diff --git a/src/syndicate/private/hmacs.nim b/src/syndicate/private/hmacs.nim
index cb49ee4..0c2ebe5 100644
--- a/src/syndicate/private/hmacs.nim
+++ b/src/syndicate/private/hmacs.nim
@@ -3,28 +3,43 @@
 
 import nimSHA2
 
-proc hmacSha256*(key: openarray[byte]; msg: seq[byte]|string): seq[byte] =
+proc fillPad(pad: var openarray[byte]; key: openarray[byte]; fillByte: byte) =
+  for i in 0..key.high: pad[i] = fillByte xor key[i].uint8
+  for i in key.len..pad.high: pad[i] = fillByte
+
+proc hmacSha256*(key: openarray[byte]; msg: seq[byte]|string; outLength = 32): seq[byte] =
   const blockSize = 64
-  assert(key.len <= blockSize)
+  assert(outLength <= 32)
   var
-    inner, outer: SHA256
+    hash: SHA256
     pad: array[blockSize, byte]
   block:
     const xorByte = 0x36'u8
-    for i in 0..key.high: pad[i] = xorByte xor key[i]
-    for i in key.len..pad.high: pad[i] = xorByte
-    initSHA(inner)
-    update(inner, pad)
-    update(inner, msg)
+    if key.len < blockSize:
+      fillPad(pad, key, xorByte)
+    else:
+      initSHA(hash)
+      update(hash, key)
+      var keyDigest = final(hash)
+      fillPad(pad, keyDigest, xorByte)
+    initSHA(hash)
+    update(hash, pad)
+    update(hash, msg)
+  var digest = final(hash)
   block:
     const xorByte = 0x5c'u8
-    for i in 0..key.high: pad[i] = xorByte xor key[i]
-    for i in key.len..pad.high: pad[i] = xorByte
-    initSHA(outer)
-    update(outer, pad)
-    update(outer, final(inner))
-  var digest = final(outer)
-  result.setLen(digest.len)
+    if key.len < blockSize:
+      fillPad(pad, key, xorByte)
+    else:
+      initSHA(hash)
+      update(hash, key)
+      var keyDigest = final(hash)
+      fillPad(pad, keyDigest, xorByte)
+    initSHA(hash)
+    update(hash, pad)
+    update(hash, digest)
+  digest = final(hash)
+  result.setLen(outLength)
   copyMem(result[0].addr, digest[0].addr, result.len)
 
 when isMainModule:
@@ -34,7 +49,54 @@ when isMainModule:
       var key: array[20,byte]
       for b in key.mitems: b = 0x0b'u8
       var data = "Hi There"
-      check(data.toHex == "4869205468657265")
-      let hmac = cast[string](hmacSha256(key, data)).toHex.toLowerAscii
-      let control = "b0344c61d8db38535ca8afceaf0bf12b881dc200c9833da726e9376c2e32cff7"
-      check(hmac == control)
+      let a = cast[string](hmacSha256(key, data)).toHex.toLowerAscii
+      let b = "b0344c61d8db38535ca8afceaf0bf12b881dc200c9833da726e9376c2e32cff7"
+      check(a == b)
+    test "2":
+      var key = "Jefe"
+      var data = "what do ya want for nothing?"
+      let a = cast[string](hmacSha256(cast[seq[byte]](key), data)).toHex.toLowerAscii
+      let b = "5bdcc146bf60754e6a042426089575c75a003f089d2739839dec58b964ec3843"
+      check(a == b)
+    test "3":
+      var
+        key: array[20,byte]
+        data = newSeq[byte](50)
+      for b in key.mitems: b = 0xaa'u8
+      for b in data.mitems: b = 0xdd'u8
+      let a = cast[string](hmacSha256(key, data)).toHex.toLowerAscii
+      let b = "773ea91e36800e46854db8ebd09181a72959098b3ef8c122d9635514ced565fe"
+      check(a == b)
+    test "4":
+      var
+        key: array[25,byte]
+        data = newSeq[byte](50)
+      for i in key.low..key.high: key[i] = i.uint8.succ
+      for b in data.mitems: b = 0xcd'u8
+      let a = cast[string](hmacSha256(key, data)).toHex.toLowerAscii
+      let b = "82558a389a443c0ea4cc819899f2083a85f0faa3e578f8077a2e3ff46729665b"
+      check(a == b)
+    test "5":
+      var
+        key: array[20,byte]
+        data = "Test With Truncation"
+      for b in key.mitems: b = 0x0c'u8
+      let a = cast[string](hmacSha256(key, data, 16)).toHex.toLowerAscii
+      let b = "a3b6167473100ee06e0c796c2955552b"
+      check(a == b)
+    test "6":
+      var
+        key: array[131,byte]
+        data = "Test Using Larger Than Block-Size Key - Hash Key First"
+      for b in key.mitems: b = 0xaa'u8
+      let a = cast[string](hmacSha256(key, data)).toHex.toLowerAscii
+      let b = "60e431591ee0b67f0d8a26aacbf5b77f8e0bc6213728c5140546040f0ee37f54"
+      check(a == b)
+    test "7":
+      var
+        key: array[131,byte]
+        data = "This is a test using a larger than block-size key and a larger than block-size data. The key needs to be hashed before being used by the HMAC algorithm."
+      for b in key.mitems: b = 0xaa'u8
+      let a = cast[string](hmacSha256(key, data)).toHex.toLowerAscii
+      let b = "9b09ffa71b942fcb27635fbcd5b0e944bfdc63644f0713938a7f51535c3a35e2"
+      check(a == b)