diff --git a/lemur/plugins/lemur_acme/acme_handlers.py b/lemur/plugins/lemur_acme/acme_handlers.py
index 83dfb1ba..78c160b2 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/lemur_acme/acme_handlers.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/lemur_acme/acme_handlers.py
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ from retrying import retry
 
 
 class AuthorizationRecord(object):
-    def __init__(self, domain, target_domain, authz, dns_challenge, change_id):
+    def __init__(self, domain, target_domain, authz, dns_challenge, change_id, cname_delegation):
         self.domain = domain
         self.target_domain = target_domain
         self.authz = authz
         self.dns_challenge = dns_challenge
         self.change_id = change_id
+        self.cname_delegation = cname_delegation
 
 
 class AcmeHandler(object):
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ class AcmeDnsHandler(AcmeHandler):
         current_app.logger.debug(f"Starting DNS challenge for {domain} using target domain {target_domain}.")
 
         change_ids = []
+        cname_delegation = domain != target_domain
         dns_challenges = self.get_dns_challenges(domain, order.authorizations)
         host_to_validate, _ = self.strip_wildcard(target_domain)
         host_to_validate = self.maybe_add_extension(host_to_validate, dns_provider_options)
@@ -315,9 +317,7 @@ class AcmeDnsHandler(AcmeHandler):
             raise Exception("Unable to determine DNS challenges from authorizations")
 
         for dns_challenge in dns_challenges:
-
-            # Only prepend '_acme-challenge' if not using CNAME redirection
-            if domain == target_domain:
+            if not cname_delegation:
                 host_to_validate = dns_challenge.validation_domain_name(host_to_validate)
 
             change_id = dns_provider.create_txt_record(
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class AcmeDnsHandler(AcmeHandler):
             change_ids.append(change_id)
 
         return AuthorizationRecord(
-            domain, target_domain, order.authorizations, dns_challenges, change_ids
+            domain, target_domain, order.authorizations, dns_challenges, change_ids, cname_delegation
         )
 
     def complete_dns_challenge(self, acme_client, authz_record):
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ class AcmeDnsHandler(AcmeHandler):
                 if cname_result:
                     target_domain = cname_result
                     self.autodetect_dns_providers(target_domain)
+                    metrics.send(
+                        "get_authorizations_cname_delegation_for_domain", "counter", 1, metric_tags={"domain": domain}
+                    )
 
             if not self.dns_providers_for_domain.get(target_domain):
                 metrics.send(
@@ -455,7 +458,7 @@ class AcmeDnsHandler(AcmeHandler):
                     account_number = dns_provider_options.get("account_id")
                     host_to_validate, _ = self.strip_wildcard(authz_record.target_domain)
                     host_to_validate = self.maybe_add_extension(host_to_validate, dns_provider_options)
-                    if authz_record.domain == authz_record.target_domain:
+                    if not authz_record.cname_delegation:
                         host_to_validate = challenges.DNS01().validation_domain_name(host_to_validate)
                     dns_provider_plugin.delete_txt_record(
                         authz_record.change_id,
@@ -492,7 +495,7 @@ class AcmeDnsHandler(AcmeHandler):
 
                 dns_provider_plugin = self.get_dns_provider(dns_provider.provider_type)
                 for dns_challenge in dns_challenges:
-                    if authz_record.domain == authz_record.target_domain:
+                    if not authz_record.cname_delegation:
                         host_to_validate = dns_challenge.validation_domain_name(host_to_validate)
                     try:
                         dns_provider_plugin.delete_txt_record(
diff --git a/lemur/plugins/lemur_acme/tests/test_acme_handler.py b/lemur/plugins/lemur_acme/tests/test_acme_handler.py
index cfc18c83..324af5ac 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/lemur_acme/tests/test_acme_handler.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/lemur_acme/tests/test_acme_handler.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TestAcmeHandler(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(expected, result)
 
     def test_authz_record(self):
-        a = acme_handlers.AuthorizationRecord("domain", "host", "authz", "challenge", "id")
+        a = acme_handlers.AuthorizationRecord("domain", "host", "authz", "challenge", "id", "cname_delegation")
         self.assertEqual(type(a), acme_handlers.AuthorizationRecord)
 
     def test_setup_acme_client_fail(self):