diff --git a/packages/ripple-keypairs/src/index.js b/packages/ripple-keypairs/src/index.js
index 93afa50e..f714ad45 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-keypairs/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/ripple-keypairs/src/index.js
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ function walletFromSeed(seed) {
   return deriveWallet(type, bytes);
 }
 
+function walletFromPhrase(phrase, type='secp256k1') {
+  return deriveWallet(type, seedFromPhrase(phrase));
+}
+
 function deriveValidator(seedBytes) {
   const pair = K256Pair.fromSeed(seedBytes, {validator: true});
   return {
@@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ function validatorKeysFromSeed(seed) {
   return deriveValidator(bytes);
 }
 
+function validatorKeysFromPhrase(phrase) {
+  return deriveValidator(seedFromPhrase(phrase));
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   KeyPair,
   K256Pair,
@@ -78,6 +86,8 @@ module.exports = {
   generateWallet,
   generateValidatorKeys,
   walletFromSeed,
+  walletFromPhrase,
   validatorKeysFromSeed,
+  validatorKeysFromPhrase,
   nodePublicAccountID
 };
diff --git a/packages/ripple-keypairs/test/keypairs-test.js b/packages/ripple-keypairs/test/keypairs-test.js
index 94881a26..710051f6 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-keypairs/test/keypairs-test.js
+++ b/packages/ripple-keypairs/test/keypairs-test.js
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ const {
   keyPairFromSeed,
   generateWallet,
   walletFromSeed,
+  walletFromPhrase,
   generateValidatorKeys,
   validatorKeysFromSeed,
+  validatorKeysFromPhrase,
   nodePublicAccountID
 } = keypairs;
 
@@ -100,6 +102,42 @@ describe('keyPairFromSeed', function() {
   });
 });
 
+describe('walletFromPhrase', function() {
+  it('can gan generate ed25519 wallets', function() {
+    const expected = {
+      seed: 'sEd7rBGm5kxzauRTAV2hbsNz7N45X91',
+      accountID: 'rJZdUusLDtY9NEsGea7ijqhVrXv98rYBYN',
+      publicKey:
+        'ED' +
+        'D3993CDC6647896C455F136648B7750723B011475547AF60691AA3D7438E021D'
+    };
+    const wallet = walletFromPhrase('niq', 'ed25519');
+    assert.deepEqual(wallet, expected);
+  });
+  it('generates secp256k1 wallets by default', function() {
+    const expected = {
+      seed: 'shQUG1pmPYrcnSUGeuJFJTA1b3JSL',
+      accountID: 'rNvfq2SVbCiio1zkN5WwLQW8CHgy2dUoQi',
+      publicKey:
+        '02' +
+        '1E788CDEB9104C9179C3869250A89999C1AFF92D2C3FF7925A1696835EA3D840'
+    };
+    const wallet = walletFromPhrase('niq');
+    assert.deepEqual(wallet, expected);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('validatorKeysFromPhrase', function() {
+  it('generates keys used by peer nodes/validators', function() {
+    const expected = {
+      seed: 'shQUG1pmPYrcnSUGeuJFJTA1b3JSL',
+      publicKey: 'n9KNees3ippJvi7ZT1GqHMCmEmmkCVPxQRPfU5tPzmg9MtWevpjP'
+    };
+    const wallet = validatorKeysFromPhrase('niq');
+    assert.deepEqual(wallet, expected);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('generateWallet', function() {
   function randGen(len) {
     return _.fill(Array(len), 0);