diff --git a/lms/envs/aws.py b/lms/envs/aws.py
index 39e0f9a88f..9ba561965e 100644
--- a/lms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/lms/envs/aws.py
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ CREDIT_HELP_LINK_URL = ENV_TOKENS.get('CREDIT_HELP_LINK_URL', CREDIT_HELP_LINK_U
 JWT_ISSUER = ENV_TOKENS.get('JWT_ISSUER', JWT_ISSUER)
 JWT_EXPIRATION = ENV_TOKENS.get('JWT_EXPIRATION', JWT_EXPIRATION)
 JWT_AUTH.update(ENV_TOKENS.get('JWT_AUTH', {}))
+PUBLIC_RSA_KEY = ENV_TOKENS.get('PUBLIC_RSA_KEY', PUBLIC_RSA_KEY)
+PRIVATE_RSA_KEY = ENV_TOKENS.get('PRIVATE_RSA_KEY', PRIVATE_RSA_KEY)
 
 ################# PROCTORING CONFIGURATION ##################
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 3daec93028..d2a64e9532 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -2784,6 +2784,10 @@ LTI_AGGREGATE_SCORE_PASSBACK_DELAY = 15 * 60
 JWT_EXPIRATION = 30
 JWT_ISSUER = None
 
+# For help generating a key pair import and run `openedx.core.lib.rsa_key_utils.generate_rsa_key_pair()`
+PUBLIC_RSA_KEY = None
+PRIVATE_RSA_KEY = None
+
 # Credit notifications settings
 NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_CSS = "templates/credit_notifications/credit_notification.css"
 NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_EDX_LOGO = "templates/credit_notifications/edx-logo-header.png"
diff --git a/lms/envs/devstack.py b/lms/envs/devstack.py
index 1657155966..fbc7dd29f4 100644
--- a/lms/envs/devstack.py
+++ b/lms/envs/devstack.py
@@ -225,6 +225,47 @@ CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = ()
 CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
 
 # JWT settings for devstack
+PUBLIC_RSA_KEY = """\
+-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
+MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEApCujf5oZBGK4MafMRGY9
++zdRRI9YDm1r+81coDCysSrwkhTkFIwP2dmS6lYvJuQ5wifuQa3WFv1Kh9Nr2XRJ
+1m9OL3/JpmMyTi/YuwD7tIf65tab1SOSRYkoxOKRuuvZuXQG9nWbXrGDncnwuWxf
+eymwWaIrAhALUS5+nDa7dauj8VngsWauMrEA/MWShEzsR53wGKlciEZA1r/AfQ55
+XS42GvBobhhy9SeZ3B6LHiaAEywpwFmKPssuoHSNhbPa49LW3gXJ6CsFGRDcBFKd
+xJ/l8O847Q7kg1lvckpLsKyu5167NK9Qj1X/O3SwVBL3cxx1HpQ6+q3SGLZ4ngow
+hwIDAQAB
+-----END PUBLIC KEY-----"""
+
+PRIVATE_RSA_KEY = """\
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----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+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----"""
+
 JWT_AUTH.update({
     'JWT_ALGORITHM': 'HS256',
     'JWT_SECRET_KEY': 'lms-secret',
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/rsa_key_utils.py b/openedx/core/lib/rsa_key_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd4853a5ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/rsa_key_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+""" Utils for RSA keys"""
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization import(
+    Encoding, PublicFormat, PrivateFormat, NoEncryption
+)
+
+
+def generate_rsa_key_pair(key_size=2048):
+    """ Generates a public and private RSA PEM encoded key pair"""
+    private_key = rsa.generate_private_key(
+        public_exponent=65537,
+        key_size=key_size,
+        backend=default_backend()
+    )
+    private_key_str = private_key.private_bytes(Encoding.PEM, PrivateFormat.PKCS8, NoEncryption())
+    public_key_str = private_key.public_key().public_bytes(Encoding.PEM, PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo)
+
+    #  Not intented for programmatic use, so we print the keys out
+    print public_key_str
+    print private_key_str
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/token_utils.py b/openedx/core/lib/token_utils.py
index 4f9f00f406..9b5401d240 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/token_utils.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/token_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """Utilities for working with ID tokens."""
 import datetime
 
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization import load_pem_private_key
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 import jwt
@@ -63,3 +65,50 @@ def get_id_token(user, client_name):
     }
 
     return jwt.encode(payload, client.client_secret)
+
+
+def get_asymmetric_token(user):
+    """Construct a JWT signed with this app's private key.
+
+    The JWT includes the following claims:
+
+        preferred_username (str): The user's username. The claim name is borrowed from edx-oauth2-provider.
+        name (str): The user's full name.
+        email (str): The user's email address.
+        administrator (Boolean): Whether the user has staff permissions.
+        iss (str): Registered claim. Identifies the principal that issued the JWT.
+        exp (int): Registered claim. Identifies the expiration time on or after which
+            the JWT must NOT be accepted for processing.
+        iat (int): Registered claim. Identifies the time at which the JWT was issued.
+        sub (int): Registered claim.  Identifies the user.  This implementation uses the raw user id.
+
+    Arguments:
+        user (User): User for which to generate the JWT.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: the JWT
+
+    """
+    private_key = load_pem_private_key(settings.PRIVATE_RSA_KEY, None, default_backend())
+
+    try:
+        # Service users may not have user profiles.
+        full_name = UserProfile.objects.get(user=user).name
+    except UserProfile.DoesNotExist:
+        full_name = None
+
+    now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+    expires_in = getattr(settings, 'OAUTH_ID_TOKEN_EXPIRATION', 30)
+
+    payload = {
+        'preferred_username': user.username,
+        'name': full_name,
+        'email': user.email,
+        'administrator': user.is_staff,
+        'iss': settings.OAUTH_OIDC_ISSUER,
+        'exp': now + datetime.timedelta(seconds=expires_in),
+        'iat': now,
+        'sub': anonymous_id_for_user(user, None),
+    }
+
+    return jwt.encode(payload, private_key, algorithm='RS512')
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index a3ea098ea0..8c612a3f9c 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ bleach==1.4
 html5lib==0.999
 boto==2.39.0
 celery==3.1.18
+cryptography==1.3.1
 cssselect==0.9.1
 dealer==2.0.4
 defusedxml==0.4.1