diff --git a/src/display_secret.rs b/src/display_secret.rs
index b7b001a2..8a98f829 100644
--- a/src/display_secret.rs
+++ b/src/display_secret.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pub struct DisplaySecret(pub(crate) PrivateKey);
 impl Display for DisplaySecret {
   fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
     let mut encoder = Bech32Encoder::new(Bech32Type::PrivateKey);
+    encoder.bytes(&self.0.public_key().inner().to_bytes());
     encoder.bytes(&self.0.as_secret_bytes());
     write!(f, "{encoder}")
   }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 93d3b70f..090c7395 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pub enum Error {
   PrivateKeyLoad {
     backtrace: Option<Backtrace>,
     path: DisplayPath,
-    source: Bech32Error,
+    source: PrivateKeyError,
   },
   #[snafu(display("private key not found: `{path}`"))]
   PrivateKeyNotFound {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 76353d3c..53c1a3b2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ use {
     owo_colorize_ext::OwoColorizeExt,
     package::Package,
     path_error::PathError,
+    private_key_error::PrivateKeyError,
     public_key_error::PublicKeyError,
     sign_options::SignOptions,
     signature_error::SignatureError,
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ mod owo_colorize_ext;
 mod package;
 mod path_error;
 mod private_key;
+mod private_key_error;
 mod progress_bar;
 mod public_key;
 mod public_key_error;
diff --git a/src/private_key.rs b/src/private_key.rs
index fc9c3fdc..9107289d 100644
--- a/src/private_key.rs
+++ b/src/private_key.rs
@@ -58,12 +58,22 @@ impl PrivateKey {
 }
 
 impl FromStr for PrivateKey {
-  type Err = Bech32Error;
+  type Err = PrivateKeyError;
 
   fn from_str(key: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-    let inner = Bech32Decoder::decode_byte_array(Bech32Type::PrivateKey, key)?;
-    let inner = ed25519_dalek::SigningKey::from_bytes(&inner);
+    let mut decoder = Bech32Decoder::new(Bech32Type::PrivateKey, key)?;
+    let public_key = decoder.byte_array()?;
+    let private_key = decoder.byte_array()?;
+    decoder.done()?;
+
+    let inner = ed25519_dalek::SigningKey::from_bytes(&private_key);
     assert!(!inner.verifying_key().is_weak());
+
+    ensure!(
+      inner.verifying_key().to_bytes() == public_key,
+      private_key_error::PublicKeyMismatch,
+    );
+
     Ok(Self(inner))
   }
 }
@@ -85,6 +95,32 @@ mod tests {
     );
   }
 
+  #[test]
+  fn private_key_begins_with_public_key() {
+    let prefix = format!(
+      "private1a{}",
+      &test::PUBLIC_KEY["public1a".len()..test::PUBLIC_KEY.len() - 6],
+    );
+    assert!(test::PRIVATE_KEY.starts_with(&prefix));
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn public_key_mismatch_error() {
+    let other = PrivateKey::generate();
+    let other_public_key_data =
+      &other.public_key().to_string()["public1a".len()..test::PUBLIC_KEY.len() - 6];
+    let public_key_data_len = test::PUBLIC_KEY.len() - "public1a".len() - 6;
+    let private_key_data =
+      &test::PRIVATE_KEY["private1a".len() + public_key_data_len..test::PRIVATE_KEY.len() - 6];
+    let mismatched = test::checksum(&format!(
+      "private1a{other_public_key_data}{private_key_data}"
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+      mismatched.parse::<PrivateKey>().unwrap_err().to_string(),
+      "private key derived public key does not match embedded public key",
+    );
+  }
+
   #[test]
   fn serialized_private_key_is_not_valid_public_key() {
     test::PRIVATE_KEY.parse::<PublicKey>().unwrap_err();
diff --git a/src/private_key_error.rs b/src/private_key_error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a014a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/private_key_error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use super::*;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
+#[snafu(context(suffix(false)), visibility(pub(crate)))]
+pub enum PrivateKeyError {
+  #[snafu(transparent)]
+  Bech32 { source: Bech32Error },
+  #[snafu(display("private key derived public key does not match embedded public key"))]
+  PublicKeyMismatch,
+}
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index ad9bc9e1..fc0a8cd1 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ pub(crate) const FINGERPRINT: &str =
 
 pub(crate) const HASH: &str = "af1349b9f5f9a1a6a0404dea36dcc9499bcb25c9adc112b7cc9a93cae41f3262";
 
-pub(crate) const PRIVATE_KEY: &str =
-  "private1a24p4zsr2nh04f4pkgtxfzv5yle473x4jue7s6lkwg9tdkk73q59qluezpp";
+pub(crate) const PRIVATE_KEY: &str = concat!(
+  "private1a67dndhhmae7p6fsfnj0z37zf78cde6mwqgtms0y87h8ldlvvflyq24p4zsr2nh04f4pkgtxf",
+  "zv5yle473x4jue7s6lkwg9tdkk73q59qxqurh4",
+);
 
 pub(crate) const PUBLIC_KEY: &str =
   "public1a67dndhhmae7p6fsfnj0z37zf78cde6mwqgtms0y87h8ldlvvflyqcxnd63";
diff --git a/tests/keygen.rs b/tests/keygen.rs
index 238c03f4..2e8c2b31 100644
--- a/tests/keygen.rs
+++ b/tests/keygen.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ fn custom_name() {
   let test = Test::new()
     .args(["keygen", "--name", "deploy"])
     .assert_file_regex("keychain/deploy.public", "public1a.{58}\n")
-    .assert_file_regex("keychain/deploy.private", "private1a.{58}\n")
+    .assert_file_regex("keychain/deploy.private", "private1a.{110}\n")
     .success();
 
   let public_key = test.read_public_key("keychain/deploy.public");
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn default_name() {
   let test = Test::new()
     .arg("keygen")
     .assert_file_regex("keychain/master.public", "public1a.{58}\n")
-    .assert_file_regex("keychain/master.private", "private1a.{58}\n")
+    .assert_file_regex("keychain/master.private", "private1a.{110}\n")
     .success();
 
   let public_key = test.read_public_key("keychain/master.public");