diff --git a/src/extension/content-script/onend.js b/src/extension/content-script/onend.js
index b59acd422b..90ba3d5cfa 100644
--- a/src/extension/content-script/onend.js
+++ b/src/extension/content-script/onend.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async function init() {
     }
   });
 
-  // message listener to listen to inpage webln calls
+  // message listener to listen to inpage webln/webbtc calls
   // those calls get passed on to the background script
   // (the inpage script can not do that directly, but only the inpage script can make webln available to the page)
   window.addEventListener("message", (ev) => {
diff --git a/src/extension/inpage-script/webln.js b/src/extension/inpage-script/webln.js
index 9adc288270..64589bb9c2 100644
--- a/src/extension/inpage-script/webln.js
+++ b/src/extension/inpage-script/webln.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import WebBTCProvider from "../ln/webbtc";
 import WebLNProvider from "../ln/webln";
 
 if (document) {
   window.webln = new WebLNProvider();
+  window.webbtc = new WebBTCProvider();
 }
diff --git a/src/extension/ln/webbtc/index.ts b/src/extension/ln/webbtc/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..095a336c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extension/ln/webbtc/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+type RequestInvoiceArgs = {
+  amount?: string | number;
+  defaultAmount?: string | number;
+  minimumAmount?: string | number;
+  maximumAmount?: string | number;
+  defaultMemo?: string;
+};
+
+export default class WebBTCProvider {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  isEnabled: boolean;
+  executing: boolean;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.enabled = false;
+    this.isEnabled = false;
+    this.executing = false;
+  }
+
+  enable() {
+    if (this.enabled) {
+      return Promise.resolve({ enabled: true });
+    }
+    return this.execute("enable").then((result) => {
+      if (typeof result.enabled === "boolean") {
+        this.enabled = result.enabled;
+        this.isEnabled = result.enabled;
+      }
+      return result;
+    });
+  }
+
+  getInfo() {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      throw new Error("Provider must be enabled before calling getInfo");
+    }
+    return {
+      version: "stable",
+      supports: ["lightning"],
+      methods: [
+        "enable",
+        "getInfo",
+        "signMessage",
+        "verifyMessage",
+        "makeInvoice",
+        "sendPayment",
+        "keysend",
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+
+  signMessage(message: string) {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      throw new Error("Provider must be enabled before calling signMessage");
+    }
+
+    return this.execute("signMessageOrPrompt", { message });
+  }
+
+  verifyMessage(signature: string, message: string) {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      throw new Error("Provider must be enabled before calling verifyMessage");
+    }
+    throw new Error("Alby does not support `verifyMessage`");
+  }
+
+  makeInvoice(args: string | number | RequestInvoiceArgs) {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      throw new Error("Provider must be enabled before calling makeInvoice");
+    }
+    if (typeof args !== "object") {
+      args = { amount: args };
+    }
+
+    return this.execute("makeInvoice", args);
+  }
+
+  sendPayment(paymentRequest: string) {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      throw new Error("Provider must be enabled before calling sendPayment");
+    }
+    return this.execute("sendPaymentOrPrompt", { paymentRequest });
+  }
+
+  sendTransaction(address: string, amount: string) {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "Provider must be enabled before calling sendTransaction"
+      );
+    }
+    throw new Error("Alby does not support `sendTransaction`");
+  }
+
+  getAddress(index: number, num: number, change: boolean) {
+    if (!this.enabled) {
+      throw new Error("Provider must be enabled before calling getAddress");
+    }
+    throw new Error("Alby does not support `getAddress`");
+  }
+
+  // NOTE: new call `action`s must be specified also in the content script
+  execute(
+    action: string,
+    args?: Record<string, unknown>
+  ): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      // post the request to the content script. from there it gets passed to the background script and back
+      // in page script can not directly connect to the background script
+      window.postMessage(
+        {
+          application: "LBE",
+          prompt: true,
+          action: `webln/${action}`,
+          scope: "webbtc",
+          args,
+        },
+        "*" // TODO use origin
+      );
+
+      function handleWindowMessage(messageEvent: MessageEvent) {
+        // check if it is a relevant message
+        // there are some other events happening
+        if (
+          !messageEvent.data ||
+          !messageEvent.data.response ||
+          messageEvent.data.application !== "LBE"
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+        if (messageEvent.data.data.error) {
+          reject(new Error(messageEvent.data.data.error));
+        } else {
+          // 1. data: the message data
+          // 2. data: the data passed as data to the message
+          // 3. data: the actual response data
+          resolve(messageEvent.data.data.data);
+        }
+        // For some reason must happen only at the end of this function
+        window.removeEventListener("message", handleWindowMessage);
+      }
+
+      window.addEventListener("message", handleWindowMessage);
+    });
+  }
+}