diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/migrations/0015_add_masters_choice.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/migrations/0015_add_masters_choice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..565d493d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/migrations/0015_add_masters_choice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.20 on 2019-04-04 15:14
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('certificates', '0014_change_eligible_certs_manager'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='certificatetemplate',
+            name='mode',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, choices=[(b'verified', b'verified'), (b'honor', b'honor'), (b'audit', b'audit'), (b'professional', b'professional'), (b'no-id-professional', b'no-id-professional'), (b'masters', b'masters')], default=b'honor', help_text='The course mode for this template.', max_length=125, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='generatedcertificate',
+            name='mode',
+            field=models.CharField(choices=[(b'verified', b'verified'), (b'honor', b'honor'), (b'audit', b'audit'), (b'professional', b'professional'), (b'no-id-professional', b'no-id-professional'), (b'masters', b'masters')], default=b'honor', max_length=32),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/models.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/models.py
index c664966eb8..40b5c196a6 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/models.py
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ class GeneratedCertificate(models.Model):
     # results. Django requires us to explicitly declare this.
     objects = models.Manager()
 
-    MODES = Choices('verified', 'honor', 'audit', 'professional', 'no-id-professional')
+    MODES = Choices('verified', 'honor', 'audit', 'professional', 'no-id-professional', 'masters')
 
-    VERIFIED_CERTS_MODES = [CourseMode.VERIFIED, CourseMode.CREDIT_MODE]
+    VERIFIED_CERTS_MODES = [CourseMode.VERIFIED, CourseMode.CREDIT_MODE, CourseMode.MASTERS]
 
     user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     course_id = CourseKeyField(max_length=255, blank=True, default=None)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/queue.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/queue.py
index 0a85e75d70..772eb7fab1 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/queue.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/queue.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class XQueueCertInterface(object):
         is_eligible_for_certificate = is_whitelisted or CourseMode.is_eligible_for_certificate(enrollment_mode)
         unverified = False
         # For credit mode generate verified certificate
-        if cert_mode == CourseMode.CREDIT_MODE:
+        if cert_mode in (CourseMode.CREDIT_MODE, CourseMode.MASTERS):
             cert_mode = CourseMode.VERIFIED
 
         if template_file is not None:
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/signals.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/signals.py
index 3028f84ffa..d8a103fa79 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/signals.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/signals.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ def fire_ungenerated_certificate_task(user, course_key, expected_verification_st
         CourseMode.CREDIT_MODE,
         CourseMode.PROFESSIONAL,
         CourseMode.NO_ID_PROFESSIONAL_MODE,
+        CourseMode.MASTERS,
     ]
     enrollment_mode, __ = CourseEnrollment.enrollment_mode_for_user(user, course_key)
     cert = GeneratedCertificate.certificate_for_student(user, course_key)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_signals.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_signals.py
index bf1250d466..792064e8b0 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_signals.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_signals.py
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ class CertificateGenerationTaskTest(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         ('verified', True),
         ('no-id-professional', True),
         ('credit', True),
+        ('masters', True),
         ('audit', False),
         ('honor', False),
     )