diff --git a/flask_oauthlib/contrib/client/application.py b/flask_oauthlib/contrib/client/application.py
index c933d70e..43936932 100644
--- a/flask_oauthlib/contrib/client/application.py
+++ b/flask_oauthlib/contrib/client/application.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from .descriptor import OAuthProperty, WebSessionData
 from .structure import OAuth1Response, OAuth2Response
 from .exceptions import AccessTokenNotFound
+from .signals import request_token_fetched
 
 
 __all__ = ['OAuth1Application', 'OAuth2Application']
@@ -179,9 +180,8 @@ def authorize(self, callback_uri, code=302):
         oauth = self.make_oauth_session(callback_uri=callback_uri)
 
         # fetches request token
-        oauth.fetch_request_token(self.request_token_url)
-        # TODO send signal and pass token here
-        #      http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.10/signals/
+        token = oauth.fetch_request_token(self.request_token_url)
+        request_token_fetched.send(self, response=OAuth1Response(token))
         # TODO check oauth_callback_confirmed here
         #      http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5849#section-2.1
 
diff --git a/flask_oauthlib/contrib/client/signals.py b/flask_oauthlib/contrib/client/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13df6e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flask_oauthlib/contrib/client/signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from flask.signals import Namespace
+
+__all__ = ['request_token_fetched']
+
+_signals = Namespace()
+request_token_fetched = _signals.signal('request-token-fetched')