diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/Address.tsx b/packages/react-signer/src/Address.tsx
index de23d508d7..1866765b9c 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/Address.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/Address.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { AccountId, BalanceOf, Call, Multisig, ProxyDefinition, ProxyType } from
 import { ITuple } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 import { AddressFlags, AddressProxy } from './types';
 
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { ApiPromise } from '@polkadot/api';
 import { InputAddress, Modal, Toggle } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 import { useAccounts, useApi, useIsMountedRef } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ interface MultiState {
   whoFilter: string[];
 }
 
+interface PasswordState {
+  isUnlockCached: boolean;
+  signPassword: string;
+}
+
 interface ProxyState {
   address: string;
   isProxied: boolean;
@@ -146,7 +151,7 @@ function Address ({ currentItem, onChange, onEnter, passwordError, requestAddres
   const [isProxyActive, setIsProxyActive] = useState(true);
   const [multiInfo, setMultInfo] = useState<MultiState | null>(null);
   const [proxyInfo, setProxyInfo] = useState<ProxyState | null>(null);
-  const [signPassword, setSignPassword] = useState('');
+  const [{ isUnlockCached, signPassword }, setSignPassword] = useState<PasswordState>({ isUnlockCached: false, signPassword: '' });
 
   const [signAddress, flags] = useMemo(
     (): [string, AddressFlags] => {
@@ -159,6 +164,11 @@ function Address ({ currentItem, onChange, onEnter, passwordError, requestAddres
     [multiAddress, proxyAddress, isProxyActive, multiInfo, proxyInfo, requestAddress]
   );
 
+  const _updatePassword = useCallback(
+    (signPassword: string, isUnlockCached: boolean) => setSignPassword({ isUnlockCached, signPassword }),
+    []
+  );
+
   useEffect((): void => {
     !proxyInfo && setProxyAddress(null);
   }, [proxyInfo]);
@@ -190,13 +200,14 @@ function Address ({ currentItem, onChange, onEnter, passwordError, requestAddres
 
   useEffect((): void => {
     onChange({
-      isMultiCall: isMultiCall,
+      isMultiCall,
+      isUnlockCached,
       multiRoot: multiInfo ? multiInfo.address : null,
       proxyRoot: (proxyInfo && isProxyActive) ? proxyInfo.address : null,
       signAddress,
       signPassword
     });
-  }, [isProxyActive, isMultiCall, multiAddress, multiInfo, onChange, proxyAddress, proxyInfo, signAddress, signPassword]);
+  }, [isProxyActive, isMultiCall, isUnlockCached, multiAddress, multiInfo, onChange, proxyAddress, proxyInfo, signAddress, signPassword]);
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -251,7 +262,7 @@ function Address ({ currentItem, onChange, onEnter, passwordError, requestAddres
         <Password
           address={signAddress}
           error={passwordError}
-          onChange={setSignPassword}
+          onChange={_updatePassword}
           onEnter={onEnter}
         />
       )}
diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/Password.tsx b/packages/react-signer/src/Password.tsx
index 484bdcc17e..e13cdf698a 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/Password.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/Password.tsx
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ import { KeyringPair } from '@polkadot/keyring/types';
 
 import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { Modal, Password } from '@polkadot/react-components';
+import { Modal, Password, Toggle } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 import keyring from '@polkadot/ui-keyring';
 
 import { useTranslation } from './translate';
+import { UNLOCK_MINS } from './util';
 
 interface Props {
   address: string;
   className?: string;
   error?: string;
-  onChange: (password: string) => void;
+  onChange: (password: string, isUnlockCached: boolean) => void;
   onEnter?: () => void;
   password: string;
   tabIndex?: number;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ function getPair (address: string): KeyringPair | null {
 function Unlock ({ address, className, error, onChange, onEnter, tabIndex }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> | null {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const [password, setPassword] = useState('');
+  const [isUnlockCached, setIsUnlockCached] = useState(false);
 
   const pair = useMemo(
     () => getPair(address),
@@ -38,8 +40,8 @@ function Unlock ({ address, className, error, onChange, onEnter, tabIndex }: Pro
   );
 
   useEffect((): void => {
-    onChange(password);
-  }, [onChange, password]);
+    onChange(password, isUnlockCached);
+  }, [onChange, isUnlockCached, password]);
 
   if (!pair || !pair.isLocked || pair.meta.isInjected) {
     return null;
@@ -51,13 +53,19 @@ function Unlock ({ address, className, error, onChange, onEnter, tabIndex }: Pro
         <Password
           autoFocus
           isError={!!error}
-          label={t('unlock account with password')}
-          labelExtra={error && <div className='errorLabel'>{t('wrong password supplied')}</div>}
+          label={t<string>('unlock account with password')}
           onChange={setPassword}
           onEnter={onEnter}
           tabIndex={tabIndex}
           value={password}
-        />
+        >
+          <Toggle
+            isOverlay
+            label={t<string>('unlock for {{expiry}} min', { replace: { expiry: UNLOCK_MINS } })}
+            onChange={setIsUnlockCached}
+            value={isUnlockCached}
+          />
+        </Password>
       </Modal.Column>
       <Modal.Column>
         <p>{t('Unlock the sending account to allow signing of this transaction.')}</p>
@@ -68,7 +76,11 @@ function Unlock ({ address, className, error, onChange, onEnter, tabIndex }: Pro
 
 export default React.memo(styled(Unlock)`
   .errorLabel {
-    margin-right: 2rem;
+    margin-right: 1rem;
     color: #9f3a38 !important;
   }
+
+  .ui--Toggle {
+    bottom: 1.1rem;
+  }
 `);
diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx b/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
index 8464152599..74e7aee697 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ import { Option } from '@polkadot/types';
 import keyring from '@polkadot/ui-keyring';
 import { BN_ZERO, assert } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import { LedgerSigner, QrSigner } from './signers';
+import { AccountSigner, LedgerSigner, QrSigner } from './signers';
 import { useTranslation } from './translate';
 import Address from './Address';
 import Qr from './Qr';
 import SignFields from './SignFields';
 import Tip from './Tip';
 import Transaction from './Transaction';
-import { extractExternal, handleTxResults } from './util';
+import { cacheUnlock, extractExternal, handleTxResults } from './util';
 
 interface Props {
   className?: string;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const NOOP = () => undefined;
 
 let qrId = 0;
 
