diff --git a/close-channel.c b/close-channel.c
index de488f7a8..877007999 100644
--- a/close-channel.c
+++ b/close-channel.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* My example:
  * ./close-channel A-anchor.tx A-open.pb B-open.pb cUBCjrdJu8tfvM7FT8So6aqs6G6bZS1Cax6Rc9rFzYL6nYG4XNEC > A-close.pb
+ * ./close-channel --complete A-anchor.tx B-open.pb A-open.pb cQXhbUnNRsFcdzTQwjbCrud5yVskHTEas7tZPUWoJYNk5htGQrpi > B-close-complete.pb
  */
 #include <ccan/crypto/shachain/shachain.h>
 #include <ccan/short_types/short_types.h>
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct pkt *pkt;
 	struct signature sig;
 	EC_KEY *privkey;
-	bool testnet;
+	bool testnet, complete = false;
 	struct pubkey pubkey1, pubkey2;
 	u8 *redeemscript, *p2sh;
 	size_t i;
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	err_set_progname(argv[0]);
 
 	/* FIXME: Take update.pbs to adjust channel */
+	opt_register_noarg("--complete", opt_set_bool, &complete,
+			   "Create a close_transaction_complete msg instead");
 	opt_register_noarg("--help|-h", opt_usage_and_exit,
 			   "<anchor-tx> <open-channel-file1> <open-channel-file2> <commit-privkey>\n"
 			   "Create the signature needed for the close transaction",
@@ -90,7 +93,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	sign_tx_input(ctx, close_tx, 0, redeemscript, tal_count(redeemscript),
 		      privkey, &sig);
 
-	pkt = close_channel_pkt(ctx, &sig);
+	if (complete)
+		pkt = close_channel_complete_pkt(ctx, &sig);
+	else
+		pkt = close_channel_pkt(ctx, &sig);
 	if (!write_all(STDOUT_FILENO, pkt,
 		       sizeof(pkt->len) + le32_to_cpu(pkt->len)))
 		err(1, "Writing out packet");
diff --git a/pkt.c b/pkt.c
index 3d5af43f9..023917d10 100644
--- a/pkt.c
+++ b/pkt.c
@@ -144,3 +144,11 @@ struct pkt *close_channel_pkt(const tal_t *ctx, const struct signature *sig)
 	c.sig = signature_to_proto(ctx, sig);
 	return to_pkt(ctx, PKT__PKT_CLOSE, &c);
 }
+
+struct pkt *close_channel_complete_pkt(const tal_t *ctx,
+				       const struct signature *sig)
+{
+	CloseChannelComplete c = CLOSE_CHANNEL_COMPLETE__INIT;
+	c.sig = signature_to_proto(ctx, sig);
+	return to_pkt(ctx, PKT__PKT_CLOSE_COMPLETE, &c);
+}
diff --git a/pkt.h b/pkt.h
index 726fa82ea..433f93949 100644
--- a/pkt.h
+++ b/pkt.h
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ struct pkt *open_commit_sig_pkt(const tal_t *ctx, const struct signature *sig);
  */
 struct pkt *close_channel_pkt(const tal_t *ctx, const struct signature *sig);
 
+/**
+ * close_channel_complete_pkt - create an close_channel_complete message
+ * @ctx: tal context to allocate off.
+ * @sig: the signature for the close transaction input.
+ */
+struct pkt *close_channel_complete_pkt(const tal_t *ctx,
+				       const struct signature *sig);
+
 /* Useful helper for allocating & populating a protobuf Sha256Hash */
 Sha256Hash *sha256_to_proto(const tal_t *ctx, const struct sha256 *hash);
 void proto_to_sha256(const Sha256Hash *pb, struct sha256 *hash);