diff --git a/pkg/macaroon/macaroon.go b/pkg/macaroon/macaroon.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f90846cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/macaroon/macaroon.go
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 Storj Labs, Inc. // See LICENSE for copying information.
+
+package macaroon
+
+import (
+	"crypto/hmac"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/subtle"
+)
+
+// Macaroon is a struct that determine contextual caveats and authorization
+type Macaroon struct {
+	head    []byte
+	caveats [][]byte
+	tail    []byte
+}
+
+// NewUnrestricted creates Macaroon with random Head and generated Tail
+func NewUnrestricted(secret []byte) (*Macaroon, error) {
+	head, err := NewSecret()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &Macaroon{
+		head: head,
+		tail: sign(secret, head),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func sign(secret []byte, data []byte) []byte {
+	signer := hmac.New(sha256.New, secret)
+	_, err := signer.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Error skipped because sha256 does not return error
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return signer.Sum(nil)
+}
+
+// NewSecret generates cryptographically random 32 bytes
+func NewSecret() (secret []byte, err error) {
+	secret = make([]byte, 32)
+
+	_, err = rand.Read(secret)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return secret, nil
+}
+
+// AddFirstPartyCaveat creates signed macaroon with appended caveat
+func (m *Macaroon) AddFirstPartyCaveat(c []byte) (macaroon *Macaroon, err error) {
+	macaroon = m.Copy()
+
+	macaroon.caveats = append(macaroon.caveats, c)
+	macaroon.tail = sign(macaroon.tail, c)
+
+	return macaroon, nil
+}
+
+// Validate reconstructs with all caveats from the secret and compares tails,
+// returning true if the tails match
+func (m *Macaroon) Validate(secret []byte) (ok bool) {
+	tail := sign(secret, m.head)
+	for _, cav := range m.caveats {
+		tail = sign(tail, cav)
+	}
+
+	return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(tail, m.tail) == 1
+}
+
+// Tails returns all ancestor tails up to and including the current tail
+func (m *Macaroon) Tails(secret []byte) [][]byte {
+	tails := make([][]byte, 0, len(m.caveats)+1)
+	tail := sign(secret, m.head)
+	tails = append(tails, tail)
+	for _, cav := range m.caveats {
+		tail = sign(tail, cav)
+		tails = append(tails, tail)
+	}
+	return tails
+}
+
+// Head returns copy of macaroon head
+func (m *Macaroon) Head() (head []byte) {
+	if len(m.head) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return append([]byte(nil), m.head...)
+}
+
+// CaveatLen returns the number of caveats this macaroon has
+func (m *Macaroon) CaveatLen() int {
+	return len(m.caveats)
+}
+
+// Caveats returns copy of macaroon caveats
+func (m *Macaroon) Caveats() (caveats [][]byte) {
+	if len(m.caveats) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	caveats = make([][]byte, 0, len(m.caveats))
+	for _, cav := range m.caveats {
+		caveats = append(caveats, append([]byte(nil), cav...))
+	}
+	return caveats
+}
+
+// Tail returns copy of macaroon tail
+func (m *Macaroon) Tail() (tail []byte) {
+	if len(m.tail) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return append([]byte(nil), m.tail...)
+}
+
+// Copy return copy of macaroon
+func (m *Macaroon) Copy() *Macaroon {
+	return &Macaroon{
+		head:    m.Head(),
+		caveats: m.Caveats(),
+		tail:    m.Tail(),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/macaroon/macaroon_test.go b/pkg/macaroon/macaroon_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89c676a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/macaroon/macaroon_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 Storj Labs, Inc.
+// See LICENSE for copying information.
+
+package macaroon_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	assert "github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"storj.io/storj/pkg/macaroon"
+)
+
+func TestNilMacaroon(t *testing.T) {
+	mac, err := macaroon.NewUnrestricted(nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, mac)
+	data := mac.Serialize()
+	assert.NotNil(t, data)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, data)
+	mac2, err := macaroon.ParseMacaroon(data)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, mac2)
+	assert.Equal(t, mac, mac2)
+
+	t.Run("Successful add Caveat", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mac, err = mac.AddFirstPartyCaveat([]byte("cav1"))
+		assert.NotNil(t, mac)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, len(mac.Caveats()), 1)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Successful serialization", func(t *testing.T) {
+		data := mac.Serialize()
+		assert.NotNil(t, data)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, data)
+
+		mac2, err := macaroon.ParseMacaroon(data)
+		assert.NotNil(t, mac2)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, mac, mac2)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestMacaroon(t *testing.T) {
+	secret, err := macaroon.NewSecret()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, secret)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(secret), 32)
+
+	mac, err := macaroon.NewUnrestricted(secret)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, mac)
+
+	nonce := mac.Head()
+	assert.NotNil(t, nonce)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(nonce), 32)
+
+	t.Run("Successful add Caveat", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mac, err = mac.AddFirstPartyCaveat([]byte("cav1"))
+		assert.NotNil(t, mac)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, len(mac.Caveats()), 1)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Successful serialization", func(t *testing.T) {
+		data := mac.Serialize()
+		assert.NotNil(t, data)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, data)
+
+		mac2, err := macaroon.ParseMacaroon(data)
+		assert.NotNil(t, mac2)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, mac, mac2)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Successful Unpack", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ok := mac.Validate(secret)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+		c := mac.Caveats()
+		assert.NotNil(t, c)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, c)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/macaroon/serialize.go b/pkg/macaroon/serialize.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ba22df57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/macaroon/serialize.go
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 Storj Labs, Inc.
