diff --git a/libraries/fc/include/fc/crypto/signature.hpp b/libraries/fc/include/fc/crypto/signature.hpp
index c6aedbb7f0fc64adb9866921deea45b9c11b668b..73300ad372903743faece8947cc0f15fdc94ebaf 100644
--- a/libraries/fc/include/fc/crypto/signature.hpp
+++ b/libraries/fc/include/fc/crypto/signature.hpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace fc { namespace crypto {
          friend bool operator == ( const signature& p1, const signature& p2);
          friend bool operator != ( const signature& p1, const signature& p2);
          friend bool operator < ( const signature& p1, const signature& p2);
+         friend std::size_t hash_value(const signature& b); //not cryptographic; for containers
          friend struct reflector<signature>;
          friend class private_key;
          friend class public_key;
diff --git a/libraries/fc/src/crypto/signature.cpp b/libraries/fc/src/crypto/signature.cpp
index 53be40eadc91ff5a3b40b70f4f89a687de8b25b5..1ad704faa7738885dc7eb7baaf3b710086aedc0c 100644
--- a/libraries/fc/src/crypto/signature.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fc/src/crypto/signature.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 #include <fc/exception/exception.hpp>
 
 namespace fc { namespace crypto {
+   struct hash_visitor : public fc::visitor<size_t> {
+      template<typename SigType>
+      size_t operator()(const SigType& sig) const {
+         static_assert(sizeof(sig._data.data) == 65, "sig size is expected to be 65");
+         //signatures are two bignums: r & s. Just add up least significant digits of the two
+         return *(size_t*)&sig._data.data[32-sizeof(size_t)] + *(size_t*)&sig._data.data[64-sizeof(size_t)];
+      }
+   };
+
    static signature::storage_type parse_base58(const std::string& base58str)
    {
       constexpr auto prefix = config::signature_base_prefix;
@@ -53,6 +62,10 @@ namespace fc { namespace crypto {
    {
       return less_comparator<signature::storage_type>::apply(p1._storage, p2._storage);
    }
+
+   size_t hash_value(const signature& b) {
+       return b._storage.visit(hash_visitor());
+   }
 } } // eosio::blockchain
 
 namespace fc