diff --git a/packages/types/src/Extrinsic.ts b/packages/types/src/Extrinsic.ts
index 3aa98193b8..97ec7820b1 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/Extrinsic.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/Extrinsic.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { blake2AsU8a } from '@polkadot/util-crypto';
 
 import Compact from './codec/Compact';
 import Struct from './codec/Struct';
+import Address from './Address';
 import ExtrinsicSignature from './ExtrinsicSignature';
 import Hash from './Hash';
 import { FunctionMetadata } from './Metadata';
@@ -107,8 +108,14 @@ export default class Extrinsic extends Struct {
     return length + Compact.encodeU8a(length).length;
   }
 
-  sign (signerPair: KeyringPair, nonce: AnyNumber, blockHash: AnyU8a): Extrinsic {
-    this.signature.addSignature(this.method, signerPair, nonce, blockHash);
+  addSignature (signer: Address | Uint8Array, signature: Uint8Array, nonce: AnyNumber, era?: Uint8Array): Extrinsic {
+    this.signature.addSignature(signer, signature, nonce, era);
+
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  sign (signerPair: KeyringPair, nonce: AnyNumber, blockHash: AnyU8a, era?: Uint8Array): Extrinsic {
+    this.signature.sign(this.method, signerPair, nonce, blockHash, era);
 
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/ExtrinsicSignature.ts b/packages/types/src/ExtrinsicSignature.ts
index cf73911577..ce7a172ff5 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/ExtrinsicSignature.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/ExtrinsicSignature.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ type ExtrinsicSignatureValue = {
   era?: AnyU8a
 };
 
-const EMPTY_U8A = new Uint8Array();
-const IMMORTAL_ERA = new Uint8Array([0]);
+export const IMMORTAL_ERA = new Uint8Array([0]);
+
 const BIT_SIGNED = 0b10000000;
 const BIT_UNSIGNED = 0;
 const BIT_VERSION = 0b0000001;
+const EMPTY_U8A = new Uint8Array();
 
 // Signature Information.
 //   1/3/5/9/33 bytes: The signing account identity, in Address format
@@ -100,9 +101,26 @@ export default class ExtrinsicSignature extends Struct {
     );
   }
 
-  addSignature (method: Method, signerPair: KeyringPair, nonce: AnyNumber, blockHash: AnyU8a, era: Uint8Array = IMMORTAL_ERA): ExtrinsicSignature {
-    const signer = new Address(signerPair.publicKey());
+  private injectSignature (signature: Signature, signer: Address, nonce: Nonce, era: ExtrinsicEra): ExtrinsicSignature {
+    this.set('era', era);
+    this.set('nonce', nonce);
+    this.set('signer', signer);
+    this.set('signature', signature);
 
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  addSignature (_signer: Address | Uint8Array, _signature: Uint8Array, _nonce: AnyNumber, _era: Uint8Array = IMMORTAL_ERA): ExtrinsicSignature {
+    const signer = new Address(_signer);
+    const nonce = new Nonce(_nonce);
+    const era = new ExtrinsicEra(_era);
+    const signature = new Signature(_signature);
+
+    return this.injectSignature(signature, signer, nonce, era);
+  }
+
+  sign (method: Method, signerPair: KeyringPair, nonce: AnyNumber, blockHash: AnyU8a, era: Uint8Array = IMMORTAL_ERA): ExtrinsicSignature {
+    const signer = new Address(signerPair.publicKey());
     const signingPayload = new SignaturePayload({
       nonce,
       method,
@@ -111,12 +129,7 @@ export default class ExtrinsicSignature extends Struct {
     });
     const signature = new Signature(signingPayload.sign(signerPair));
 
-    this.set('era', signingPayload.era);
-    this.set('nonce', signingPayload.nonce);
-    this.set('signer', signer);
-    this.set('signature', signature);
-
-    return this;
+    return this.injectSignature(signature, signer, signingPayload.nonce, signingPayload.era);
   }
 
   toU8a (isBare?: boolean): Uint8Array {