diff --git a/src/mgmt/dispatcher.cpp b/src/mgmt/dispatcher.cpp
index 62f9114..3220864 100644
--- a/src/mgmt/dispatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/mgmt/dispatcher.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   };
 }
 
-Dispatcher::Dispatcher(Face& face, security::v1::KeyChain& keyChain,
+Dispatcher::Dispatcher(Face& face, KeyChain& keyChain,
                        const security::SigningInfo& signingInfo,
                        size_t imsCapacity)
   : m_face(face)
diff --git a/src/mgmt/dispatcher.hpp b/src/mgmt/dispatcher.hpp
index a8b30b4..b3c9967 100644
--- a/src/mgmt/dispatcher.hpp
+++ b/src/mgmt/dispatcher.hpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
    *  \param signingInfo signing parameters to sign Data with \p keyChain
    *  \param imsCapacity capacity of the internal InMemoryStorage used by dispatcher
    */
-  Dispatcher(Face& face, security::v1::KeyChain& keyChain,
+  Dispatcher(Face& face, KeyChain& keyChain,
              const security::SigningInfo& signingInfo = security::SigningInfo(),
              size_t imsCapacity = 256);
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
   std::unordered_map<Name, TopPrefixEntry> m_topLevelPrefixes;
 
   Face& m_face;
-  security::v1::KeyChain& m_keyChain;
+  KeyChain& m_keyChain;
   security::SigningInfo m_signingInfo;
 
   typedef std::unordered_map<PartialName, InterestHandler> HandlerMap;
diff --git a/src/mgmt/nfd/controller.cpp b/src/mgmt/nfd/controller.cpp
index 4ccb895..bfb0843 100644
--- a/src/mgmt/nfd/controller.cpp
+++ b/src/mgmt/nfd/controller.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
 const uint32_t Controller::ERROR_LBOUND = 400;
 ValidatorNull Controller::s_validatorNull;
 
-Controller::Controller(Face& face, security::v1::KeyChain& keyChain, Validator& validator)
+Controller::Controller(Face& face, KeyChain& keyChain, Validator& validator)
   : m_face(face)
   , m_keyChain(keyChain)
+  , m_signer(keyChain)
   , m_validator(validator)
 {
 }
@@ -56,9 +57,8 @@
     onFailure1 : [] (const ControlResponse&) {};
 
   Name requestName = command->getRequestName(options.getPrefix(), parameters);
-  Interest interest(requestName);
+  Interest interest = m_signer.makeCommandInterest(requestName, options.getSigningInfo());
   interest.setInterestLifetime(options.getTimeout());
-  m_keyChain.sign(interest, options.getSigningInfo());
 
   m_face.expressInterest(interest,
     [=] (const Interest&, const Data& data) {
diff --git a/src/mgmt/nfd/controller.hpp b/src/mgmt/nfd/controller.hpp
index aa4b285..d9bfa1f 100644
--- a/src/mgmt/nfd/controller.hpp
+++ b/src/mgmt/nfd/controller.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "command-options.hpp"
 #include "../../security/validator-null.hpp"
 #include "../../security/key-chain.hpp"
+#include "../../security/command-interest-signer.hpp"
 
 namespace ndn {
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
   /** \brief construct a Controller that uses face for transport,
    *         and uses the passed KeyChain to sign commands
    */
-  Controller(Face& face, security::v1::KeyChain& keyChain, security::Validator& validator = s_validatorNull);
+  Controller(Face& face, KeyChain& keyChain, security::Validator& validator = s_validatorNull);
 
   /** \brief start command execution
    */
@@ -170,7 +171,8 @@
 
 protected:
   Face& m_face;
-  security::v1::KeyChain& m_keyChain;
+  KeyChain& m_keyChain;
+  security::CommandInterestSigner m_signer;
   security::Validator& m_validator;
 
 private: