diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go b/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
index 2cf22768cf..cd6adc7462 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func NewKeyedTransactor(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) *TransactOpts {
 			if address != keyAddr {
 				return nil, errors.New("not authorized to sign this account")
 			}
-			signature, err := crypto.Sign(tx.SigHash().Bytes(), key)
+			signature, err := crypto.SignEthereum(tx.SigHash().Bytes(), key)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/accounts/account_manager.go b/accounts/account_manager.go
index bfb7556d6a..c8601c3c05 100644
--- a/accounts/account_manager.go
+++ b/accounts/account_manager.go
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ func (am *Manager) DeleteAccount(a Account, passphrase string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// Sign signs hash with an unlocked private key matching the given address.
-func (am *Manager) Sign(addr common.Address, hash []byte) (signature []byte, err error) {
+// Sign calculates a ECDSA signature for the given hash.
+// Note, Ethereum signatures have a particular format as described in the
+// yellow paper. Use the SignEthereum function to calculate a signature
+// in Ethereum format.
+func (am *Manager) Sign(addr common.Address, hash []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	am.mu.RLock()
 	defer am.mu.RUnlock()
 	unlockedKey, found := am.unlocked[addr]
@@ -147,8 +150,20 @@ func (am *Manager) Sign(addr common.Address, hash []byte) (signature []byte, err
 	return crypto.Sign(hash, unlockedKey.PrivateKey)
 }
 
-// SignWithPassphrase signs hash if the private key matching the given address can be
-// decrypted with the given passphrase.
+// SignEthereum calculates a ECDSA signature for the given hash.
+// The signature has the format as described in the Ethereum yellow paper.
+func (am *Manager) SignEthereum(addr common.Address, hash []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	am.mu.RLock()
+	defer am.mu.RUnlock()
+	unlockedKey, found := am.unlocked[addr]
+	if !found {
+		return nil, ErrLocked
+	}
+	return crypto.SignEthereum(hash, unlockedKey.PrivateKey)
+}
+
+// SignWithPassphrase signs hash if the private key matching the given
+// address can be decrypted with the given passphrase.
 func (am *Manager) SignWithPassphrase(addr common.Address, passphrase string, hash []byte) (signature []byte, err error) {
 	_, key, err := am.getDecryptedKey(Account{Address: addr}, passphrase)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -156,7 +171,7 @@ func (am *Manager) SignWithPassphrase(addr common.Address, passphrase string, ha
 	}
 
 	defer zeroKey(key.PrivateKey)
-	return crypto.Sign(hash, key.PrivateKey)
+	return crypto.SignEthereum(hash, key.PrivateKey)
 }
 
 // Unlock unlocks the given account indefinitely.
diff --git a/common/bytes.go b/common/bytes.go
index 4fb016a976..b9fb3b2da6 100644
--- a/common/bytes.go
+++ b/common/bytes.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func ToHex(b []byte) string {
 
 func FromHex(s string) []byte {
 	if len(s) > 1 {
-		if s[0:2] == "0x" {
+		if s[0:2] == "0x" || s[0:2] == "0X" {
 			s = s[2:]
 		}
 		if len(s)%2 == 1 {
diff --git a/common/registrar/ethreg/api.go b/common/registrar/ethreg/api.go
index 6dd0ef46f3..10050a5457 100644
--- a/common/registrar/ethreg/api.go
+++ b/common/registrar/ethreg/api.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func (be *registryAPIBackend) Transact(fromStr, toStr, nonceStr, valueStr, gasSt
 		tx = types.NewTransaction(nonce, to, value, gas, price, data)
 	}
 
-	signature, err := be.am.Sign(from, tx.SigHash().Bytes())
+	signature, err := be.am.SignEthereum(from, tx.SigHash().Bytes())
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/console/bridge.go b/console/bridge.go
index 22ed7192bb..24a777d78d 100644
--- a/console/bridge.go
+++ b/console/bridge.go
@@ -126,6 +126,44 @@ func (b *bridge) UnlockAccount(call otto.FunctionCall) (response otto.Value) {
 	return val
 }
 
