diff --git a/lms/static/js/spec/student_account/hinted_login_spec.js b/lms/static/js/spec/student_account/hinted_login_spec.js
index b6f346a56e..a03f036722 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/spec/student_account/hinted_login_spec.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/spec/student_account/hinted_login_spec.js
@@ -28,15 +28,23 @@ define([
                         loginUrl: '/auth/login/facebook/?auth_entry=account_login',
                         registerUrl: '/auth/login/facebook/?auth_entry=account_register'
                     }
+                ],
+                secondaryProviders: [
+                    {
+                        id: 'saml-harvard',
+                        name: 'Harvard',
+                        iconClass: 'fa-university',
+                        loginUrl: '/auth/login/tpa-saml/?auth_entry=account_login&idp=harvard',
+                        registerUrl: '/auth/login/tpa-saml/?auth_entry=account_register&idp=harvard'
+                    }
                 ]
-            },
-            HINTED_PROVIDER = "oa2-google-oauth2";
+            };
 
-        var createHintedLoginView = function(test) {
+        var createHintedLoginView = function(hintedProvider) {
             // Initialize the login view
             view = new HintedLoginView({
                 thirdPartyAuth: THIRD_PARTY_AUTH,
-                hintedProvider: HINTED_PROVIDER,
+                hintedProvider: hintedProvider,
                 platformName: PLATFORM_NAME
             });
 
@@ -52,15 +60,23 @@ define([
         });
 
         it('displays a choice as two buttons', function() {
-            createHintedLoginView(this);
+            createHintedLoginView("oa2-google-oauth2");
 
             expect($('.proceed-button.button-oa2-google-oauth2')).toBeVisible();
             expect($('.form-toggle')).toBeVisible();
             expect($('.proceed-button.button-oa2-facebook')).not.toBeVisible();
         });
 
+        it('works with secondary providers as well', function() {
+            createHintedLoginView("saml-harvard");
+
+            expect($('.proceed-button.button-saml-harvard')).toBeVisible();
+            expect($('.form-toggle')).toBeVisible();
+            expect($('.proceed-button.button-oa2-google-oauth2')).not.toBeVisible();
+        });
+
         it('redirects the user to the hinted provider if the user clicks the proceed button', function() {
-            createHintedLoginView(this);
+            createHintedLoginView("oa2-google-oauth2");
 
             // Click the "Yes, proceed" button
             $('.proceed-button').click();
diff --git a/lms/static/js/student_account/views/HintedLoginView.js b/lms/static/js/student_account/views/HintedLoginView.js
index ae178e00ef..db7a63c12f 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/student_account/views/HintedLoginView.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/student_account/views/HintedLoginView.js
@@ -19,18 +19,14 @@ var edx = edx || {};
 
         initialize: function( data ) {
             this.tpl = $(this.tpl).html();
-            this.providers = data.thirdPartyAuth.providers || [];
-            this.hintedProvider = _.findWhere(this.providers, {id: data.hintedProvider})
-            this.platformName = data.platformName;
-
+            this.hintedProvider = (
+                _.findWhere(data.thirdPartyAuth.providers, {id: data.hintedProvider}) ||
+                _.findWhere(data.thirdPartyAuth.secondaryProviders, {id: data.hintedProvider})
+            );
         },
 
         render: function() {
             $(this.el).html( _.template( this.tpl, {
-                // We pass the context object to the template so that
-                // we can perform variable interpolation using sprintf
-                providers: this.providers,
-                platformName: this.platformName,
                 hintedProvider: this.hintedProvider
             }));