diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/JwtSecrets/jwt-secret-keys-table/create-key-dialog.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/JwtSecrets/jwt-secret-keys-table/create-key-dialog.tsx
index 0a64ac99786..08c7495de9e 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/JwtSecrets/jwt-secret-keys-table/create-key-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/JwtSecrets/jwt-secret-keys-table/create-key-dialog.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import relativeTime from 'dayjs/plugin/relativeTime'
-import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { toast } from 'sonner'
 
 import { useJWTSigningKeyCreateMutation } from 'data/jwt-signing-keys/jwt-signing-key-create-mutation'
 import { JWTAlgorithm } from 'data/jwt-signing-keys/jwt-signing-keys-query'
+import { stringToBase64URL } from 'lib/base64url'
 import {
+  Badge,
   Button,
+  Checkbox_Shadcn_,
   DialogFooter,
   DialogHeader,
   DialogSection,
@@ -18,11 +21,18 @@ import {
   SelectTrigger_Shadcn_,
   SelectValue_Shadcn_,
   Select_Shadcn_,
+  Textarea,
 } from 'ui'
-import { algorithmDescriptions } from '../algorithm-details'
 
 dayjs.extend(relativeTime)
 
+const RSA_JWK_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES = ['kty', 'n', 'e', 'p', 'q', 'd', 'dq', 'dp', 'qi']
+const EC_JWK_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES = ['kty', 'crv', 'x', 'y', 'd']
+const ALLOWED_JWK_PROPERTIES = new Set([
+  ...RSA_JWK_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES,
+  ...EC_JWK_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES,
+])
+
 export const CreateKeyDialog = ({
   projectRef,
   onClose,
@@ -30,7 +40,73 @@ export const CreateKeyDialog = ({
   projectRef: string
   onClose: () => void
 }) => {
-  const [newKeyAlgorithm, setNewKeyAlgorithm] = useState<JWTAlgorithm>('RS256')
+  const [newKeyAlgorithm, setNewKeyAlgorithm] = useState<JWTAlgorithm>('ES256')
+  const [isBYOK, setBYOK] = useState(false)
+  const [privateKey, setPrivateKey] = useState('')
+  const [isBase64, setBase64] = useState(false)
+
+  const privateKeyMessage = useMemo(() => {
+    const plain = privateKey.replace(/\s+/g, '')
+
+    if (!plain) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    if (newKeyAlgorithm === 'HS256') {
+      if (privateKey.length < 16) {
+        return 'Secret must be at least 16 letters long'
+      }
+
+      return null
+    }
+
+    let jwk
+    try {
+      jwk = JSON.parse(privateKey)
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      return 'Private key is not valid JSON'
+    }
+
+    if (typeof jwk !== 'object' || !jwk) {
+      return 'Private key must be a JSON object'
+    }
+
+    if (typeof jwk.kty !== 'string' || !jwk.kty) {
+      return 'Private key must have a kty property'
+    }
+
+    if (newKeyAlgorithm === 'RS256') {
+      if (jwk.kty !== 'RSA') {
+        return 'Private key must be of RSA type'
+      }
+
+      if (jwk.e !== 'AQAB') {
+        return 'RSA private keys must use the 65537 (AQAB) public exponent'
+      }
+
+      for (let prop of RSA_JWK_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES) {
+        if (typeof jwk[prop] !== 'string' || !jwk[prop]) {
+          return `Incomplete RSA private key, required properties are: ${RSA_JWK_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES.join(', ')}`
+        }
+      }
+    } else if (newKeyAlgorithm === 'ES256') {
+      if (jwk.kty !== 'EC') {
+        return 'Private key must be of EC type'
+      }
+
+      if (jwk.crv !== 'P-256') {
+        return 'EC private keys must use P-256 curve'
+      }
+
+      for (let prop of EC_JWK_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES) {
+        if (typeof jwk[prop] !== 'string' || !jwk[prop]) {
+          return `Incomplete EC private key, required properties are: ${EC_JWK_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES.join(', ')}`
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null
+  }, [privateKey, newKeyAlgorithm])
 
   const { mutate, isLoading: isLoadingMutation } = useJWTSigningKeyCreateMutation({
     onSuccess: () => {
@@ -60,6 +136,24 @@ export const CreateKeyDialog = ({
       projectRef: projectRef!,
       algorithm: newKeyAlgorithm,
       status: 'standby',
+      private_jwk: isBYOK
+        ? newKeyAlgorithm === 'HS256'
+          ? {
+              kty: 'oct',
+              k: isBase64
+                ? privateKey
+                    .replace(/\s+/g, '')
+                    .replace(/\+/g, '-')
+                    .replace(/\//g, '_')
+                    .replace(/=/g, '')
+                : stringToBase64URL(privateKey),
+            }
+          : Object.fromEntries(
+              Object.entries(JSON.parse(privateKey)).filter(([prop]) =>
+                ALLOWED_JWK_PROPERTIES.has(prop)
+              )
+            )
+        : null,
     })
   }
 
@@ -70,9 +164,18 @@ export const CreateKeyDialog = ({
       </DialogHeader>
       <DialogSectionSeparator />
       <DialogSection className="space-y-4">
-        <div>
-          <Label_Shadcn_ htmlFor="algorithm">Choose the key type to use:</Label_Shadcn_>
+        <p className="text-sm text-foreground-light">
+          This will create a new JWT signing key in standby mode. The key will be available for your
+          application to use, but won't be used for signing new JWTs until you activate it. Once
+          you've updated your application to trust this key, you can switch to it for new JWTs.
