diff --git a/ghost/ghost/src/core/activitypub/actor.entity.test.ts b/ghost/ghost/src/core/activitypub/actor.entity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3f97fb6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/ghost/src/core/activitypub/actor.entity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import crypto from 'node:crypto';
+import {Actor} from './actor.entity';
+import {HTTPSignature} from './http-signature.service';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+
+describe('Actor', function () {
+    describe('#sign', function () {
+        it('returns a request with a valid Signature header', async function () {
+            const keypair = crypto.generateKeyPairSync('rsa', {
+                modulusLength: 512
+            });
+            const baseUrl = new URL('https://example.com/ap');
+            const actor = Actor.create({
+                username: 'Testing',
+                outbox: [],
+                publicKey: keypair.publicKey
+                    .export({type: 'pkcs1', format: 'pem'})
+                    .toString(),
+                privateKey: keypair.privateKey
+                    .export({type: 'pkcs1', format: 'pem'})
+                    .toString()
+            });
+
+            const url = new URL('https://some-server.com/users/username/inbox');
+            const date = new Date();
+            const request = new Request(url, {
+                headers: {
+                    Host: url.host,
+                    Date: date.toISOString(),
+                    Accept: 'application/ld+json; profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"'
+                }
+            });
+
+            const signedRequest = await actor.sign(request, baseUrl);
+
+            const publicKey = actor.getJSONLD(baseUrl).publicKey;
+
+            class MockHTTPSignature extends HTTPSignature {
+                protected static async getPublicKey() {
+                    return crypto.createPublicKey(publicKey.publicKeyPem);
+                }
+            }
+
+            const signedRequestURL = new URL(signedRequest.url);
+
+            const actual = await MockHTTPSignature.validate(
+                signedRequest.method,
+                signedRequestURL.pathname,
+                signedRequest.headers
+            );
+
+            const expected = true;
+
+            assert.equal(actual, expected, 'The signature should have been valid');
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/ghost/ghost/src/core/activitypub/actor.entity.ts b/ghost/ghost/src/core/activitypub/actor.entity.ts
index e08855ee9e..46dcfd130c 100644
--- a/ghost/ghost/src/core/activitypub/actor.entity.ts
+++ b/ghost/ghost/src/core/activitypub/actor.entity.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import crypto from 'crypto';
 import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
 import {Entity} from '../../common/entity.base';
 import {ActivityPub} from './types';
 import {Activity} from './activity.object';
 import {Article} from './article.object';
 import {ActivityEvent} from './activity.event';
+import {HTTPSignature} from './http-signature.service';
 
 type ActorData = {
     username: string;
@@ -25,6 +27,12 @@ export class Actor extends Entity<ActorData> {
         return this.attr.outbox;
     }
 
+    async sign(request: Request, baseUrl: URL): Promise<Request> {
+        const keyId = new URL(this.getJSONLD(baseUrl).publicKey.id);
+        const key = crypto.createPrivateKey(this.attr.privateKey);
+        return HTTPSignature.sign(request, keyId, key);
+    }
+
     private activities: Activity[] = [];
 
     static getActivitiesToSave(actor: Actor, fn: (activities: Activity[]) => void) {