diff --git a/types/key/key.go b/types/key/key.go
index 5aeaa0f7c..8b70fffa6 100644
--- a/types/key/key.go
+++ b/types/key/key.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ func NewPrivate() Private {
 	if _, err := io.ReadFull(crand.Reader, p[:]); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
+	p[0] &= 248
+	p[31] = (p[31] & 127) | 64
 	return p
 }
 
diff --git a/types/key/key_test.go b/types/key/key_test.go
index b2fc88618..4c5c97625 100644
--- a/types/key/key_test.go
+++ b/types/key/key_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package key
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/tailscale/wireguard-go/wgcfg"
 )
 
 func TestTextUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
@@ -22,3 +24,31 @@ func TestTextUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("mismatch; got %x want %x", p2, p)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestClamping(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("NewPrivate", func(t *testing.T) { testClamping(t, NewPrivate) })
+
+	// Also test the wgcfg package, as their behavior should match.
+	t.Run("wgcfg", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testClamping(t, func() Private {
+			k, err := wgcfg.NewPrivateKey()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			return Private(k)
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+func testClamping(t *testing.T, newKey func() Private) {
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		k := newKey()
+		if k[0]&0b111 != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Bogus clamping in first byte: %#08b", k[0])
+			return
+		}
+		if k[31]>>6 != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("Bogus clamping in last byte: %#08b", k[0])
+		}
+	}
+}