diff --git a/gfpcrypt.h b/gfpcrypt.h
index 81689f89..1f28a864 100644
--- a/gfpcrypt.h
+++ b/gfpcrypt.h
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ protected:
     // curve's order.
     SecByteBlock bits2octets(const SecByteBlock& in, const Integer& q) const
     {
-        Integer b2 = bits2int(in, in.size()*8);
+        Integer b2 = bits2int(in, q.BitCount());
         Integer b1 = b2 - q;
         return int2octets(b1.IsNegative() ? b2 : b1, q.ByteCount());
     }
diff --git a/validat1.cpp b/validat1.cpp
index 5c67f0c7..3f80f97a 100644
--- a/validat1.cpp
+++ b/validat1.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ bool ValidateAll(bool thorough)
 	pass=ValidateECP() && pass;
 	pass=ValidateEC2N() && pass;
 	pass=ValidateECDSA() && pass;
+	pass=ValidateECDSA_RFC6979() && pass;
 	pass=ValidateECGDSA(thorough) && pass;
 	pass=ValidateESIGN() && pass;
 
diff --git a/validat2.cpp b/validat2.cpp
index 07dbae1f..adf13504 100644
--- a/validat2.cpp
+++ b/validat2.cpp
@@ -995,6 +995,26 @@ bool ValidateECDSA()
 	return pass;
 }
 
+bool ValidateECDSA_RFC6979() 
+{ 
+	std::cout << "\nRFC6979 deterministic ECDSA validation suite running...\n\n"; 
+	
+	DL_Algorithm_ECDSA_RFC6979<ECP, SHA256> sign; 
+	
+	const Integer x("09A4D6792295A7F730FC3F2B49CBC0F62E862272Fh"); 
+	const Integer e("AF2BDBE1AA9B6EC1E2ADE1D694F41FC71A831D0268E9891562113D8A62ADD1BFh"); 
+	const Integer q("4000000000000000000020108A2E0CC0D99F8A5EFh"); 
+	const Integer k("23AF4074C90A02B3FE61D286D5C87F425E6BDD81Bh"); 
+	const auto k_out = sign.GenerateRandom(x, q, e); 
+	
+	bool pass  = (k_out == k); 
+	
+	std::cout << (!pass ? "FAILED    " : "passed    ");
+	std::cout << "deterministic k generation against test vector\n";
+	
+	return pass;
+}
+
 // from http://www.teletrust.de/fileadmin/files/oid/ecgdsa_final.pdf
 bool ValidateECGDSA(bool thorough)
 {
diff --git a/validate.h b/validate.h
index dc34547a..5bfa94fa 100644
--- a/validate.h
+++ b/validate.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ bool ValidateRW();
 bool ValidateECP();
 bool ValidateEC2N();
 bool ValidateECDSA();
+bool ValidateECDSA_RFC6979();
 bool ValidateECGDSA(bool thorough);
 bool ValidateESIGN();