diff --git a/internal/staging/stdscript/error.go b/internal/staging/stdscript/error.go
index 70221bd8..2aaf1ba2 100644
--- a/internal/staging/stdscript/error.go
+++ b/internal/staging/stdscript/error.go
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ const (
 
 	// ErrPubKeyType is returned when a script contains invalid public keys.
 	ErrPubKeyType = ErrorKind("ErrPubKeyType")
+
+	// ErrTooMuchNullData is returned when attempting to generate a
+	// provably-pruneable script with data that exceeds the maximum allowed
+	// length.
+	ErrTooMuchNullData = ErrorKind("ErrTooMuchNullData")
 )
 
 // Error satisfies the error interface and prints human-readable errors.
diff --git a/internal/staging/stdscript/error_test.go b/internal/staging/stdscript/error_test.go
index 0d61245b..20353fae 100644
--- a/internal/staging/stdscript/error_test.go
+++ b/internal/staging/stdscript/error_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func TestErrorKindStringer(t *testing.T) {
 		{ErrUnsupportedScriptVersion, "ErrUnsupportedScriptVersion"},
 		{ErrTooManyRequiredSigs, "ErrTooManyRequiredSigs"},
 		{ErrPubKeyType, "ErrPubKeyType"},
+		{ErrTooMuchNullData, "ErrTooMuchNullData"},
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range tests {
diff --git a/internal/staging/stdscript/scriptv0.go b/internal/staging/stdscript/scriptv0.go
index 721d364f..936275d0 100644
--- a/internal/staging/stdscript/scriptv0.go
+++ b/internal/staging/stdscript/scriptv0.go
@@ -722,6 +722,21 @@ func MultiSigScriptV0(threshold int, pubKeys ...[]byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return builder.Script()
 }
 
+// ProvablyPruneableScriptV0 returns a valid version 0 provably-pruneable script
+// which consists of an OP_RETURN followed by the passed data.  An Error with
+// kind ErrTooMuchNullData will be returned if the length of the passed data
+// exceeds MaxDataCarrierSizeV0.
+func ProvablyPruneableScriptV0(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	if len(data) > MaxDataCarrierSizeV0 {
+		str := fmt.Sprintf("data size %d is larger than max allowed size %d",
+			len(data), MaxDataCarrierSizeV0)
+		return nil, makeError(ErrTooMuchNullData, str)
+	}
+
+	builder := txscript.NewScriptBuilder()
+	return builder.AddOp(txscript.OP_RETURN).AddData(data).Script()
+}
+
 // AtomicSwapDataPushesV0 houses the data pushes found in hash-based atomic swap
 // contracts using version 0 scripts.
 type AtomicSwapDataPushesV0 struct {
diff --git a/internal/staging/stdscript/scriptv0_test.go b/internal/staging/stdscript/scriptv0_test.go
index 966a5f79..bc11c28c 100644
--- a/internal/staging/stdscript/scriptv0_test.go
+++ b/internal/staging/stdscript/scriptv0_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func hexToBytes(s string) []byte {
 // test global versus inside a specific test function scope since it spans
 // multiple tests and benchmarks.
 var scriptV0Tests = func() []scriptTest {
-	// Convience function that combines fmt.Sprintf with mustParseShortForm
+	// Convenience function that combines fmt.Sprintf with mustParseShortForm
 	// to create more compact tests.
 	p := func(format string, a ...interface{}) []byte {
 		const scriptVersion = 0
@@ -1235,6 +1235,85 @@ func TestExtractTreasuryGenScriptHashV0(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestProvablyPruneableScriptV0 ensures generating a version 0
+// provably-pruneable nulldata script works as intended.
+func TestProvablyPruneableScriptV0(t *testing.T) {
+	// Convenience function that closes over the script version and invokes
+	// mustParseShortForm to create more compact tests.
+	const scriptVersion = 0
+	p := func(format string, a ...interface{}) []byte {
+		return mustParseShortForm(scriptVersion, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		data     []byte
+		expected []byte
+		err      error
+		typ      ScriptType
+	}{{
+		name:     "small int",
+		data:     hexToBytes("01"),
+		expected: p("RETURN 1"),
+		err:      nil,
+		typ:      STNullData,
+	}, {
+		name:     "max small int",
+		data:     hexToBytes("10"),
+		expected: p("RETURN 16"),
+		err:      nil,
+		typ:      STNullData,
+	}, {
+		name:     "data of size before OP_PUSHDATA1 is needed",
+		data:     bytes.Repeat(hexToBytes("00"), 75),
+		expected: p("RETURN DATA_75 0x00{75}"),
+		err:      nil,
+		typ:      STNullData,
+	}, {
+		name:     "one less than max allowed size",
+		data:     bytes.Repeat(hexToBytes("00"), MaxDataCarrierSizeV0-1),
+		expected: p("RETURN PUSHDATA1 0xff 0x00{255}"),
+		err:      nil,
+		typ:      STNullData,
+	}, {
+		name:     "max allowed size",
+		data:     bytes.Repeat(hexToBytes("00"), MaxDataCarrierSizeV0),
+		expected: p("RETURN PUSHDATA2 0x0001 0x00{256}"),
+		err:      nil,
+		typ:      STNullData,
+	}, {
+		name:     "too big",
+		data:     bytes.Repeat(hexToBytes("00"), MaxDataCarrierSizeV0+1),
+		expected: nil,
+		err:      ErrTooMuchNullData,
+		typ:      STNonStandard,
+	}}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		script, err := ProvablyPruneableScriptV0(test.data)
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.err) {
+			t.Errorf("%q: unexpected error - got %v, want %v", test.name, err,
+				test.err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Ensure the expected script was generated.
+		if !bytes.Equal(script, test.expected) {
+			t.Errorf("%q: unexpected script -- got: %x, want: %x", test.name,
+				script, test.expected)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Ensure the script has the correct type.
+		scriptType := DetermineScriptType(scriptVersion, script)
+		if scriptType != test.typ {
+			t.Errorf("%q: unexpected script type -- got: %v, want: %v",
+				test.name, scriptType, test.typ)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // expectedAtomicSwapDataV0 is a convenience function that converts the passed
 // parameters into an expected version 0 atomic swap data pushes structure.
 func expectedAtomicSwapDataV0(recipientHash, refundHash, secretHash string, secretSize, lockTime int64) *AtomicSwapDataPushesV0 {