diff --git a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/authenticators/iam_authenticator.py b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/authenticators/iam_authenticator.py
index 3aa2f8c..ea781c7 100644
--- a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/authenticators/iam_authenticator.py
+++ b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/authenticators/iam_authenticator.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class IAMAuthenticator(Authenticator):
         proxies: Dictionary for mapping request protocol to proxy URL. Defaults to None.
         proxies.http (optional): The proxy endpoint to use for HTTP requests.
         proxies.https (optional): The proxy endpoint to use for HTTPS requests.
+        scope: The "scope" to use when fetching the bearer token from the IAM token server.
+        This can be used to obtain an access token with a specific scope.
 
     Attributes:
         token_manager (IAMTokenManager): Retrives and manages IAM tokens from the endpoint specified by the url.
@@ -62,11 +64,12 @@ def __init__(self,
                  client_secret: Optional[str] = None,
                  disable_ssl_verification: bool = False,
                  headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-                 proxies: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None) -> None:
+                 proxies: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+                 scope: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         self.token_manager = IAMTokenManager(
             apikey, url=url, client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret,
             disable_ssl_verification=disable_ssl_verification,
-            headers=headers, proxies=proxies)
+            headers=headers, proxies=proxies, scope=scope)
         self.validate()
 
     def validate(self) -> None:
@@ -147,3 +150,12 @@ def set_proxies(self, proxies: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
             proxies.https (optional): The proxy endpoint to use for HTTPS requests.
         """
         self.token_manager.set_proxies(proxies)
+
+    def set_scope(self, value: str) -> None:
+        """Sets the "scope" parameter to use when fetching the bearer token from the IAM token server.
+        This can be used to obtain an access token with a specific scope.
+
+        Args:
+            value: A space seperated string that makes up the scope parameter.
+        """
+        self.token_manager.set_scope(value)
diff --git a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/get_authenticator.py b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/get_authenticator.py
index 97f492f..fc93548 100644
--- a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/get_authenticator.py
+++ b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/get_authenticator.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def __construct_authenticator(config: dict) -> Authenticator:
             url=config.get('AUTH_URL'),
             client_id=config.get('CLIENT_ID'),
             client_secret=config.get('CLIENT_SECRET'),
-            disable_ssl_verification=config.get('AUTH_DISABLE_SSL'))
+            disable_ssl_verification=config.get('AUTH_DISABLE_SSL'),
+            scope=config.get('SCOPE'))
     elif auth_type == 'noauth':
         authenticator = NoAuthAuthenticator()
 
diff --git a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/iam_token_manager.py b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/iam_token_manager.py
index c2bcf7c..b00acbd 100644
--- a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/iam_token_manager.py
+++ b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/iam_token_manager.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class IAMTokenManager(JWTTokenManager):
         proxies.http (str): The proxy endpoint to use for HTTP requests.
         proxies.https (str): The proxy endpoint to use for HTTPS requests.
         http_config (dict): A dictionary containing values that control the timeout, proxies, and etc of HTTP requests.
+        scope (str): The "scope" to use when fetching the bearer token from the IAM token server.
+        This can be used to obtain an access token with a specific scope.
 
     Args:
         apikey: A generated APIKey from ibmcloud.
@@ -54,12 +56,15 @@ class IAMTokenManager(JWTTokenManager):
         proxies: Proxies to use for communicating with IAM. Defaults to None.
         proxies.http: The proxy endpoint to use for HTTP requests.
         proxies.https: The proxy endpoint to use for HTTPS requests.
+        scope: The "scope" to use when fetching the bearer token from the IAM token server.
+        This can be used to obtain an access token with a specific scope.
     """
     DEFAULT_IAM_URL = 'https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/token'
     CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
     REQUEST_TOKEN_GRANT_TYPE = 'urn:ibm:params:oauth:grant-type:apikey'
     REQUEST_TOKEN_RESPONSE_TYPE = 'cloud_iam'
     TOKEN_NAME = 'access_token'
+    SCOPE = 'scope'
 
     def __init__(self,
                  apikey: str,
@@ -69,13 +74,15 @@ def __init__(self,
                  client_secret: Optional[str] = None,
                  disable_ssl_verification: bool = False,
                  headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-                 proxies: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None) -> None:
+                 proxies: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+                 scope: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         self.apikey = apikey
         self.url = url if url else self.DEFAULT_IAM_URL
         self.client_id = client_id
         self.client_secret = client_secret
         self.headers = headers
         self.proxies = proxies
+        self.scope = scope
         super().__init__(
             self.url, disable_ssl_verification=disable_ssl_verification, token_name=self.TOKEN_NAME)
 
@@ -101,6 +108,9 @@ def request_token(self) -> dict:
             'response_type': self.REQUEST_TOKEN_RESPONSE_TYPE
         }
 
