diff --git a/app/scripts/keyrings/hd.js b/app/scripts/keyrings/hd.js
index 2e3b74192..7b10f925a 100644
--- a/app/scripts/keyrings/hd.js
+++ b/app/scripts/keyrings/hd.js
@@ -74,7 +74,18 @@ class HdKeyring extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   // For eth_sign, we need to sign transactions:
-  signMessage (withAccount, msgHex) {
+  // hd
+  signMessage (withAccount, data) {
+    const wallet = this._getWalletForAccount(withAccount)
+    const message = ethUtil.stripHexPrefix(data)
+    var privKey = wallet.getPrivateKey()
+    var msgSig = ethUtil.ecsign(new Buffer(message, 'hex'), privKey)
+    var rawMsgSig = ethUtil.bufferToHex(sigUtil.concatSig(msgSig.v, msgSig.r, msgSig.s))
+    return Promise.resolve(rawMsgSig)
+  }
+
+  // For eth_sign, we need to sign transactions:
+  newGethSignMessage (withAccount, msgHex) {
     const wallet = this._getWalletForAccount(withAccount)
     const privKey = wallet.getPrivateKey()
     const msgBuffer = ethUtil.toBuffer(msgHex)
diff --git a/app/scripts/keyrings/simple.js b/app/scripts/keyrings/simple.js
index fa8e9fd78..b6ffc606e 100644
--- a/app/scripts/keyrings/simple.js
+++ b/app/scripts/keyrings/simple.js
@@ -58,7 +58,18 @@ class SimpleKeyring extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   // For eth_sign, we need to sign transactions:
-  signMessage (withAccount, msgHex) {
+  signMessage (withAccount, data) {
+    const wallet = this._getWalletForAccount(withAccount)
+    const message = ethUtil.stripHexPrefix(data)
+    var privKey = wallet.getPrivateKey()
+    var msgSig = ethUtil.ecsign(new Buffer(message, 'hex'), privKey)
+    var rawMsgSig = ethUtil.bufferToHex(sigUtil.concatSig(msgSig.v, msgSig.r, msgSig.s))
+    return Promise.resolve(rawMsgSig)
+  }
+
+  // For eth_sign, we need to sign transactions:
+
+  newGethSignMessage (withAccount, msgHex) {
     const wallet = this._getWalletForAccount(withAccount)
     const privKey = wallet.getPrivateKey()
     const msgBuffer = ethUtil.toBuffer(msgHex)
diff --git a/test/unit/id-management-test.js b/test/unit/id-management-test.js
index 25eea8777..cbc6403bc 100644
--- a/test/unit/id-management-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/id-management-test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('IdManagement', function() {
   })
 
   describe('#signMsg', function () {
-    it.skip('passes the dennis test', function() {
+    it('passes the dennis test', function() {
       const address = '0x9858e7d8b79fc3e6d989636721584498926da38a'
       const message = '0x879a053d4800c6354e76c7985a865d2922c82fb5b3f4577b2fe08b998954f2e0'
       const privateKey = '0x7dd98753d7b4394095de7d176c58128e2ed6ee600abe97c9f6d9fd65015d9b18'
diff --git a/test/unit/keyrings/simple-test.js b/test/unit/keyrings/simple-test.js
index 5fe29a67d..77eeb834c 100644
--- a/test/unit/keyrings/simple-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/keyrings/simple-test.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('simple-keyring', function() {
     const privateKey = '0x7dd98753d7b4394095de7d176c58128e2ed6ee600abe97c9f6d9fd65015d9b18'
     const expectedResult = '0x28fcb6768e5110144a55b2e6ce9d1ea5a58103033632d272d2b5cf506906f7941a00b539383fd872109633d8c71c404e13dba87bc84166ee31b0e36061a69e161c'
 
-    it.skip('passes the dennis test', function(done) {
+    it('passes the dennis test', function(done) {
       keyring.deserialize([ privateKey ])
       .then(() => {
         return keyring.signMessage(address, message)
diff --git a/ui/app/components/pending-msg.js b/ui/app/components/pending-msg.js
index f4bde91dc..b2cac164a 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/pending-msg.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/pending-msg.js
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ PendingMsg.prototype.render = function () {
         },
       }, 'Sign Message'),
 
+      h('.error', {
+        style: {
+          margin: '10px',
+        },
+      }, `Signing this message can have
+        dangerous side effects. Only sign messages from
+        sites you fully trust with your entire account.
+        This will be fixed in a future version.`),
+
       // message details
       h(PendingTxDetails, state),