+// Sign is a wrapper around the personal.sign RPC method that uses a non-echoing password
+// prompt to aquire the passphrase and executes the original RPC method (saved in
+// jeth.sign) with it to actually execute the RPC call.
+func (b *bridge) Sign(call otto.FunctionCall) (response otto.Value) {
+	var (
+		message = call.Argument(0)
+		account = call.Argument(1)
+		passwd  = call.Argument(2)
+	)
+
+	if !message.IsString() {
+		throwJSException("first argument must be the message to sign")
+	}
+	if !account.IsString() {
+		throwJSException("second argument must be the account to sign with")
+	}
+
+	// if the password is not given or null ask the user and ensure password is a string
+	if passwd.IsUndefined() || passwd.IsNull() {
+		fmt.Fprintf(b.printer, "Give password for account %s\n", account)
+		if input, err := b.prompter.PromptPassword("Passphrase: "); err != nil {
+			throwJSException(err.Error())
+		} else {
+			passwd, _ = otto.ToValue(input)
+		}
+	}
+	if !passwd.IsString() {
+		throwJSException("third argument must be the password to unlock the account")
+	}
+
+	// Send the request to the backend and return
+	val, err := call.Otto.Call("jeth.sign", nil, message, account, passwd)
+	if err != nil {
+		throwJSException(err.Error())
+	}
+	return val
+}
+
 // Sleep will block the console for the specified number of seconds.
 func (b *bridge) Sleep(call otto.FunctionCall) (response otto.Value) {
 	if call.Argument(0).IsNumber() {
diff --git a/console/console.go b/console/console.go
index f224f0c2eb..3cde9b8f53 100644
--- a/console/console.go
+++ b/console/console.go
@@ -156,10 +156,9 @@ func (c *Console) init(preload []string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		// Override the unlockAccount and newAccount methods since these require user interaction.
-		// Assign the jeth.unlockAccount and jeth.newAccount in the Console the original web3 callbacks.
-		// These will be called by the jeth.* methods after they got the password from the user and send
-		// the original web3 request to the backend.
+		// Override the unlockAccount, newAccount and sign methods since these require user interaction.
+		// Assign these method in the Console the original web3 callbacks. These will be called by the jeth.*
+		// methods after they got the password from the user and send the original web3 request to the backend.
 		if obj := personal.Object(); obj != nil { // make sure the personal api is enabled over the interface
 			if _, err = c.jsre.Run(`jeth.unlockAccount = personal.unlockAccount;`); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("personal.unlockAccount: %v", err)
@@ -167,8 +166,12 @@ func (c *Console) init(preload []string) error {
 			if _, err = c.jsre.Run(`jeth.newAccount = personal.newAccount;`); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("personal.newAccount: %v", err)
 			}
+			if _, err = c.jsre.Run(`jeth.sign = personal.sign;`); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("personal.sign: %v", err)
+			}
 			obj.Set("unlockAccount", bridge.UnlockAccount)
 			obj.Set("newAccount", bridge.NewAccount)
+			obj.Set("sign", bridge.Sign)
 		}
 	}
 	// The admin.sleep and admin.sleepBlocks are offered by the console and not by the RPC layer.
diff --git a/core/types/block_test.go b/core/types/block_test.go
index cdd8431f4d..ac7f17c0d8 100644
--- a/core/types/block_test.go
+++ b/core/types/block_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestBlockEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 	check("Size", block.Size(), common.StorageSize(len(blockEnc)))
 
 	tx1 := NewTransaction(0, common.HexToAddress("095e7baea6a6c7c4c2dfeb977efac326af552d87"), big.NewInt(10), big.NewInt(50000), big.NewInt(10), nil)
-	tx1, _ = tx1.WithSignature(common.Hex2Bytes("9bea4c4daac7c7c52e093e6a4c35dbbcf8856f1af7b059ba20253e70848d094f8a8fae537ce25ed8cb5af9adac3f141af69bd515bd2ba031522df09b97dd72b100"))
+	tx1, _ = tx1.WithSignature(common.Hex2Bytes("9bea4c4daac7c7c52e093e6a4c35dbbcf8856f1af7b059ba20253e70848d094f8a8fae537ce25ed8cb5af9adac3f141af69bd515bd2ba031522df09b97dd72b11b"))
 	check("len(Transactions)", len(block.Transactions()), 1)
 	check("Transactions[0].Hash", block.Transactions()[0].Hash(), tx1.Hash())
 
diff --git a/core/types/transaction.go b/core/types/transaction.go
index f0512ae7e7..ceea4f9592 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction.go
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ func (tx *Transaction) publicKey(homestead bool) ([]byte, error) {
 	return pub, nil
 }
 