+        if self.scope is not None and self.scope:
+            data[self.SCOPE] = self.scope
+
         auth_tuple = None
         # If both the client_id and secret were specified by the user, then use them
         if self.client_id and self.client_secret:
@@ -148,3 +158,11 @@ def set_proxies(self, proxies: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
             self.proxies = proxies
         else:
             raise TypeError('proxies must be a dictionary')
+
+    def set_scope(self, value: str) -> None:
+        """Sets the "scope" parameter to use when fetching the bearer token from the IAM token server.
+
+        Args:
+            value: A space seperated string that makes up the scope parameter.
+        """
+        self.scope = value
diff --git a/resources/ibm-credentials.env b/resources/ibm-credentials.env
index 901504f..d385003 100644
--- a/resources/ibm-credentials.env
+++ b/resources/ibm-credentials.env
@@ -9,4 +9,13 @@ SERVICE_1_APIKEY=V4HXmoUtMjohnsnow=KotN
 SERVICE_1_CLIENT_ID=somefake========id
 SERVICE_1_CLIENT_SECRET===my-client-secret==
 SERVICE_1_AUTH_URL=https://iamhost/iam/api=
-SERVICE_1_URL=service1.com/api
\ No newline at end of file
+SERVICE_1_URL=service1.com/api
+
+# Service2 configured with IAM w/scope
+SERVICE_2_AUTH_TYPE=iam
+SERVICE_2_APIKEY=V4HXmoUtMjohnsnow=KotN
+SERVICE_2_CLIENT_ID=somefake========id
+SERVICE_2_CLIENT_SECRET===my-client-secret==
+SERVICE_2_AUTH_URL=https://iamhost/iam/api=
+SERVICE_2_URL=service1.com/api
+SERVICE_2_SCOPE=A B C D
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_iam_authenticator.py b/test/test_iam_authenticator.py
index 7f0e914..68ad0eb 100644
--- a/test/test_iam_authenticator.py
+++ b/test/test_iam_authenticator.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 def test_iam_authenticator():
-    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('my_apikey')
+    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator(apikey='my_apikey')
     assert authenticator is not None
     assert authenticator.token_manager.url == 'https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/token'
     assert authenticator.token_manager.client_id is None
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ def test_iam_authenticator():
     assert authenticator.token_manager.headers is None
     assert authenticator.token_manager.proxies is None
     assert authenticator.token_manager.apikey == 'my_apikey'
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.scope is None
 
     authenticator.set_client_id_and_secret('tom', 'jerry')
     assert authenticator.token_manager.client_id == 'tom'
     assert authenticator.token_manager.client_secret == 'jerry'
 
+    authenticator.set_scope('scope1 scope2 scope3')
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.scope == 'scope1 scope2 scope3'
+
     with pytest.raises(TypeError) as err:
         authenticator.set_headers('dummy')
     assert str(err.value) == 'headers must be a dictionary'
@@ -37,6 +41,11 @@ def test_iam_authenticator():
     authenticator.set_proxies({'dummy': 'proxies'})
     assert authenticator.token_manager.proxies == {'dummy': 'proxies'}
 
+def test_iam_authenticator_with_scope():
+    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator(apikey='my_apikey', scope='scope1 scope2')
+    assert authenticator is not None
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.scope == 'scope1 scope2'
+
 
 def test_iam_authenticator_validate_failed():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError) as err:
diff --git a/test/test_iam_token_manager.py b/test/test_iam_token_manager.py
index 77791cf..d87cb1c 100644
--- a/test/test_iam_token_manager.py
+++ b/test/test_iam_token_manager.py
@@ -67,6 +67,29 @@ def test_request_token_auth_in_ctor():
     assert responses.calls[0].request.url == iam_url
     assert responses.calls[0].request.headers['Authorization'] != default_auth_header
     assert responses.calls[0].response.text == response
+    assert 'scope' not in responses.calls[0].response.request.body
+
+@responses.activate
+def test_request_token_auth_in_ctor_with_scope():
+    iam_url = "https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/token"
+    response = """{
+        "access_token": "oAeisG8yqPY7sFR_x66Z15",
+        "token_type": "Bearer",
+        "expires_in": 3600,
+        "expiration": 1524167011,
+        "refresh_token": "jy4gl91BQ"
+    }"""
+    default_auth_header = 'Basic Yng6Yng='
+    responses.add(responses.POST, url=iam_url, body=response, status=200)
+
+    token_manager = IAMTokenManager("apikey", url=iam_url, client_id='foo', client_secret='bar', scope='john snow')
+    token_manager.request_token()
+
+    assert len(responses.calls) == 1
+    assert responses.calls[0].request.url == iam_url
+    assert responses.calls[0].request.headers['Authorization'] != default_auth_header
+    assert responses.calls[0].response.text == response
+    assert 'scope=john+snow' in responses.calls[0].response.request.body
 
