diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf03d8c..4392762 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Changed
+### Added
 
 - Added `zstdmt` feature which sets zstd compression to use all available cores.
 - Added feature flags for every compression algorithm to support disabling unused ones.
+- Added support for signing with a key held in an HSM
+
+### Changed
+
 - Bump `pgp` to 0.14.0
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/src/rpm/signature/pgp.rs b/src/rpm/signature/pgp.rs
index 93fdbb5..e97bc04 100644
--- a/src/rpm/signature/pgp.rs
+++ b/src/rpm/signature/pgp.rs
@@ -7,17 +7,21 @@ use std::io;
 use pgp::crypto::hash::HashAlgorithm;
 use pgp::crypto::public_key::PublicKeyAlgorithm;
 use pgp::packet::{SignatureConfig, SignatureType, Subpacket, SubpacketData};
-use pgp::{self, composed::Deserializable, types::PublicKeyTrait};
+use pgp::{
+    self,
+    composed::Deserializable,
+    types::{PublicKeyTrait, SecretKeyTrait},
+};
 use pgp::{SignedPublicKey, SignedSecretKey};
 
 /// Signer implementation using the `pgp` crate.
 ///
-/// Note that this only supports ascii armored key files
-/// commonly with the file extension `.asc` as generated
-/// by i.e. `gpg`.
+/// This supports either ascii armored key files (commonly with
+/// the file extension `.asc` as generated by i.e. `gpg`.), or
+/// any object implementing [`SecretKeyTrait`].
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct Signer {
-    secret_key: SignedSecretKey,
+pub struct Signer<T = SignedSecretKey> {
+    secret_key: T,
     algorithm: traits::AlgorithmType,
     key_passphrase: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -31,7 +35,10 @@ impl From<traits::AlgorithmType> for ::pgp::crypto::public_key::PublicKeyAlgorit
     }
 }
 
-impl traits::Signing for Signer {
+impl<T> traits::Signing for Signer<T>
+where
+    T: SecretKeyTrait,
+{
     type Signature = Vec<u8>;
 
     /// Despite the fact the API suggest zero copy pattern,
@@ -77,6 +84,27 @@ impl traits::Signing for Signer {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> Signer<T>
+where
+    T: PublicKeyTrait,
+{
+    pub fn new(inner: T) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        match inner.algorithm() {
+            PublicKeyAlgorithm::RSA => Ok(Self {
+                secret_key: inner,
+                algorithm: AlgorithmType::RSA,
+                key_passphrase: None,
+            }),
+            PublicKeyAlgorithm::EdDSALegacy => Ok(Self {
+                secret_key: inner,
+                algorithm: AlgorithmType::EdDSA,
+                key_passphrase: None,
+            }),
+            algorithm => Err(Error::UnsupportedPGPKeyType(algorithm)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Signer {
     /// load the private key for signing
     pub fn load_from_asc_bytes(input: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
@@ -88,19 +116,7 @@ impl Signer {
     pub fn load_from_asc(input: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let (secret_key, _) =
             SignedSecretKey::from_string(input).map_err(Error::KeyLoadSecretKeyError)?;
-        match secret_key.algorithm() {
-            PublicKeyAlgorithm::RSA => Ok(Self {
-                secret_key,
-                algorithm: AlgorithmType::RSA,
-                key_passphrase: None,
-            }),
-            PublicKeyAlgorithm::EdDSALegacy => Ok(Self {
-                secret_key,
-                algorithm: AlgorithmType::EdDSA,
-                key_passphrase: None,
-            }),
-            algorithm => Err(Error::UnsupportedPGPKeyType(algorithm)),
-        }
+        Self::new(secret_key)
     }
 
     /// Configues the [Signer] with the provided PGP key passphrase.