diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6db667675c..6a7b330f1d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * use [tombi](https://github.com/tombi-toml/tombi) for all toml file formatting
 * open the external editor from the status diff view [[@WaterWhisperer](https://github.com/WaterWhisperer)] ([#2805](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2805))
 * automatically convert spaces to dashes when creating or renaming a branch [[@pbouillon]](https//pbouillon.github.io)] ([#2916](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/pull/2916))
+* support rewording non-HEAD commits when `commit.gpgsign` is enabled, by rebuilding the chain manually and signing each rewritten commit
 
 ### Fixes
 * crash when opening submodule ([#2895](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2895))
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/mod.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/mod.rs
index 2a5f413e8f..2cd358d065 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/mod.rs
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ pub mod tests {
 	pub fn repo_init_bare() -> Result<(TempDir, Repository)> {
 		init_log();
 
+		sandbox_config_files();
+
 		let tmp_repo_dir = TempDir::new()?;
 		let bare_repo = Repository::init_bare(tmp_repo_dir.path())?;
 		Ok((tmp_repo_dir, bare_repo))
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/reword.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/reword.rs
index a503686321..352bea1c10 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/reword.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/reword.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use git2::{Oid, RebaseOptions, Repository};
 use super::{
 	commit::signature_allow_undefined_name,
 	repo,
+	sign::SignBuilder,
 	utils::{bytes2string, get_head_refname, get_head_repo},
 	CommitId, RepoPath,
 };
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn reword(
 			return Err(Error::SignRewordLastCommitStaged);
 		}
 
-		return Err(Error::SignRewordNonLastCommit);
+		return reword_signed(&repo, commit.get_oid(), message);
 	}
 
 	let cur_branch_ref = get_head_refname(&repo)?;
@@ -147,6 +148,116 @@ fn reword_internal(
 	Err(Error::NoBranch)
 }
 
