diff --git a/google/auth/app_engine.py b/google/auth/app_engine.py
index fa13f8e..f47dae1 100644
--- a/google/auth/app_engine.py
+++ b/google/auth/app_engine.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
     @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Scoped)
     def with_scopes(self, scopes):
-        return Credentials(
+        return self.__class__(
             scopes=scopes, service_account_id=self._service_account_id)
 
     @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
diff --git a/google/auth/jwt.py b/google/auth/jwt.py
index 0253376..6957374 100644
--- a/google/auth/jwt.py
+++ b/google/auth/jwt.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
         new_additional_claims = copy.deepcopy(self._additional_claims)
         new_additional_claims.update(additional_claims or {})
 
-        return Credentials(
+        return self.__class__(
             self._signer,
             issuer=issuer if issuer is not None else self._issuer,
             subject=subject if subject is not None else self._subject,
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
         new_additional_claims = copy.deepcopy(self._additional_claims)
         new_additional_claims.update(additional_claims or {})
 
-        return OnDemandCredentials(
+        return self.__class__(
             self._signer,
             issuer=issuer if issuer is not None else self._issuer,
             subject=subject if subject is not None else self._subject,
diff --git a/google/oauth2/_client.py b/google/oauth2/_client.py
index 66251df..dc35be2 100644
--- a/google/oauth2/_client.py
+++ b/google/oauth2/_client.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 from google.auth import _helpers
 from google.auth import exceptions
+from google.auth import jwt
 
 _URLENCODED_CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
 _JWT_GRANT_TYPE = 'urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer'
@@ -155,6 +156,51 @@
     return access_token, expiry, response_data
 
 
+def id_token_jwt_grant(request, token_uri, assertion):
+    """Implements the JWT Profile for OAuth 2.0 Authorization Grants, but
+    requests an OpenID Connect ID Token instead of an access token.
+
+    This is a variant on the standard JWT Profile that is currently unique
+    to Google. This was added for the benefit of authenticating to services
+    that require ID Tokens instead of access tokens or JWT bearer tokens.
+
+    Args:
+        request (google.auth.transport.Request): A callable used to make
+            HTTP requests.
+        token_uri (str): The OAuth 2.0 authorization server's token endpoint
+            URI.
+        assertion (str): JWT token signed by a service account. The token's
+            payload must include a ``target_audience`` claim.
+
+    Returns:
+        Tuple[str, Optional[datetime], Mapping[str, str]]:
+            The (encoded) Open ID Connect ID Token, expiration, and additional
+            data returned by the endpoint.
+
+    Raises:
+        google.auth.exceptions.RefreshError: If the token endpoint returned
+            an error.
+    """
+    body = {
+        'assertion': assertion,
+        'grant_type': _JWT_GRANT_TYPE,
+    }
+
+    response_data = _token_endpoint_request(request, token_uri, body)
+
+    try:
+        id_token = response_data['id_token']
+    except KeyError as caught_exc:
+        new_exc = exceptions.RefreshError(
+            'No ID token in response.', response_data)
+        six.raise_from(new_exc, caught_exc)
+
+    payload = jwt.decode(id_token, verify=False)
+    expiry = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(payload['exp'])
+
+    return id_token, expiry, response_data
+
+
 def refresh_grant(request, token_uri, refresh_token, client_id, client_secret):
     """Implements the OAuth 2.0 refresh token grant.
 
diff --git a/google/oauth2/service_account.py b/google/oauth2/service_account.py
index 54bd8d6..c60c565 100644
--- a/google/oauth2/service_account.py
+++ b/google/oauth2/service_account.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 
     @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Scoped)
     def with_scopes(self, scopes):
-        return Credentials(
+        return self.__class__(
             self._signer,
             service_account_email=self._service_account_email,
             scopes=scopes,
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
             google.auth.service_account.Credentials: A new credentials
                 instance.
         """
-        return Credentials(
+        return self.__class__(
             self._signer,
             service_account_email=self._service_account_email,
             scopes=self._scopes,
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
         new_additional_claims = copy.deepcopy(self._additional_claims)
         new_additional_claims.update(additional_claims or {})
 
