diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 018301f63f..acb3144d15 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ SUMMARIZABLE_FK_FIELDS = {
     'source_project': DEFAULT_SUMMARY_FIELDS + ('status', 'scm_type'),
     'project_update': DEFAULT_SUMMARY_FIELDS + ('status', 'failed'),
     'credential': DEFAULT_SUMMARY_FIELDS + ('kind', 'cloud', 'kubernetes', 'credential_type_id'),
+    'signature_validation_credential': DEFAULT_SUMMARY_FIELDS + ('kind', 'credential_type_id'),
     'job': DEFAULT_SUMMARY_FIELDS + ('status', 'failed', 'elapsed', 'type', 'canceled_on'),
     'job_template': DEFAULT_SUMMARY_FIELDS,
     'workflow_job_template': DEFAULT_SUMMARY_FIELDS,
@@ -1470,6 +1471,7 @@ class ProjectSerializer(UnifiedJobTemplateSerializer, ProjectOptionsSerializer):
             'allow_override',
             'custom_virtualenv',
             'default_environment',
+            'signature_validation_credential',
         ) + (
             'last_update_failed',
             'last_updated',
diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0167_project_signature_validation_credential.py b/awx/main/migrations/0167_project_signature_validation_credential.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8e3c6a92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0167_project_signature_validation_credential.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.13 on 2022-08-24 14:02
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('main', '0166_alter_jobevent_host'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='project',
+            name='signature_validation_credential',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                blank=True,
+                default=None,
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                related_name='projects_signature_validation',
+                to='main.credential',
+                help_text=_('An optional credential used for validating files in the project against unexpected changes.'),
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/awx/main/models/projects.py b/awx/main/models/projects.py
index 5b8fabde97..431c603319 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/projects.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/projects.py
@@ -284,6 +284,17 @@ class Project(UnifiedJobTemplate, ProjectOptions, ResourceMixin, CustomVirtualEn
         help_text=_('Allow changing the SCM branch or revision in a job template ' 'that uses this project.'),
     )
 
+    # credential (keys) used to validate content signature
+    signature_validation_credential = models.ForeignKey(
+        'Credential',
+        related_name='%(class)ss_signature_validation',
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        default=None,
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        help_text=_('An optional credential used for validating files in the project against unexpected changes.'),
+    )
+
     scm_revision = models.CharField(
         max_length=1024,
         blank=True,
diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/project.py b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/project.py
index 632f35cefe..11f40519b0 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/project.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/project.py
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ options:
       required: False
       default: 2
       type: float
+    signature_validation_credential:
+      description:
+        - Name of the credential to use for signature validation.
+        - If signature validation credential is provided, signature validation will be enabled. 
+      type: str
+
 extends_documentation_fragment: awx.awx.auth
 '''
 
@@ -279,10 +285,13 @@ def main():
         wait=dict(type='bool', default=True),
         update_project=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
         interval=dict(default=2.0, type='float'),
+        signature_validation_credential=dict(type='str'),
     )
 
     # Create a module for ourselves
-    module = ControllerAPIModule(argument_spec=argument_spec)
+    module = ControllerAPIModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+    )
 
     # Extract our parameters
     name = module.params.get('name')
@@ -301,6 +310,8 @@ def main():
     wait = module.params.get('wait')
     update_project = module.params.get('update_project')
 
+    signature_validation_credential = module.params.get('signature_validation_credential')
+
     # Attempt to look up the related items the user specified (these will fail the module if not found)
     lookup_data = {}
     org_id = None
@@ -330,6 +341,9 @@ def main():
     if credential is not None:
         credential = module.resolve_name_to_id('credentials', credential)
 
+    if signature_validation_credential is not None:
+        signature_validation_credential = module.resolve_name_to_id('credentials', signature_validation_credential)
+
     # Attempt to look up associated field items the user specified.
     association_fields = {}
 
@@ -358,6 +372,7 @@ def main():
         'organization': org_id,
         'scm_update_on_launch': scm_update_on_launch,
         'scm_update_cache_timeout': scm_update_cache_timeout,
+        'signature_validation_credential': signature_validation_credential,
     }
 
     for field_name in (