diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- 0.2.0 (2025-03-10)
+  * Fix a bug in which small produced MAC's were not being padded to 128
+    bits.
+
 - 0.1.0 (2025-03-09)
   * Initial release, supporting the Poly1305 MAC.
 
diff --git a/lib/Crypto/MAC/Poly1305.hs b/lib/Crypto/MAC/Poly1305.hs
--- a/lib/Crypto/MAC/Poly1305.hs
+++ b/lib/Crypto/MAC/Poly1305.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 module Crypto.MAC.Poly1305 (
     -- * Poly1305 message authentication code
     mac
+
+    -- testing
+  , _poly1305_loop
+  , _roll
   ) where
 
 import Data.Bits ((.&.), (.|.), (.<<.), (.>>.))
@@ -26,10 +30,10 @@
 {-# INLINE fi #-}
 
 -- arbitrary-size little-endian bytestring decoding
-roll :: BS.ByteString -> Integer
-roll = BS.foldr alg 0 where
+_roll :: BS.ByteString -> Integer
+_roll = BS.foldr alg 0 where
   alg (fi -> !b) !a = (a .<<. 8) .|. b
-{-# INLINE roll #-}
+{-# INLINE _roll #-}
 
 -- little-endian bytestring encoding
 unroll :: Integer -> BS.ByteString
@@ -42,6 +46,14 @@
       m -> Just $! (fi m, m .>>. 8)
 {-# INLINE unroll #-}
 
+-- little-endian bytestring encoding for 128-bit ints, right-padding
+-- with zeros
+unroll16 :: Integer -> BS.ByteString
+unroll16 (unroll -> u@(BI.PS _ _ l))
+  | l < 16 = u <> BS.replicate (16 - l) 0
+  | otherwise = u
+{-# INLINE unroll16 #-}
+
 clamp :: Integer -> Integer
 clamp r = r .&. 0x0ffffffc0ffffffc0ffffffc0fffffff
 {-# INLINE clamp #-}
@@ -62,19 +74,22 @@
   -> BS.ByteString -- ^ arbitrary-length message
   -> BS.ByteString -- ^ 128-bit message authentication code
 mac key@(BI.PS _ _ kl) msg
-    | kl /= 32  = error "ppad-poly1305 (mac): invalid key"
-    | otherwise =
-        let (clamp . roll -> r, roll -> s) = BS.splitAt 16 key
-
-            loop !acc !bs = case BS.splitAt 16 bs of
-              (chunk@(BI.PS _ _ l), etc)
-                | l == 0 -> BS.take 16 (unroll (acc + s))
-                | otherwise ->
-                    let !n = roll chunk .|. (0x01 .<<. (8 * l))
-                        !nacc = r * (acc + n) `rem` p
-                    in  loop nacc etc
+  | kl /= 32  = error "ppad-poly1305 (mac): invalid key"
+  | otherwise =
+      let (clamp . _roll -> r, _roll -> s) = BS.splitAt 16 key
+      in  _poly1305_loop r s msg
 
-        in  loop 0 msg
+_poly1305_loop :: Integer -> Integer -> BS.ByteString -> BS.ByteString
+_poly1305_loop !r !s !msg =
+    let loop !acc !bs = case BS.splitAt 16 bs of
+          (chunk@(BI.PS _ _ l), etc)
+            | l == 0 -> BS.take 16 (unroll16 (acc + s))
+            | otherwise ->
+                let !n = _roll chunk .|. (0x01 .<<. (8 * l))
+                    !nacc = r * (acc + n) `rem` p
+                in  loop nacc etc
+    in  loop 0 msg
   where
     p = 1361129467683753853853498429727072845819 -- (1 << 130) - 5
+{-# INLINE _poly1305_loop #-}
 
diff --git a/ppad-poly1305.cabal b/ppad-poly1305.cabal
--- a/ppad-poly1305.cabal
+++ b/ppad-poly1305.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      3.0
 name:               ppad-poly1305
-version:            0.1.0
+version:            0.2.0
 synopsis:           A pure Poly1305 MAC
 license:            MIT
 license-file:       LICENSE
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
--- a/test/Main.hs
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-incomplete-uni-patterns #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
 
 module Main where
 
@@ -12,6 +13,17 @@
 main :: IO ()
 main = defaultMain $ testGroup "ppad-poly1305" [
     mac
+  , mac1
+  , mac2
+  , mac3
+  , mac4
+  , mac5
+  , mac6
+  , mac7
+  , mac8
+  , mac9
+  , mac10
+  , mac11
   ]
 