+// WithSignature returns a new transaction with the given signature.
+// This signature needs to be formatted as described in the yellow paper (v+27).
 func (tx *Transaction) WithSignature(sig []byte) (*Transaction, error) {
 	if len(sig) != 65 {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("wrong size for signature: got %d, want 65", len(sig)))
@@ -325,13 +327,13 @@ func (tx *Transaction) WithSignature(sig []byte) (*Transaction, error) {
 	cpy := &Transaction{data: tx.data}
 	cpy.data.R = new(big.Int).SetBytes(sig[:32])
 	cpy.data.S = new(big.Int).SetBytes(sig[32:64])
-	cpy.data.V = sig[64] + 27
+	cpy.data.V = sig[64]
 	return cpy, nil
 }
 
 func (tx *Transaction) SignECDSA(prv *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (*Transaction, error) {
 	h := tx.SigHash()
-	sig, err := crypto.Sign(h[:], prv)
+	sig, err := crypto.SignEthereum(h[:], prv)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/types/transaction_test.go b/core/types/transaction_test.go
index 8b0b02c3ea..98a78d221e 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction_test.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var (
 		big.NewInt(1),
 		common.FromHex("5544"),
 	).WithSignature(
-		common.Hex2Bytes("98ff921201554726367d2be8c804a7ff89ccf285ebc57dff8ae4c44b9c19ac4a8887321be575c8095f789dd4c743dfe42c1820f9231f98a962b210e3ac2452a301"),
+		common.Hex2Bytes("98ff921201554726367d2be8c804a7ff89ccf285ebc57dff8ae4c44b9c19ac4a8887321be575c8095f789dd4c743dfe42c1820f9231f98a962b210e3ac2452a31c"),
 	)
 )
 
diff --git a/crypto/crypto.go b/crypto/crypto.go
index 85f0970956..e611bd8f40 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto.go
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ func Ripemd160(data []byte) []byte {
 	return ripemd.Sum(nil)
 }
 
+// Ecrecover returns the public key for the private key that was used to
+// calculate the signature.
+//
+// Note: secp256k1 expects the recover id to be either 0, 1. Ethereum
+// signatures have a recover id with an offset of 27. Callers must take
+// this into account and if "recovering" from an Ethereum signature adjust.
 func Ecrecover(hash, sig []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return secp256k1.RecoverPubkey(hash, sig)
 }
@@ -192,17 +198,40 @@ func SigToPub(hash, sig []byte) (*ecdsa.PublicKey, error) {
 	return &ecdsa.PublicKey{Curve: secp256k1.S256(), X: x, Y: y}, nil
 }
 
-func Sign(hash []byte, prv *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (sig []byte, err error) {
-	if len(hash) != 32 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("hash is required to be exactly 32 bytes (%d)", len(hash))
+// Sign calculates an ECDSA signature.
+// This function is susceptible to choosen plaintext attacks that can leak
+// information about the private key that is used for signing. Callers must
+// be aware that the given hash cannot be choosen by an adversery. Common
+// solution is to hash any input before calculating the signature.
+//
+// Note: the calculated signature is not Ethereum compliant. The yellow paper
+// dictates Ethereum singature to have a V value with and offset of 27 v in [27,28].
+// Use SignEthereum to get an Ethereum compliant signature.
+func Sign(data []byte, prv *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (sig []byte, err error) {
+	if len(data) != 32 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("hash is required to be exactly 32 bytes (%d)", len(data))
 	}
 
 	seckey := common.LeftPadBytes(prv.D.Bytes(), prv.Params().BitSize/8)
 	defer zeroBytes(seckey)
-	sig, err = secp256k1.Sign(hash, seckey)
+	sig, err = secp256k1.Sign(data, seckey)
 	return
 }
 
