diff --git a/signer/core/signed_data.go b/signer/core/signed_data.go
index fec464417a..7fc66b4b74 100644
--- a/signer/core/signed_data.go
+++ b/signer/core/signed_data.go
@@ -481,6 +481,24 @@ func (typedData *TypedData) EncodeData(primaryType string, data map[string]inter
 	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
+// Attempt to parse bytes in different formats: byte array, hex string, hexutil.Bytes.
+func parseBytes(encType interface{}) ([]byte, bool) {
+	switch v := encType.(type) {
+	case []byte:
+		return v, true
+	case hexutil.Bytes:
+		return []byte(v), true
+	case string:
+		bytes, err := hexutil.Decode(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, false
+		}
+		return bytes, true
+	default:
+		return nil, false
+	}
+}
+
 func parseInteger(encType string, encValue interface{}) (*big.Int, error) {
 	var (
 		length int
@@ -560,7 +578,7 @@ func (typedData *TypedData) EncodePrimitiveValue(encType string, encValue interf
 		}
 		return crypto.Keccak256([]byte(strVal)), nil
 	case "bytes":
-		bytesValue, ok := encValue.([]byte)
+		bytesValue, ok := parseBytes(encValue)
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, dataMismatchError(encType, encValue)
 		}
@@ -575,10 +593,13 @@ func (typedData *TypedData) EncodePrimitiveValue(encType string, encValue interf
 		if length < 0 || length > 32 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid size on bytes: %d", length)
 		}
-		if byteValue, ok := encValue.(hexutil.Bytes); !ok {
+		if byteValue, ok := parseBytes(encValue); !ok || len(byteValue) != length {
 			return nil, dataMismatchError(encType, encValue)
 		} else {
-			return math.PaddedBigBytes(new(big.Int).SetBytes(byteValue), 32), nil
+			// Right-pad the bits
+			dst := make([]byte, 32)
+			copy(dst, byteValue)
+			return dst, nil
 		}
 	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(encType, "int") || strings.HasPrefix(encType, "uint") {
diff --git a/signer/core/signed_data_internal_test.go b/signer/core/signed_data_internal_test.go
index 0d59fcfca8..9768ee0b3f 100644
--- a/signer/core/signed_data_internal_test.go
+++ b/signer/core/signed_data_internal_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,104 @@
 package core
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"math/big"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 )
 
+func TestBytesPadding(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		Type   string
+		Input  []byte
+		Output []byte // nil => error
+	}{
+		{
+			// Fail on wrong length
+			Type:   "bytes20",
+			Input:  []byte{},
+			Output: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			Type:   "bytes1",
+			Input:  []byte{1},
+			Output: []byte{1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+		},
+		{
+			Type:   "bytes1",
+			Input:  []byte{1, 2},
+			Output: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			Type:   "bytes7",
+			Input:  []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7},
+			Output: []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+		},
+		{
+			Type:   "bytes32",
+			Input:  []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32},
+			Output: []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32},
+		},
+		{
+			Type:   "bytes32",
+			Input:  []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33},
+			Output: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	d := TypedData{}
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		val, err := d.EncodePrimitiveValue(test.Type, test.Input, 1)
+		if test.Output == nil {
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Errorf("test %d: expected error, got no error (result %x)", i, val)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("test %d: expected no error, got %v", i, err)
+			}
+			if len(val) != 32 {
+				t.Errorf("test %d: expected len 32, got %d", i, len(val))
+			}
+			if !bytes.Equal(val, test.Output) {
+				t.Errorf("test %d: expected %x, got %x", i, test.Output, val)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, tt := range []struct {
+		v   interface{}
+		exp []byte
+	}{
+		{"0x", []byte{}},
+		{"0x1234", []byte{0x12, 0x34}},
+		{[]byte{12, 34}, []byte{12, 34}},
+		{hexutil.Bytes([]byte{12, 34}), []byte{12, 34}},
+		{"1234", nil},    // not a proper hex-string
+		{"0x01233", nil}, // nibbles should be rejected
+		{"not a hex string", nil},
+		{15, nil},
+		{nil, nil},
+	} {
+		out, ok := parseBytes(tt.v)
+		if tt.exp == nil {
+			if ok || out != nil {
+				t.Errorf("test %d: expected !ok, got ok = %v with out = %x", i, ok, out)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("test %d: expected ok got !ok", i)
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(out, tt.exp) {
+			t.Errorf("test %d: expected %x got %x", i, tt.exp, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseInteger(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tt := range []struct {
 		t   string