diff --git a/ecdsa/Cargo.toml b/ecdsa/Cargo.toml
index d5293ac2..89d2d5e9 100644
--- a/ecdsa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ecdsa/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ sha2 = { version = "0.9", default-features = false }
 
 [features]
 default = ["digest"]
+alloc = []
 dev = ["digest", "zeroize"]
 digest = ["elliptic-curve/digest", "signature/digest-preview"]
 hazmat = []
 rand = ["elliptic-curve/rand", "signature/rand-preview"]
 sign = ["digest", "hazmat", "hmac", "zeroize"]
-std = ["elliptic-curve/std", "signature/std"]
+std = ["alloc", "elliptic-curve/std", "signature/std"]
 verify = ["digest", "hazmat"]
 zeroize = ["elliptic-curve/zeroize"]
 
diff --git a/ecdsa/src/asn1.rs b/ecdsa/src/asn1.rs
index c9c5cfbd..89e9ed08 100644
--- a/ecdsa/src/asn1.rs
+++ b/ecdsa/src/asn1.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ use core::{
 };
 use elliptic_curve::{consts::U9, weierstrass::Curve, ElementBytes};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+
 /// Maximum overhead of an ASN.1 DER-encoded ECDSA signature for a given curve:
 /// 9-bytes.
 ///
@@ -92,6 +95,17 @@ where
         self.s_range.end
     }
 
+    /// Borrow this signature as a byte slice
+    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.bytes.as_slice()[..self.len()]
+    }
+
+    /// Serialize this signature as a boxed byte slice
+    #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Box<[u8]> {
+        self.as_bytes().to_vec().into_boxed_slice()
+    }
+
     /// Create an ASN.1 DER encoded signature from the `r` and `s` scalars
     pub(crate) fn from_scalars(r: &ElementBytes<C>, s: &ElementBytes<C>) -> Self {
         let r_len = int_length(r);
@@ -144,7 +158,7 @@ where
     <C::FieldSize as Add>::Output: Add<MaxOverhead> + ArrayLength<u8>,
 {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        &self.bytes.as_slice()[..self.len()]
+        self.as_bytes()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ecdsa/src/lib.rs b/ecdsa/src/lib.rs
index b905d55e..709a5e53 100644
--- a/ecdsa/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ecdsa/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
     html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/ecdsa/0.7.2"
 )]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+extern crate alloc;
+
 pub mod asn1;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "dev")]