 mac :: TestTree
@@ -24,4 +36,139 @@
 
       o = Poly1305.mac key msg
   H.assertEqual mempty e o
+
+mac1 :: TestTree
+mac1 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #1)" $ do
+  let Just key = B16.decode
+        "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      out = Poly1305.mac key msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac2 :: TestTree
+mac2 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #2)" $ do
+  let Just key = B16.decode
+        "0000000000000000000000000000000036e5f6b5c5e06070f0efca96227a863e"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "416e79207375626d697373696f6e20746f20746865204945544620696e74656e6465642062792074686520436f6e7472696275746f7220666f72207075626c69636174696f6e20617320616c6c206f722070617274206f6620616e204945544620496e7465726e65742d4472616674206f722052464320616e6420616e792073746174656d656e74206d6164652077697468696e2074686520636f6e74657874206f6620616e204945544620616374697669747920697320636f6e7369646572656420616e20224945544620436f6e747269627574696f6e222e20537563682073746174656d656e747320696e636c756465206f72616c2073746174656d656e747320696e20494554462073657373696f6e732c2061732077656c6c206173207772697474656e20616e6420656c656374726f6e696320636f6d6d756e69636174696f6e73206d61646520617420616e792074696d65206f7220706c6163652c207768696368206172652061646472657373656420746f"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "36e5f6b5c5e06070f0efca96227a863e"
+      out = Poly1305.mac key msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac3 :: TestTree
+mac3 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #3)" $ do
+  let Just key = B16.decode
+        "36e5f6b5c5e06070f0efca96227a863e00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "416e79207375626d697373696f6e20746f20746865204945544620696e74656e6465642062792074686520436f6e7472696275746f7220666f72207075626c69636174696f6e20617320616c6c206f722070617274206f6620616e204945544620496e7465726e65742d4472616674206f722052464320616e6420616e792073746174656d656e74206d6164652077697468696e2074686520636f6e74657874206f6620616e204945544620616374697669747920697320636f6e7369646572656420616e20224945544620436f6e747269627574696f6e222e20537563682073746174656d656e747320696e636c756465206f72616c2073746174656d656e747320696e20494554462073657373696f6e732c2061732077656c6c206173207772697474656e20616e6420656c656374726f6e696320636f6d6d756e69636174696f6e73206d61646520617420616e792074696d65206f7220706c6163652c207768696368206172652061646472657373656420746f"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "f3477e7cd95417af89a6b8794c310cf0"
+      out = Poly1305.mac key msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac4 :: TestTree
+mac4 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #4)" $ do
+  let Just key = B16.decode
+        "1c9240a5eb55d38af333888604f6b5f0473917c1402b80099dca5cbc207075c0"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "2754776173206272696c6c69672c20616e642074686520736c6974687920746f7665730a446964206779726520616e642067696d626c6520696e2074686520776162653a0a416c6c206d696d737920776572652074686520626f726f676f7665732c0a416e6420746865206d6f6d65207261746873206f757467726162652e"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "4541669a7eaaee61e708dc7cbcc5eb62"
+      out = Poly1305.mac key msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac5 :: TestTree
+mac5 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #5)" $ do
+  let Just (Poly1305._roll -> r) = B16.decode $
+        "02000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just (Poly1305._roll -> s) = B16.decode $
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "03000000000000000000000000000000"
+      out = Poly1305._poly1305_loop r s msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac6 :: TestTree
+mac6 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #6)" $ do
+  let Just (Poly1305._roll -> r) = B16.decode $
+        "02000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just (Poly1305._roll -> s) = B16.decode $
+        "ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "02000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "03000000000000000000000000000000"
+      out = Poly1305._poly1305_loop r s msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac7 :: TestTree
+mac7 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #7)" $ do
+  let Just (Poly1305._roll -> r) = B16.decode $
+        "01000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just (Poly1305._roll -> s) = B16.decode $
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff0ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff11000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "05000000000000000000000000000000"
+      out = Poly1305._poly1305_loop r s msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac8 :: TestTree
+mac8 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #8)" $ do
+  let Just (Poly1305._roll -> r) = B16.decode $
+        "01000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just (Poly1305._roll -> s) = B16.decode $
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffbfefefefefefefefefefefefefefefe01010101010101010101010101010101"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      out = Poly1305._poly1305_loop r s msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac9 :: TestTree
+mac9 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #9)" $ do
+  let Just (Poly1305._roll -> r) = B16.decode $
+        "02000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just (Poly1305._roll -> s) = B16.decode $
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "fdffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "faffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"
+      out = Poly1305._poly1305_loop r s msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac10 :: TestTree
+mac10 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #10)" $ do
+  let Just (Poly1305._roll -> r) = B16.decode $
+        "01000000000000000400000000000000"
+      Just (Poly1305._roll -> s) = B16.decode $
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "e33594d7505e43b900000000000000003394d7505e4379cd01000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "14000000000000005500000000000000"
+      out = Poly1305._poly1305_loop r s msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
+
+mac11 :: TestTree
+mac11 = H.testCase "mac (A.3 #11)" $ do
+  let Just (Poly1305._roll -> r) = B16.decode $
+        "01000000000000000400000000000000"
+      Just (Poly1305._roll -> s) = B16.decode $
+        "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just msg = B16.decode
+        "e33594d7505e43b900000000000000003394d7505e4379cd010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+      Just tag = B16.decode
+        "13000000000000000000000000000000"
+      out = Poly1305._poly1305_loop r s msg
+  H.assertEqual mempty tag out
 
