diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 90981cbc..a5ae987d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Version 5.6.0
 -------------
 
 * Content is no longer base64-encoded.
+* ``fingerprint`` is now correctly supported.
 
 
 Version 5.5.0
diff --git a/raven/base.py b/raven/base.py
index d3ca872e..7b4a0d9c 100644
--- a/raven/base.py
+++ b/raven/base.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class Client(object):
 
     def build_msg(self, event_type, data=None, date=None,
                   time_spent=None, extra=None, stack=None, public_key=None,
-                  tags=None, **kwargs):
+                  tags=None, fingerprint=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Captures, processes and serializes an event into a dict object
 
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ class Client(object):
         if culprit:
             data['culprit'] = culprit
 
+        if fingerprint:
+            data['fingerprint'] = fingerprint
+
         # Run the data through processors
         for processor in self.get_processors():
             data.update(processor.process(data))
diff --git a/tests/base/tests.py b/tests/base/tests.py
index ae69ae90..e360b2fe 100644
--- a/tests/base/tests.py
+++ b/tests/base/tests.py
@@ -350,6 +350,16 @@ class ClientTest(TestCase):
         assert 'stacktrace' not in event
         self.assertTrue('timestamp' in event)
 
+    def test_fingerprint(self):
+        self.client.captureMessage(
+            message='test',
+            fingerprint=['{{ default }}', 'foobar'],
+        )
+
+        assert len(self.client.events) == 1
+        event = self.client.events.pop(0)
+        assert event['fingerprint'] == ['{{ default }}', 'foobar']
+
     def test_context(self):
         self.client.context.merge({
             'tags': {'foo': 'bar'},