diff --git a/bitcoin/signature.c b/bitcoin/signature.c
index 4e0cda8ad..ee668db92 100644
--- a/bitcoin/signature.c
+++ b/bitcoin/signature.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <bitcoin/tx.h>
 #include <ccan/mem/mem.h>
 #include <common/type_to_string.h>
+#include <secp256k1_schnorrsig.h>
 #include <wire/wire.h>
 
 #undef DEBUG
@@ -415,3 +416,27 @@ void bip340_sighash_init(struct sha256_ctx *sctx,
 	sha256_update(sctx, &taghash, sizeof(taghash));
 }
 
+
+bool check_schnorr_sig(const struct sha256 *hash,
+		       const secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey,
+		       const struct bip340sig *sig)
+{
+	/* FIXME: uuuugly!  There's no non-xonly verify function. */
+	u8 raw[PUBKEY_CMPR_LEN];
+	size_t outlen = sizeof(raw);
+	secp256k1_xonly_pubkey xonly_pubkey;
+
+	if (!secp256k1_ec_pubkey_serialize(secp256k1_ctx, raw, &outlen,
+					   pubkey,
+					   SECP256K1_EC_COMPRESSED))
+		abort();
+	assert(outlen == PUBKEY_CMPR_LEN);
+	if (!secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_parse(secp256k1_ctx, &xonly_pubkey, raw+1))
+		abort();
+
+ 	return secp256k1_schnorrsig_verify(secp256k1_ctx,
+ 					   sig->u8,
+ 					   hash->u.u8,
+ 					   sizeof(hash->u.u8),
+					   &xonly_pubkey) == 1;
+}
diff --git a/bitcoin/signature.h b/bitcoin/signature.h
index 29d368148..0ba9eba0e 100644
--- a/bitcoin/signature.h
+++ b/bitcoin/signature.h
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 #include <ccan/tal/tal.h>
 #include <secp256k1.h>
 
+struct sha256;
 struct sha256_double;
 struct sha256_ctx;
 struct bitcoin_tx;
 struct pubkey;
 struct privkey;
 struct bitcoin_tx_output;
+struct bip340sig;
 
 enum sighash_type {
     SIGHASH_ALL = 1,
@@ -121,6 +123,13 @@ bool check_tx_sig(const struct bitcoin_tx *tx, size_t input_num,
 		  const struct pubkey *key,
 		  const struct bitcoin_signature *sig);
 
+/**
+ * check a Schnorr signature
+ */
+bool check_schnorr_sig(const struct sha256 *hash,
+		       const secp256k1_pubkey *pubkey,
+		       const struct bip340sig *sig);
+
 /* Give DER encoding of signature: returns length used (<= 73). */
 size_t signature_to_der(u8 der[73], const struct bitcoin_signature *sig);