diff --git a/lnwire/lnwire.go b/lnwire/lnwire.go
index 8d12d60b2..5631890ea 100644
--- a/lnwire/lnwire.go
+++ b/lnwire/lnwire.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func writeElement(w io.Writer, element interface{}) error {
 		}
 
 		var b [64]byte
-		err := serializeSigToWire(&b, e)
+		err := SerializeSigToWire(&b, e)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func readElement(r io.Reader, element interface{}) error {
 		if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, b[:]); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		err = deserializeSigFromWire(e, b)
+		err = DeserializeSigFromWire(e, b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/lnwire/signature.go b/lnwire/signature.go
index 45f99631b..344407d4d 100644
--- a/lnwire/signature.go
+++ b/lnwire/signature.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/roasbeef/btcd/btcec"
 )
 
-// serializeSigToWire serializes a *Signature to [64]byte in the format
+// SerializeSigToWire serializes a *Signature to [64]byte in the format
 // specified by the Lightning RFC.
-func serializeSigToWire(b *[64]byte, e *btcec.Signature) error {
+func SerializeSigToWire(b *[64]byte, e *btcec.Signature) error {
 
 	// Serialize the signature with all the checks that entails.
 	sig := e.Serialize()
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ func serializeSigToWire(b *[64]byte, e *btcec.Signature) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// deserializeSigFromWire deserializes a *Signature from [64]byte in the format
+// DeserializeSigFromWire deserializes a *Signature from [64]byte in the format
 // specified by the Lightning RFC.
-func deserializeSigFromWire(e **btcec.Signature, b [64]byte) error {
+func DeserializeSigFromWire(e **btcec.Signature, b [64]byte) error {
 
 	// Extract canonically-padded bigint representations from buffer
 	r := extractCanonicalPadding(b[0:32])
diff --git a/lnwire/signature_test.go b/lnwire/signature_test.go
index 7a6bb450c..0b5b3775b 100644
--- a/lnwire/signature_test.go
+++ b/lnwire/signature_test.go
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ func TestSignatureSerializeDeserialize(t *testing.T) {
 	// check for errors as well as check if the results are correct.
 	signatureSerializeDeserialize := func(e btcec.Signature) error {
 		var b [64]byte
-		err := serializeSigToWire(&b, &e)
+		err := SerializeSigToWire(&b, &e)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		var e2 *btcec.Signature
-		err = deserializeSigFromWire(&e2, b)
+		err = DeserializeSigFromWire(&e2, b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}