diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99db50c..60d76c5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	  newer
 	- Support of handlers with the same callback function, but different
 	  userdata
+	- New public function xmpp_sha1_digest()
 
 0.9.1
 	- Fixed bug #95 (DNS lookup failing on Cygwin)
diff --git a/src/crypto.c b/src/crypto.c
index 4bc4863..6bad32e 100644
--- a/src/crypto.c
+++ b/src/crypto.c
@@ -81,7 +81,35 @@ char *xmpp_sha1(xmpp_ctx_t *ctx, const unsigned char *data, size_t len)
     return digest_to_string_alloc(ctx, digest);
 }
 
+/** Compute SHA1 message digest
+ *  Stores digest in user's buffer which must be at least XMPP_SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE
+ *  bytes long.
+ *
+ *  @param data buffer for digest computation
+ *  @param len size of the data buffer
+ *  @param digest output buffer of XMPP_SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE bytes
+ *
+ *  @ingroup Digests
+ */
+void xmpp_sha1_digest(const unsigned char *data, size_t len,
+                      unsigned char *digest)
+{
+    crypto_SHA1((const uint8_t *)data, len, digest);
+}
+
 /** Create new SHA1 object
+ *  SHA1 object is used to compute SHA1 digest of a buffer that is split
+ *  in multiple chunks or provided in stream mode. A single buffer can be
+ *  processed by short functions xmpp_sha1() and xmpp_sha1_digest().
+ *  Follow the next use-case for xmpp_sha1_t object:
+ *  @code
+ *      xmpp_sha1_t *sha1 = xmpp_sha1_new(ctx);
+ *      // Repeat update for all chunks of data
+ *      xmpp_sha1_update(sha1, data, len);
+ *      xmpp_sha1_final(sha1);
+ *      char *digest = xmpp_sha1_to_string_alloc(sha1);
+ *      xmpp_sha1_free(sha1);
+ *  @endcode
  *
  *  @param ctx a Strophe context onject
  *
diff --git a/strophe.h b/strophe.h
index 5288f77..8e474b1 100644
--- a/strophe.h
+++ b/strophe.h
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ char *xmpp_uuid_gen(xmpp_ctx_t *ctx);
 typedef struct _xmpp_sha1_t xmpp_sha1_t;
 
 char *xmpp_sha1(xmpp_ctx_t *ctx, const unsigned char *data, size_t len);
+void xmpp_sha1_digest(const unsigned char *data, size_t len,
+                      unsigned char *digest);
 
 xmpp_sha1_t *xmpp_sha1_new(xmpp_ctx_t *ctx);
 void xmpp_sha1_free(xmpp_sha1_t *sha1);