diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/packet/public_key.go b/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/packet/public_key.go
index 9aa30e0c15f..28d7d5420d6 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/packet/public_key.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/packet/public_key.go
@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ func (pk *PublicKey) VerifySignature(signed hash.Hash, sig *Signature) (err erro
 		return nil
 	case PubKeyAlgoDSA:
 		dsaPublicKey, _ := pk.PublicKey.(*dsa.PublicKey)
+		// Need to truncate hashBytes to match FIPS 186-3 section 4.6.
+		subgroupSize := (dsaPublicKey.Q.BitLen() + 7) / 8
+		if len(hashBytes) > subgroupSize {
+			hashBytes = hashBytes[:subgroupSize]
+		}
 		if !dsa.Verify(dsaPublicKey, hashBytes, new(big.Int).SetBytes(sig.DSASigR.bytes), new(big.Int).SetBytes(sig.DSASigS.bytes)) {
 			return error_.SignatureError("DSA verification failure")
 		}
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/packet/signature.go b/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/packet/signature.go
index 1cdc1ee0f0c..d32b12b1ab3 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/packet/signature.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/packet/signature.go
@@ -443,7 +443,14 @@ func (sig *Signature) Sign(h hash.Hash, priv *PrivateKey) (err error) {
 		sig.RSASignature.bytes, err = rsa.SignPKCS1v15(rand.Reader, priv.PrivateKey.(*rsa.PrivateKey), sig.Hash, digest)
 		sig.RSASignature.bitLength = uint16(8 * len(sig.RSASignature.bytes))
 	case PubKeyAlgoDSA:
-		r, s, err := dsa.Sign(rand.Reader, priv.PrivateKey.(*dsa.PrivateKey), digest)
+		dsaPriv := priv.PrivateKey.(*dsa.PrivateKey)
+
+		// Need to truncate hashBytes to match FIPS 186-3 section 4.6.
+		subgroupSize := (dsaPriv.Q.BitLen() + 7) / 8
+		if len(digest) > subgroupSize {
+			digest = digest[:subgroupSize]
+		}
+		r, s, err := dsa.Sign(rand.Reader, dsaPriv, digest)
 		if err == nil {
 			sig.DSASigR.bytes = r.Bytes()
 			sig.DSASigR.bitLength = uint16(8 * len(sig.DSASigR.bytes))
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/read_test.go b/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/read_test.go
index e8a6bf5992e..1be900b157c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/read_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/read_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package openpgp
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	error_ "crypto/openpgp/error"
+	_ "crypto/sha512"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ func TestReadDSAKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDSAHashTruncatation(t *testing.T) {
+	// dsaKeyWithSHA512 was generated with GnuPG and --cert-digest-algo
+	// SHA512 in order to require DSA hash truncation to verify correctly.
+	_, err := ReadKeyRing(readerFromHex(dsaKeyWithSHA512))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetKeyById(t *testing.T) {
 	kring, _ := ReadKeyRing(readerFromHex(testKeys1And2Hex))
 
@@ -358,3 +368,5 @@ AHcVnXjtxrULkQFGbGvhKURLvS9WnzD/m1K2zzwxzkPTzT9/Yf06O6Mal5AdugPL
 VrM0m72/jnpKo04=
 =zNCn
 -----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----`
+
+const dsaKeyWithSHA512 = `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`
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/write_test.go b/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/write_test.go
index 02fa5b75bff..7df02e7bd13 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/write_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/openpgp/write_test.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func TestEncryption(t *testing.T) {
 
 		if test.isSigned {
 			if md.SignatureError != nil {
-				t.Errorf("#%d: signature error: %s", i, err)
+				t.Errorf("#%d: signature error: %s", i, md.SignatureError)
 			}
 			if md.Signature == nil {
 				t.Error("signature missing")