diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d1878a3cc..43a3b1d17 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -521,6 +521,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     InvalidRecoveryId,
     /// Invalid tweak for add_*_assign or mul_*_assign
     InvalidTweak,
+    /// `tweak_add_check` failed on an xonly public key
+    TweakCheckFailed,
     /// Didn't pass enough memory to context creation with preallocated memory
     NotEnoughMemory,
 }
@@ -535,6 +537,7 @@ impl Error {
             Error::InvalidSecretKey => "secp: malformed or out-of-range secret key",
             Error::InvalidRecoveryId => "secp: bad recovery id",
             Error::InvalidTweak => "secp: bad tweak",
+            Error::TweakCheckFailed => "secp: xonly_pubkey_tewak_add_check failed",
             Error::NotEnoughMemory => "secp: not enough memory allocated",
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/schnorrsig.rs b/src/schnorrsig.rs
index 5a01a523e..d76f9b2d2 100644
--- a/src/schnorrsig.rs
+++ b/src/schnorrsig.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ impl KeyPair {
     /// Will return an error if the resulting key would be invalid or if
     /// the tweak was not a 32-byte length slice.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn add_assign<C: Verification>(
+    pub fn tweak_add_assign<C: Verification>(
         &mut self,
         secp: &Secp256k1<C>,
         tweak: &[u8],
@@ -264,14 +264,17 @@ impl PublicKey {
         ret
     }
 
-    /// Tweak a schnorrsig PublicKey by adding the generator multiplied with the given tweak to it.
-    /// Will return an error if the resulting key would be invalid or if
-    /// the tweak was not a 32-byte length slice.
-    pub fn add_assign<V: Verification>(
+    /// Tweak an x-only PublicKey by adding the generator multiplied with the given tweak to it.
+    ///
+    /// Returns a boolean representing the parity of the tweaked key, which can be provided to 
+    /// `tweak_add_check` which can be used to verify a tweak more efficiently than regenerating
+    /// it and checking equality. Will return an error if the resulting key would be invalid or
+    /// if the tweak was not a 32-byte length slice.
+    pub fn tweak_add_assign<V: Verification>(
         &mut self,
         secp: &Secp256k1<V>,
         tweak: &[u8],
-    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    ) -> Result<bool, Error> {
         if tweak.len() != 32 {
             return Err(Error::InvalidTweak);
         }
@@ -289,18 +292,57 @@ impl PublicKey {
                 return Err(Error::InvalidTweak);
             }
 
+            let mut parity: ::secp256k1_sys::types::c_int = 0;
             err = ffi::secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_from_pubkey(
                 secp.ctx,
                 &mut self.0 as *mut _,
-                ptr::null_mut(),
+                &mut parity as *mut _,
                 &pubkey,
             );
 
-            return if err == 0 {
+            if err == 0 {
                 Err(Error::InvalidPublicKey)
             } else {
+                Ok(parity != 0)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Verify that a tweak produced by `tweak_add_assign` was computed correctly
+    ///
+    /// Should be called on the original untweaked key. Takes the tweaked key and
+    /// output parity from `tweak_add_assign` as input.
+    ///
+    /// Currently this is not much more efficient than just recomputing the tweak
+    /// and checking equality. However, in future this API will support batch
+    /// verification, which is significantly faster, so it is wise to design
+    /// protocols with this in mind.
+    pub fn tweak_add_check<V: Verification>(
+        &self,
+        secp: &Secp256k1<V>,
+        tweaked_key: &Self,
+        tweaked_parity: bool,
+        tweak: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        if tweak.len() != 32 {
+            return Err(Error::InvalidTweak);
+        }
+
+        let tweaked_ser = tweaked_key.serialize();
+        unsafe {
+            let err = ffi::secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_tweak_add_check(
+                secp.ctx,
+                tweaked_ser.as_c_ptr(),
+                if tweaked_parity { 1 } else { 0 },
+                &self.0 as *const _,
+                tweak.as_c_ptr(),
+            );
+
+            if err == 1 {
                 Ok(())
-            };
+            } else {
+                Err(Error::TweakCheckFailed)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -720,9 +762,11 @@ mod tests {
             let mut tweak = [0u8; 32];
             thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut tweak);
             let (mut kp, mut pk) = s.generate_schnorrsig_keypair(&mut thread_rng());
-            kp.add_assign(&s, &tweak).expect("Tweak error");
-            pk.add_assign(&s, &tweak).expect("Tweak error");
+            let orig_pk = pk;
+            kp.tweak_add_assign(&s, &tweak).expect("Tweak error");
+            let parity = pk.tweak_add_assign(&s, &tweak).expect("Tweak error");
             assert_eq!(PublicKey::from_keypair(&s, &kp), pk);
+            orig_pk.tweak_add_check(&s, &pk, parity, &tweak).expect("tweak check");
         }
     }