diff --git a/electrum/lnurl.py b/electrum/lnurl.py
index 67e942790..d6d1bcc8b 100644
--- a/electrum/lnurl.py
+++ b/electrum/lnurl.py
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import urllib.parse
 import aiohttp.client_exceptions
 from aiohttp import ClientResponse
 
-from electrum.segwit_addr import bech32_decode, Encoding, convertbits
-from electrum.lnaddr import LnDecodeException
+from electrum import segwit_addr
+from electrum.segwit_addr import bech32_decode, Encoding, convertbits, bech32_encode
+from electrum.lnaddr import LnDecodeException, LnEncodeException
 from electrum.network import Network
 from electrum.logging import get_logger
 
@@ -45,6 +46,19 @@ def decode_lnurl(lnurl: str) -> str:
     return url
 
 
+def encode_lnurl(url: str) -> str:
+    """Encode url to bech32 lnurl string."""
+    try:
+        url = url.encode("utf-8")
+    except UnicodeError as e:
+        raise LnEncodeException("invalid url") from e
+    bech32_data = convertbits(url, 8, 5, True)
+    assert bech32_data
+    lnurl = bech32_encode(
+        encoding=segwit_addr.Encoding.BECH32, hrp="lnurl", data=bech32_data)
+    return lnurl.upper()
+
+
 def _is_url_safe_enough_for_lnurl(url: str) -> bool:
     u = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
     if u.scheme.lower() == "https":
diff --git a/electrum/tests/test_lnurl.py b/electrum/tests/test_lnurl.py
index 48ef8a3a5..88c9238e2 100644
--- a/electrum/tests/test_lnurl.py
+++ b/electrum/tests/test_lnurl.py
@@ -9,4 +9,14 @@ class TestLnurl(TestCase):
             "LNURL1DP68GURN8GHJ7UM9WFMXJCM99E5K7TELWY7NXENRXVMRGDTZXSENJCM98PJNWXQ96S9"
         )
         url = lnurl.decode_lnurl(LNURL)
-        self.assertTrue("https://service.io/?q=3fc3645b439ce8e7", url)
+        self.assertEqual("https://service.io/?q=3fc3645b439ce8e7", url)
+
+    def test_encode(self):
+        lnurl_ = lnurl.encode_lnurl("https://jhoenicke.de/.well-known/lnurlp/mempool")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "LNURL1DP68GURN8GHJ76NGDAJKU6TRDDJJUER99UH8WETVDSKKKMN0WAHZ7MRWW4EXCUP0D4JK6UR0DAKQHMHNX2",
+            lnurl_)
+
+    def test_lightning_address_to_url(self):
+        url = lnurl.lightning_address_to_url("mempool@jhoenicke.de")
+        self.assertEqual("https://jhoenicke.de/.well-known/lnurlp/mempool", url)