diff --git a/modules/sovrnBidAdapter.js b/modules/sovrnBidAdapter.js
index 13f04395afa..d13331b9179 100644
--- a/modules/sovrnBidAdapter.js
+++ b/modules/sovrnBidAdapter.js
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ export const spec = {
    */
   buildRequests: function(bidReqs) {
     let sovrnImps = [];
+    let iv;
     utils._each(bidReqs, function (bid) {
+      iv = iv || utils.getBidIdParameter('iv', bid.params);
       sovrnImps.push({
         id: bid.bidId,
         banner: { w: 1, h: 1 },
@@ -36,9 +38,11 @@ export const spec = {
       imp: sovrnImps,
       site: {
         domain: window.location.host,
-        page: window.location.pathname + location.search + location.hash
+        page: window.location.host + window.location.pathname + location.search + location.hash
       }
     };
+    if (iv) sovrnBidReq.iv = iv;
+
     return {
       method: 'POST',
       url: `//ap.lijit.com/rtb/bid?src=${REPO_AND_VERSION}`,
diff --git a/test/spec/modules/sovrnBidAdapter_spec.js b/test/spec/modules/sovrnBidAdapter_spec.js
index 43307f35527..5fc7cb6a62a 100644
--- a/test/spec/modules/sovrnBidAdapter_spec.js
+++ b/test/spec/modules/sovrnBidAdapter_spec.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('sovrnBidAdapter', function() {
   });
 
   describe('buildRequests', () => {
-    let bidRequests = [{
+    const bidRequests = [{
       'bidder': 'sovrn',
       'params': {
         'tagid': '403370'
@@ -63,6 +63,26 @@ describe('sovrnBidAdapter', function() {
     it('attaches source and version to endpoint URL as query params', () => {
       expect(request.url).to.equal(ENDPOINT)
     });
+
+    it('sends \'iv\' as query param if present', () => {
+      const ivBidRequests = [{
+        'bidder': 'sovrn',
+        'params': {
+          'tagid': '403370',
+          'iv': 'vet'
+        },
+        'adUnitCode': 'adunit-code',
+        'sizes': [
+          [300, 250]
+        ],
+        'bidId': '30b31c1838de1e',
+        'bidderRequestId': '22edbae2733bf6',
+        'auctionId': '1d1a030790a475'
+      }];
+      const request = spec.buildRequests(ivBidRequests);
+
+      expect(request.data).to.contain('"iv":"vet"')
+    })
   });
 
   describe('interpretResponse', () => {