diff --git a/nats.go b/nats.go
index bea0d3dfc..ec28bb7b6 100644
--- a/nats.go
+++ b/nats.go
@@ -1083,6 +1083,28 @@ func UserCredentials(userOrChainedFile string, seedFiles ...string) Option {
 	return UserJWT(userCB, sigCB)
 }
 
+// UserJWTAndSeed is a convenience function that takes the JWT and seed
+// values as strings.
+func UserJWTAndSeed(jwt string, seed string) Option {
+	userCB := func() (string, error) {
+		return jwt, nil
+	}
+
+	sigCB := func(nonce []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+		kp, err := nkeys.FromSeed([]byte(seed))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to extract key pair from seed: %v", err)
+		}
+		// Wipe our key on exit.
+		defer kp.Wipe()
+
+		sig, _ := kp.Sign(nonce)
+		return sig, nil
+	}
+
+	return UserJWT(userCB, sigCB)
+}
+
 // UserJWT will set the callbacks to retrieve the user's JWT and
 // the signature callback to sign the server nonce. This an the Nkey
 // option are mutually exclusive.
diff --git a/nats_test.go b/nats_test.go
index 1b5ce5ef5..176f6d0e1 100644
--- a/nats_test.go
+++ b/nats_test.go
@@ -1576,6 +1576,21 @@ func TestUserCredentialsChainedFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUserJWTAndSeed(t *testing.T) {
+	if server.VERSION[0] == '1' {
+		t.Skip()
+	}
+	ts := runTrustServer()
+	defer ts.Shutdown()
+
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("nats://127.0.0.1:%d", TEST_PORT)
+	nc, err := Connect(url, UserJWTAndSeed(uJWT, string(uSeed)))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected to connect, got %v", err)
+	}
+	nc.Close()
+}
+
 func TestExpiredAuthentication(t *testing.T) {
 	// The goal of these tests was to check how a client with an expiring JWT
 	// behaves. It should receive an async -ERR indicating that the auth