diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5820782..35643a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 
 name = "secp256k1"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 authors = [ "Dawid Ciężarkiewicz <dpc@ucore.info>",
             "Andrew Poelstra <apoelstra@wpsoftware.net>" ]
 license = "CC0-1.0"
diff --git a/src/key.rs b/src/key.rs
index 6b20634..9861e6f 100644
--- a/src/key.rs
+++ b/src/key.rs
@@ -33,11 +33,24 @@ impl_array_newtype!(SecretKey, u8, constants::SECRET_KEY_SIZE);
 impl_pretty_debug!(SecretKey);
 
 /// The number 1 encoded as a secret key
+/// Deprecated; `static` is not what I want; use `ONE_KEY` instead
 pub static ONE: SecretKey = SecretKey([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                                        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                                        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                                        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]);
 
+/// The number 0 encoded as a secret key
+pub const ZERO_KEY: SecretKey = SecretKey([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                           0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                           0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                           0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
+
+/// The number 1 encoded as a secret key
+pub const ONE_KEY: SecretKey = SecretKey([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                          0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                          0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                          0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]);
+
 /// A Secp256k1 public key, used for verification of signatures
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash)]
 pub struct PublicKey(ffi::PublicKey);