diff --git a/src/ecpair.js b/src/ecpair.js
index 0e2cf26..777c254 100644
--- a/src/ecpair.js
+++ b/src/ecpair.js
@@ -36,9 +36,23 @@ ECPair.prototype.toWIF = function () {
   return wif.encode(this.network.wif, this.__d, this.compressed)
 }
 
-ECPair.prototype.sign = function (hash) {
+ECPair.prototype.sign = function (hash, lowR) {
   if (!this.__d) throw new Error('Missing private key')
-  return ecc.sign(hash, this.__d)
+  if (lowR !== undefined && typeof lowR !== 'boolean') throw new Error('lowR must be a boolean')
+
+  let signature = ecc.sign(hash, this.__d)
+
+  if (lowR) {
+    let counter = 0
+    let extraEntropy = Buffer.alloc(32, 0)
+    while (signature[0] > 0x7f) {
+      counter++
+      extraEntropy.writeUIntLE(counter, 0, 6)
+      signature = ecc.sign(hash, this.__d, extraEntropy)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return signature
 }
 
 ECPair.prototype.verify = function (hash, signature) {
diff --git a/src/transaction_builder.js b/src/transaction_builder.js
index 8706841..99d8b62 100644
--- a/src/transaction_builder.js
+++ b/src/transaction_builder.js
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ function TransactionBuilder (network, maximumFeeRate) {
   this.__inputs = []
   this.__tx = new Transaction()
   this.__tx.version = 2
+  this.__lowR = false
 }
 
 TransactionBuilder.prototype.setLockTime = function (locktime) {
@@ -462,6 +463,12 @@ TransactionBuilder.prototype.setVersion = function (version) {
   this.__tx.version = version
 }
 
+TransactionBuilder.prototype.setLowR = function (lowR) {
+  typeforce(types.Boolean, lowR)
+
+  this.__lowR = lowR
+}
+
 TransactionBuilder.fromTransaction = function (transaction, network) {
   const txb = new TransactionBuilder(network)
 
@@ -680,7 +687,7 @@ TransactionBuilder.prototype.sign = function (vin, keyPair, redeemScript, hashTy
       throw new Error('BIP143 rejects uncompressed public keys in P2WPKH or P2WSH')
     }
 
-    const signature = keyPair.sign(signatureHash)
+    const signature = keyPair.sign(signatureHash, this.__lowR)
     input.signatures[i] = bscript.signature.encode(signature, hashType)
     return true
   })