diff --git a/src/Verify2/Request/SMSRequest.php b/src/Verify2/Request/SMSRequest.php
index 8ea790e3..f01ca601 100644
--- a/src/Verify2/Request/SMSRequest.php
+++ b/src/Verify2/Request/SMSRequest.php
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 namespace Vonage\Verify2\Request;
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
+use Vonage\Verify2\Traits\CustomTemplateTrait;
 use Vonage\Verify2\VerifyObjects\VerificationLocale;
 use Vonage\Verify2\VerifyObjects\VerificationWorkflow;
 
 class SMSRequest extends BaseVerifyRequest
 {
+    use CustomTemplateTrait;
+
     public function __construct(
         protected string $to,
         protected string $brand,
@@ -36,6 +39,12 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function toArray(): array
     {
-        return $this->getBaseVerifyUniversalOutputArray();
+        $return = $this->getBaseVerifyUniversalOutputArray();
+
+        if (!is_null($this->getTemplateId())) {
+            $return['template_id'] = $this->getTemplateId();
+        }
+
+        return $return;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Verify2/Request/VoiceRequest.php b/src/Verify2/Request/VoiceRequest.php
index 9a70e5e9..607905fc 100644
--- a/src/Verify2/Request/VoiceRequest.php
+++ b/src/Verify2/Request/VoiceRequest.php
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 namespace Vonage\Verify2\Request;
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
+use Vonage\Verify2\Traits\CustomTemplateTrait;
 use Vonage\Verify2\VerifyObjects\VerificationLocale;
 use Vonage\Verify2\VerifyObjects\VerificationWorkflow;
 
 class VoiceRequest extends BaseVerifyRequest
 {
+    use CustomTemplateTrait;
+
     public function __construct(
         protected string $to,
         protected string $brand,
diff --git a/src/Verify2/Traits/CustomTemplateTrait.php b/src/Verify2/Traits/CustomTemplateTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26ee84cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Verify2/Traits/CustomTemplateTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Vonage\Verify2\Traits;
+
+trait CustomTemplateTrait
+{
+    protected ?string $templateId = null;
+
+    public function getTemplateId(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->templateId;
+    }
+
+    public function setTemplateId(string $templateId): string
+    {
+        return $this->templateId = $templateId;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Verify2/ClientTest.php b/test/Verify2/ClientTest.php
index 4c81bbe8..94a758ee 100644
--- a/test/Verify2/ClientTest.php
+++ b/test/Verify2/ClientTest.php
@@ -126,6 +126,38 @@ public function testCanRequestSMS(): void
         $this->assertArrayHasKey('request_id', $result);
     }
 
+    public function testCanRequestSmsWithCustomTemplate(): void
+    {
+        $payload = [
+            'to' => '07785254785',
+            'client_ref' => 'my-verification',
+            'brand' => 'my-brand',
+            'from' => 'vonage'
+        ];
+
+        $smsVerification = new SMSRequest($payload['to'], $payload['brand'], null, $payload['from']);
+        $smsVerification->setTemplateId('33945c03-71c6-4aaf-954d-750a9b480def');
+
+        $this->vonageClient->send(Argument::that(function (Request $request) use ($payload) {
+            $uri = $request->getUri();
+            $uriString = $uri->__toString();
+            $this->assertEquals(
+                'https://api.nexmo.com/v2/verify',
+                $uriString
+            );
+
+            $this->assertRequestJsonBodyContains('template_id', '33945c03-71c6-4aaf-954d-750a9b480def', $request);
+            $this->assertEquals('POST', $request->getMethod());
+
+            return true;
+        }))->willReturn($this->getResponse('verify-request-success', 202));
+
+        $result = $this->verify2Client->startVerification($smsVerification);
+
+        $this->assertIsArray($result);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('request_id', $result);
+    }
+
     public function testWillPopulateEntityIdAndContentId(): void
     {
         $payload = [
@@ -1026,4 +1058,20 @@ public function timeoutProvider(): array
             [921, false],
         ];
     }
+//
+//    public function testIntegration()
+//    {
+//        $credentials = new Client\Credentials\Keypair(
+//            file_get_contents('/Users/JSeconde/Sites/vonage-php-sdk-core/test/Verify2/private.key'),
+//            '4a875f7e-2559-4fb5-84f6-f8b144f6e9f6'
+//        );
+//
+//        $liveClient = new Client($credentials);
+//
+//        $response = $liveClient->verify2()->createCustomTemplate('example-template');
+
+//        $smsRequest = new SMSRequest('447738066610', 'VONAGE', null, '447738066610');
+//        $response = $liveClient->verify2()->startVerification($smsRequest);
+//        var_dump($response);
+//    }
 }