diff --git a/packages/api/src/promise/SubmittableExtrinsic.ts b/packages/api/src/promise/SubmittableExtrinsic.ts
index 7e1cc8064e..34f179e670 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/promise/SubmittableExtrinsic.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/promise/SubmittableExtrinsic.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { AnyNumber, AnyU8a } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 import { SubmittableSendResult } from '../types';
 import { ApiPromiseInterface, UnsubFunction } from './types';
 
-import { EventRecord, Extrinsic, ExtrinsicStatus, Hash, Method, SignedBlock } from '@polkadot/types/index';
+import { EventRecord, Extrinsic, ExtrinsicStatus, Hash, Index, Method, SignedBlock } from '@polkadot/types/index';
+import { assert } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import filterEvents from '../util/filterEvents';
 
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ export default class SubmittableExtrinsic extends Extrinsic {
     this._api = api;
   }
 
-  // FIXME split into graph derivation once available
   private trackStatus (statusCb: (result: SubmittableSendResult) => any): (status: ExtrinsicStatus) => Promise<void> {
     return async (status: ExtrinsicStatus): Promise<void> => {
       let events: Array<any> | undefined = undefined;
@@ -54,4 +54,25 @@ export default class SubmittableExtrinsic extends Extrinsic {
 
     return this;
   }
+
+  signAndSend (signerPair: KeyringPair, statusCb: (result: SubmittableSendResult) => any): Promise<Hash> | UnsubFunction {
+    assert(this._api.hasSubscriptions, 'Api does not support subscriptions');
+
+    let unsubscribe: UnsubFunction | undefined;
+
+    this._api.query.system
+      .accountNonce(signerPair.address())
+      .then((nonce) => {
+        unsubscribe = this.sign(signerPair, nonce as Index).send(statusCb) as UnsubFunction;
+      })
+      .catch(console.error);
+
+    return (): void => {
+      if (unsubscribe) {
+        unsubscribe();
+      }
+
+      unsubscribe = undefined;
+    };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/rx/SubmittableExtrinsic.ts b/packages/api/src/rx/SubmittableExtrinsic.ts
index 1ff3d1b35b..c0d452d7cd 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/rx/SubmittableExtrinsic.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/rx/SubmittableExtrinsic.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { SubmittableSendResult } from '../types';
 import { ApiRxInterface } from './types';
 
 import { Observable, of, combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
-import { map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { Extrinsic, ExtrinsicStatus, Hash, Method } from '@polkadot/types/index';
+import { first, map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { Extrinsic, ExtrinsicStatus, Hash, Index, Method } from '@polkadot/types/index';
 
 import filterEvents from '../util/filterEvents';
 
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export default class SubmittableExtrinsic extends Extrinsic {
     this._api = api;
   }
 
-  // FIXME split into graph derivation once available
   private trackStatus = (status: ExtrinsicStatus): Observable<SubmittableSendResult> => {
     if (status.type !== 'Finalised') {
       return of({
@@ -56,4 +55,15 @@ export default class SubmittableExtrinsic extends Extrinsic {
 
     return this;
   }
+
+  signAndSend (signerPair: KeyringPair): Observable<SubmittableSendResult> {
+    return this._api.query.system
+      .accountNonce(signerPair.address())
+      .pipe(
+        first(),
+        switchMap((nonce) =>
+          this.sign(signerPair, nonce as Index).send()
+        )
+      );
+  }
 }