diff --git a/middleware/signing.go b/middleware/signing.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbe7dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware/signing.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/hmac"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+const HEADER_SIGNATURE = "X-Skill-Signature-256"
+
+func NewSigning(signingKeys []string) (func(http.Handler) http.Handler, error) {
+	if len(signingKeys) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no signing keys provided")
+	}
+
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+			signature := request.Header.Get(HEADER_SIGNATURE)
+			if signature == "" {
+				http.Error(w, "Unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
+				return
+			}
+
+			body, _ := io.ReadAll(request.Body)
+			// Replace the body with a new reader after reading from the original
+			request.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+
+			if !signatureIsValid(signature, signingKeys, body) {
+				http.Error(w, "Unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
+				return
+			}
+
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, request)
+		})
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func signatureIsValid(signature string, signingKeys []string, body []byte) bool {
+	for _, key := range signingKeys {
+		hmac := hmac.New(sha256.New, []byte(key))
+
+		// compute the HMAC
+		hmac.Write(body)
+		dataHmac := hmac.Sum(nil)
+
+		hmacHex := hex.EncodeToString(dataHmac)
+
+		if hmacHex == signature {
+			return true
+		}
+
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/middleware/signing_test.go b/middleware/signing_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..235b7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware/signing_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSignatureValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		signingKey = "It's a Secret to Everybody"
+		payload    = "Hello, World!"
+	)
+
+	if !signatureIsValid("757107ea0eb2509fc211221cce984b8a37570b6d7586c22c46f4379c8b043e17", []string{signingKey}, []byte(payload)) {
+		t.Error("signature should be valid")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSignatureHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		signingKey = "It's a Secret to Everybody"
+		payload    = "Hello, World!"
+		signature  = "757107ea0eb2509fc211221cce984b8a37570b6d7586c22c46f4379c8b043e17"
+		rr         = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	)
+
+	// Create a signed request
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/", strings.NewReader(payload))
+	req.Header.Set(HEADER_SIGNATURE, signature)
+
+	// Create a handler that will validate the signature
+	signingMiddleware, err := NewSigning([]string{signingKey})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("error creating signing middleware")
+	}
+
+	// Create and call the handler
+	handler := signingMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+	}))
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	// Check the status code
+	if rr.Code != 200 {
+		t.Errorf("status code should be 200, got: %d", rr.Code)
+	}
+}