diff --git a/lib/api/dkim.js b/lib/api/dkim.js
index dd327cc8..e8b25ffb 100644
--- a/lib/api/dkim.js
+++ b/lib/api/dkim.js
@@ -198,10 +198,14 @@ module.exports = (db, server) => {
                     //.hostname()
                     .trim()
                     .required(),
-                privateKey: Joi.string()
-                    .empty('')
-                    .trim()
-                    .regex(/^-----BEGIN (RSA )?PRIVATE KEY-----/, 'DKIM key format'),
+                privateKey: Joi.alternatives().try(
+                    Joi.string()
+                        .empty('')
+                        .trim()
+                        .regex(/^-----BEGIN (RSA )?PRIVATE KEY-----/, 'DKIM key format')
+                        .description('PEM format RSA or ED25519 string'),
+                    Joi.string().empty('').trim().base64().length(44).description('Raw ED25519 key 44 bytes long if using base64')
+                ),
                 description: Joi.string()
                     .max(255)
                     //.hostname()
diff --git a/lib/dkim-handler.js b/lib/dkim-handler.js
index 1f56aa39..47173975 100644
--- a/lib/dkim-handler.js
+++ b/lib/dkim-handler.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 const ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectId;
 const fingerprint = require('key-fingerprint').fingerprint;
-const forge = require('node-forge');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const tools = require('./tools');
 const { publish, DKIM_CREATED, DKIM_UPDATED, DKIM_DELETED } = require('./events');
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ const { encrypt, decrypt } = require('./encrypt');
 const { promisify } = require('util');
 const generateKeyPair = promisify(crypto.generateKeyPair);
 
+const ASN1_PADDING = 'MC4CAQAwBQYDK2VwBCIEIA==';
+
 class DkimHandler {
     constructor(options) {
         options = options || {};
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class DkimHandler {
 
         let privateKeyPem = options.privateKey;
         let publicKeyPem;
+        let publicKeyDer;
 
         if (!privateKeyPem) {
             let keyPair = await this.generateKey();
@@ -61,12 +63,28 @@ class DkimHandler {
         }
 
         if (!publicKeyPem) {
-            // extract public key from private key using Forge
-            let privateKey = forge.pki.privateKeyFromPem(privateKeyPem);
-            let publicKey = forge.pki.setRsaPublicKey(privateKey.n, privateKey.e);
-            publicKeyPem = forge.pki.publicKeyToPem(publicKey);
+            // extract public key from private key
+
+            // 1) check that privateKeyPem is ED25519 raw key, which length is 44
+            if (privateKeyPem.length === 44) {
+                // privateKeyPem is actually a raw ED25519 base64 string with length of 44
+                // convert raw ED25519 key to PEM formatted private key
+                privateKeyPem = `-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+${Buffer.concat([Buffer.from(ASN1_PADDING, 'base64'), Buffer.from(privateKeyPem, 'base64')]).toString('base64')}
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----`;
+            }
+
+            const publicKey = crypto.createPublicKey({ key: privateKeyPem, format: 'pem' });
+
+            publicKeyPem = publicKey.export({ type: 'spki', format: 'pem' });
 
-            if (!publicKeyPem) {
+            if (publicKey.asymmetricKeyType === 'ed25519') {
+                publicKeyDer = publicKey.export({ format: 'der', type: 'spki' }).subarray(12).toString('base64');
+            } else if (publicKey.asymmetricKeyType === 'rsa') {
+                publicKeyDer = publicKey.export({ format: 'der', type: 'spki' }).toString('base64');
+            }
+
+            if (!publicKeyPem && !publicKeyDer) {
                 let err = new Error('Failed to generate public key');
                 err.responseCode = 500;
                 err.code = 'KeyGenereateError';
@@ -78,9 +96,11 @@ class DkimHandler {
         try {
             fp = fingerprint(privateKeyPem, 'sha256', true);
 
-            let ciphered = crypto.publicEncrypt(publicKeyPem, Buffer.from('secretvalue'));
-            let deciphered = crypto.privateDecrypt(privateKeyPem, ciphered);
-            if (deciphered.toString() !== 'secretvalue') {
+            const testData = Buffer.from('secretvalue');
+            const signature = crypto.sign(null, testData, privateKeyPem);
+            const verificationResult = crypto.verify(null, testData, publicKeyPem, signature);
+
+            if (!verificationResult) {
                 throw new Error('Was not able to use key for encryption');
             }
         } catch (E) {
@@ -98,6 +118,7 @@ class DkimHandler {
             selector,
             privateKey: privateKeyPem,
             publicKey: publicKeyPem,
+            publicKeyDer,
             fingerprint: fp,
             created: new Date(),
             latest: true
@@ -170,7 +191,7 @@ class DkimHandler {
             publicKey: dkimData.publicKey,
             dnsTxt: {
                 name: dkimData.selector + '._domainkey.' + dkimData.domain,
-                value: 'v=DKIM1;t=s;p=' + dkimData.publicKey.replace(/^-.*-$/gm, '').replace(/\s/g, '')
+                value: 'v=DKIM1;t=s;p=' + dkimData.publicKeyDer
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/test/api/dkim-test.js b/test/api/dkim-test.js
index 060b7583..ce61a5a5 100644
--- a/test/api/dkim-test.js
+++ b/test/api/dkim-test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('API DKIM', function () {
 
     this.timeout(10000); // eslint-disable-line no-invalid-this
 
-    it('should POST /dkim expect success', async () => {
+    it('should POST /dkim expect success / RSA pem', async () => {
         const response = await server
             .post('/dkim')
             .send({
@@ -34,6 +34,40 @@ describe('API DKIM', function () {
         dkim = response.body.id;
     });
 
+    it('should POST /dkim expect success / ED25519 pem', async () => {
+        const response = await server
+            .post('/dkim')
+            .send({
+                domain: 'example.com',
+                selector: 'wildduck',
+                privateKey: '-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMC4CAQAwBQYDK2VwBCIEIOQu92qofG/p0yAHDTNAawKchxOf/3MpDiPaCPk2xSPg\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----',
+                description: 'Some text about this DKIM certificate',
+                sess: '12345',
+                ip: '127.0.0.1'
+            })
+            .expect(200);
+        expect(response.body.success).to.be.true;
+        expect(/^[0-9a-f]{24}$/.test(response.body.id)).to.be.true;
+        dkim = response.body.id;
+    });
+
+    it('should POST /dkim expect success / ED25519 raw', async () => {
+        const response = await server
+            .post('/dkim')
+            .send({
+                domain: 'example.com',
+                selector: 'wildduck',
+                privateKey: 'nWGxne/9WmC6hEr0kuwsxERJxWl7MmkZcDusAxyuf2A=',
+                description: 'Some text about this DKIM certificate',
+                sess: '12345',
+                ip: '127.0.0.1'
+            })
+            .expect(200);
+        expect(response.body.success).to.be.true;
+        expect(/^[0-9a-f]{24}$/.test(response.body.id)).to.be.true;
+        dkim = response.body.id;
+    });
+
     it('should GET /dkim/:dkim expect success', async () => {
         const response = await server.get(`/dkim/${dkim}`).expect(200);