diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b254490..80542f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ blake2 = "0.10.6"
 libc = "0.2.146"
 rayon = "1.8.0"
 x25519-dalek = {version = "2.0.0", features = ["static_secrets"]}
+ascon-aead = "0.4.2"
 
 [profile.dev.package.num-bigint-dig]
 opt-level = 3
diff --git a/src/ascon_aead.rs b/src/ascon_aead.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbf96bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ascon_aead.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+use std::ffi::{c_char, c_uchar, CStr, CString};
+
+use ascon_aead::aead::{generic_array::GenericArray, Aead, AeadCore, KeyInit, OsRng};
+use ascon_aead::Ascon128;
+
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct Ascon128EncryptResult {
+    ciphertext: *mut c_uchar,
+    length: usize,
+}
+
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct Ascon128DecryptResult {
+    plaintext: *mut c_uchar,
+    length: usize,
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn ascon_128_key() -> *mut c_char {
+    return CString::new(base64::encode(Ascon128::generate_key(&mut OsRng)))
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_raw();
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn ascon_128_nonce() -> *mut c_char {
+    return CString::new(base64::encode(Ascon128::generate_nonce(&mut OsRng)))
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_raw();
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn ascon_128_encrypt(
+    nonce_key: *const c_char,
+    key: *const c_char,
+    to_encrypt: *const c_uchar,
+    to_encrypt_length: usize,
+) -> Ascon128EncryptResult {
+    let nonce_key = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(nonce_key) }.to_str().unwrap();
+    let key = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(key) }.to_str().unwrap();
+    let to_encrypt = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(to_encrypt, to_encrypt_length) };
+
+    let decoded_nonce_key = base64::decode(nonce_key).unwrap();
+    let decoded_key = base64::decode(key).unwrap();
+
+    let key = GenericArray::from_slice(&decoded_nonce_key);
+    let nonce_key = GenericArray::from_slice(&decoded_key);
+
+    let cipher = Ascon128::new(key);
+    let mut ciphertext = cipher.encrypt(&nonce_key, to_encrypt.as_ref()).unwrap();
+    let capacity = ciphertext.capacity();
+    ciphertext.reserve_exact(capacity);
+    let result = Ascon128EncryptResult {
+        ciphertext: ciphertext.as_mut_ptr(),
+        length: ciphertext.len(),
+    };
+    std::mem::forget(ciphertext);
+    result
+}
+
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn ascon_128_decrypt(
+    nonce_key: *const c_char,
+    key: *const c_char,
+    to_encrypt: *const c_uchar,
+    to_encrypt_length: usize,
+) -> Ascon128DecryptResult {
+    let nonce_key = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(nonce_key) }.to_str().unwrap();
+    let key = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(key) }.to_str().unwrap();
+    let to_encrypt = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(to_encrypt, to_encrypt_length) };
+
+    let decoded_nonce_key = base64::decode(nonce_key).unwrap();
+    let decoded_key = base64::decode(key).unwrap();
+
+    let key = GenericArray::from_slice(&decoded_nonce_key);
+    let nonce_key = GenericArray::from_slice(&decoded_key);
+
+    let cipher = Ascon128::new(key);
+    let mut plaintext = cipher.decrypt(&nonce_key, to_encrypt.as_ref()).unwrap();
+    let capacity = plaintext.capacity();
+    plaintext.reserve_exact(capacity);
+    let result = Ascon128DecryptResult {
+        plaintext: plaintext.as_mut_ptr(),
+        length: plaintext.len(),
+    };
+    std::mem::forget(plaintext);
+    result
+}
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diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8134267..a2f17d4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ mod rsa;
 mod scrypt;
 mod sha;
 mod x25519;
+mod ascon_aead;
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