diff --git a/libi2pd/Crypto.h b/libi2pd/Crypto.h
index 43f1def9..ceaff30b 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Crypto.h
+++ b/libi2pd/Crypto.h
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ namespace crypto
 #   define LEGACY_OPENSSL 1
 #else
 #   define LEGACY_OPENSSL 0
+#   if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x010101000) // 1.1.1
+#	   define OPENSSL_EDDSA
+#   endif
 #endif
 
 #if LEGACY_OPENSSL
diff --git a/libi2pd/Signature.cpp b/libi2pd/Signature.cpp
index baa265bc..f5164e9f 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Signature.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Signature.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ namespace i2p
 {
 namespace crypto
 {
+#if OPENSSL_EDDSA	
+	EDDSA25519Verifier::EDDSA25519Verifier (const uint8_t * signingKey)
+	{
+		m_Pkey = EVP_PKEY_new_raw_public_key (EVP_PKEY_ED25519, NULL, signingKey, 32);
+		m_MDCtx = EVP_MD_CTX_create ();	
+		EVP_DigestVerifyInit (m_MDCtx, NULL, NULL, NULL, m_Pkey);
+	}
+
+	EDDSA25519Verifier::~EDDSA25519Verifier ()
+	{
+		EVP_MD_CTX_destroy (m_MDCtx);
+		EVP_PKEY_free (m_Pkey);
+	}
+
+	bool EDDSA25519Verifier::Verify (const uint8_t * buf, size_t len, const uint8_t * signature) const
+	{
+		return EVP_DigestVerify (m_MDCtx, signature, 64, buf, len);
+	}
+	
+#else	
 	EDDSA25519Verifier::EDDSA25519Verifier (const uint8_t * signingKey)
 	{
 		memcpy (m_PublicKeyEncoded, signingKey, EDDSA25519_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH);
@@ -14,6 +34,10 @@ namespace crypto
 		BN_CTX_free (ctx);
 	}
 
+	EDDSA25519Verifier::~EDDSA25519Verifier ()
+	{
+	}	
+	
 	bool EDDSA25519Verifier::Verify (const uint8_t * buf, size_t len, const uint8_t * signature) const
 	{
 		uint8_t digest[64];
@@ -26,7 +50,30 @@ namespace crypto
 
 		return GetEd25519 ()->Verify (m_PublicKey, digest, signature);
 	}
+#endif
 
+#if OPENSSL_EDDSA	
+	EDDSA25519Signer::EDDSA25519Signer (const uint8_t * signingPrivateKey, const uint8_t * signingPublicKey)
+	{
+		m_Pkey = EVP_PKEY_new_raw_private_key (EVP_PKEY_ED25519, NULL, signingPrivateKey, 32);
+		// TODO: check public key 
+		m_MDCtx = EVP_MD_CTX_create ();	
+		EVP_DigestSignInit (m_MDCtx, NULL, NULL, NULL, m_Pkey);
+	}
+
+	EDDSA25519Signer::~EDDSA25519Signer ()
+	{
+		EVP_MD_CTX_destroy (m_MDCtx);
+		EVP_PKEY_free (m_Pkey);
+	}
+
+	void EDDSA25519Signer::Sign (const uint8_t * buf, int len, uint8_t * signature) const
+	{
+		size_t l = 64;	
+		EVP_DigestSign (m_MDCtx, signature, &l, buf, len); 
+	}	
+	
+#else	
 	EDDSA25519Signer::EDDSA25519Signer (const uint8_t * signingPrivateKey, const uint8_t * signingPublicKey)
 	{
 		// expand key
@@ -47,10 +94,15 @@ namespace crypto
 		BN_CTX_free (ctx);
 	}
 
+	EDDSA25519Signer::~EDDSA25519Signer ()
+	{
+	}	
+	
 	void EDDSA25519Signer::Sign (const uint8_t * buf, int len, uint8_t * signature) const
 	{
 		GetEd25519 ()->Sign (m_ExpandedPrivateKey, m_PublicKeyEncoded, buf, len, signature);
 	}
+#endif	
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/libi2pd/Signature.h b/libi2pd/Signature.h
index 8b30a8e8..6b958107 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Signature.h
+++ b/libi2pd/Signature.h
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ namespace crypto
 		public:
 
 			EDDSA25519Verifier (const uint8_t * signingKey);
+			~EDDSA25519Verifier ();
+			
 			bool Verify (const uint8_t * buf, size_t len, const uint8_t * signature) const;
 
 			size_t GetPublicKeyLen () const { return EDDSA25519_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH; };
@@ -374,8 +376,13 @@ namespace crypto
 
 		private:
 
+#if OPENSSL_EDDSA
+			EVP_PKEY * m_Pkey;
+			EVP_MD_CTX * m_MDCtx;
+#else			
 			EDDSAPoint m_PublicKey;
 			uint8_t m_PublicKeyEncoded[EDDSA25519_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH];
+#endif			
 	};
 
 	class EDDSA25519Signer: public Signer
@@ -384,20 +391,39 @@ namespace crypto
 
 			EDDSA25519Signer (const uint8_t * signingPrivateKey, const uint8_t * signingPublicKey = nullptr);
 			// we pass signingPublicKey to check if it matches private key
+			~EDDSA25519Signer ();
+			
 			void Sign (const uint8_t * buf, int len, uint8_t * signature) const;
 			const uint8_t * GetPublicKey () const { return m_PublicKeyEncoded; };
 
 		private:
-
+#if OPENSSL_EDDSA
+			EVP_PKEY * m_Pkey;
+			EVP_MD_CTX * m_MDCtx;
+#else			
 			uint8_t m_ExpandedPrivateKey[64];
 			uint8_t m_PublicKeyEncoded[EDDSA25519_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH];
+#endif			
 	};
 
 	inline void CreateEDDSA25519RandomKeys (uint8_t * signingPrivateKey, uint8_t * signingPublicKey)
 	{
+#if OPENSSL_EDDSA	
+		EVP_PKEY *pkey = NULL;
+		EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id (EVP_PKEY_ED25519, NULL);
+		EVP_PKEY_keygen_init (pctx);
+		EVP_PKEY_keygen (pctx, &pkey);
+		EVP_PKEY_CTX_free (pctx);
+		size_t len = EDDSA25519_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH;
+		EVP_PKEY_get_raw_public_key (pkey, signingPublicKey, &len);
+		len = EDDSA25519_PRIVATE_KEY_LENGTH;
+		EVP_PKEY_get_raw_private_key (pkey, signingPrivateKey, &len);
+		EVP_PKEY_free (pkey);	
+#else		
 		RAND_bytes (signingPrivateKey, EDDSA25519_PRIVATE_KEY_LENGTH);
 		EDDSA25519Signer signer (signingPrivateKey);
 		memcpy (signingPublicKey, signer.GetPublicKey (), EDDSA25519_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH);
+#endif		
 	}