+        </p>
+      </DialogSection>
+      <DialogSectionSeparator />
+      <DialogSection className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+          <Label_Shadcn_ htmlFor="algorithm">Choose signing algorithm:</Label_Shadcn_>
           <Select_Shadcn_
+            name="algorithm"
             value={newKeyAlgorithm}
             onValueChange={(value: JWTAlgorithm) => setNewKeyAlgorithm(value)}
           >
@@ -82,21 +185,65 @@ export const CreateKeyDialog = ({
             <SelectContent_Shadcn_>
               <SelectItem_Shadcn_ value="HS256">HS256 (Symmetric)</SelectItem_Shadcn_>
               <SelectItem_Shadcn_ value="RS256">RS256 (RSA)</SelectItem_Shadcn_>
-              <SelectItem_Shadcn_ value="ES256">ES256 (ECC)</SelectItem_Shadcn_>
-              <SelectItem_Shadcn_ value="EdDSA" disabled>
-                EdDSA (Ed25519)
+              <SelectItem_Shadcn_ value="ES256">
+                <span>ES256 (ECC)</span>
+                <Badge variant="brand" className="ml-2">
+                  Recommended
+                </Badge>
               </SelectItem_Shadcn_>
             </SelectContent_Shadcn_>
           </Select_Shadcn_>
-          <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground mt-1">
-            {algorithmDescriptions[newKeyAlgorithm]}
-          </p>
+        </div>
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+          <Label_Shadcn_ htmlFor="byok" className="flex items-center gap-x-2">
+            <Checkbox_Shadcn_
+              id="byok"
+              checked={isBYOK}
+              onCheckedChange={(value) => setBYOK(!!value)}
+            />
+            {newKeyAlgorithm === 'HS256'
+              ? 'Import an existing secret'
+              : 'Import an existing private key'}
+          </Label_Shadcn_>
+          {isBYOK && (
+            <div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
+              <Textarea
+                className="font-mono"
+                placeholder={
+                  newKeyAlgorithm === 'HS256'
+                    ? 'Type in your JWT secret'
+                    : 'Add a private key in JWK (JSON Web Key) format'
+                }
+                value={privateKey}
+                onChange={(e: any) => {
+                  setPrivateKey(e.target.value)
+                }}
+                autoComplete="off"
+                autoCorrect="off"
+                autoCapitalize="off"
+                spellCheck="false"
+              />
+              {privateKeyMessage && <p className="text-red-900 text-sm">{privateKeyMessage}</p>}
+            </div>
+          )}
+          {isBYOK && newKeyAlgorithm === 'HS256' && (
+            <>
+              <Label_Shadcn_ htmlFor="base64" className="flex items-center gap-x-2">
+                <Checkbox_Shadcn_
+                  id="base64"
+                  checked={isBase64}
+                  onCheckedChange={(value) => setBase64(!!value)}
+                />
+                Secret is already Base64 encoded
+              </Label_Shadcn_>
+            </>
+          )}
         </div>
       </DialogSection>
       <DialogFooter>
         <Button
           onClick={() => handleAddNewStandbyKey()}
-          disabled={isLoadingMutation}
+          disabled={isLoadingMutation || !!privateKeyMessage}
           loading={isLoadingMutation}
         >
           Create standby key
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/jwt-signing-keys/jwt-signing-key-create-mutation.ts b/apps/studio/data/jwt-signing-keys/jwt-signing-key-create-mutation.ts
index 91ad4e4d66e..7098b226c99 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/jwt-signing-keys/jwt-signing-key-create-mutation.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/jwt-signing-keys/jwt-signing-key-create-mutation.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ interface JWTSigningKeyCreateVariables {
   projectRef?: string
   algorithm: JWTAlgorithm
   status: 'in_use' | 'standby'
+  private_jwk: any
 }
 
 export async function createJWTSigningKey(payload: JWTSigningKeyCreateVariables) {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export async function createJWTSigningKey(payload: JWTSigningKeyCreateVariables)
     body: {
       algorithm: payload.algorithm,
       status: payload.status,
+      ...(payload.private_jwk ? { private_jwk: payload.private_jwk } : null),
     },
   })
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/lib/base64url.ts b/apps/studio/lib/base64url.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fb291d8181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/lib/base64url.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+/**
+ * Avoid modifying this file. It's part of
+ * https://github.com/supabase-community/base64url-js.  Submit all fixes on
+ * that repo!
