diff --git a/contracts/schemes/ReputationFromToken.sol b/contracts/schemes/ReputationFromToken.sol
index 6581a6aa..27639564 100644
--- a/contracts/schemes/ReputationFromToken.sol
+++ b/contracts/schemes/ReputationFromToken.sol
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ pragma solidity ^0.5.11;
 import "../controller/ControllerInterface.sol";
 import "openzeppelin-solidity/contracts/token/ERC20/IERC20.sol";
 import "./CurveInterface.sol";
+import "openzeppelin-solidity/contracts/cryptography/ECDSA.sol";
+import "openzeppelin-solidity/contracts/math/SafeMath.sol";
 
 /**
  * @title A scheme for reputation allocation according to token balances
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ import "./CurveInterface.sol";
  */
 
 contract ReputationFromToken {
+    using ECDSA for bytes32;
+    using SafeMath for uint256;
 
     IERC20 public tokenContract;
     CurveInterface public curve;
@@ -17,8 +21,16 @@ contract ReputationFromToken {
     mapping(address     => bool) public redeems;
     Avatar public avatar;
 
-    event Redeem(address indexed _beneficiary, address indexed _sender, uint256 _amount);
+    // Digest describing the data the user signs according EIP 712.
+    // Needs to match what is passed to Metamask.
+    bytes32 public constant DELEGATION_HASH_EIP712 =
+    keccak256(abi.encodePacked(
+    "address ReputationFromTokenAddress",
+    "address Beneficiary"
+    ));
 
+    event Redeem(address indexed _beneficiary, address indexed _sender, uint256 _amount);
+    
     /**
      * @dev initialize
      * @param _avatar the avatar to mint reputation from
@@ -38,22 +50,73 @@ contract ReputationFromToken {
      * @param _beneficiary the beneficiary address to redeem for
      * @return uint256 minted reputation
      */
-    function redeem(address _beneficiary) public returns(uint256) {
+    function redeem(address _beneficiary) external returns(uint256) {
+        return _redeem(_beneficiary, msg.sender);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dev redeemWithSignature function
+     * @param _beneficiary the beneficiary address to redeem for
+     * @param _signatureType signature type
+              1 - for web3.eth.sign
+              2 - for eth_signTypedData according to EIP #712.
+     * @param _signature  - signed data by the staker
+     * @return uint256 minted reputation
+     */
+    function redeemWithSignature(
+        address _beneficiary,
+        uint256 _signatureType,
+        bytes calldata _signature
+        )
+        external
+        returns(uint256)
+        {
+        // Recreate the digest the user signed
+        bytes32 delegationDigest;
+        if (_signatureType == 2) {
+            delegationDigest = keccak256(
+                abi.encodePacked(
+                    DELEGATION_HASH_EIP712, keccak256(
+                        abi.encodePacked(
+                        address(this),
+                        _beneficiary)
+                    )
+                )
+            );
+        } else {
+            delegationDigest = keccak256(
+                        abi.encodePacked(
+                        address(this),
+                        _beneficiary)
+                    ).toEthSignedMessageHash();
+        }
+        address redeemer = delegationDigest.recover(_signature);
+        require(redeemer != address(0), "redeemer address cannot be 0");
+        return _redeem(_beneficiary, redeemer);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dev redeem function
+     * @param _beneficiary the beneficiary address to redeem for
+     * @param _redeemer the redeemer address
+     * @return uint256 minted reputation
+     */
+    function _redeem(address _beneficiary, address _redeemer) private returns(uint256) {
         require(avatar != Avatar(0), "should initialize first");
-        require(redeems[msg.sender] == false, "redeeming twice from the same account is not allowed");
-        redeems[msg.sender] = true;
-        uint256 tokenAmount = tokenContract.balanceOf(msg.sender);
+        require(redeems[_redeemer] == false, "redeeming twice from the same account is not allowed");
+        redeems[_redeemer] = true;
+        uint256 tokenAmount = tokenContract.balanceOf(_redeemer);
         if (curve != CurveInterface(0)) {
             tokenAmount = curve.calc(tokenAmount);
         }
         if (_beneficiary == address(0)) {
-            _beneficiary = msg.sender;
+            _beneficiary = _redeemer;
         }
         require(
         ControllerInterface(
         avatar.owner())
         .mintReputation(tokenAmount, _beneficiary, address(avatar)), "mint reputation should succeed");
-        emit Redeem(_beneficiary, msg.sender, tokenAmount);
+        emit Redeem(_beneficiary, _redeemer, tokenAmount);
         return tokenAmount;
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/reputationfromtoken.js b/test/reputationfromtoken.js
index 682c60a0..0dd4d7e3 100644
--- a/test/reputationfromtoken.js
+++ b/test/reputationfromtoken.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var PolkaCurve = artifacts.require("./PolkaCurve.sol");
 
