diff --git a/crypto/secp256k1/secp256.go b/crypto/secp256k1/secp256.go
index 35d0eef34a..ec708acd81 100644
--- a/crypto/secp256k1/secp256.go
+++ b/crypto/secp256k1/secp256.go
@@ -49,6 +49,41 @@ var (
 	ErrRecoverFailed       = errors.New("recovery failed")
 )
 
+func VerifySeckeyValidity(seckey []byte) error {
+	if len(seckey) != 32 {
+		return errors.New("priv key is not 32 bytes")
+	}
+	var seckey_ptr *C.uchar = (*C.uchar)(unsafe.Pointer(&seckey[0]))
+	ret := C.secp256k1_ec_seckey_verify(context, seckey_ptr)
+	if int(ret) != 1 {
+		return errors.New("invalid seckey")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func GeneratePubKey(seckey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	if err := VerifySeckeyValidity(seckey); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var pubkey []byte = make([]byte, 64)
+	var pubkey_ptr *C.secp256k1_pubkey = (*C.secp256k1_pubkey)(unsafe.Pointer(&pubkey[0]))
+
+	var seckey_ptr *C.uchar = (*C.uchar)(unsafe.Pointer(&seckey[0]))
+
+	ret := C.secp256k1_ec_pubkey_create(
+		context,
+		pubkey_ptr,
+		seckey_ptr,
+	)
+
+	if ret != C.int(1) {
+		return nil, errors.New("Unable to generate pubkey from seckey")
+	}
+
+	return pubkey, nil
+}
+
 // Sign creates a recoverable ECDSA signature.
 // The produced signature is in the 65-byte [R || S || V] format where V is 0 or 1.
 //
@@ -165,3 +200,4 @@ func checkSignature(sig []byte) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
diff --git a/crypto/secp256k1/secp256_test.go b/crypto/secp256k1/secp256_test.go
index ef2a3a3790..04128366bf 100644
--- a/crypto/secp256k1/secp256_test.go
+++ b/crypto/secp256k1/secp256_test.go
@@ -236,3 +236,16 @@ func BenchmarkRecover(b *testing.B) {
 		RecoverPubkey(msg, sig)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPubkeyCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	seckey, _ := hex.DecodeString("ce0677bb30baa8cf067c88db9811f4333d131bf8bcf12fe7065d211dce971008")
+	pubkey1, _ := hex.DecodeString("12aabd7c2132f6690b4754ebb7a2b0e15baa317920c316c60a0f9bc8bf268c85417fc475b2ba24f402f150537e40c10a56adad27d4d32d9b556c255fd2e15aa0")
+	pubkey2, err := GeneratePubKey(seckey)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("recover error: %s", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(pubkey1, pubkey2) {
+		t.Errorf("pubkey mismatch: want: %x have: %x", pubkey1, pubkey2)
+	}
+}
+