diff --git a/packages/types/src/Signers.ts b/packages/types/src/Signers.ts
index a6ceee32a..6c7262916 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/Signers.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/Signers.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export type MultibasePublicKey = Pick<VerificationMethod, 'publicKeyMultibase'>
 export type MultibaseSecretKey = {
   secretKeyMultibase: Base58BtcMultibaseString
 }
-export type MultibaseKeyPair = MultibasePublicKey & MultibaseSecretKey
+export type MultibaseKeyPair = MultibasePublicKey &
+  MultibaseSecretKey & { publicKey: Uint8Array }
 
 export type TypedKeypair<KeyTypes extends string> = {
   publicKey: Uint8Array
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/Signers.ts b/packages/utils/src/Signers.ts
index b313054fa..f808843a3 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/Signers.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/Signers.ts
@@ -497,5 +497,8 @@ export function generateKeypair({
   const keyRingPair = makeKeypairFromUri(seed.toLowerCase(), typeForKeyring)
 
   const { secretKey, publicKey } = extractPk(keyRingPair)
-  return encodeMultibaseKeypair({ publicKey, secretKey, type })
+  return {
+    ...encodeMultibaseKeypair({ publicKey, secretKey, type }),
+    publicKey,
+  }
 }