diff --git a/ssz/__init__.py b/ssz/__init__.py
index 35352e9b..765095ac 100644
--- a/ssz/__init__.py
+++ b/ssz/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     Container,
     List,
     Serializable,
+    SignedSerializable,
     UInt,
     Vector,
     boolean,
diff --git a/ssz/constants.py b/ssz/constants.py
index 64246386..4a005e3d 100644
--- a/ssz/constants.py
+++ b/ssz/constants.py
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@
 
 SIZE_PREFIX_SIZE = 4  # named BYTES_PER_LENGTH_PREFIX in the spec
 MAX_CONTENT_SIZE = 2 ** (SIZE_PREFIX_SIZE * 8) - 1
+
+SIGNATURE_FIELD_NAME = "signature"
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/__init__.py b/ssz/sedes/__init__.py
index fb916277..ccc995a4 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/__init__.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/__init__.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 from .serializable import (  # noqa: F401
     Serializable,
 )
+from .signed_serializable import (  # noqa: F401
+    SignedSerializable,
+)
 from .uint import (  # noqa: F401
     UInt,
     uint8,
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/base.py b/ssz/sedes/base.py
index 9f6795eb..a8239e81 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/base.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/base.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 
 class BaseSedes(ABC, Generic[TSerializable, TDeserialized]):
-
     #
     # Size
     #
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ def hash_tree_root(self, value: TSerializable) -> bytes:
 
 
 class BasicSedes(BaseSedes[TSerializable, TDeserialized]):
-
     def __init__(self, size: int):
         if size <= 0:
             raise ValueError("Length must be greater than 0")
@@ -144,7 +142,6 @@ def hash_tree_root(self, value: TSerializable) -> bytes:
 
 
 class CompositeSedes(BaseSedes[TSerializable, TDeserialized]):
-
     #
     # Serialization
     #
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/boolean.py b/ssz/sedes/boolean.py
index 02294007..870cf38c 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/boolean.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/boolean.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 
 class Boolean(BasicSedes[bool, bool]):
-
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(size=1)
 
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/byte.py b/ssz/sedes/byte.py
index 79fc4e73..7e90aa2b 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/byte.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/byte.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 
 class Byte(BasicSedes[bytes, bytes]):
-
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(1)
 
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/byte_list.py b/ssz/sedes/byte_list.py
index 5214299d..411460b1 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/byte_list.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/byte_list.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 
 class ByteList(CompositeSedes[BytesOrByteArray, bytes]):
-
     is_static_sized = False
 
     def get_static_size(self):
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/byte_vector.py b/ssz/sedes/byte_vector.py
index beb62b8c..e6a272e3 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/byte_vector.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/byte_vector.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 
 class ByteVector(CompositeSedes[BytesOrByteArray, bytes]):
-
     def __init__(self, size: int) -> None:
         self.size = size
 
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/container.py b/ssz/sedes/container.py
index a86e7071..936ee9db 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/container.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/container.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 
 class Container(CompositeSedes[TAnyTypedDict, Dict[str, Any]]):
-
     def __init__(self, fields: Sequence[Tuple[str, BaseSedes[Any, Any]]]) -> None:
         self.fields = fields
         self.field_names = tuple(field_name for field_name, _ in self.fields)
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/list.py b/ssz/sedes/list.py
index 46be2e00..5ea8bfcc 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/list.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/list.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 
 class List(CompositeSedes[Iterable[TSerializable], Tuple[TDeserialized, ...]]):
-
     def __init__(self,
                  element_sedes: BaseSedes[TSerializable, TDeserialized] = None,
                  empty: bool = False) -> None:
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/serializable.py b/ssz/sedes/serializable.py
index 1c43ed24..c28c75d8 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/serializable.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/serializable.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     merge,
 )
 
+import ssz
 from ssz.sedes.base import (
     BaseSedes,
 )
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@
 
 
 class Meta(NamedTuple):
-
     has_fields: bool
     fields: Optional[Tuple[Tuple[str, BaseSedes]]]
     container_sedes: Optional[Container]
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ def merge_args_to_kwargs(args, kwargs, arg_names):
 
 
 class BaseSerializable(collections.Sequence):
-
     _cached_ssz = None
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -176,6 +175,10 @@ def __copy__(self):
     def __deepcopy__(self, *args):
         return self.copy()
 