-function unlockAccount ({ signAddress, signPassword }: AddressProxy): string | null {
+function unlockAccount ({ isUnlockCached, signAddress, signPassword }: AddressProxy): string | null {
   let publicKey;
 
   try {
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ function unlockAccount ({ signAddress, signPassword }: AddressProxy): string | n
 
   try {
     pair.decodePkcs8(signPassword);
+    isUnlockCached && cacheUnlock(pair);
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error);
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ async function wrapTx (api: ApiPromise, currentItem: QueueTx, { isMultiCall, mul
   return tx;
 }
 
-async function extractParams (address: string, options: Partial<SignerOptions>, setQrState: (state: QrState) => void): Promise<['qr' | 'signing', KeyringPair | string, Partial<SignerOptions>]> {
+async function extractParams (address: string, options: Partial<SignerOptions>, setQrState: (state: QrState) => void): Promise<['qr' | 'signing', string, Partial<SignerOptions>]> {
   const pair = keyring.getPair(address);
   const { meta: { accountOffset, addressOffset, isExternal, isHardware, isInjected, source } } = pair;
 
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ async function extractParams (address: string, options: Partial<SignerOptions>,
     return ['signing', address, { ...options, signer: injected.signer }];
   }
 
-  return ['signing', pair, options];
+  return ['signing', pair.address, { ...options, signer: new AccountSigner(pair) }];
 }
 
 function TxSigned ({ className, currentItem, requestAddress }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> | null {
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ function TxSigned ({ className, currentItem, requestAddress }: Props): React.Rea
   const [isRenderError, toggleRenderError] = useToggle();
   const [isSubmit, setIsSubmit] = useState(true);
   const [passwordError, setPasswordError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [senderInfo, setSenderInfo] = useState<AddressProxy>({ isMultiCall: false, multiRoot: null, proxyRoot: null, signAddress: requestAddress, signPassword: '' });
+  const [senderInfo, setSenderInfo] = useState<AddressProxy>({ isMultiCall: false, isUnlockCached: false, multiRoot: null, proxyRoot: null, signAddress: requestAddress, signPassword: '' });
   const [signedOptions, setSignedOptions] = useState<Partial<SignerOptions>>({});
   const [signedTx, setSignedTx] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [multiCall, setMultiCall] = useState<string | null>(null);
diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/signers/AccountSigner.ts b/packages/react-signer/src/signers/AccountSigner.ts
index d44f4957df..64d50a1543 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/signers/AccountSigner.ts
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/signers/AccountSigner.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { SignerPayloadJSON } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 
 import { registry } from '@polkadot/react-api';
 
+import { lockAccount } from '../util';
+
 let id = 0;
 
 export default class AccountSigner implements Signer {
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ export default class AccountSigner implements Signer {
     return new Promise((resolve): void => {
       const signed = registry.createType('ExtrinsicPayload', payload, { version: payload.version }).sign(this.#keyringPair);
 
+      lockAccount(this.#keyringPair);
       resolve({ id: ++id, ...signed });
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/types.ts b/packages/react-signer/src/types.ts
index 1bee8000b9..1283e59d59 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/types.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface AddressFlags {
 
 export interface AddressProxy {
   isMultiCall: boolean;
+  isUnlockCached: boolean;
   multiRoot: string | null;
   proxyRoot: string | null;
   signAddress: string | null;
diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/util.ts b/packages/react-signer/src/util.ts
index 3600175c88..fc06163670 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/util.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/react-signer authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import { KeyringPair } from '@polkadot/keyring/types';
 import { QueueTx, QueueTxMessageSetStatus, QueueTxStatus } from '@polkadot/react-components/Status/types';
 import { AddressFlags } from './types';
 
@@ -9,10 +10,22 @@ import keyring from '@polkadot/ui-keyring';
 
 const NOOP = () => undefined;
 
-const LOCK_DELAY = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+export const UNLOCK_MINS = 15;
+
+const LOCK_DELAY = UNLOCK_MINS * 60 * 1000;
 
 const lockCountdown: Record<string, number> = {};
 
+export function cacheUnlock (pair: KeyringPair): void {
+  lockCountdown[pair.address] = Date.now() + LOCK_DELAY;
+}
+
+export function lockAccount (pair: KeyringPair): void {
+  if ((Date.now() > (lockCountdown[pair.address] || 0)) && !pair.isLocked) {
+    pair.lock();
+  }
+}
+
 export function extractExternal (accountId: string | null): AddressFlags {
   if (!accountId) {
     return { isHardware: false, isMultisig: false, isProxied: false, isQr: false, isUnlockable: false, threshold: 0, who: [] };
@@ -33,13 +46,11 @@ export function extractExternal (accountId: string | null): AddressFlags {
 
   if (isUnlockable) {
     const entry = lockCountdown[pair.address];
-    const now = Date.now();
 
-    if (entry && (now > entry) && !pair.isLocked) {
+    if (entry && (Date.now() > entry) && !pair.isLocked) {
       pair.lock();
+      lockCountdown[pair.address] = 0;
     }
-
-    lockCountdown[pair.address] = now + LOCK_DELAY;
   }
 
   return {