 @responses.activate
 def test_request_token_unsuccessful():
@@ -119,6 +142,7 @@ def test_request_token_auth_in_ctor_client_id_only():
     assert responses.calls[0].request.url == iam_url
     assert responses.calls[0].request.headers.get('Authorization') is None
     assert responses.calls[0].response.text == response
+    assert 'scope' not in responses.calls[0].response.request.body
 
 @responses.activate
 def test_request_token_auth_in_ctor_secret_only():
@@ -139,6 +163,7 @@ def test_request_token_auth_in_ctor_secret_only():
     assert responses.calls[0].request.url == iam_url
     assert responses.calls[0].request.headers.get('Authorization') is None
     assert responses.calls[0].response.text == response
+    assert 'scope' not in responses.calls[0].response.request.body
 
 @responses.activate
 def test_request_token_auth_in_setter():
@@ -161,6 +186,7 @@ def test_request_token_auth_in_setter():
     assert responses.calls[0].request.url == iam_url
     assert responses.calls[0].request.headers['Authorization'] != default_auth_header
     assert responses.calls[0].response.text == response
+    assert 'scope' not in responses.calls[0].response.request.body
 
 @responses.activate
 def test_request_token_auth_in_setter_client_id_only():
@@ -182,6 +208,7 @@ def test_request_token_auth_in_setter_client_id_only():
     assert responses.calls[0].request.url == iam_url
     assert responses.calls[0].request.headers.get('Authorization') is None
     assert responses.calls[0].response.text == response
+    assert 'scope' not in responses.calls[0].response.request.body
 
 @responses.activate
 def test_request_token_auth_in_setter_secret_only():
@@ -204,3 +231,28 @@ def test_request_token_auth_in_setter_secret_only():
     assert responses.calls[0].request.url == iam_url
     assert responses.calls[0].request.headers.get('Authorization') is None
     assert responses.calls[0].response.text == response
+    assert 'scope' not in responses.calls[0].response.request.body
+
+@responses.activate
+def test_request_token_auth_in_setter_scope():
+    iam_url = "https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/token"
+    response = """{
+        "access_token": "oAeisG8yqPY7sFR_x66Z15",
+        "token_type": "Bearer",
+        "expires_in": 3600,
+        "expiration": 1524167011,
+        "refresh_token": "jy4gl91BQ"
+    }"""
+    responses.add(responses.POST, url=iam_url, body=response, status=200)
+
+    token_manager = IAMTokenManager("iam_apikey")
+    token_manager.set_client_id_and_secret(None, 'bar')
+    token_manager.set_headers({'user':'header'})
+    token_manager.set_scope('john snow')
+    token_manager.request_token()
+
+    assert len(responses.calls) == 1
+    assert responses.calls[0].request.url == iam_url
+    assert responses.calls[0].request.headers.get('Authorization') is None
+    assert responses.calls[0].response.text == response
+    assert 'scope=john+snow' in responses.calls[0].response.request.body
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index acb8b51..5e968b0 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -145,6 +145,20 @@ def test_get_authenticator_from_credential_file():
     assert authenticator.token_manager.client_id == 'somefake========id'
     assert authenticator.token_manager.client_secret == '==my-client-secret=='
     assert authenticator.token_manager.url == 'https://iamhost/iam/api='
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.scope is None
+    del os.environ['IBM_CREDENTIALS_FILE']
+
+def test_get_authenticator_from_credential_file_scope():
+    file_path = os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(__file__), '../resources/ibm-credentials.env')
+    os.environ['IBM_CREDENTIALS_FILE'] = file_path
+    authenticator = get_authenticator_from_environment('service_2')
+    assert authenticator is not None
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.apikey == 'V4HXmoUtMjohnsnow=KotN'
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.client_id == 'somefake========id'
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.client_secret == '==my-client-secret=='
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.url == 'https://iamhost/iam/api='
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.scope == 'A B C D'
     del os.environ['IBM_CREDENTIALS_FILE']
 
 def test_get_authenticator_from_env_variables():
@@ -160,6 +174,15 @@ def test_get_authenticator_from_env_variables():
     assert authenticator.token_manager.apikey == 'V4HXmoUtMjohnsnow=KotN'
     del os.environ['SERVICE_1_APIKEY']
 
+    os.environ['SERVICE_2_APIKEY'] = 'johnsnow'
+    os.environ['SERVICE_2_SCOPE'] = 'A B C D'
+    authenticator = get_authenticator_from_environment('service_2')
+    assert authenticator is not None
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.apikey == 'johnsnow'
+    assert authenticator.token_manager.scope == 'A B C D'
+    del os.environ['SERVICE_2_APIKEY']
+    del os.environ['SERVICE_2_SCOPE']
+
 def test_vcap_credentials():
     vcap_services = '{"test":[{"credentials":{ \
         "url":"https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/compare-comply/api",\