diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ad899d
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diff --git a/lib/minisign/private_key.rb b/lib/minisign/private_key.rb
index 5037a57..99099ba 100644
--- a/lib/minisign/private_key.rb
+++ b/lib/minisign/private_key.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Minisign
   class PrivateKey
     include Utils
     attr_reader :signature_algorithm, :kdf_algorithm, :cksum_algorithm, :kdf_salt, :kdf_opslimit, :kdf_memlimit,
-                :key_id, :public_key, :secret_key, :checksum
+                :key_id, :ed25519_public_key, :secret_key, :checksum
 
     # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
     # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def initialize(str, password = nil)
                         else
                           bytes[54..157]
                         end
-      @key_id, @secret_key, @public_key, @checksum = key_data(@key_data_bytes)
+      @key_id, @secret_key, @ed25519_public_key, @checksum = key_data(@key_data_bytes)
       assert_keypair_match!
     end
     # rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def initialize(str, password = nil)
 
     # @raise [RuntimeError] if the extracted public key does not match the derived public key
     def assert_keypair_match!
-      raise 'Wrong password for that key' if @public_key != ed25519_signing_key.verify_key.to_bytes.bytes
+      raise 'Wrong password for that key' if @ed25519_public_key != ed25519_signing_key.verify_key.to_bytes.bytes
     end
 
     def key_data(bytes)
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ def ed25519_signing_key
       Ed25519::SigningKey.new(@secret_key.pack('C*'))
     end
 
+    def public_key
+      data = Base64.strict_encode64("Ed#{@key_id.pack('C*')}#{ed25519_signing_key.verify_key.to_bytes}")
+      Minisign::PublicKey.new(data)
+    end
+
     # Sign a file/message
     #
     # @param filename [String] The filename to be used in the trusted comment section
diff --git a/lib/minisign/public_key.rb b/lib/minisign/public_key.rb
index 0a0c852..37f3523 100644
--- a/lib/minisign/public_key.rb
+++ b/lib/minisign/public_key.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def initialize(str)
       @public_key = @decoded[10..]
       @verify_key = Ed25519::VerifyKey.new(@public_key)
       @untrusted_comment = if parts.length == 1
-                             "minisign public key #{key_id}\n#{key_data}\n"
+                             "minisign public key #{key_id}"
                            else
                              parts.first.split('untrusted comment: ').last
                            end
diff --git a/spec/minisign/key_pair_spec.rb b/spec/minisign/key_pair_spec.rb
index 8ee4e8f..c12be5e 100644
--- a/spec/minisign/key_pair_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/minisign/key_pair_spec.rb
@@ -5,18 +5,26 @@
     keypair = Minisign::KeyPair.new
     expect(keypair.private_key).to be_truthy
     File.write('test/generated/new-unencrypted-keypair.key', keypair.private_key)
+    File.write('test/generated/new-unencrypted-keypair.pub', keypair.public_key)
     expect(system(
              'test/generated/minisign -Sm test/generated/.keep -s test/generated/new-unencrypted-keypair.key'
            )).to be(true)
+    expect(system(
+             'test/generated/minisign -Vm test/generated/.keep -p test/generated/new-unencrypted-keypair.pub'
+           )).to be(true)
   end
   it 'generates a keypair with a password' do
     keypair = Minisign::KeyPair.new('secret password')
     expect(keypair.private_key).to be_truthy
     File.write('test/generated/new-encrypted-keypair.key', keypair.private_key)
+    File.write('test/generated/new-encrypted-keypair.pub', keypair.public_key)
     expect(system(
       # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
       "echo 'secret password' | test/generated/minisign -Sm test/generated/.keep -s test/generated/new-encrypted-keypair.key"
       # rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
     )).to be(true)
+    expect(system(
+             'test/generated/minisign -Vm test/generated/.keep -p test/generated/new-encrypted-keypair.pub'
+           )).to be(true)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/minisign/private_key_spec.rb b/spec/minisign/private_key_spec.rb
index 916e3b9..d689960 100644
--- a/spec/minisign/private_key_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/minisign/private_key_spec.rb
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@
     end
 
     it 'parses the public key' do
-      expect(@private_key.public_key).to eq([108, 35, 192, 26, 47, 128, 233, 165, 133, 38, 242, 5, 76, 55, 135, 40,
-                                             103, 72, 230, 43, 184, 117, 219, 37, 173, 250, 196, 122, 252, 174, 173, 140]) # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
+      key = @private_key.ed25519_public_key
+      expect(key).to eq([108, 35, 192, 26, 47, 128, 233, 165, 133, 38, 242, 5, 76, 55, 135, 40,
+                         103, 72, 230, 43, 184, 117, 219, 37, 173, 250, 196, 122, 252, 174, 173, 140])
     end
 
     it 'parses the secret key' do
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@
         [69, 100],
         @private_key.key_id,
         @private_key.secret_key,
-        @private_key.public_key
+        @private_key.ed25519_public_key
       ].inject(&:+).pack('C*')
 
       computed_checksum = blake2b256(key_data).bytes
@@ -80,6 +81,12 @@
     it 'can be written to a file' do
       expect(@private_key.to_s).to eq(File.read('test/minisign.key'))
     end
+
+    it 'can recreate the public key from the private key' do
+      # remove the custom untrusted comment
+      original = File.read('test/minisign.pub').gsub(' yay', '')
+      expect(@private_key.public_key.to_s).to eq(original)
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'sign' do