+ */
+
+/**
+ * An array of characters that encode 6 bits into a Base64-URL alphabet
+ * character.
+ */
+const TO_BASE64URL = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_'.split('')
+
+/**
+ * An array of characters that can appear in a Base64-URL encoded string but
+ * should be ignored.
+ */
+const IGNORE_BASE64URL = ' \t\n\r='.split('')
+
+/**
+ * An array of 128 numbers that map a Base64-URL character to 6 bits, or if -2
+ * used to skip the character, or if -1 used to error out.
+ */
+const FROM_BASE64URL = (() => {
+  const charMap: number[] = new Array(128)
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < charMap.length; i += 1) {
+    charMap[i] = -1
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < IGNORE_BASE64URL.length; i += 1) {
+    charMap[IGNORE_BASE64URL[i].charCodeAt(0)] = -2
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < TO_BASE64URL.length; i += 1) {
+    charMap[TO_BASE64URL[i].charCodeAt(0)] = i
+  }
+
+  return charMap
+})()
+
+/**
+ * Converts a byte to a Base64-URL string.
+ *
+ * @param byte The byte to convert, or null to flush at the end of the byte sequence.
+ * @param state The Base64 conversion state. Pass an initial value of `{ queue: 0, queuedBits: 0 }`.
+ * @param emit A function called with the next Base64 character when ready.
+ */
+export function byteToBase64URL(
+  byte: number | null,
+  state: { queue: number; queuedBits: number },
+  emit: (char: string) => void
+) {
+  if (byte !== null) {
+    state.queue = (state.queue << 8) | byte
+    state.queuedBits += 8
+
+    while (state.queuedBits >= 6) {
+      const pos = (state.queue >> (state.queuedBits - 6)) & 63
+      emit(TO_BASE64URL[pos])
+      state.queuedBits -= 6
+    }
+  } else if (state.queuedBits > 0) {
+    state.queue = state.queue << (6 - state.queuedBits)
+    state.queuedBits = 6
+
+    while (state.queuedBits >= 6) {
+      const pos = (state.queue >> (state.queuedBits - 6)) & 63
+      emit(TO_BASE64URL[pos])
+      state.queuedBits -= 6
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a String char code (extracted using `string.charCodeAt(position)`) to a sequence of Base64-URL characters.
+ *
+ * @param charCode The char code of the JavaScript string.
+ * @param state The Base64 state. Pass an initial value of `{ queue: 0, queuedBits: 0 }`.
+ * @param emit A function called with the next byte.
+ */
+export function byteFromBase64URL(
+  charCode: number,
+  state: { queue: number; queuedBits: number },
+  emit: (byte: number) => void
+) {
+  const bits = FROM_BASE64URL[charCode]
+
+  if (bits > -1) {
+    // valid Base64-URL character
+    state.queue = (state.queue << 6) | bits
+    state.queuedBits += 6
+
+    while (state.queuedBits >= 8) {
+      emit((state.queue >> (state.queuedBits - 8)) & 0xff)
+      state.queuedBits -= 8
+    }
+  } else if (bits === -2) {
+    // ignore spaces, tabs, newlines, =
+    return
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid Base64-URL character "${String.fromCharCode(charCode)}"`)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a JavaScript string (which may include any valid character) into a
+ * Base64-URL encoded string. The string is first encoded in UTF-8 which is
+ * then encoded as Base64-URL.
+ *
+ * @param str The string to convert.
