diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/signing.py b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/signing.py
index 626dfbe86..e8d79097c 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/federation/signing.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/federation/signing.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import requests
+import requests_http_signature
+
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization as crypto_serialization
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend as crypto_default_backend
@@ -19,3 +22,35 @@ def get_key_pair(size=2048):
     )
 
     return private_key, public_key
+
+
+def verify(request, public_key):
+    return requests_http_signature.HTTPSignatureAuth.verify(
+        request,
+        key_resolver=lambda **kwargs: public_key
+    )
+
+
+def verify_django(django_request, public_key):
+    """
+    Given a django WSGI request, create an underlying requests.PreparedRequest
+    instance we can verify
+    """
+    headers = django_request.META.get('headers', {}).copy()
+    for h, v in list(headers.items()):
+        # we include lower-cased version of the headers for compatibility
+        # with requests_http_signature
+        headers[h.lower()] = v
+    try:
+        signature = headers['authorization']
+    except KeyError:
+        raise exceptions.MissingSignature
+
+    request = requests.Request(
+        method=django_request.method,
+        url='http://noop',
+        data=django_request.body,
+        headers=headers)
+
+    prepared_request = request.prepare()
+    return verify(request, public_key)
diff --git a/api/tests/federation/test_signing.py b/api/tests/federation/test_signing.py
index 712f2bd35..5187faa52 100644
--- a/api/tests/federation/test_signing.py
+++ b/api/tests/federation/test_signing.py
@@ -16,10 +16,23 @@ def test_can_sign_and_verify_request(factories):
     assert 'date' in prepared_request.headers
     assert 'authorization' in prepared_request.headers
     assert prepared_request.headers['authorization'].startswith('Signature')
-    assert requests_http_signature.HTTPSignatureAuth.verify(
-        prepared_request,
-        key_resolver=lambda **kwargs: public
-    ) is None
+    assert signing.verify(prepared_request, public) is None
+
+
+def test_can_sign_and_verify_request_digest(factories):
+    private, public = factories['federation.KeyPair']()
+    auth = factories['federation.SignatureAuth'](key=private)
+    request = factories['federation.SignedRequest'](
+        auth=auth,
+        method='post',
+        data=b'hello=world'
+    )
+    prepared_request = request.prepare()
+    assert 'date' in prepared_request.headers
+    assert 'digest' in prepared_request.headers
+    assert 'authorization' in prepared_request.headers
+    assert prepared_request.headers['authorization'].startswith('Signature')
+    assert signing.verify(prepared_request, public) is None
 
 
 def test_verify_fails_with_wrong_key(factories):
@@ -28,7 +41,78 @@ def test_verify_fails_with_wrong_key(factories):
     prepared_request = request.prepare()
 
     with pytest.raises(cryptography.exceptions.InvalidSignature):
-        requests_http_signature.HTTPSignatureAuth.verify(
-            prepared_request,
-            key_resolver=lambda **kwargs: wrong_public
-        )
+        signing.verify(prepared_request, wrong_public)
+
+
+def test_can_verify_django_request(factories, api_request):
+    private_key, public_key = signing.get_key_pair()
+    signed_request = factories['federation.SignedRequest'](
+        auth__key=private_key
+    )
+    prepared = signed_request.prepare()
+    django_request = api_request.get(
+        '/',
+        headers={
+            'Date': prepared.headers['date'],
+            'Authorization': prepared.headers['authorization'],
+        }
+    )
+    assert signing.verify_django(django_request, public_key) is None
+
+
+def test_can_verify_django_request_digest(factories, api_request):
+    private_key, public_key = signing.get_key_pair()
+    signed_request = factories['federation.SignedRequest'](
+        auth__key=private_key,
+        method='post',
+        data=b'hello=world'
+    )
+    prepared = signed_request.prepare()
+    django_request = api_request.post(
+        '/',
+        headers={
+            'Date': prepared.headers['date'],
+            'Digest': prepared.headers['digest'],
+            'Authorization': prepared.headers['authorization'],
+        }
+    )
+
+    assert signing.verify_django(django_request, public_key) is None
+
+
+def test_can_verify_django_request_digest_failure(factories, api_request):
+    private_key, public_key = signing.get_key_pair()
+    signed_request = factories['federation.SignedRequest'](
+        auth__key=private_key,
+        method='post',
+        data=b'hello=world'
+    )
+    prepared = signed_request.prepare()
+    django_request = api_request.post(
+        '/',
+        headers={
+            'Date': prepared.headers['date'],
+            'Digest': prepared.headers['digest'] + 'noop',
+            'Authorization': prepared.headers['authorization'],
+        }
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(cryptography.exceptions.InvalidSignature):
+        signing.verify_django(django_request, public_key)
+
+
+def test_can_verify_django_request_failure(factories, api_request):
+    private_key, public_key = signing.get_key_pair()
+    signed_request = factories['federation.SignedRequest'](
+        auth__key=private_key
+    )
+    prepared = signed_request.prepare()
+    django_request = api_request.get(
+        '/',
+        headers={
+            'Date': 'Wrong',
+            'Authorization': prepared.headers['authorization'],
+        }
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(cryptography.exceptions.InvalidSignature):
+        signing.verify_django(django_request, public_key)