+/// Reword a non-HEAD commit while honoring `commit.gpgsign`.
+///
+/// `git2`'s rebase API cannot sign commits, so we rebuild the chain
+/// from `target` up to HEAD manually and sign each rewritten commit with `commit_signed`.
+/// A pure reword does not alter trees, so the original tree of every commit in the chain is reused,
+/// only parents, committer and (for `target`) the message are rewritten.
+fn reword_signed(
+	repo: &Repository,
+	target: Oid,
+	new_message: &str,
+) -> Result<CommitId> {
+	let config = repo.config()?;
+	let signer = SignBuilder::from_gitconfig(repo, &config)?;
+	let committer = signature_allow_undefined_name(repo)?;
+
+	let cur_branch_ref = get_head_refname(repo)?;
+	let head_oid = repo.head()?.peel_to_commit()?.id();
+
+	// collect commits from HEAD down to (and including) target.
+	let mut chain = Vec::new();
+	let mut cur = repo.find_commit(head_oid)?;
+	loop {
+		let id = cur.id();
+		let parent_count = cur.parent_count();
+		chain.push(cur);
+		if id == target {
+			break;
+		}
+		if parent_count != 1 {
+			return Err(Error::Generic(
+				"reword across merge commits is not supported"
+					.to_string(),
+			));
+		}
+		cur = repo.find_commit(id)?.parent(0)?;
+	}
+
+	// target first, then its descendants up to HEAD.
+	chain.reverse();
+
+	let (target_commit, descendants) =
+		chain.split_first().ok_or_else(|| {
+			Error::Generic("empty reword chain".to_string())
+		})?;
+
+	let target_parent =
+		target_commit.parent(0).map_err(|_| Error::NoParent)?;
+	let parents = [&target_parent];
+	let new_target_oid = create_signed_commit(
+		repo,
+		signer.as_ref(),
+		&target_commit.author(),
+		&committer,
+		new_message,
+		&target_commit.tree()?,
+		&parents,
+	)?;
+
+	let mut last_new_oid = new_target_oid;
+	for original in descendants {
+		let new_parent = repo.find_commit(last_new_oid)?;
+		let parents = [&new_parent];
+		let msg = original.message_raw().unwrap_or("");
+		last_new_oid = create_signed_commit(
+			repo,
+			signer.as_ref(),
+			&original.author(),
+			&committer,
+			msg,
+			&original.tree()?,
+			&parents,
+		)?;
+	}
+
+	// move the branch to the rewritten tip and refresh the worktree.
+	let mut branch_ref = repo.find_reference(&cur_branch_ref)?;
+	branch_ref.set_target(last_new_oid, "gitui: reword (signed)")?;
+	repo.set_head(&cur_branch_ref)?;
+	repo.checkout_head(None)?;
+
+	Ok(new_target_oid.into())
+}
+
+fn create_signed_commit(
+	repo: &Repository,
+	signer: &dyn crate::sync::sign::Sign,
+	author: &git2::Signature<'_>,
+	committer: &git2::Signature<'_>,
+	message: &str,
+	tree: &git2::Tree<'_>,
+	parents: &[&git2::Commit<'_>],
+) -> Result<Oid> {
+	use crate::sync::sign::SignError;
+
+	let buffer = repo.commit_create_buffer(
+		author, committer, message, tree, parents,
+	)?;
+	let contents = std::str::from_utf8(&buffer).map_err(|_| {
+		Error::Sign(SignError::Shellout(
+			"utf8 conversion error".to_string(),
+		))
+	})?;
+	let (signature, signature_field) = signer.sign(&buffer)?;
+	Ok(repo.commit_signed(
+		contents,
+		&signature,
+		signature_field.as_deref(),
+	)?)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 	use super::*;
@@ -192,4 +303,84 @@ mod tests {
 			get_commit_info(repo_path, &reworded).unwrap().message
 		);
 	}
+
+	#[cfg(unix)]
+	#[test]
+	fn test_reword_signed_non_head() {
+		use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+		let (td, repo) = repo_init_empty().unwrap();
+		let root = repo.path().parent().unwrap();
+		let repo_path: &RepoPath =
+			&root.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap().into();
+
+		// fake gpg program: drain stdin, emit a fixed PGP block on stdout and the GNUPG status line gitui's signer expects on stderr.
+		let script_path = td.path().join("fake_gpg.sh");
+		let script = "#!/bin/sh\n\
+			cat > /dev/null\n\
+			printf -- '-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----\\n\\nfake\\n-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----\\n'\n\
+			printf '[GNUPG:] BEGIN_SIGNING\\n[GNUPG:] SIG_CREATED fake\\n' 1>&2\n";
+		std::fs::write(&script_path, script).unwrap();
+		std::fs::set_permissions(
+			&script_path,
+			std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755),
+		)
+		.unwrap();
+
+		{
+			let mut cfg = repo.config().unwrap();
+			cfg.set_bool("commit.gpgsign", true).unwrap();
+			cfg.set_str("gpg.format", "openpgp").unwrap();
+			cfg.set_str("gpg.program", script_path.to_str().unwrap())
+				.unwrap();
+			cfg.set_str("user.signingKey", "TEST_KEY").unwrap();
+		}
+
+		// build a 3-commit history with signing disabled so we can use
+		// `write_commit_file`, then enable signing for the reword.
+		repo.config()
+			.unwrap()
+			.set_bool("commit.gpgsign", false)
+			.unwrap();
+		write_commit_file(&repo, "foo", "a", "commit1");
+		let oid2 = write_commit_file(&repo, "foo", "ab", "commit2");
+		write_commit_file(&repo, "foo", "abc", "commit3");
+		repo.config()
+			.unwrap()
+			.set_bool("commit.gpgsign", true)
+			.unwrap();
+
+		let reworded =
+			reword(repo_path, oid2, "RewordedMiddle").unwrap();
+
+		// reworded commit carries the new message.
+		assert_eq!(
+			get_commit_info(repo_path, &reworded).unwrap().message,
+			"RewordedMiddle"
+		);
+
+		// HEAD still points to the descendant ("commit3") and the chain length is unchanged.
+		let head = repo.head().unwrap().peel_to_commit().unwrap();
+		assert_eq!(head.message().unwrap().trim_end(), "commit3");
+		assert_eq!(head.parent_count(), 1);
+		let middle = head.parent(0).unwrap();
+		assert_eq!(middle.id(), reworded.get_oid());
+		let first = middle.parent(0).unwrap();
+		assert_eq!(first.message().unwrap().trim_end(), "commit1");
+		assert!(first.parent(0).is_err());
+
+		// both rewritten commits carry the fake PGP signature.
+		let (sig_middle, _) =
+			repo.extract_signature(&middle.id(), None).unwrap();
+		assert!(sig_middle
+			.as_str()
+			.unwrap()
+			.contains("BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE"));
+		let (sig_head, _) =
+			repo.extract_signature(&head.id(), None).unwrap();
+		assert!(sig_head
+			.as_str()
+			.unwrap()
+			.contains("BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE"));
+	}
 }