diff --git a/src/circuit/gadget.rs b/src/circuit/gadget.rs
index 9e152918f..6760313fc 100644
--- a/src/circuit/gadget.rs
+++ b/src/circuit/gadget.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub(crate) mod ecc;
+pub(crate) mod sinsemilla;
diff --git a/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla.rs b/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88edf4716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//! Gadget and chips for the Sinsemilla hash function.
+use halo2::{
+    arithmetic::CurveAffine,
+    circuit::{Chip, Layouter},
+    plonk::Error,
+};
+
+/// The set of circuit instructions required to use the [`Sinsemilla`](https://zcash.github.io/halo2/design/gadgets/sinsemilla.html) gadget.
+pub trait SinsemillaInstructions<C: CurveAffine>: Chip<Field = C::Base> {
+    type Message: IntoIterator<Item = bool>;
+
+    fn extract(point: &C::Curve) -> C::Base;
+
+    #[allow(non_snake_case)]
+    fn Q(domain_prefix: &str) -> C::CurveExt;
+
+    fn hash_to_point(
+        layouter: &mut impl Layouter<Self>,
+        domain_prefix: &str,
+        message: Self::Message,
+    ) -> Result<C, Error>;
+
+    fn hash(
+        layouter: &mut impl Layouter<Self>,
+        domain_prefix: &str,
+        message: Self::Message,
+    ) -> Result<C::Base, Error>;
+
+    fn commit(domain_prefix: &str, msg: Self::Message, r: &C::Scalar)
+        -> Result<C::CurveExt, Error>;
+
+    fn short_commit(
+        domain_prefix: &str,
+        msg: Self::Message,
+        r: &C::Scalar,
+    ) -> Result<C::Base, Error>;
+}