+// See LICENSE for copying information.
+
+package macaroon
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+)
+
+type fieldType int
+
+const (
+	fieldEOS            fieldType = 0
+	fieldLocation       fieldType = 1
+	fieldIdentifier     fieldType = 2
+	fieldVerificationID fieldType = 4
+	fieldSignature      fieldType = 6
+)
+
+type packet struct {
+	fieldType fieldType
+	data      []byte
+}
+
+// Serialize converts macaroon to binary format
+func (m *Macaroon) Serialize() (data []byte) {
+	// Start data from version int
+	data = append(data, 2)
+
+	// Serilize Identity
+	data = serializePacket(data, packet{
+		fieldType: fieldIdentifier,
+		data:      m.head,
+	})
+	data = append(data, 0)
+
+	// Serialize caveats
+	for _, cav := range m.caveats {
+		data = serializePacket(data, packet{
+			fieldType: fieldIdentifier,
+			data:      cav,
+		})
+		data = append(data, 0)
+	}
+
+	data = append(data, 0)
+
+	// Serialize tail
+	data = serializePacket(data, packet{
+		fieldType: fieldSignature,
+		data:      m.tail,
+	})
+
+	return data
+}
+
+// serializePacket converts packet to binary
+func serializePacket(data []byte, p packet) []byte {
+	data = appendVarint(data, int(p.fieldType))
+	data = appendVarint(data, len(p.data))
+	data = append(data, p.data...)
+
+	return data
+}
+
+func appendVarint(data []byte, x int) []byte {
+	var buf [binary.MaxVarintLen32]byte
+	n := binary.PutUvarint(buf[:], uint64(x))
+
+	return append(data, buf[:n]...)
+}
+
+// ParseMacaroon converts binary to macaroon
+func ParseMacaroon(data []byte) (*Macaroon, error) {
+	// skip version
+	data = data[1:]
+	// Parse Location
+	data, section, err := parseSection(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(section) > 0 && section[0].fieldType == fieldLocation {
+		section = section[1:]
+	}
+	if len(section) != 1 || section[0].fieldType != fieldIdentifier {
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid macaroon header")
+	}
+
+	mac := Macaroon{}
+	mac.head = section[0].data
+	for {
+		rest, section, err := parseSection(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		data = rest
+		if len(section) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		if len(section) > 0 && section[0].fieldType == fieldLocation {
+			section = section[1:]
+		}
+		if len(section) == 0 || section[0].fieldType != fieldIdentifier {
+			return nil, errors.New("no Identifier in caveat")
+		}
+		cav := append([]byte(nil), section[0].data...)
+		section = section[1:]
+		if len(section) == 0 {
+			// First party caveat.
+			//if cav.Location != "" {
+			//	return nil, errors.New("location not allowed in first party caveat")
+			//}
+			mac.caveats = append(mac.caveats, cav)
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(section) != 1 {
+			return nil, errors.New("extra fields found in caveat")
+		}
+		if section[0].fieldType != fieldVerificationID {
+			return nil, errors.New("invalid field found in caveat")
+		}
+		//cav.VerificationId = section[0].data
+		mac.caveats = append(mac.caveats, cav)
+	}
+	data, sig, err := parsePacket(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if sig.fieldType != fieldSignature {
+		return nil, errors.New("unexpected field found instead of signature")
+	}
+	if len(sig.data) != 32 {
+		return nil, errors.New("signature has unexpected length")
+	}
+	mac.tail = make([]byte, 32)
+	copy(mac.tail[:], sig.data)
+	//return data, nil
+	// Parse Identity
+	// Parse caveats
+	// Parse tail
+	return &mac, nil
+}
+
+// parseSection returns data leftover and packet array
+func parseSection(data []byte) ([]byte, []packet, error) {
+	prevFieldType := fieldType(-1)
+	var packets []packet
+	for {
+		if len(data) == 0 {
+			return nil, nil, errors.New("section extends past end of buffer")
+		}
+		rest, p, err := parsePacket(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		if p.fieldType == fieldEOS {
+			return rest, packets, nil
+		}
+		if p.fieldType <= prevFieldType {
+			return nil, nil, errors.New("fields out of order")
+		}
+		packets = append(packets, p)
+		prevFieldType = p.fieldType
+		data = rest
+	}
+}
+
+// parsePacket returns data leftover and packet
+func parsePacket(data []byte) ([]byte, packet, error) {
+	data, ft, err := parseVarint(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, packet{}, err
+	}
+
+	p := packet{fieldType: fieldType(ft)}
+	if p.fieldType == fieldEOS {
+		return data, p, nil
+	}
+	data, packLen, err := parseVarint(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, packet{}, err
+	}
+
+	if packLen > len(data) {
+		return nil, packet{}, errors.New("out of bounds")
+	}
+	if packLen == 0 {
+		p.data = nil
+
+		return data, p, nil
+	}
+
+	p.data = data[0:packLen]
+
+	return data[packLen:], p, nil
+}
+
+func parseVarint(data []byte) ([]byte, int, error) {
+	value, n := binary.Uvarint(data)
+	if n <= 0 || value > 0x7fffffff {
+		return nil, 0, errors.New("varint error")
+	}
+	return data[n:], int(value), nil
+}