diff --git a/lib/api.js b/lib/api.js
index 2431913f..4088c8d2 100644
--- a/lib/api.js
+++ b/lib/api.js
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ API.prototype._import = function(cb) {
  * @param {String} opts.passphrase
  * @param {Number} opts.account - default 0
  * @param {String} opts.derivationStrategy - default 'BIP44'
+ * @param {String} opts.entropySourcePath - Only used if the wallet was created on a HW wallet, in which that private keys was not available for all the needed derivations
  */
 API.prototype.importFromMnemonic = function(words, opts, cb) {
   log.debug('Importing from 12 Words');
@@ -531,7 +532,8 @@ API.prototype.importFromMnemonic = function(words, opts, cb) {
 
   function derive(nonCompliantDerivation) {
     return Credentials.fromMnemonic(opts.network || 'livenet', words, opts.passphrase, opts.account || 0, opts.derivationStrategy || Constants.DERIVATION_STRATEGIES.BIP44, {
-      nonCompliantDerivation: nonCompliantDerivation
+      nonCompliantDerivation: nonCompliantDerivation,
+      entropySourcePath: opts.entropySourcePath,
     });
   };
 
diff --git a/lib/credentials.js b/lib/credentials.js
index 200afd24..480e872d 100644
--- a/lib/credentials.js
+++ b/lib/credentials.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ var FIELDS = [
   'compliantDerivation',
   'addressType',
   'hwInfo',
+  'entropySourcePath',
 ];
 
 function Credentials() {
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ Credentials.fromMnemonic = function(network, words, passphrase, account, derivat
   x.account = account;
   x.derivationStrategy = derivationStrategy;
   x.compliantDerivation = !opts.nonCompliantDerivation;
+  x.entropySourcePath = opts.entropySourcePath;
+
   x._expand();
   return x;
 };
@@ -185,6 +188,7 @@ Credentials.prototype._hashFromEntropy = function(prefix, length) {
 Credentials.prototype._expand = function() {
   $.checkState(this.xPrivKey || (this.xPubKey && this.entropySource));
 
+
   var network = Credentials._getNetworkFromExtendedKey(this.xPrivKey || this.xPubKey);
   if (this.network) {
     $.checkState(this.network == network);
@@ -201,7 +205,25 @@ Credentials.prototype._expand = function() {
 
     // this is the xPubKey shared with the server.
     this.xPubKey = derivedXPrivKey.hdPublicKey.toString();
+  }
+
+  // requests keys from mnemonics, but using a xPubkey
+  // This is only used when importing mnemonics FROM 
+  // an hwwallet, in which xPriv was not available when
+  // the wallet was created.
+  if (this.entropySourcePath) {
+    var seed = deriveFn(this.entropySourcePath).publicKey.toBuffer();
+    this.entropySource = Bitcore.crypto.Hash.sha256sha256(seed).toString('hex');
+  }
 
+  if (this.entropySource) {
+    // request keys from entropy (hw wallets)
+    var seed = this._hashFromEntropy('reqPrivKey', 32);
+    var privKey = new Bitcore.PrivateKey(seed.toString('hex'), network);
+    this.requestPrivKey = privKey.toString();
+    this.requestPubKey = privKey.toPublicKey().toString();
+  } else {
+    // request keys derived from xPriv
     var requestDerivation = deriveFn(Constants.PATHS.REQUEST_KEY);
     this.requestPrivKey = requestDerivation.privateKey.toString();
 
@@ -209,16 +231,10 @@ Credentials.prototype._expand = function() {
     this.requestPubKey = pubKey.toString();
 
     this.entropySource = Bitcore.crypto.Hash.sha256(requestDerivation.privateKey.toBuffer()).toString('hex');
-  } else {
-    var seed = this._hashFromEntropy('reqPrivKey', 32);
-    var privKey = new Bitcore.PrivateKey(seed.toString('hex'), network);
-    this.requestPrivKey = privKey.toString();
-    this.requestPubKey = privKey.toPublicKey().toString();
   }
 
   this.personalEncryptingKey = this._hashFromEntropy('personalKey', 16).toString('base64');
 
-
   this.copayerId = Credentials._xPubToCopayerId(this.xPubKey);
   this.publicKeyRing = [{
     xPubKey: this.xPubKey,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 703d18fc..1c427985 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "bitcore-wallet-client",
   "description": "Client for bitcore-wallet-service",
   "author": "BitPay Inc",
-  "version": "5.2.1",
+  "version": "5.3.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
     "bitcoin",