-        return Credentials(
+        return self.__class__(
             self._signer,
             service_account_email=self._service_account_email,
             scopes=self._scopes,
@@ -336,3 +336,207 @@
     @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
     def signer_email(self):
         return self._service_account_email
+
+
+class IDTokenCredentials(credentials.Signing, credentials.Credentials):
+    """Open ID Connect ID Token-based service account credentials.
+
+    These credentials are largely similar to :class:`.Credentials`, but instead
+    of using an OAuth 2.0 Access Token as the bearer token, they use an Open
+    ID Connect ID Token as the bearer token. These credentials are useful when
+    communicating to services that require ID Tokens and can not accept access
+    tokens.
+
+    Usually, you'll create these credentials with one of the helper
+    constructors. To create credentials using a Google service account
+    private key JSON file::
+
+        credentials = (
+            service_account.IDTokenCredentials.from_service_account_file(
+                'service-account.json'))
+
+    Or if you already have the service account file loaded::
+
+        service_account_info = json.load(open('service_account.json'))
+        credentials = (
+            service_account.IDTokenCredentials.from_service_account_info(
+                service_account_info))
+
+    Both helper methods pass on arguments to the constructor, so you can
+    specify additional scopes and a subject if necessary::
+
+        credentials = (
+            service_account.IDTokenCredentials.from_service_account_file(
+                'service-account.json',
+                scopes=['email'],
+                subject='user@example.com'))
+`
+    The credentials are considered immutable. If you want to modify the scopes
+    or the subject used for delegation, use :meth:`with_scopes` or
+    :meth:`with_subject`::
+
+        scoped_credentials = credentials.with_scopes(['email'])
+        delegated_credentials = credentials.with_subject(subject)
+
+    """
+    def __init__(self, signer, service_account_email, token_uri,
+                 target_audience, additional_claims=None):
+        """
+        Args:
+            signer (google.auth.crypt.Signer): The signer used to sign JWTs.
+            service_account_email (str): The service account's email.
+            token_uri (str): The OAuth 2.0 Token URI.
+            target_audience (str): The intended audience for these credentials,
+                used when requesting the ID Token. The ID Token's ``aud`` claim
+                will be set to this string.
+            additional_claims (Mapping[str, str]): Any additional claims for
+                the JWT assertion used in the authorization grant.
+
+        .. note:: Typically one of the helper constructors
+            :meth:`from_service_account_file` or
+            :meth:`from_service_account_info` are used instead of calling the
+            constructor directly.
+        """
+        super(IDTokenCredentials, self).__init__()
+        self._signer = signer
+        self._service_account_email = service_account_email
+        self._token_uri = token_uri
+        self._target_audience = target_audience
+
+        if additional_claims is not None:
+            self._additional_claims = additional_claims
+        else:
+            self._additional_claims = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_signer_and_info(cls, signer, info, **kwargs):
+        """Creates a credentials instance from a signer and service account
+        info.
+
+        Args:
+            signer (google.auth.crypt.Signer): The signer used to sign JWTs.
+            info (Mapping[str, str]): The service account info.
+            kwargs: Additional arguments to pass to the constructor.
+
+        Returns:
+            google.auth.jwt.IDTokenCredentials: The constructed credentials.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If the info is not in the expected format.
+        """
+        kwargs.setdefault('service_account_email', info['client_email'])
+        kwargs.setdefault('token_uri', info['token_uri'])
+        return cls(signer, **kwargs)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_service_account_info(cls, info, **kwargs):
+        """Creates a credentials instance from parsed service account info.
+
+        Args:
+            info (Mapping[str, str]): The service account info in Google
+                format.
+            kwargs: Additional arguments to pass to the constructor.
+
+        Returns:
+            google.auth.service_account.IDTokenCredentials: The constructed
+                credentials.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If the info is not in the expected format.
+        """
+        signer = _service_account_info.from_dict(
+            info, require=['client_email', 'token_uri'])
+        return cls._from_signer_and_info(signer, info, **kwargs)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_service_account_file(cls, filename, **kwargs):
+        """Creates a credentials instance from a service account json file.
+
+        Args:
+            filename (str): The path to the service account json file.
+            kwargs: Additional arguments to pass to the constructor.
+
+        Returns:
+            google.auth.service_account.IDTokenCredentials: The constructed
+                credentials.
+        """
+        info, signer = _service_account_info.from_filename(
+            filename, require=['client_email', 'token_uri'])
+        return cls._from_signer_and_info(signer, info, **kwargs)
+
+    def with_target_audience(self, target_audience):
+        """Create a copy of these credentials with the specified target
+        audience.
+
+        Args:
+            target_audience (str): The intended audience for these credentials,
+            used when requesting the ID Token.
+
+        Returns:
+            google.auth.service_account.IDTokenCredentials: A new credentials
+                instance.
+        """
+        return self.__class__(
+            self._signer,
+            service_account_email=self._service_account_email,
+            token_uri=self._token_uri,
+            target_audience=target_audience,
+            additional_claims=self._additional_claims.copy())
+
+    def _make_authorization_grant_assertion(self):
+        """Create the OAuth 2.0 assertion.
+
+        This assertion is used during the OAuth 2.0 grant to acquire an
+        ID token.
+
+        Returns:
+            bytes: The authorization grant assertion.
+        """
+        now = _helpers.utcnow()
+        lifetime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=_DEFAULT_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECS)
+        expiry = now + lifetime
+
+        payload = {
+            'iat': _helpers.datetime_to_secs(now),
+            'exp': _helpers.datetime_to_secs(expiry),
+            # The issuer must be the service account email.
+            'iss': self.service_account_email,
+            # The audience must be the auth token endpoint's URI
+            'aud': self._token_uri,
+            # The target audience specifies which service the ID token is
+            # intended for.
+            'target_audience': self._target_audience
+        }
+
+        payload.update(self._additional_claims)
+
+        token = jwt.encode(self._signer, payload)
+
+        return token
+
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Credentials)
+    def refresh(self, request):
+        assertion = self._make_authorization_grant_assertion()
+        access_token, expiry, _ = _client.id_token_jwt_grant(
+            request, self._token_uri, assertion)
+        self.token = access_token
+        self.expiry = expiry
+
+    @property
+    def service_account_email(self):
+        """The service account email."""
+        return self._service_account_email
+
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
+    def sign_bytes(self, message):
+        return self._signer.sign(message)
+
+    @property
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
+    def signer(self):
+        return self._signer
+
+    @property
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
+    def signer_email(self):
+        return self._service_account_email