diff --git a/packages/extension-dapp/src/compat/index.ts b/packages/extension-dapp/src/compat/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37dc3c4858b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/extension-dapp/src/compat/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2019 @polkadot/extension-dapp authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import singleSource from './singleSource';
+
+export default function initCompat (): Promise<boolean> {
+  return Promise.all([
+    singleSource()
+  ]).then(() => true);
+}
diff --git a/packages/extension-dapp/src/compat/singleSource.ts b/packages/extension-dapp/src/compat/singleSource.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0bbdb547a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/extension-dapp/src/compat/singleSource.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright 2019 @polkadot/extension-dapp authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import { Signer } from '@polkadot/api/types';
+import { InjectedAccount, InjectedWindow } from '../types';
+
+// RxJs interface, only what we need here
+type Subscriber<T> = {
+  subscribe: (cb: (value: Array<T>) => void) => void
+};
+
+type SingleSourceAccount = {
+  address: string,
+  assets: Array<{ assetId: number }>,
+  name: string
+};
+
+type SingleSource = {
+  accounts$: Subscriber<SingleSourceAccount>,
+  environment$: Subscriber<string>,
+  signer: Signer
+};
+
+type SingleWindow = Window & InjectedWindow & {
+  SingleSource: SingleSource
+};
+
+// add a compat interface of SingleSource to window.injectedWeb3
+function injectSingleSource (win: SingleWindow): void {
+  let accounts: Array<InjectedAccount> = [];
+
+  // we don't yet have an accounts subscribe on the interface, simply get the
+  // accounts and store them, any get will resolve the last found values
+  win.SingleSource.accounts$.subscribe((_accounts) => {
+    accounts = _accounts.map(({ address, name }) => ({
+      address,
+      name
+    }));
+  });
+
+  // decorate the compat interface
+  win.injectedWeb3['SingleSource'] = {
+    enable: async (origin: string) => ({
+      accounts: {
+        get: async () => accounts
+      },
+      signer: win.SingleSource.signer
+    }),
+    version: '0.0.0'
+  };
+}
+
+// returns the SingleSource instance, as per
+// https://github.com/cennznet/singlesource-extension/blob/f7cb35b54e820bf46339f6b88ffede1b8e140de0/react-example/src/App.js#L19
+export default function initSingleSource (): Promise<boolean> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    window.addEventListener('load', () => {
+      const win = window as SingleWindow;
+
+      if (win.SingleSource) {
+        injectSingleSource(win);
+        resolve(true);
+      } else {
+        resolve(false);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/extension-dapp/src/index.ts b/packages/extension-dapp/src/index.ts
index 51bb56cef5e..2ec5657bf69 100644
--- a/packages/extension-dapp/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-dapp/src/index.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,22 @@
 
 import { InjectedAccountWithMeta, InjectedExtension, InjectedExtensionInfo, InjectedWindow } from './types';
 
+// our extension adaptor for other kinds of extensions
+import compatInjector from './compat';
+
 // just a helper (otherwise we cast all-over, so shorter and more readable)
-const injectedWeb3 = (window as InjectedWindow).injectedWeb3 || {};
+const win = window as InjectedWindow;
+
+// don't clobber the existing object, but ensure non-undefined
+win.injectedWeb3 = win.injectedWeb3 || {};
+
+// true when anything has been injected and is available
+function web3IsInjected (): boolean {
+  return Object.keys(win.injectedWeb3).length !== 0;
+}
 
 // have we found a properly constructed window.injectedWeb3
-const isWeb3Injected = Object.keys(injectedWeb3).length !== 0;
+let isWeb3Injected = web3IsInjected();
 
 // we keep the last promise created around (for queries)
 let web3EnablePromise: Promise<Array<InjectedExtension>> | null = null;
@@ -17,29 +28,27 @@ export { isWeb3Injected, web3EnablePromise };
 
 // enables all the providers found on the injected window interface
 export function web3Enable (originName: string): Promise<Array<InjectedExtension>> {
-  web3EnablePromise = Promise
-    .all(
-      Object
-        .entries(injectedWeb3)
-        .map(([name, { enable, version }]) =>
-          Promise
-            .all([Promise.resolve({ name, version }), enable(originName)])
-            .catch(() => [{ name, version }, null] as [InjectedExtensionInfo, null])
-        )
+  web3EnablePromise = compatInjector().then(() =>
+    Promise.all(
+      Object.entries(win.injectedWeb3).map(([name, { enable, version }]) =>
+        Promise
+          .all([Promise.resolve({ name, version }), enable(originName)])
+          .catch(() => [{ name, version }, null] as [InjectedExtensionInfo, null])
+      )
     )
     .then((values) =>
-      values
-        .filter(([, ext]) => ext !== null)
-        .map(([info, ext]) => ({ ...info, ...ext } as InjectedExtension))
+      values.filter(([, ext]) => ext).map(([info, ext]) => ({ ...info, ...ext } as InjectedExtension))
     )
     .catch(() => [] as Array<InjectedExtension>)
     .then((values) => {
       const names = values.map(({ name, version }) => `${name}/${version}`);
 
+      isWeb3Injected = web3IsInjected();
       console.log(`web3Enable: Enabled ${values.length} extensions ${names.join(', ')}`);
 
       return values;
-    });
+    })
+  );
 
   return web3EnablePromise;
 }