diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
index 495e02c..eb0cfdf 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@
 /* Defined in ssl_internal.h */
 typedef struct mbedtls_ssl_transform mbedtls_ssl_transform;
 typedef struct mbedtls_ssl_handshake_params mbedtls_ssl_handshake_params;
+typedef struct mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_t mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_t;
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_X509_CRT_PARSE_C)
 typedef struct mbedtls_ssl_key_cert mbedtls_ssl_key_cert;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ssl_ciphersuites.h b/include/mbedtls/ssl_ciphersuites.h
index 8e7b794..931c1b3 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ssl_ciphersuites.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ssl_ciphersuites.h
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PK_C)
 mbedtls_pk_type_t mbedtls_ssl_get_ciphersuite_sig_pk_alg( const mbedtls_ssl_ciphersuite_t *info );
+mbedtls_pk_type_t mbedtls_ssl_get_ciphersuite_sig_alg( const mbedtls_ssl_ciphersuite_t *info );
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_ECDH_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_ECDSA_C)
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ssl_internal.h b/include/mbedtls/ssl_internal.h
index 27b974d..766b4ab 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ssl_internal.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ssl_internal.h
@@ -157,6 +157,24 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2) && \
+    defined(MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE__WITH_CERT__ENABLED)
+/*
+ * Abstraction for a grid of allowed signature-hash-algorithm pairs.
+ */
+struct mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_t
+{
+    /* At the moment, we only need to remember a single suitable
+     * hash algorithm per signature algorithm. As long as that's
+     * the case - and we don't need a general lookup function -
+     * we can implement the sig-hash-set as a map from signatures
+     * to hash algorithms. */
+    mbedtls_md_type_t rsa;
+    mbedtls_md_type_t ecdsa;
+};
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 &&
+          MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE__WITH_CERT__ENABLED */
+
 /*
  * This structure contains the parameters only needed during handshake.
  */
@@ -165,8 +183,11 @@
     /*
      * Handshake specific crypto variables
      */
-    int sig_alg;                        /*!<  Hash algorithm for signature   */
-    int verify_sig_alg;                 /*!<  Signature algorithm for verify */
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2) && \
+    defined(MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE__WITH_CERT__ENABLED)
+    mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_t hash_algs;             /*!<  Set of suitable sig-hash pairs */
+#endif
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_DHM_C)
     mbedtls_dhm_context dhm_ctx;                /*!<  DHM key exchange        */
 #endif
@@ -329,6 +350,28 @@
 };
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS */
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2) && \
+    defined(MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE__WITH_CERT__ENABLED)
+
+/* Find an entry in a signature-hash set matching a given hash algorithm. */
+mbedtls_md_type_t mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_find( mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_t *set,
+                                                 mbedtls_pk_type_t sig_alg );
+/* Add a signature-hash-pair to a signature-hash set */
+void mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_add( mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_t *set,
+                                   mbedtls_pk_type_t sig_alg,
+                                   mbedtls_md_type_t md_alg );
+/* Allow exactly one hash algorithm for each signature. */
+void mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_const_hash( mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_t *set,
+                                          mbedtls_md_type_t md_alg );
+
+/* Setup an empty signature-hash set */
+static inline void mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_init( mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_t *set )
+{
+    mbedtls_ssl_sig_hash_set_const_hash( set, MBEDTLS_MD_NONE );
+}
+
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2) &&
+          MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE__WITH_CERT__ENABLED */
 
 /**
  * \brief           Free referenced items in an SSL transform context and clear
@@ -384,6 +427,7 @@
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PK_C)
 unsigned char mbedtls_ssl_sig_from_pk( mbedtls_pk_context *pk );
+unsigned char mbedtls_ssl_sig_from_pk_alg( mbedtls_pk_type_t type );
 mbedtls_pk_type_t mbedtls_ssl_pk_alg_from_sig( unsigned char sig );
 #endif