diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 357e562c69..d5a159b7f1 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ crypto_libbitcoin_crypto_base_la_SOURCES = \
   crypto/poly1305.cpp \
   crypto/muhash.h \
   crypto/muhash.cpp \
+  crypto/rfc8439.h \
+  crypto/rfc8439.cpp \
   crypto/ripemd160.cpp \
   crypto/ripemd160.h \
   crypto/sha1.cpp \
diff --git a/src/crypto/rfc8439.cpp b/src/crypto/rfc8439.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fc90088ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crypto/rfc8439.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <crypto/rfc8439.h>
+#include <crypto/chacha20.h>
+#include <crypto/common.h>
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+inline size_t padded16_size(size_t len) {
+    return (len % 16 == 0) ? len : (len / 16 + 1) * 16;
+}
+
+RFC8439Encrypted RFC8439Encrypt(Span<const std::byte> aad, Span<const std::byte> key, const std::array<std::byte, 12>&iv, Span<const std::byte> plaintext) {
+    RFC8439Encrypted ret;
+
+    assert(key.size() == RFC8439_KEYLEN);
+    ChaCha20 c20{reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(key.data()), key.size()};
+
+    c20.SetRFC8439IV(iv);
+    c20.SeekRFC8439(0);
+
+    std::array<std::byte, POLY1305_KEYLEN> polykey;
+    c20.Keystream(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(polykey.data()), POLY1305_KEYLEN);
+
+    ret.ciphertext.resize(plaintext.size());
+    c20.SeekRFC8439(1);
+    c20.Crypt(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(plaintext.data()), reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(ret.ciphertext.data()), plaintext.size());
+
+    std::vector<std::byte> bytes_to_authenticate;
+    auto padded_aad_size = padded16_size(aad.size());
+    auto padded_ciphertext_size = padded16_size(ret.ciphertext.size());
+    bytes_to_authenticate.resize(padded_aad_size + padded_ciphertext_size + 8 + 8, std::byte{0x00});
+    std::copy(aad.begin(), aad.end(), bytes_to_authenticate.begin());
+    std::copy(ret.ciphertext.begin(), ret.ciphertext.end(), bytes_to_authenticate.begin() + padded_aad_size);
+    WriteLE64(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(bytes_to_authenticate.data()) + padded_aad_size + padded_ciphertext_size, aad.size());
+    WriteLE64(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(bytes_to_authenticate.data()) + padded_aad_size + padded_ciphertext_size + 8, ret.ciphertext.size());
+
+    poly1305_auth(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(ret.tag.data()),
+                  reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(bytes_to_authenticate.data()),
+                  bytes_to_authenticate.size(),
+                  reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(polykey.data()));
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/crypto/rfc8439.h b/src/crypto/rfc8439.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..326f64e4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crypto/rfc8439.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_CRYPTO_RFC8439_H
+#define BITCOIN_CRYPTO_RFC8439_H
+
+#include <crypto/poly1305.h>
+#include <span.h>
+
+#include <array>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <vector>
+
+constexpr static size_t RFC8439_KEYLEN = 32;
+
+struct RFC8439Encrypted {
+    std::vector<std::byte> ciphertext;
+    std::array<std::byte, POLY1305_TAGLEN> tag;
+};
+
+RFC8439Encrypted RFC8439Encrypt(Span<const std::byte> aad, Span<const std::byte> key, const std::array<std::byte, 12>& iv, Span<const std::byte> plaintext);
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_CRYPTO_RFC8439_H
diff --git a/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp b/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
index 6db3b13550..5e2c14a7a7 100644
--- a/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/crypto_tests.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <crypto/hmac_sha256.h>
 #include <crypto/hmac_sha512.h>
 #include <crypto/poly1305.h>
+#include <crypto/rfc8439.h>
 #include <crypto/ripemd160.h>
 #include <crypto/sha1.h>
 #include <crypto/sha256.h>
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <crypto/sha512.h>
 #include <crypto/muhash.h>
 #include <random.h>
+#include <span.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 #include <test/util/setup_common.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
@@ -994,4 +996,35 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(muhash_tests)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(out4), "3a31e6903aff0de9f62f9a9f7f8b861de76ce2cda09822b90014319ae5dc2271");
 }
 
+static void TestRFC8439AEAD(const std::string& hex_aad, const std::string& hex_key, const std::string& hex_iv, const std::string& hex_plaintext, const std::string& hex_expected_ciphertext, const std::string& hex_expected_auth_tag) {
+    auto aad = ParseHex(hex_aad);
+    auto key = ParseHex(hex_key);
+    auto iv = ParseHex(hex_iv);
+    std::array<std::byte, 12> iv_arr;
+    memcpy(iv_arr.data(), iv.data(), 12);
+    auto plaintext = ParseHex(hex_plaintext);
+    auto ret = RFC8439Encrypt(MakeByteSpan(aad), MakeByteSpan(key), iv_arr, MakeByteSpan(plaintext));
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(MakeByteSpan(ret.ciphertext)), hex_expected_ciphertext);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(MakeByteSpan(ret.tag)), hex_expected_auth_tag);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rfc8439_tests) {
+
+    // Test vector from https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8439#section-2.8.2
+    TestRFC8439AEAD("50515253c0c1c2c3c4c5c6c7",
+            "808182838485868788898a8b8c8d8e8f909192939495969798999a9b9c9d9e9f",
+            "070000004041424344454647",
+            "4c616469657320616e642047656e746c656d656e206f662074686520636c617373206f66202739393a204966204920636f756c64206f6666657220796f75206f6e6c79206f6e652074697020666f7220746865206675747572652c2073756e73637265656e20776f756c642062652069742e",
+            "d31a8d34648e60db7b86afbc53ef7ec2a4aded51296e08fea9e2b5a736ee62d63dbea45e8ca9671282fafb69da92728b1a71de0a9e060b2905d6a5b67ecd3b3692ddbd7f2d778b8c9803aee328091b58fab324e4fad675945585808b4831d7bc3ff4def08e4b7a9de576d26586cec64b6116",
+            "1ae10b594f09e26a7e902ecbd0600691");
+
+    // Test vector from https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8439#appendix-A.5
+    TestRFC8439AEAD("f33388860000000000004e91",
+            "1c9240a5eb55d38af333888604f6b5f0473917c1402b80099dca5cbc207075c0",
+            "000000000102030405060708",
+            "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",
+            "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",
+            "eead9d67890cbb22392336fea1851f38");
+}
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()