+// SignEthereum calculates an Ethereum ECDSA signature.
+// This function is susceptible to choosen plaintext attacks that can leak
+// information about the private key that is used for signing. Callers must
+// be aware that the given hash cannot be freely choosen by an adversery.
+// Common solution is to hash the message before calculating the signature.
+func SignEthereum(data []byte, prv *ecdsa.PrivateKey) ([]byte, error) {
+	sig, err := Sign(data, prv)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sig[64] += 27 // as described in the yellow paper
+	return sig, err
+}
+
 func Encrypt(pub *ecdsa.PublicKey, message []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return ecies.Encrypt(rand.Reader, ecies.ImportECDSAPublic(pub), message, nil, nil)
 }
diff --git a/crypto/crypto_test.go b/crypto/crypto_test.go
index 58b29da490..80c9a9aaee 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_test.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto_test.go
@@ -80,20 +80,28 @@ func Test0Key(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSign(t *testing.T) {
+func testSign(signfn func([]byte, *ecdsa.PrivateKey) ([]byte, error), t *testing.T) {
 	key, _ := HexToECDSA(testPrivHex)
 	addr := common.HexToAddress(testAddrHex)
 
 	msg := Keccak256([]byte("foo"))
-	sig, err := Sign(msg, key)
+	sig, err := signfn(msg, key)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Sign error: %s", err)
 	}
+
+	// signfn can return a recover id of either [0,1] or [27,28].
+	// In the latter case its an Ethereum signature, adjust recover id.
+	if sig[64] == 27 || sig[64] == 28 {
+		sig[64] -= 27
+	}
+
 	recoveredPub, err := Ecrecover(msg, sig)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("ECRecover error: %s", err)
 	}
-	recoveredAddr := PubkeyToAddress(*ToECDSAPub(recoveredPub))
+	pubKey := ToECDSAPub(recoveredPub)
+	recoveredAddr := PubkeyToAddress(*pubKey)
 	if addr != recoveredAddr {
 		t.Errorf("Address mismatch: want: %x have: %x", addr, recoveredAddr)
 	}
@@ -107,21 +115,36 @@ func TestSign(t *testing.T) {
 	if addr != recoveredAddr2 {
 		t.Errorf("Address mismatch: want: %x have: %x", addr, recoveredAddr2)
 	}
+}
 
+func TestSign(t *testing.T) {
+	testSign(Sign, t)
 }
 
-func TestInvalidSign(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := Sign(make([]byte, 1), nil)
+func TestSignEthereum(t *testing.T) {
+	testSign(SignEthereum, t)
+}
+
+func testInvalidSign(signfn func([]byte, *ecdsa.PrivateKey) ([]byte, error), t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := signfn(make([]byte, 1), nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("expected sign with hash 1 byte to error")
 	}
 
-	_, err = Sign(make([]byte, 33), nil)
+	_, err = signfn(make([]byte, 33), nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("expected sign with hash 33 byte to error")
 	}
 }
 
+func TestInvalidSign(t *testing.T) {
+	testInvalidSign(Sign, t)
+}
+
+func TestInvalidSignEthereum(t *testing.T) {
+	testInvalidSign(SignEthereum, t)
+}
+
 func TestNewContractAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	key, _ := HexToECDSA(testPrivHex)
 	addr := common.HexToAddress(testAddrHex)
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index b9275518ef..0e8e905aa9 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -287,6 +287,66 @@ func (s *PrivateAccountAPI) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs
 	return submitTransaction(ctx, s.b, tx, signature)
 }
 
