diff --git a/lightningd/signmessage.c b/lightningd/signmessage.c
index e5144aeff..860cffab7 100644
--- a/lightningd/signmessage.c
+++ b/lightningd/signmessage.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <common/bech32.h>
 #include <common/json_helpers.h>
 #include <common/jsonrpc_errors.h>
 #include <common/param.h>
@@ -9,6 +10,31 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <wire/wire_sync.h>
 
+/* These tables copied from zbase32 src:
+ * copyright 2002-2007 Zooko "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn
+ * mailto:zooko@zooko.com
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted to any person obtaining a copy of this work to
+ * deal in this work without restriction (including the rights to use, modify,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies).
+ */
+static const char*const zbase32_chars="ybndrfg8ejkmcpqxot1uwisza345h769";
+
+static const char *to_zbase32(const tal_t *ctx, const u8 *msg, size_t srclen)
+{
+	size_t outlen;
+	char *out = tal_arr(ctx, char, (srclen * 8 + 4) / 5 + 1);
+
+	outlen = 0;
+	if (!bech32_convert_bits((uint8_t *)out, &outlen, 5, msg, srclen, 8, true))
+		return tal_free(out);
+	assert(outlen < tal_bytelen(out));
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < outlen; i++)
+		out[i] = zbase32_chars[(unsigned)out[i]];
+	out[outlen] = '\0';
+	return out;
+}
+
 static struct command_result *json_signmessage(struct command *cmd,
 					       const char *buffer,
 					       const jsmntok_t *obj UNNEEDED,
@@ -17,7 +43,7 @@ static struct command_result *json_signmessage(struct command *cmd,
 	const char *message;
 	secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature rsig;
 	struct json_stream *response;
-	u8 sig[64], recidu8, *msg;
+	u8 sig[65], *msg;
 	int recid;
 
 	if (!param(cmd, buffer, params,
@@ -41,12 +67,22 @@ static struct command_result *json_signmessage(struct command *cmd,
 		      tal_hex(msg, msg));
 
 	secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature_serialize_compact(secp256k1_ctx,
-								sig, &recid,
+								sig+1, &recid,
 								&rsig);
 	response = json_stream_success(cmd);
-	json_add_hex(response, "signature", sig, sizeof(sig));
-	recidu8 = recid;
-	json_add_hex(response, "recid", &recidu8, sizeof(recidu8));
+	json_add_hex(response, "signature", sig+1, sizeof(sig)-1);
+	sig[0] = recid;
+	json_add_hex(response, "recid", sig, 1);
+
+	/* From https://twitter.com/rusty_twit/status/1182102005914800128:
+	 * @roasbeef & @bitconner point out that #lnd algo is:
+	 *   zbase32(SigRec(SHA256(SHA256("Lightning Signed Message:" + msg)))).
+	 * zbase32 from https://philzimmermann.com/docs/human-oriented-base-32-encoding.txt
+	 * and SigRec has first byte 31 + recovery id, followed by 64 byte sig.
+	 * #specinatweet */
+	sig[0] += 31;
+	json_add_string(response, "zbase",
+			to_zbase32(response, sig, sizeof(sig)));
 	return command_success(cmd, response);
 }