diff --git a/src/transaction_builder.js b/src/transaction_builder.js
index 42a77bf..fc6a419 100644
--- a/src/transaction_builder.js
+++ b/src/transaction_builder.js
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ TransactionBuilder.prototype.sign = function(index, privKey, redeemScript, hashT
       scriptType: scriptType,
       signatures: []
     }
+  } else {
+    assert.equal(scriptType, 'multisig', scriptType + ' doesn\'t support multiple signatures')
   }
 
   var input = this.signatures[index]
diff --git a/test/transaction_builder.js b/test/transaction_builder.js
index fb2ae67..974f687 100644
--- a/test/transaction_builder.js
+++ b/test/transaction_builder.js
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ describe('TransactionBuilder', function() {
       })
     })
 
+    it('throws if scriptType doesn\'t support multiple signatures', function() {
+      txb.addInput(prevTxHash, 0)
+      txb.sign(0, privKey)
+
+      assert.throws(function() {
+        txb.sign(0, privKey)
+      }, /pubkeyhash doesn\'t support multiple signatures/)
+    })
+
     describe('when redeemScript is undefined', function() {
       it('throws if prevOutScript is P2SH', function() {
         var privScriptP2SH = scripts.scriptHashOutput(privScript.getHash())