+// signHash is a helper function that calculates a hash for the given message that can be
+// safely used to calculate a signature from. The hash is calulcated with:
+// keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n"${message length}${message}).
+func signHash(message string) []byte {
+	data := common.FromHex(message)
+	// Give context to the signed message. This prevents an adversery to sign a tx.
+	// It has no cryptographic purpose.
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n%d%s", len(data), data)
+	// Always hash, this prevents choosen plaintext attacks that can extract key information
+	return crypto.Keccak256([]byte(msg))
+}
+
+// Sign calculates an Ethereum ECDSA signature for:
+// keccack256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message))
+//
+// The key used to calculate the signature is decrypted with the given password.
+//
+// https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs#personal_sign
+func (s *PrivateAccountAPI) Sign(ctx context.Context, message string, addr common.Address, passwd string) (string, error) {
+	hash := signHash(message)
+	signature, err := s.b.AccountManager().SignWithPassphrase(addr, passwd, hash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "0x", err
+	}
+	return common.ToHex(signature), nil
+}
+
+// EcRecover returns the address for the account that was used to create the signature.
+// Note, this function is compatible with eth_sign and personal_sign. As such it recovers
+// the address of:
+// hash = keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n"${message length}${message})
+// addr = ecrecover(hash, signature)
+//
+// https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs#personal_ecRecover
+func (s *PrivateAccountAPI) EcRecover(ctx context.Context, message string, signature string) (common.Address, error) {
+	var (
+		hash = signHash(message)
+		sig  = common.FromHex(signature)
+	)
+
+	if len(sig) != 65 {
+		return common.Address{}, fmt.Errorf("signature must be 65 bytes long")
+	}
+
+	// see crypto.Ecrecover description
+	if sig[64] == 27 || sig[64] == 28 {
+		sig[64] -= 27
+	}
+
+	rpk, err := crypto.Ecrecover(hash, sig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return common.Address{}, err
+	}
+
+	pubKey := crypto.ToECDSAPub(rpk)
+	recoveredAddr := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(*pubKey)
+
+	return recoveredAddr, nil
+}
+
 // SignAndSendTransaction was renamed to SendTransaction. This method is deprecated
 // and will be removed in the future. It primary goal is to give clients time to update.
 func (s *PrivateAccountAPI) SignAndSendTransaction(ctx context.Context, args SendTxArgs, passwd string) (common.Hash, error) {
@@ -929,7 +989,7 @@ func (s *PublicTransactionPoolAPI) GetTransactionReceipt(txHash common.Hash) (ma
 
 // sign is a helper function that signs a transaction with the private key of the given address.
 func (s *PublicTransactionPoolAPI) sign(addr common.Address, tx *types.Transaction) (*types.Transaction, error) {
-	signature, err := s.b.AccountManager().Sign(addr, tx.SigHash().Bytes())
+	signature, err := s.b.AccountManager().SignEthereum(addr, tx.SigHash().Bytes())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1011,7 +1071,7 @@ func (s *PublicTransactionPoolAPI) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, args Sen
 		tx = types.NewTransaction(args.Nonce.Uint64(), *args.To, args.Value.BigInt(), args.Gas.BigInt(), args.GasPrice.BigInt(), common.FromHex(args.Data))
 	}
 
-	signature, err := s.b.AccountManager().Sign(args.From, tx.SigHash().Bytes())
+	signature, err := s.b.AccountManager().SignEthereum(args.From, tx.SigHash().Bytes())
 	if err != nil {
 		return common.Hash{}, err
 	}
@@ -1045,11 +1105,16 @@ func (s *PublicTransactionPoolAPI) SendRawTransaction(ctx context.Context, encod
 	return tx.Hash().Hex(), nil
 }
 
-// Sign signs the given hash using the key that matches the address. The key must be
-// unlocked in order to sign the hash.
-func (s *PublicTransactionPoolAPI) Sign(addr common.Address, hash common.Hash) (string, error) {
-	signature, error := s.b.AccountManager().Sign(addr, hash[:])
-	return common.ToHex(signature), error
+// Sign calculates an ECDSA signature for:
+// keccack256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message).
+//
+// The account associated with addr must be unlocked.
+//
+// https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#eth_sign
+func (s *PublicTransactionPoolAPI) Sign(addr common.Address, message string) (string, error) {
+	hash := signHash(message)
+	signature, err := s.b.AccountManager().SignEthereum(addr, hash)
+	return common.ToHex(signature), err
 }
 
 // SignTransactionArgs represents the arguments to sign a transaction.
diff --git a/internal/web3ext/web3ext.go b/internal/web3ext/web3ext.go
index f935cadcaf..c8a0cac8c2 100644
--- a/internal/web3ext/web3ext.go
+++ b/internal/web3ext/web3ext.go
@@ -587,9 +587,20 @@ web3._extend({
 			call: 'personal_sendTransaction',
 			params: 2,
 			inputFormatter: [web3._extend.formatters.inputTransactionFormatter, null]
+		}),
+		new web3._extend.Method({
+			name: 'sign',
+			call: 'personal_sign',
+			params: 3,
+			inputFormatter: [null, web3._extend.formatters.inputAddressFormatter, null]
+		}),
+		new web3._extend.Method({
+			name: 'ecRecover',
+			call: 'personal_ecRecover',
+			params: 2
 		})
 	]
-});
+})
 `
 
 const RPC_JS = `