 var NectarRepAllocation = artifacts.require("./NectarRepAllocation.sol");
 const NectarToken = artifacts.require('./Reputation.sol');
-
+var ethereumjs = require('ethereumjs-abi');
 
 const setupNectar = async function (accounts)  {
   var testSetup = new helpers.TestSetup();
@@ -66,7 +66,25 @@ const setup = async function (accounts, _initialize = true) {
    await testSetup.daoCreator.setSchemes(testSetup.org.avatar.address,[testSetup.reputationFromToken.address],[helpers.NULL_HASH],[permissions],"metaData");
    return testSetup;
 };
-
+const signatureType = 1;
+const redeem = async function(_testSetup,_beneficiary,_redeemer,_fromAccount) {
+  var textMsg = "0x"+ethereumjs.soliditySHA3(
+    ["address","address"],
+    [_testSetup.reputationFromToken.address, _beneficiary]
+  ).toString("hex");
+  //https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API#web3ethsign
+  let signature = await web3.eth.sign(textMsg , _redeemer);
+  const signature1 =  signature.substring(0, signature.length-2);
+  var v = signature.substring(signature.length-2, signature.length);
+
+  if (v === '00') {
+   signature = signature1+'1b';
+ } else {
+   signature = signature1+'1c';
+ }
+  return (await _testSetup.reputationFromToken.redeemWithSignature(_beneficiary,signatureType,signature
+    ,{from:_fromAccount}));
+};
 contract('ReputationFromToken and RepAllocation', accounts => {
     it("initialize", async () => {
       let testSetup = await setup(accounts);
@@ -132,6 +150,22 @@ contract('ReputationFromToken and RepAllocation', accounts => {
       assert.equal(await testSetup.org.reputation.balanceOf(accounts[1]),expected);
     });
 
+    it("redeemWithSignature", async () => {
+      let testSetup = await setup(accounts);
+      var tx = await redeem(testSetup,accounts[1],accounts[0],accounts[2]);
+      var total_reputation = await testSetup.curve.TOTAL_REPUTATION();
+      var sum_of_sqrt = await testSetup.curve.SUM_OF_SQRTS();
+      var expected = Math.floor(((10*total_reputation)/sum_of_sqrt) * 1000000000) * 1000000000;
+
+      assert.equal(tx.logs.length,1);
+      assert.equal(tx.logs[0].event,"Redeem");
+      assert.equal(tx.logs[0].args._beneficiary,accounts[1]);
+      assert.equal(tx.logs[0].args._amount.toString(),expected);
+      assert.equal(tx.logs[0].args._sender,accounts[0]);
+      assert.equal(await testSetup.org.reputation.balanceOf(accounts[0]),1000);
+      assert.equal(await testSetup.org.reputation.balanceOf(accounts[1]),expected);
+    });
+
     it("redeem with no beneficiary", async () => {
       let testSetup = await setup(accounts);
       var tx = await testSetup.reputationFromToken.redeem(helpers.NULL_ADDRESS);