diff --git a/builtin/logical/pki/cert_util.go b/builtin/logical/pki/cert_util.go
index 09b0317b3aa1..ee1d0f970246 100644
--- a/builtin/logical/pki/cert_util.go
+++ b/builtin/logical/pki/cert_util.go
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@ func generateCreationBundle(b *backend, data *dataBundle) error {
 	}
 
 	subject := pkix.Name{
+		CommonName:         cn,
 		Country:            strutil.RemoveDuplicates(data.role.Country, false),
 		Organization:       strutil.RemoveDuplicates(data.role.Organization, false),
 		OrganizationalUnit: strutil.RemoveDuplicates(data.role.OU, false),