diff --git a/closeio/contrib/django/utils.py b/closeio/contrib/django/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57dc37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/closeio/contrib/django/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+import json
+import logging
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def webhook_signature_valid(request):
+    """Verifies the integrity of signed webhooks from Closeio.
+
+    When a webhook subscription is created via the Closeio API you get a secret
+    signature key in the response of the request. This is the key that Closeio
+    uses to sign their webhooks. You can use the key to verify that the request
+    is indeed coming from Closeio (only Closeio should have the signature key)
+    and that the payload was not altered inbetween.
+    This is a simple security mechanism to protect you from false requests to your
+    endpoints that receive the webhooks.
+
+    The signature key for each webhook subscription needs to be stored inside the
+    environment variable `CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS` as json string containing
+    the webhook subscription ID as key and the signature key as value, e.g.::
+        CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS = '{"whsub_1": "123", "whsub_2": "456"}'
+
+    More information can be found in the `Closeio Docs`_ in the section "Webhook signatures".
+
+    .. _Closeio Docs: https://developer.close.com/#webhook
+
+    Args:
+        request: an instance of Django's ``HttpRequest`` object
+    """
+    payload = json.loads(request.body)
+    subscription_id = payload.get('subscription_id')
+    if not subscription_id:
+        return False
+
+    try:
+        signature_keys = json.loads(settings.CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS)
+    except AttributeError:
+        raise ImproperlyConfigured('CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS setting not set.')
+    except TypeError:
+        raise ImproperlyConfigured('Cannot load value of CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS to json.')
+
+    try:
+        signature_key = signature_keys[subscription_id]
+    except TypeError:
+        raise ImproperlyConfigured('Parsed value of CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS is expected '
+                                   'to be a dictionary.')
+    except KeyError:
+        logger.error('No signature key set for Closeio webhook subscription with id %s.',
+                     subscription_id)
+        return False
+
+    close_sig_hash = request.META.get('HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_HASH')
+    close_sig_timestamp = request.META.get('HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_TIMESTAMP')
+
+    if not close_sig_hash or not close_sig_timestamp:
+        return False
+
+    data = close_sig_timestamp + request.body.decode('utf-8')
+    try:
+        signature = hmac.new(
+            bytearray.fromhex(signature_key),
+            data.encode('utf-8'),
+            hashlib.sha256
+        ).hexdigest()
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        raise ImproperlyConfigured('The signature key for a Closeio webhook subscription must '
+                                   'be a valid string from a hexadecimal number.')
+    valid = hmac.compare_digest(close_sig_hash, signature)
+
+    return valid
diff --git a/closeio/contrib/pytest_plugin.py b/closeio/contrib/pytest_plugin.py
index fba99d4..18fda47 100644
--- a/closeio/contrib/pytest_plugin.py
+++ b/closeio/contrib/pytest_plugin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
+import datetime
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+import json
 import random
+import secrets
+import string
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -24,3 +30,43 @@ def opportunity_status(closeio, random_string):
     yield os
 
     # closeio.delete_lead_status(ls['id'])
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def sign_closeio_webhook_request(settings):
+    """Sign requests for endpoints that expect webhooks from Closeio.
+
+    Sets correct settings, alters the payload and computes headers so that fake
+    requests to webhook endpoints pass signature validation.
