diff --git a/record/mpp.go b/record/mpp.go
index 38877caf..6e260d54 100644
--- a/record/mpp.go
+++ b/record/mpp.go
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ func (r *MPP) Record() tlv.Record {
 	)
 }
 
+// PayloadSize returns the size this record takes up in encoded form.
+func (r *MPP) PayloadSize() uint64 {
+	return 32 + tlv.SizeTUint64(uint64(r.totalMsat))
+}
+
 // String returns a human-readable representation of the mpp payload field.
 func (r *MPP) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("total=%v, addr=%x", r.totalMsat, r.paymentAddr)
diff --git a/routing/route/route.go b/routing/route/route.go
index ff043ef8..90a407e3 100644
--- a/routing/route/route.go
+++ b/routing/route/route.go
@@ -184,6 +184,53 @@ func (h *Hop) PackHopPayload(w io.Writer, nextChanID uint64) error {
 	return tlvStream.Encode(w)
 }
 
+// Size returns the total size this hop's payload would take up in the onion
+// packet.
+func (h *Hop) PayloadSize(nextChanID uint64) uint64 {
+	if h.LegacyPayload {
+		return sphinx.LegacyHopDataSize
+	}
+
+	var payloadSize uint64
+
+	addRecord := func(tlvType tlv.Type, length uint64) {
+		payloadSize += tlv.VarIntSize(uint64(tlvType)) +
+			tlv.VarIntSize(length) + length
+	}
+
+	// Add amount size.
+	addRecord(record.AmtOnionType, tlv.SizeTUint64(uint64(h.AmtToForward)))
+
+	// Add lock time size.
+	addRecord(
+		record.LockTimeOnionType,
+		tlv.SizeTUint64(uint64(h.OutgoingTimeLock)),
+	)
+
+	// Add next hop if present.
+	if nextChanID != 0 {
+		addRecord(record.NextHopOnionType, 8)
+	}
+
+	// Add mpp if present.
+	if h.MPP != nil {
+		addRecord(record.MPPOnionType, h.MPP.PayloadSize())
+	}
+
+	// Add custom records.
+	for k, v := range h.CustomRecords {
+		addRecord(tlv.Type(k), uint64(len(v)))
+	}
+
+	// Add the size required to encode the payload length.
+	payloadSize += tlv.VarIntSize(payloadSize)
+
+	// Add HMAC.
+	payloadSize += sphinx.HMACSize
+
+	return payloadSize
+}
+
 // Route represents a path through the channel graph which runs over one or
 // more channels in succession. This struct carries all the information
 // required to craft the Sphinx onion packet, and send the payment along the
diff --git a/routing/route/route_test.go b/routing/route/route_test.go
index 2894cbdc..6c32d8be 100644
--- a/routing/route/route_test.go
+++ b/routing/route/route_test.go
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@ package route
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/record"
 )
 
+var (
+	testPrivKeyBytes, _ = hex.DecodeString("e126f68f7eafcc8b74f54d269fe206be715000f94dac067d1c04a8ca3b2db734")
+	_, testPubKey       = btcec.PrivKeyFromBytes(btcec.S256(), testPrivKeyBytes)
+	testPubKeyBytes, _  = NewVertexFromBytes(testPubKey.SerializeCompressed())
+)
+
 // TestRouteTotalFees checks that a route reports the expected total fee.
 func TestRouteTotalFees(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
@@ -56,7 +64,6 @@ func TestRouteTotalFees(t *testing.T) {
 	if r.TotalFees() != fee {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v fees, got %v", fee, r.TotalFees())
 	}
-
 }
 
 var (
@@ -93,3 +100,57 @@ func TestMPPHop(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected err: %v, got: %v", nil, err)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestPayloadSize tests the payload size calculation that is provided by Hop
+// structs.
+func TestPayloadSize(t *testing.T) {
+	hops := []*Hop{
+		{
+			PubKeyBytes:      testPubKeyBytes,
+			AmtToForward:     1000,
+			OutgoingTimeLock: 600000,
+			ChannelID:        3432483437438,
+			LegacyPayload:    true,
+		},
+		{
+			PubKeyBytes:      testPubKeyBytes,
+			AmtToForward:     1200,
+			OutgoingTimeLock: 700000,
+			ChannelID:        63584534844,
+		},
+		{
+			PubKeyBytes:      testPubKeyBytes,
+			AmtToForward:     1200,
+			OutgoingTimeLock: 700000,
+			MPP:              record.NewMPP(500, [32]byte{}),
+			CustomRecords: map[uint64][]byte{
+				100000:  {1, 2, 3},
+				1000000: {4, 5},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	rt := Route{
+		Hops: hops,
+	}
+	path, err := rt.ToSphinxPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for i, onionHop := range path[:path.TrueRouteLength()] {
+		hop := hops[i]
+		var nextChan uint64
+		if i < len(hops)-1 {
+			nextChan = hops[i+1].ChannelID
+		}
+
+		expected := uint64(onionHop.HopPayload.NumBytes())
+		actual := hop.PayloadSize(nextChan)
+		if expected != actual {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected payload size at hop %v: "+
+				"expected %v, got %v",
+				i, expected, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tlv/varint.go b/tlv/varint.go
index 3888bfcb..38c7a7cd 100644
--- a/tlv/varint.go
+++ b/tlv/varint.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
 )
 
 // ErrVarIntNotCanonical signals that the decoded varint was not minimally encoded.
@@ -107,3 +109,8 @@ func WriteVarInt(w io.Writer, val uint64, buf *[8]byte) error {
 	_, err := w.Write(buf[:length])
 	return err
 }
+
+// VarIntSize returns the required number of bytes to encode a var int.
+func VarIntSize(val uint64) uint64 {
+	return uint64(wire.VarIntSerializeSize(val))
+}