policies[0]
+            auth_n_request.name_id_policy = name_id_policy.attrib["Format"]
+
         return auth_n_request
 
     def parse(self, saml_request: str, relay_state: Optional[str]) -> AuthNRequest: