diff --git a/packages/siwe/lib/client.multisig.test.ts b/packages/siwe/lib/client.multisig.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45815e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/siwe/lib/client.multisig.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { Wallet } from 'ethers';
+import { SiweMessage } from './client';
+import * as ethersCompat from './ethersCompat';
+import * as utils from './utils';
+
+function exampleMessage(address: string): SiweMessage {
+  return new SiweMessage({
+    address,
+    domain: 'login.xyz',
+    statement: 'Sign-In With Ethereum Example Statement',
+    uri: 'https://login.xyz',
+    version: '1',
+    nonce: 'bTyXgcQxn2htgkjJn',
+    issuedAt: '2022-01-27T17:09:38.578Z',
+    chainId: 1,
+  });
+}
+
+describe('Multisig / EIP-1271 signature routing', () => {
+  let errorSpy: jest.SpyInstance;
+  let verifySpy: jest.SpyInstance;
+  let eip1271Spy: jest.SpyInstance;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    errorSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    verifySpy = jest.spyOn(ethersCompat, 'verifyMessage');
+    eip1271Spy = jest
+      .spyOn(utils, 'checkContractWalletSignature')
+      .mockResolvedValue(true);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  test('skips ecrecover for contract-wallet signatures longer than 65 bytes', async () => {
+    const msg = exampleMessage('0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2');
+    // 80-byte signature, typical of concatenated Safe / multisig owner sigs
+    const signature = `0x${'ab'.repeat(80)}`;
+
+    const result = await msg.verify(
+      { signature },
+      { provider: {} as any, suppressExceptions: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(verifySpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(eip1271Spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(errorSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('skips ecrecover for 66-byte contract-wallet signatures', async () => {
+    const msg = exampleMessage('0x0e565A6dFc43DE21455a67bbF196f7F7b15447A7');
+    // Loopring-style: 65-byte ECDSA plus a trailing type byte
+    const signature = `0x${'cd'.repeat(66)}`;
+
+    const result = await msg.verify(
+      { signature },
+      { provider: {} as any, suppressExceptions: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(verifySpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(eip1271Spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(errorSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('still recovers 65-byte EOA signatures with ecrecover', async () => {
+    const wallet = Wallet.createRandom();
+    const msg = exampleMessage(wallet.address);
+    const signature = await wallet.signMessage(msg.toMessage());
+    const hex = signature.startsWith('0x') ? signature.slice(2) : signature;
+    expect(hex.length).toBe(130);
+
+    const result = await msg.verify({ signature });
+
+    expect(verifySpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.success).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  test('still attempts ecrecover for 64-byte compact signatures', async () => {
+    const msg = exampleMessage('0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2');
+    const signature = `0x${'ab'.repeat(64)}`;
+
+    await msg.verify(
+      { signature },
+      { provider: {} as any, suppressExceptions: true }
+    );
+
+    expect(verifySpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/siwe/lib/client.ts b/packages/siwe/lib/client.ts
index 823dfda4..dc296a54 100644
--- a/packages/siwe/lib/client.ts
+++ b/packages/siwe/lib/client.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ import {
   checkInvalidKeys,
 } from './utils';
 
+/**
+ * ECDSA signatures recovered via ecrecover are 65 bytes (r||s||v) or
+ * 64 bytes (EIP-2098 compact). Contract-wallet / multisig signatures
+ * (EIP-1271) are other lengths; ethers `verifyMessage` throws
+ * `invalid raw signature length` for those.
+ */
+function isEcdsaSignature(signature?: string): boolean {
+  if (!signature) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const hex =
+    signature.startsWith('0x') || signature.startsWith('0X')
+      ? signature.slice(2)
+      : signature;
+  return hex.length === 130 || hex.length === 128;
+}
+
 export class SiweMessage {
   /**RFC 3986 URI scheme for the authority that is requesting the signing. */
   scheme?: string;
@@ -312,12 +329,18 @@ export class SiweMessage {
         });
       }
 
-      /** Recover address from signature */
+      /** Recover address from signature.
+       *  Only 65-byte (r||s||v) and 64-byte (EIP-2098) signatures can be
+       *  recovered with ecrecover. Longer contract-wallet / multisig
+       *  signatures make ethers throw `invalid raw signature length`;
+       *  skip straight to EIP-1271 for those. */
       let addr;
-      try {
-        addr = verifyMessage(EIP4361Message, signature);
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.error(e);
+      if (isEcdsaSignature(signature)) {
+        try {
+          addr = verifyMessage(EIP4361Message, signature);
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.error(e);
+        }
       }
       /** Match signature with message's address */
       if (addr === this.address) {