+    @property
+    def root(self):
+        return ssz.hash_tree_root(self)
+
 
 def make_immutable(value):
     if isinstance(value, list):
@@ -247,7 +250,6 @@ def _get_class_namespace(cls):
 
 
 class MetaSerializable(abc.ABCMeta):
-
     def __new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace):
         fields_attr_name = "fields"
         declares_fields = fields_attr_name in namespace
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/signed_serializable.py b/ssz/sedes/signed_serializable.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ba8c874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssz/sedes/signed_serializable.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from typing import (
+    NamedTuple,
+    Optional,
+    Tuple,
+)
+
+import ssz
+from ssz.constants import (
+    SIGNATURE_FIELD_NAME,
+)
+from ssz.sedes.base import (
+    BaseSedes,
+)
+from ssz.sedes.container import (
+    Container,
+)
+from ssz.sedes.serializable import (
+    BaseSerializable,
+    MetaSerializable,
+)
+
+
+class SignedMeta(NamedTuple):
+    has_fields: bool
+    fields: Optional[Tuple[Tuple[str, BaseSedes]]]
+    container_sedes: Optional[Container]
+    signed_container_sedes: Optional[Container]
+    field_names: Optional[Tuple[str, ...]]
+    field_attrs: Optional[Tuple[str, ...]]
+
+
+class MetaSignedSerializable(MetaSerializable):
+    def __new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace):
+        cls = super().__new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace)
+
+        if cls._meta.has_fields:
+            if len(cls._meta.fields) < 2:
+                raise TypeError(f"Signed serializables need to have at least two fields")
+            if cls._meta.field_names[-1] != SIGNATURE_FIELD_NAME:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"Last field of signed serializable must be {SIGNATURE_FIELD_NAME}, but is "
+                    f"{cls._meta.field_names[-1]}"
+                )
+
+            signed_container_sedes = Container(cls._meta.fields[:-1])
+        else:
+            signed_container_sedes = None
+
+        meta = SignedMeta(
+            has_fields=cls._meta.has_fields,
+            fields=cls._meta.fields,
+            container_sedes=cls._meta.container_sedes,
+            signed_container_sedes=signed_container_sedes,
+            field_names=cls._meta.field_names,
+            field_attrs=cls._meta.field_attrs,
+        )
+        cls._meta = meta
+
+        return cls
+
+
+BaseSedes.register(MetaSignedSerializable)
+
+
+class SignedSerializable(BaseSerializable, metaclass=MetaSignedSerializable):
+    @property
+    def signing_root(self):
+        return ssz.hash_tree_root(self, self._meta.signed_container_sedes)
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/uint.py b/ssz/sedes/uint.py
index a46eda57..05a69702 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/uint.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/uint.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 
 class UInt(BasicSedes[int, int]):
-
     def __init__(self, num_bits: int) -> None:
         if num_bits % 8 != 0:
             raise ValueError(
diff --git a/ssz/sedes/vector.py b/ssz/sedes/vector.py
index 9431a93f..cc902730 100644
--- a/ssz/sedes/vector.py
+++ b/ssz/sedes/vector.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 
 class Vector(CompositeSedes[Sequence[TSerializableElement], Tuple[TDeserializedElement, ...]]):
-
     def __init__(self,
                  element_sedes: BaseSedes[TSerializableElement, TDeserializedElement],
                  length: int) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/misc/test_serializable.py b/tests/misc/test_serializable.py
index 1383d369..b184ca95 100644
--- a/tests/misc/test_serializable.py
+++ b/tests/misc/test_serializable.py
@@ -140,3 +140,14 @@ class TestC(ssz.Serializable):
     assert test_b1 == test_a1
     assert test_c1 == test_a1
     assert test_c2 != test_a1
+
+
+def test_root():
+    class Test(ssz.Serializable):
+        fields = (
+            ("field1", uint8),
+            ("field2", uint8),
+        )
+
+    test = Test(1, 2)
+    assert test.root == ssz.hash_tree_root(test, Test)
diff --git a/tests/misc/test_signed_serializable.py b/tests/misc/test_signed_serializable.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9333d7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/misc/test_signed_serializable.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import pytest
+
+import ssz
+from ssz.sedes import (
+    byte_list,
+    uint8,
+)
+
+
+def test_field_number_check():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        class TestA(ssz.SignedSerializable):
+            fields = ()
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        class TestB(ssz.SignedSerializable):
+            fields = (
+                ("signature", byte_list),
+            )
+
+    class TestC(ssz.SignedSerializable):
+        fields = (
+            ("field1", uint8),
+            ("signature", byte_list),
+        )
+
+
+def test_field_name_check():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        class TestA(ssz.SignedSerializable):
+            fields = (
+                ("field1", uint8),
+                ("field2", byte_list),
+            )
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        class TestB(ssz.SignedSerializable):
+            fields = (
+                ("signature", uint8),
+                ("field1", byte_list),
+            )
+
+
+def test_signing_root():
+    class Signed(ssz.SignedSerializable):
+        fields = (
+            ("field1", uint8),
+            ("field2", byte_list),
+            ("signature", byte_list),
+        )
+
+    class Unsigned(ssz.Serializable):
+        fields = (
+            ("field1", uint8),
+            ("field2", byte_list),
+        )
+
+    signed = Signed(123, b"\xaa", b"\x00")
+    unsigned = Unsigned(123, b"\xaa")
+    assert signed.signing_root == unsigned.root