diff --git a/src/pk/rsa/rsa_exptmod.c b/src/pk/rsa/rsa_exptmod.c
index 101a766..a05df6d 100644
--- a/src/pk/rsa/rsa_exptmod.c
+++ b/src/pk/rsa/rsa_exptmod.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * guarantee it works.
  *
  * Tom St Denis, tomstdenis@gmail.com, http://libtom.org
+ *
+ * Added RSA blinding --nmav
  */
 #include "tomcrypt.h"
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ int rsa_exptmod(const unsigned char *in,   unsigned long inlen,
                       unsigned char *out,  unsigned long *outlen, int which,
                       rsa_key *key)
 {
-   void         *tmp, *tmpa, *tmpb;
+   void        *tmp, *tmpa, *tmpb, *rnd, *rndi /* inverse of rnd */;
    unsigned long x;
    int           err;
 
@@ -51,8 +53,11 @@ int rsa_exptmod(const unsigned char *in,   unsigned long inlen,
    }
 
    /* init and copy into tmp */
-   if ((err = mp_init_multi(&tmp, &tmpa, &tmpb, NULL)) != CRYPT_OK)                                    { return err; }
-   if ((err = mp_read_unsigned_bin(tmp, (unsigned char *)in, (int)inlen)) != CRYPT_OK)                 { goto error; }
+   if ((err = mp_init_multi(&tmp, &tmpa, &tmpb, &rnd, &rndi, NULL)) != CRYPT_OK)
+        { return err; }
+   if ((err = mp_read_unsigned_bin(&tmp, (unsigned char *)in, (int)inlen)) != CRYPT_OK)
+        { goto error; }
+
 
    /* sanity check on the input */
    if (mp_cmp(key->N, tmp) == LTC_MP_LT) {
@@ -62,6 +67,30 @@ int rsa_exptmod(const unsigned char *in,   unsigned long inlen,
 
    /* are we using the private exponent and is the key optimized? */
    if (which == PK_PRIVATE) {
+      /* do blinding */
+      err = mp_rand(rnd, mp_count_bits(key->N));
+      if (err != CRYPT_OK) {
+             goto error;
+      }
+
+      /* rndi = 1/rnd mod N */
+      err = mp_invmod(rnd, key->N, rndi);
+      if (err != CRYPT_OK) {
+             goto error;
+      }
+
+      /* rnd = rnd^e */
+      err = mp_exptmod( rnd, key->e, key->N, rnd);
+      if (err != CRYPT_OK) {
+             goto error;
+      }
+
+      /* tmp = tmp*rnd mod N */
+      err = mp_mulmod( tmp, rnd, key->N, tmp);
+      if (err != CRYPT_OK) {
+             goto error;
+      }
+
       /* tmpa = tmp^dP mod p */
       if ((err = mp_exptmod(tmp, key->dP, key->p, tmpa)) != CRYPT_OK)                               { goto error; }
 
@@ -75,6 +104,12 @@ int rsa_exptmod(const unsigned char *in,   unsigned long inlen,
       /* tmp = tmpb + q * tmp */
       if ((err = mp_mul(tmp, key->q, tmp)) != CRYPT_OK)                                             { goto error; }
       if ((err = mp_add(tmp, tmpb, tmp)) != CRYPT_OK)                                               { goto error; }
+
+      /* unblind */
+      err = mp_mulmod( tmp, rndi, key->N, tmp);
+      if (err != CRYPT_OK) {
+             goto error;
+      }
    } else {
       /* exptmod it */
       if ((err = mp_exptmod(tmp, key->e, key->N, tmp)) != CRYPT_OK)                                { goto error; }
@@ -102,7 +137,7 @@ int rsa_exptmod(const unsigned char *in,   unsigned long inlen,
    /* clean up and return */
    err = CRYPT_OK;
 error:
-   mp_clear_multi(tmp, tmpa, tmpb, NULL);
+   mp_clear_multi(tmp, tmpa, tmpb, rnd, rndi, NULL);
    return err;
 }