+ */
+export function stringToBase64URL(str: string) {
+  const base64: string[] = []
+
+  const emitter = (char: string) => {
+    base64.push(char)
+  }
+
+  const state = { queue: 0, queuedBits: 0 }
+
+  stringToUTF8(str, (byte: number) => {
+    byteToBase64URL(byte, state, emitter)
+  })
+
+  byteToBase64URL(null, state, emitter)
+
+  return base64.join('')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a Base64-URL encoded string into a JavaScript string. It is assumed
+ * that the underlying string has been encoded as UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @param str The Base64-URL encoded string.
+ */
+export function stringFromBase64URL(str: string) {
+  const conv: string[] = []
+
+  const utf8Emit = (codepoint: number) => {
+    conv.push(String.fromCodePoint(codepoint))
+  }
+
+  const utf8State = {
+    utf8seq: 0,
+    codepoint: 0,
+  }
+
+  const b64State = { queue: 0, queuedBits: 0 }
+
+  const byteEmit = (byte: number) => {
+    stringFromUTF8(byte, utf8State, utf8Emit)
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i += 1) {
+    byteFromBase64URL(str.charCodeAt(i), b64State, byteEmit)
+  }
+
+  return conv.join('')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a Unicode codepoint to a multi-byte UTF-8 sequence.
+ *
+ * @param codepoint The Unicode codepoint.
+ * @param emit      Function which will be called for each UTF-8 byte that represents the codepoint.
+ */
+export function codepointToUTF8(codepoint: number, emit: (byte: number) => void) {
+  if (codepoint <= 0x7f) {
+    emit(codepoint)
+    return
+  } else if (codepoint <= 0x7ff) {
+    emit(0xc0 | (codepoint >> 6))
+    emit(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3f))
+    return
+  } else if (codepoint <= 0xffff) {
+    emit(0xe0 | (codepoint >> 12))
+    emit(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3f))
+    emit(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3f))
+    return
+  } else if (codepoint <= 0x10ffff) {
+    emit(0xf0 | (codepoint >> 18))
+    emit(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 12) & 0x3f))
+    emit(0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3f))
+    emit(0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3f))
+    return
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Unrecognized Unicode codepoint: ${codepoint.toString(16)}`)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a JavaScript string to a sequence of UTF-8 bytes.
+ *
+ * @param str  The string to convert to UTF-8.
+ * @param emit Function which will be called for each UTF-8 byte of the string.
+ */
+export function stringToUTF8(str: string, emit: (byte: number) => void) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i += 1) {
+    let codepoint = str.charCodeAt(i)
+
+    if (codepoint > 0xd7ff && codepoint <= 0xdbff) {
+      // most UTF-16 codepoints are Unicode codepoints, except values in this
+      // range where the next UTF-16 codepoint needs to be combined with the
+      // current one to get the Unicode codepoint
+      const highSurrogate = ((codepoint - 0xd800) * 0x400) & 0xffff
+      const lowSurrogate = (str.charCodeAt(i + 1) - 0xdc00) & 0xffff
+      codepoint = (lowSurrogate | highSurrogate) + 0x10000
+      i += 1
+    }
+
+    codepointToUTF8(codepoint, emit)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a UTF-8 byte to a Unicode codepoint.
+ *
+ * @param byte  The UTF-8 byte next in the sequence.
+ * @param state The shared state between consecutive UTF-8 bytes in the
+ *              sequence, an object with the shape `{ utf8seq: 0, codepoint: 0 }`.
+ * @param emit  Function which will be called for each codepoint.
+ */
+export function stringFromUTF8(
+  byte: number,
+  state: { utf8seq: number; codepoint: number },
+  emit: (codepoint: number) => void
+) {
+  if (state.utf8seq === 0) {
+    if (byte <= 0x7f) {
+      emit(byte)
+      return
+    }
+
+    // count the number of 1 leading bits until you reach 0
+    for (let leadingBit = 1; leadingBit < 6; leadingBit += 1) {
+      if (((byte >> (7 - leadingBit)) & 1) === 0) {
+        state.utf8seq = leadingBit
+        break
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (state.utf8seq === 2) {
+      state.codepoint = byte & 31
+    } else if (state.utf8seq === 3) {
+      state.codepoint = byte & 15
+    } else if (state.utf8seq === 4) {
+      state.codepoint = byte & 7
+    } else {
+      throw new Error('Invalid UTF-8 sequence')
+    }
+
+    state.utf8seq -= 1
+  } else if (state.utf8seq > 0) {
+    if (byte <= 0x7f) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid UTF-8 sequence')
+    }
+
+    state.codepoint = (state.codepoint << 6) | (byte & 63)
+    state.utf8seq -= 1
+
+    if (state.utf8seq === 0) {
+      emit(state.codepoint)
+    }
+  }
+}