diff --git a/.styleci.yml b/.styleci.yml
index 6caf80c5..d3498157 100644
--- a/.styleci.yml
+++ b/.styleci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ enabled:
   - phpdoc_inline_tag
   - phpdoc_no_access
   - phpdoc_no_simplified_null_return
-  - phpdoc_order
   - phpdoc_property
   - phpdoc_scalar
   - phpdoc_separation
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0de8ea90..045e54e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ### Added
 - Added event emitters for issued access and refresh tokens (PR #860)
+- Can now use Defuse\Crypto\Key for encryption/decryption of keys which is faster than the Cryto class (PR #812)
 
 ### Removed
 - Remove paragone/random_compat from dependencies
diff --git a/src/AuthorizationServer.php b/src/AuthorizationServer.php
index 885776ec..f1e96146 100644
--- a/src/AuthorizationServer.php
+++ b/src/AuthorizationServer.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace League\OAuth2\Server;
 
+use Defuse\Crypto\Key;
 use League\Event\EmitterAwareInterface;
 use League\Event\EmitterAwareTrait;
 use League\OAuth2\Server\Exception\OAuthServerException;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ class AuthorizationServer implements EmitterAwareInterface
     private $scopeRepository;
 
     /**
-     * @var string
+     * @var string|Key
      */
     private $encryptionKey;
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class AuthorizationServer implements EmitterAwareInterface
      * @param AccessTokenRepositoryInterface $accessTokenRepository
      * @param ScopeRepositoryInterface       $scopeRepository
      * @param CryptKey|string                $privateKey
-     * @param string                         $encryptionKey
+     * @param string|Key                     $encryptionKey
      * @param null|ResponseTypeInterface     $responseType
      */
     public function __construct(
diff --git a/src/CryptTrait.php b/src/CryptTrait.php
index 125a757e..c9a6d7a6 100644
--- a/src/CryptTrait.php
+++ b/src/CryptTrait.php
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 namespace League\OAuth2\Server;
 
 use Defuse\Crypto\Crypto;
+use Defuse\Crypto\Key;
 
 trait CryptTrait
 {
     /**
-     * @var string
+     * @var string|Key
      */
     protected $encryptionKey;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ trait CryptTrait
     protected function encrypt($unencryptedData)
     {
         try {
+            if ($this->encryptionKey instanceof Key) {
+                return Crypto::encrypt($unencryptedData, $this->encryptionKey);
+            }
+
             return Crypto::encryptWithPassword($unencryptedData, $this->encryptionKey);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             throw new \LogicException($e->getMessage());
@@ -50,6 +55,10 @@ trait CryptTrait
     protected function decrypt($encryptedData)
     {
         try {
+            if ($this->encryptionKey instanceof Key) {
+                return Crypto::decrypt($encryptedData, $this->encryptionKey);
+            }
+
             return Crypto::decryptWithPassword($encryptedData, $this->encryptionKey);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             throw new \LogicException($e->getMessage());
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@ trait CryptTrait
     /**
      * Set the encryption key
      *
-     * @param string $key
+     * @param string|Key $key
      */
     public function setEncryptionKey($key = null)
     {
diff --git a/src/Grant/GrantTypeInterface.php b/src/Grant/GrantTypeInterface.php
index 0e721435..2aee367f 100644
--- a/src/Grant/GrantTypeInterface.php
+++ b/src/Grant/GrantTypeInterface.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace League\OAuth2\Server\Grant;
 
+use Defuse\Crypto\Key;
 use League\Event\EmitterAwareInterface;
 use League\OAuth2\Server\CryptKey;
 use League\OAuth2\Server\Repositories\AccessTokenRepositoryInterface;
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ interface GrantTypeInterface extends EmitterAwareInterface
     /**
      * Set the encryption key
      *
-     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|Key|null $key
      */
     public function setEncryptionKey($key = null);
 }
diff --git a/src/ResponseTypes/ResponseTypeInterface.php b/src/ResponseTypes/ResponseTypeInterface.php
index 8ac20b8c..5eddd607 100644
--- a/src/ResponseTypes/ResponseTypeInterface.php
+++ b/src/ResponseTypes/ResponseTypeInterface.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace League\OAuth2\Server\ResponseTypes;
 
+use Defuse\Crypto\Key;
 use League\OAuth2\Server\Entities\AccessTokenEntityInterface;
 use League\OAuth2\Server\Entities\RefreshTokenEntityInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ interface ResponseTypeInterface
     /**
      * Set the encryption key
      *
-     * @param string|null $key
+     * @param string|Key|null $key
      */
     public function setEncryptionKey($key = null);
 }
diff --git a/tests/Utils/CryptTraitTest.php b/tests/Utils/CryptTraitTest.php
index 26427e59..c517cec2 100644
--- a/tests/Utils/CryptTraitTest.php
+++ b/tests/Utils/CryptTraitTest.php
@@ -2,22 +2,34 @@
 
 namespace LeagueTests\Utils;
 
+use Defuse\Crypto\Key;
 use LeagueTests\Stubs\CryptTraitStub;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 class CryptTraitTest extends TestCase
 {
-    /**
-     * @var \LeagueTests\Stubs\CryptTraitStub
-     */
     protected $cryptStub;
 
-    public function setUp()
+    protected function setUp()
     {
-        $this->cryptStub = new CryptTraitStub;
+        $this->cryptStub = new CryptTraitStub();
     }
 
-    public function testEncryptDecrypt()
+    public function testEncryptDecryptWithPassword()
+    {
+        $this->cryptStub->setEncryptionKey(base64_encode(random_bytes(36)));
+
+        $this->encryptDecrypt();
+    }
+
+    public function testEncryptDecryptWithKey()
+    {
+        $this->cryptStub->setEncryptionKey(Key::createNewRandomKey());
+
+        $this->encryptDecrypt();
+    }
+
+    private function encryptDecrypt()
     {
         $payload = 'alex loves whisky';
         $encrypted = $this->cryptStub->doEncrypt($payload);