diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e37ea8d..107c46e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exclude = [ ".gitignore", "TESTVECTORS", "res/*" ]
 travis-ci = { repository = "dalek-cryptography/ed25519-dalek", branch = "master"}
 
 [dependencies.curve25519-dalek]
-version = "0.18"
+version = "0.19"
 default-features = false
 
 [dependencies.rand]
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ optional = true
 version = "^0.1.1"
 default-features = false
 
+[dependencies.clear_on_drop]
+version = "0.2"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 hex = "^0.3"
 sha2 = "^0.7"
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ harness = false
 default = ["std", "u64_backend"]
 # We don't add "rand/std" here because it would enable a bunch of Fuchsia dependencies.
 std = ["curve25519-dalek/std"]
-nightly = ["curve25519-dalek/nightly", "rand/nightly"]
+nightly = ["curve25519-dalek/nightly", "rand/nightly", "clear_on_drop/nightly"]
 asm = ["sha2/asm"]
 yolocrypto = ["curve25519-dalek/yolocrypto"]
 u64_backend = ["curve25519-dalek/u64_backend"]
diff --git a/src/ed25519.rs b/src/ed25519.rs
index f1f0d0b..54bec6b 100644
--- a/src/ed25519.rs
+++ b/src/ed25519.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 //! A Rust implementation of ed25519 EdDSA key generation, signing, and
 //! verification.
 
+use core::default::Default;
 use core::fmt::{Debug};
 
 use rand::CryptoRng;
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ use serde::de::Visitor;
 #[cfg(feature = "sha2")]
 use sha2::Sha512;
 
+use clear_on_drop::clear::Clear;
+
 use digest::Digest;
 
 use generic_array::typenum::U64;
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ impl<'d> Deserialize<'d> for Signature {
 
 /// An EdDSA secret key.
 #[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Default)] // we derive Default in order to use the clear() method in Drop
 pub struct SecretKey(pub (crate) [u8; SECRET_KEY_LENGTH]);
 
 impl Debug for SecretKey {
@@ -173,6 +177,13 @@ impl Debug for SecretKey {
     }
 }
 
+/// Overwrite secret key material with null bytes when it goes out of scope.
+impl Drop for SecretKey {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.0.clear();
+    }
+}
+
 impl SecretKey {
     /// Expand this `SecretKey` into an `ExpandedSecretKey`.
     pub fn expand<D>(&self) -> ExpandedSecretKey where D: Digest<OutputSize = U64> + Default {
@@ -370,11 +381,20 @@ impl<'d> Deserialize<'d> for SecretKey {
 // better-designed, Schnorr-based signature scheme, see Trevor Perrin's work on
 // "generalised EdDSA" and "VXEdDSA".
 #[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Default)] // we derive Default in order to use the clear() method in Drop
 pub struct ExpandedSecretKey {
     pub (crate) key: Scalar,
     pub (crate) nonce: [u8; 32],
 }
 
+/// Overwrite secret key material with null bytes when it goes out of scope.
+impl Drop for ExpandedSecretKey {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.key.clear();
+        self.nonce.clear();
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "sha2")]
 impl<'a> From<&'a SecretKey> for ExpandedSecretKey {
     /// Construct an `ExpandedSecretKey` from a `SecretKey`.
@@ -683,7 +703,7 @@ impl<'d> Deserialize<'d> for ExpandedSecretKey {
 }
 
 /// An ed25519 public key.
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct PublicKey(pub (crate) CompressedEdwardsY);
 
@@ -894,7 +914,7 @@ impl<'d> Deserialize<'d> for PublicKey {
 }
 
 /// An ed25519 keypair.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default)] // we derive Default in order to use the clear() method in Drop
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct Keypair {
     /// The secret half of this keypair.
@@ -1416,6 +1436,24 @@ mod test {
             175, 002, 026, 104, 247, 007, 081, 026, ]))))
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn keypair_clear_on_drop() {
+        let mut keypair: Keypair = Keypair::from_bytes(&[15u8; KEYPAIR_LENGTH][..]).unwrap();
+
+        keypair.clear();
+
+        fn as_bytes<T>(x: &T) -> &[u8] {
+            use core::mem;
+            use core::slice;
+
+            unsafe {
+                slice::from_raw_parts(x as *const T as *const u8, mem::size_of_val(x))
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert!(!as_bytes(&keypair).contains(&0x15));
+    }
+
     #[cfg(all(test, feature = "serde"))]
     use bincode::{serialize, deserialize, Infinite};
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 401c4ea..f815da8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ extern crate generic_array;
 extern crate digest;
 extern crate failure;
 extern crate rand;
+extern crate clear_on_drop;
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "std", test))]
 #[macro_use]