diff --git a/README b/README
index 2ccac46..4f62e47 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ OPTIONS
       --xattr-user   store xattrs in user namespace (for testing purposes)
       --rsa          use RSA key type and signing scheme v1
   -k, --key          path to signing key (default: /etc/keys/{privkey,pubkey}_evm.pem)
+      --keyid n      overwrite signature keyid with a 32-bit value in hex (for signing)
   -o, --portable     generate portable EVM signatures
   -p, --pass         password for encrypted signing key
   -r, --recursive    recurse into directories (sign)
diff --git a/src/evmctl.c b/src/evmctl.c
index 4c62325..6ef5678 100644
--- a/src/evmctl.c
+++ b/src/evmctl.c
@@ -2500,6 +2500,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 		"      --xattr-user   store xattrs in user namespace (for testing purposes)\n"
 		"      --rsa          use RSA key type and signing scheme v1\n"
 		"  -k, --key          path to signing key (default: /etc/keys/{privkey,pubkey}_evm.pem)\n"
+		"      --keyid n      overwrite signature keyid with a 32-bit value in hex (for signing)\n"
 		"  -o, --portable     generate portable EVM signatures\n"
 		"  -p, --pass         password for encrypted signing key\n"
 		"  -r, --recursive    recurse into directories (sign)\n"
@@ -2580,6 +2581,7 @@ static struct option opts[] = {
 	{"ignore-violations", 0, 0, 141},
 	{"pcrs", 1, 0, 142},
 	{"verify-bank", 2, 0, 143},
+	{"keyid", 1, 0, 144},
 	{}
 
 };
@@ -2624,6 +2626,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int err = 0, c, lind;
 	ENGINE *eng = NULL;
+	unsigned long keyid;
+	char *eptr;
 
 #if !(OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000)
 	OPENSSL_init_crypto(
@@ -2771,6 +2775,22 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 143:
 			verify_bank = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 144:
+			errno = 0;
+			keyid = strtoul(optarg, &eptr, 16);
+			/*
+			 * ULONG_MAX is error from strtoul(3),
+			 * UINT_MAX is `imaevm_params.keyid' maximum value,
+			 * 0 is reserved for keyid being unset.
+			 */
+			if (errno || eptr - optarg != strlen(optarg) ||
+			    keyid == ULONG_MAX || keyid > UINT_MAX ||
+			    keyid == 0) {
+				log_err("Invalid keyid value.\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			imaevm_params.keyid = keyid;
+			break;
 		case '?':
 			exit(1);
 			break;
diff --git a/src/imaevm.h b/src/imaevm.h
index 4503919..fe244f1 100644
--- a/src/imaevm.h
+++ b/src/imaevm.h
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ struct libimaevm_params {
 	const char *hash_algo;
 	const char *keyfile;
 	const char *keypass;
+	uint32_t keyid;		/* keyid overriding value, unless 0. (Host order.) */
 };
 
 struct RSA_ASN1_template {
diff --git a/src/libimaevm.c b/src/libimaevm.c
index 925c3cc..a9aa737 100644
--- a/src/libimaevm.c
+++ b/src/libimaevm.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -859,7 +860,10 @@ static int sign_hash_v2(const char *algo, const unsigned char *hash,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	calc_keyid_v2(&keyid, name, pkey);
+	if (imaevm_params.keyid)
+		keyid = htonl(imaevm_params.keyid);
+	else
+		calc_keyid_v2(&keyid, name, pkey);
 	hdr->keyid = keyid;
 
 	st = "EVP_PKEY_CTX_new";
diff --git a/tests/sign_verify.test b/tests/sign_verify.test
index 3d7aa51..eccf5fa 100755
--- a/tests/sign_verify.test
+++ b/tests/sign_verify.test
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ sign_verify  rsa1024  sha256  0x0301 --rsa
 sign_verify  rsa1024  md5     0x030201:K:0080
 sign_verify  rsa1024  sha1    0x030202:K:0080
 sign_verify  rsa1024  sha224  0x030207:K:0080
+expect_pass check_sign TYPE=ima KEY=rsa1024 ALG=sha256 PREFIX=0x030204aabbccdd0080 OPTS=--keyid=aabbccdd
 sign_verify  rsa1024  sha256  0x030204:K:0080
   try_different_keys
   try_different_sigs