diff --git a/lib/src/bindings/signature.dart b/lib/src/bindings/signature.dart
index abc301c..fcd0c6c 100644
--- a/lib/src/bindings/signature.dart
+++ b/lib/src/bindings/signature.dart
@@ -50,5 +50,22 @@ Pointer<git_signature> now(String name, String email) {
   }
 }
 
+/// Create a new action signature with default user and now timestamp.
+///
+/// This looks up the user.name and user.email from the configuration and uses the
+/// current time as the timestamp, and creates a new signature based on that information.
+///
+/// Throws a [LibGit2Error] if error occured.
+Pointer<git_signature> defaultSignature(Pointer<git_repository> repo) {
+  final out = calloc<Pointer<git_signature>>();
+  final error = libgit2.git_signature_default(out, repo);
+
+  if (error < 0) {
+    throw LibGit2Error(libgit2.git_error_last());
+  } else {
+    return out.value;
+  }
+}
+
 /// Free an existing signature.
 void free(Pointer<git_signature> sig) => libgit2.git_signature_free(sig);
diff --git a/lib/src/repository.dart b/lib/src/repository.dart
index 7bdc363..6ae61ed 100644
--- a/lib/src/repository.dart
+++ b/lib/src/repository.dart
@@ -361,6 +361,14 @@ class Repository {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Creates a new action signature with default user and now timestamp.
+  ///
+  /// This looks up the user.name and user.email from the configuration and uses the
+  /// current time as the timestamp, and creates a new signature based on that information.
+  ///
+  /// Throws a [LibGit2Error] if error occured.
+  Signature get defaultSignature => Signature.defaultSignature(this);
+
   /// Returns the list of commits starting from provided [sha] hex string.
   ///
   /// If [sorting] isn't provided default will be used (reverse chronological order, like in git).
diff --git a/lib/src/signature.dart b/lib/src/signature.dart
index 948b3f8..925e93a 100644
--- a/lib/src/signature.dart
+++ b/lib/src/signature.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:ffi';
 import 'package:ffi/ffi.dart';
 import 'bindings/libgit2_bindings.dart';
 import 'bindings/signature.dart' as bindings;
+import 'repository.dart';
 import 'util.dart';
 
 class Signature {
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ class Signature {
   /// Pointer to memory address for allocated signature object.
   Pointer<git_signature> get pointer => _signaturePointer;
 
+  /// Creates a new action signature with default user and now timestamp.
+  ///
+  /// This looks up the user.name and user.email from the configuration and uses the
+  /// current time as the timestamp, and creates a new signature based on that information.
+  ///
+  /// Throws a [LibGit2Error] if error occured.
+  static Signature defaultSignature(Repository repo) =>
+      Signature(bindings.defaultSignature(repo.pointer));
+
   /// Returns full name of the author.
   String get name => _signaturePointer.ref.name.cast<Utf8>().toDartString();
 
diff --git a/test/repository_test.dart b/test/repository_test.dart
index 7a047c9..d5ef3c0 100644
--- a/test/repository_test.dart
+++ b/test/repository_test.dart
@@ -374,6 +374,19 @@ void main() {
           throwsA(isA<LibGit2Error>()),
         );
       });
+
+      test('returns default signature', () {
+        final config = repo.config;
+        config['user.name'] = 'Some Name';
+        config['user.email'] = 'some@email.com';
+
+        final signature = repo.defaultSignature;
+        expect(signature.name, 'Some Name');
+        expect(signature.email, 'some@email.com');
+
+        signature.free();
+        config.free();
+      });
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/signature_test.dart b/test/signature_test.dart
index bee634c..a152705 100644
--- a/test/signature_test.dart
+++ b/test/signature_test.dart
@@ -26,18 +26,16 @@ void main() {
     });
 
     test('successfully creates without provided time and offset', () {
-      final defaultSignature =
-          Signature.create(name: 'Name', email: 'email@example.com');
-      expect(defaultSignature, isA<Signature>());
-      expect(defaultSignature.name, 'Name');
-      expect(defaultSignature.email, 'email@example.com');
+      final sig = Signature.create(name: 'Name', email: 'email@example.com');
+      expect(sig, isA<Signature>());
+      expect(sig.name, 'Name');
+      expect(sig.email, 'email@example.com');
       expect(
-        defaultSignature.time -
-            (DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch / 1000).truncate(),
+        sig.time - (DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch / 1000).truncate(),
         lessThan(5),
       );
-      expect(defaultSignature.offset, 180);
-      defaultSignature.free();
+      expect(sig.offset, 180);
+      sig.free();
     });
 
     test('returns correct values', () {