diff --git a/Identity.cpp b/Identity.cpp
index 9e07382f..f39e9bd8 100644
--- a/Identity.cpp
+++ b/Identity.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ namespace data
 		switch (m_Public->GetSigningKeyType ())
 		{	
 			case SIGNING_KEY_TYPE_DSA_SHA1:
-				m_Signer.reset (new i2p::crypto::DSASigner (m_SigningPrivateKey));
+				m_Signer.reset (new i2p::crypto::DSASigner (m_SigningPrivateKey, m_Public->GetStandardIdentity ().signingKey));
 			break;	
 			case SIGNING_KEY_TYPE_ECDSA_SHA256_P256:
 				m_Signer.reset (new i2p::crypto::ECDSAP256Signer (m_SigningPrivateKey));
diff --git a/Signature.h b/Signature.h
index 7962bc2d..1d90d8a3 100644
--- a/Signature.h
+++ b/Signature.h
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@ namespace crypto
 	{
 		public:
 
-			DSASigner (const uint8_t * signingPrivateKey)
+			DSASigner (const uint8_t * signingPrivateKey, const uint8_t * signingPublicKey)
+			// openssl 1.1 always requires DSA public key even for signing
 			{
 				m_PrivateKey = CreateDSA ();
-				DSA_set0_key (m_PrivateKey, NULL, BN_bin2bn (signingPrivateKey, DSA_PRIVATE_KEY_LENGTH, NULL));
+				DSA_set0_key (m_PrivateKey, BN_bin2bn (signingPublicKey, DSA_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH, NULL), BN_bin2bn (signingPrivateKey, DSA_PRIVATE_KEY_LENGTH, NULL));
 			}
 
 			~DSASigner ()