diff --git a/ACMECert.php b/ACMECert.php
index f2e92d3..75a6e3d 100644
--- a/ACMECert.php
+++ b/ACMECert.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 // https://github.com/skoerfgen/ACMECert
 
 class ACMECert extends ACMEv2 { // ACMECert - PHP client library for Let's Encrypt (ACME v2)
+	private $alternate_chains=array();
 
 	public function register($termsOfServiceAgreed=false,$contacts=array()){
 		$this->log('Registering account');
@@ -261,6 +262,19 @@ function($domain){
 		throw new Exception('Order failed');
 	}
 
+	public function getCertificateChains($pem,$domain_config,$callback,$authz_reuse=true){
+		$default_chain=$this->getCertificateChain($pem,$domain_config,$callback,$authz_reuse);
+
+		$out=array();
+		$out[$this->getIssuerCN($default_chain)]=$default_chain;
+
+		foreach($this->alternate_chains as $link){
+			$chain=$this->request_certificate(array('certificate'=>$link),false);
+			$out[$this->getIssuerCN($chain)]=$chain;
+		}
+		return $out;
+	}
+
 	public function generateCSR($domain_key_pem,$domains){
 		if (false===($domain_key=openssl_pkey_get_private($domain_key_pem))){
 			throw new Exception('Could not load domain key: '.$domain_key_pem.' ('.$this->get_openssl_error().')');
@@ -395,9 +409,18 @@ private function poll($initial,$type,&$ret){
 		throw new Exception('Aborted after '.$max_tries.' tries');
 	}
 
-	private function request_certificate($ret){
+	private function request_certificate($ret,$set_alternate_chains=true){
 		$this->log('Requesting certificate-chain');
 		$ret=$this->request($ret['certificate'],'');
+
+		if ($set_alternate_chains) {
+			if (isset($ret['headers']['link']['alternate'])){
+				$this->alternate_chains=$ret['headers']['link']['alternate'];
+			}else{
+				$this->alternate_chains=array();
+			}
+		}
+
 		if ($ret['headers']['content-type']!=='application/pem-certificate-chain'){
 			throw new Exception('Unexpected content-type: '.$ret['headers']['content-type']);
 		}
@@ -447,6 +470,22 @@ private function make_contacts_array($contacts){
 			return 'mailto:'.$contact;
 		},$contacts);
 	}
+
+	private function getIssuerCN($chain){
+		$tmp=$this->splitChain($chain);
+		$ret=$this->parseCertificate(end($tmp));
+		return $ret['issuer']['CN'];
+	}
+
+	private function splitChain($chain){
+		$delim='-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----';
+		$parts=explode($delim,$chain);
+		$parts=array_map(function($item)use($delim){
+			return $delim.$item;
+		},array_filter($parts));
+		return $parts;
+	}
+
 }
 
 class ACMEv2 { // Communication with Let's Encrypt via ACME v2 protocol
@@ -662,7 +701,7 @@ private function http_request($url,$data=null){
 			}
 		}
 		$method=$data===false?'HEAD':($data===null?'GET':'POST');
-		$user_agent='ACMECert v2.8.1 (+https://github.com/skoerfgen/ACMECert)';
+		$user_agent='ACMECert v2.9.0 (+https://github.com/skoerfgen/ACMECert)';
 		$header=($data===null||$data===false)?array():array('Content-Type: application/jose+json');
 		if ($this->ch) {
 			$headers=array();
@@ -712,7 +751,14 @@ function($carry,$item)use(&$code){
 					$carry=array();
 				}else{
 					list($k,$v)=$parts;
-					$carry[strtolower(trim($k))]=trim($v);
+					$k=strtolower(trim($k));
+					if ($k==='link'){
+						if (preg_match('/<(.*)>\s*;\s*rel=\"(.*)\"/',$v,$matches)){
+							$carry[$k][$matches[2]][]=trim($matches[1]);
+						}
+					}else{
+						$carry[$k]=trim($v);
+					}
 				}
 				return $carry;
 			},
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 113c912..365f656 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # ACMECert
 
 PHP client library for [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/) ([ACME v2 - RFC 8555](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8555))  
-Version: 2.8.1
+Version: 2.9.0
 
 ## Description
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ It is self contained and contains a set of functions allowing you to:
 
 It abstacts away the complexity of the ACME protocol to get a certificate
 (create order, fetch authorizations, compute challenge tokens, polling for status, generate CSR,
-finalize order, request certificate) into a single function [getCertificateChain](#acmecertgetcertificatechain),
+finalize order, request certificate) into a single function [getCertificateChain](#acmecertgetcertificatechain) (or [getCertificateChains](#acmecertgetcertificatechains) to also get all alternate chains),
 where you specify a set of domains you want to get a certificate for and which challenge type to use (all [challenge types](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/challenge-types/) are supported).
 This function takes as third argument a user-defined callback function which gets
 invoked every time a challenge needs to be fulfilled. It is up to you to set/remove the challenge tokens:
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ $fullchain=$ac->getCertificateChain('file://'.'cert_private_key.pem',$domain_con
 file_put_contents('fullchain.pem',$fullchain);
 ```
 
+#### Get alternate chains
+```php
+$ret=$ac->getCertificateChains('file://'.'cert_private_key.pem',$domain_config,$handler);
+if (isset[$ret['ISRG Root X1']]){ // use alternate chain 'ISRG Root X1'
+  file_put_contents('fullchain.pem',$ret['ISRG Root X1']);
+}else{ // use default chain if 'ISRG Root X1' is not present
+  file_put_contents('fullchain.pem',reset($ret));
+}
+```
 
 #### Get Certificate using all (`http-01`,`dns-01` and `tls-alpn-01`) challenge types together
 ```php
@@ -451,7 +460,7 @@ public array ACMECert::deactivateAccount()
 
 ### ACMECert::getCertificateChain
 
-Get certificate-chain (certificate + the intermediate certificate).
+Get certificate-chain (certificate + the intermediate certificate(s)).
 
 *This is what Apache >= 2.4.8 needs for [`SSLCertificateFile`](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslcertificatefile), and what Nginx needs for [`ssl_certificate`](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_ssl_module.html#ssl_certificate).*
 ```php
@@ -538,6 +547,23 @@ public string ACMECert::getCertificateChain ( mixed $pem, array $domain_config,
 
 ---
 
+### ACMECert::getCertificateChains
+
+Get all (default and alternate) certificate-chains.
+This function takes the same arguments as the [getCertificateChain](#acmecertgetcertificatechain) function above, but it returns an array of certificate chains instead of a single chain.
+
+
+###### Return Values
+> Returns an array of PEM encoded certificate chains.
+>
+> The keys of the returned array correspond to the issuer `Common Name` (CN) of the topmost (closest to the root certificate) intermediate certificate.
+>
+> The first element of the returned array is the default chain.
+###### Errors/Exceptions
+> Throws an `ACME_Exception` if the server responded with an error message or an `Exception` if an other error occured obtaining the certificate chains.
+
+---
+
 ### ACMECert::revoke
 
 Revoke certificate.