+
+    Usage::
+        data = {'some key': 'some value'}
+        data, headers = _sign_request(data)
+        client.post('/my/url/', data, **headers)
+    """
+    def _sign_request(payload):
+        webhook_id = 'whsub_' + ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for i in range(22))
+        signature_key = secrets.token_hex(32)
+        settings.CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS = json.dumps({webhook_id: signature_key})
+
+        payload.update({'subscription_id': webhook_id})
+
+        timestamp = str(int(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()))
+        payload = json.dumps(payload)
+        data = timestamp + payload
+
+        sig_hash = hmac.new(
+            bytearray.fromhex(signature_key),
+            data.encode('utf-8'),
+            hashlib.sha256
+        ).hexdigest()
+
+        headers = {
+            'HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_HASH': sig_hash,
+            'HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_TIMESTAMP': timestamp,
+            'content_type': 'application/json',
+        }
+
+        return payload, headers
+
+    return _sign_request
diff --git a/tests/djangoapp/test_utils.py b/tests/djangoapp/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2870626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/djangoapp/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import json
+
+import pytest
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+from closeio.contrib.django.utils import webhook_signature_valid
+
+
+class TestCloseioWebhookPermission:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def payload(self):
+        return '{"event": {"id": "ev_4YUAT9G7PQNYEX0V7HpiZa", '\
+            '"date_created": "2019-01-01T13:33:00.842000", "data": {"object_type": '\
+            '"activity.note", "action": "created", "note": "test content"}}, '\
+            '"subscription_id": "whsub_mBTylJxRXaBOXcuQmgUdmL"}'
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def headers(self):
+        return {
+            'HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_HASH':
+                'e6cf27a55de463dc46d8b5c16d2afe74d766e8f0c9892422c93573521cd377ed',
+            'HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_TIMESTAMP': '1557751596',
+            'content_type': 'application/json',
+        }
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def webhook_settings(self, settings):
+        webhook_id = 'whsub_mBTylJxRXaBOXcuQmgUdmL'
+        signature_key = 'b9260244ef33625f9b4b26a27db08758cdd39478b852c73f2d33ab042eb8abb4'
+        settings.CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS = json.dumps({webhook_id: signature_key})
+
+    def test_valid(self, rf, webhook_settings, headers, payload):
+        """Test the signture check with a valid example."""
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        assert webhook_signature_valid(request) is True
+
+    def test_errors_because_no_signature_key_was_set(self, rf, headers, payload):
+        """Should raise an error if we don't find the signature key inside the settings."""
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        with pytest.raises(ImproperlyConfigured):
+            webhook_signature_valid(request)
+
+    def test_errors_because_signature_key_is_not_in_a_dict(self, rf, settings, headers, payload):
+        """Should raise an error if the signature key is not a dictionary."""
+        settings.CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS = json.dumps(['list', 'instead', 'of', 'dict'])
+
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        with pytest.raises(ImproperlyConfigured):
+            webhook_signature_valid(request)
+
+    def test_errors_because_signature_key_is_not_hex(self, rf, settings, headers, payload):
+        """Should fail if the signature key is not a valid hex string."""
+        webhook_id = 'whsub_mBTylJxRXaBOXcuQmgUdmL'
+        signature_key = 'this is not a valid hexadecimal format'
+        settings.CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS = json.dumps({webhook_id: signature_key})
+
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        with pytest.raises(ImproperlyConfigured):
+            webhook_signature_valid(request)
+
+    def test_invalid_because_signature_key_is_wrong(self, rf, settings, headers, payload):
+        """Should fail if the signature key is wrong."""
+        webhook_id = 'whsub_mBTylJxRXaBOXcuQmgUdmL'
+        signature_key = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
+        settings.CLOSEIO_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_KEYS = json.dumps({webhook_id: signature_key})
+
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        assert webhook_signature_valid(request) is False
+
+    def test_invalid_because_payload_was_altered(self, rf, webhook_settings, headers, payload):
+        """Should fail if the payload was altered after signing."""
+        payload = payload.replace('test content', 'content altered by Dr. Evil')
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        assert webhook_signature_valid(request) is False
+
+    def test_invalid_because_hash_was_not_provided(self, rf, webhook_settings, headers, payload):
+        """Should fail if the hash doesn't match."""
+        headers.pop('HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_HASH')
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        assert webhook_signature_valid(request) is False
+
+    def test_invalid_because_hash_does_not_match(self, rf, webhook_settings, headers, payload):
+        """Should fail if the hash doesn't match."""
+        headers['HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_HASH'] = 'xxxxxx'
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        assert webhook_signature_valid(request) is False
+
+    def test_invalid_because_timestamp_has_changed(self, rf, webhook_settings, headers, payload):
+        """Should fail if the timestamp has changed."""
+        headers['HTTP_CLOSE_SIG_TIMESTAMP'] = '1234567890'
+        request = rf.post('/some/webhook/view', payload, **headers)
+        assert webhook_signature_valid(request) is False