diff --git a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/handle_incoming.rs b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/handle_incoming.rs
index 331ee7a923..9071ba4b58 100644
--- a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/handle_incoming.rs
+++ b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/handle_incoming.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use futures::prelude::*;
 use futures::stream::{Fuse, FuturesUnordered};
 use futures::sync::mpsc;
 
-use table::{self, Statement, SignedStatement, Context as TableContext};
+use table::{self, Statement, Context as TableContext};
 
 use super::{Context, CheckedMessage, SharedTable, TypeResolve};
 
@@ -94,16 +94,8 @@ impl<C: Context, I> HandleIncoming<C, I> {
 			CheckResult::Unavailable => return, // no such statement and not provable.
 		};
 
-		let signature = self.table.context().sign_table_statement(&statement);
-
-		let statement = SignedStatement {
-			statement,
-			signature,
-			sender: self.local_id.clone(),
-		};
-
 		// TODO: trigger broadcast to peers immediately?
-		self.table.import_statement(statement, None);
+		self.table.sign_and_import(statement);
 	}
 
 	fn import_message(&mut self, origin: C::ValidatorId, message: CheckedMessage<C>) {
diff --git a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/lib.rs b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/lib.rs
index 8aec09d076..7f5d374201 100644
--- a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/lib.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,20 @@ impl<C: Context> SharedTable<C> {
 		self.inner.lock().import_statement(&*self.context, statement, received_from)
 	}
 
+	/// Sign and import a local statement.
+	pub fn sign_and_import(
+		&self,
+		statement: table::Statement<C::ParachainCandidate, C::Digest>,
+	) -> Option<table::Summary<C::Digest, C::GroupId>> {
+		let signed_statement = table::SignedStatement {
+			signature: self.context.sign_table_statement(&statement),
+			sender: self.context.local_id(),
+			statement,
+		};
+
+		self.import_statement(signed_statement, None)
+	}
+
 	/// Import many statements at once.
 	///
 	/// Provide an iterator yielding pairs of (statement, received_from).
@@ -486,6 +500,7 @@ pub fn agree<
 	NetOut,
 	Recovery,
 	PropagateStatements,
+	LocalCandidate,
 	Err,
 >(
 	params: AgreementParams<Context>,
@@ -493,6 +508,7 @@ pub fn agree<
 	net_out: NetOut,
 	recovery: Recovery,
 	propagate_statements: PropagateStatements,
+	local_candidate: LocalCandidate,
 )
 	-> Box<Future<Item=<Context as TypeResolve>::BftCommitted,Error=Error>>
 	where
@@ -503,6 +519,7 @@ pub fn agree<
 		NetOut: Sink<SinkItem=OutgoingMessage<Context>> + 'static,
 		Recovery: MessageRecovery<Context> + 'static,
 		PropagateStatements: Stream<Item=Context::StatementBatch,Error=Err> + 'static,
+		LocalCandidate: Future<Item=Context::ParachainCandidate> + 'static
 {
 	let (bft_in_in, bft_in_out) = mpsc::unbounded();
 	let (bft_out_in, bft_out_out) = mpsc::unbounded();
@@ -537,7 +554,6 @@ pub fn agree<
 		).map_err(|_| Error::IoTerminated)
 	};
 
-
 	let route_messages_out = {
 		let table = params.table.clone();
 		let periodic_table_statements = propagate_statements
@@ -554,6 +570,15 @@ pub fn agree<
 		net_out.sink_map_err(|_| Error::IoTerminated).send_all(complete_out_stream)
 	};
 
+	let import_local_candidate = {
+		let table = params.table.clone();
+		local_candidate
+			.map(table::Statement::Candidate)
+			.map(Some)
+			.or_else(|_| Ok(None))
+			.map(move |s| if let Some(s) = s { table.sign_and_import(s); })
+	};
+
 	let create_proposal_on_interval = {
 		let table = params.table;
 		params.timer.interval(params.form_proposal_interval)
@@ -562,11 +587,12 @@ pub fn agree<
 	};
 
 	// TODO: avoid having errors take down everything.
-	let future = agreement.join4(
+	let future = agreement.join5(
 		route_messages_in,
 		route_messages_out,
-		create_proposal_on_interval
-	).map(|(agreed, _, _, _)| agreed);
+		create_proposal_on_interval,
+		import_local_candidate,
+	).map(|(agreed, _, _, _, _)| agreed);
 
 	Box::new(future)
 }