diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 2891c2649..d2029b346 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -300,6 +300,19 @@ def saveDomainQrcode(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
 class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
 
+    def _getheaderSignatureInput(self):
+        """There are different versions of http signatures with
+        different header styles
+        """
+        if self.headers.get('Signature-Input'):
+            # https://tools.ietf.org/html/
+            # draft-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-01
+            return self.headers['Signature-Input']
+        elif self.headers.get('signature'):
+            # Ye olde Masto http sig
+            return self.headers['signature']
+        return None
+
     def _pathIsImage(self, path: str) -> bool:
         if path.endswith('.png') or \
            path.endswith('.jpg') or \
@@ -13805,8 +13818,10 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
         self._benchmarkPOSTtimings(POSTstartTime, POSTtimings, 21)
 
-        if self.headers.get('signature'):
-            if 'keyId=' not in self.headers['signature']:
+        headerSignature = self._getheaderSignatureInput()
+
+        if headerSignature:
+            if 'keyId=' not in headerSignature:
                 if self.server.debug:
                     print('DEBUG: POST to inbox has no keyId in ' +
                           'header signature parameter')
diff --git a/httpsig.py b/httpsig.py
index f61d0c7d2..e99766bad 100644
--- a/httpsig.py
+++ b/httpsig.py
@@ -184,21 +184,42 @@ def verifyPostHeaders(httpPrefix: str, publicKeyPem: str, headers: dict,
     pubkey = load_pem_public_key(publicKeyPem.encode('utf-8'),
                                  backend=default_backend())
     # Build a dictionary of the signature values
-    signatureHeader = headers['signature']
+    if headers.get('Signature-Input'):
+        signatureHeader = headers['Signature-Input']
+        fieldSep1 = ';'
+        fieldSep2 = ','
+    else:
+        signatureHeader = headers['signature']
+        fieldSep1 = ','
+        fieldSep2 = ' '
+
+    # split the signature input into separate fields
     signatureDict = {
         k: v[1:-1]
-        for k, v in [i.split('=', 1) for i in signatureHeader.split(',')]
+        for k, v in [i.split('=', 1) for i in signatureHeader.split(fieldSep1)]
     }
 
     # Unpack the signed headers and set values based on current headers and
     # body (if a digest was included)
     signedHeaderList = []
-    for signedHeader in signatureDict['headers'].split(' '):
+    for signedHeader in signatureDict['headers'].split(fieldSep2):
+        signedHeader = signedHeader.strip()
         if debug:
             print('DEBUG: verifyPostHeaders signedHeader=' + signedHeader)
         if signedHeader == '(request-target)':
+            # original Mastodon http signature
             appendStr = f'(request-target): {method.lower()} {path}'
             signedHeaderList.append(appendStr)
+        elif '*request-target' in signedHeader:
+            # https://tools.ietf.org/html/
+            # draft-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-01
+            appendStr = f'*request-target: {method.lower()} {path}'
+            # remove sig1=(
+            if '=(' in appendStr:
+                appendStr = appendStr.split('=(')[1]
+                if ')' in appendStr:
+                    appendStr = appendStr.split(')')[0]
+            signedHeaderList.append(appendStr)
         elif signedHeader == 'digest':
             if messageBodyDigest:
                 bodyDigest = messageBodyDigest
@@ -253,7 +274,19 @@ def verifyPostHeaders(httpPrefix: str, publicKeyPem: str, headers: dict,
     headerDigest = getSHA256(signedHeaderText.encode('ascii'))
 
     # Get the signature, verify with public key, return result
-    signature = base64.b64decode(signatureDict['signature'])
+    signature = None
+    if headers.get('Signature-Input') and headers.get('Signature'):
+        # https://tools.ietf.org/html/
+        # draft-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-01
+        headersSig = headers['Signature']
+        # remove sig1=:
+        if '=:' in headersSig:
+            headersSig = headersSig.split('=:')[1]
+            headersSig = headersSig[:len(headersSig)-1]
+        signature = base64.b64decode(headersSig)
+    else:
+        # Original Mastodon signature
+        signature = base64.b64decode(signatureDict['signature'])
 
     try:
         pubkey.verify(