diff --git a/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs b/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
index 9b7334024d58705f37d51a662b2268d01d962c8f..80cfc47e5ed25fc9eeb88f0ff0076021ad11bade 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ pub const BIO_FLAGS_SHOULD_RETRY: c_int = 0x08;
 
 pub const CRYPTO_LOCK: c_int = 1;
 
+pub const ERR_LIB_PEM: c_int = 9;
+pub const PEM_R_NO_START_LINE: c_int = 108;
+
 pub const EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE: c_uint = 64;
 pub const EVP_PKEY_RSA: c_int = NID_rsaEncryption;
 pub const EVP_PKEY_HMAC: c_int = NID_hmac;
@@ -1429,10 +1432,12 @@ extern {
     pub fn EC_POINT_cmp(group: *const EC_GROUP, a: *const EC_POINT, b: *const EC_POINT, ctx: *mut BN_CTX) -> c_int;
     pub fn EC_POINT_free(point: *mut EC_POINT);
 
+    pub fn ERR_peek_last_error() -> c_ulong;
     pub fn ERR_get_error() -> c_ulong;
     pub fn ERR_lib_error_string(err: c_ulong) -> *const c_char;
     pub fn ERR_func_error_string(err: c_ulong) -> *const c_char;
     pub fn ERR_reason_error_string(err: c_ulong) -> *const c_char;
+    pub fn ERR_clear_error();
 
     pub fn EVP_md5() -> *const EVP_MD;
     pub fn EVP_ripemd160() -> *const EVP_MD;
diff --git a/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs b/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
index 68652f8eea6656a6eb5a632c31090fae508e5654..d90cee22ede01c3f7417a5a23c184fc62b3454be 100644
--- a/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
@@ -433,6 +433,36 @@ impl ToOwned for X509Ref {
 impl X509 {
     from_pem!(X509, ffi::PEM_read_bio_X509);
     from_der!(X509, ffi::d2i_X509);
+
+    /// Deserializes a list of PEM-formatted certificates.
+    pub fn stack_from_pem(pem: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<X509>, ErrorStack> {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::init();
+            let bio = try!(MemBioSlice::new(pem));
+
+            let mut certs = vec![];
+            loop {
+                let r = ffi::PEM_read_bio_X509(bio.as_ptr(),
+                                               ptr::null_mut(),
+                                               None,
+                                               ptr::null_mut());
+                if r.is_null() {
+                    let err = ffi::ERR_peek_last_error();
+                    if ffi::ERR_GET_LIB(err) == ffi::ERR_LIB_PEM
+                            && ffi::ERR_GET_REASON(err) == ffi::PEM_R_NO_START_LINE {
+                        ffi::ERR_clear_error();
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    return Err(ErrorStack::get());
+                } else {
+                    certs.push(X509(r));
+                }
+            }
+
+            Ok(certs)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Clone for X509 {
diff --git a/openssl/src/x509/tests.rs b/openssl/src/x509/tests.rs
index 16ad661da4c54ba6c28007cd196c56ca215fc5e6..0843b19fd325e441592a78b5150150c9a4a1b1e5 100644
--- a/openssl/src/x509/tests.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/x509/tests.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use hex::FromHex;
+use hex::{FromHex, ToHex};
 
 use hash::MessageDigest;
 use pkey::PKey;
@@ -174,3 +174,15 @@ fn test_subject_alt_name_iter() {
                Some(&b"\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x01"[..]));
     assert!(subject_alt_names_iter.next().is_none());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_stack_from_pem() {
+    let certs = include_bytes!("../../test/certs.pem");
+    let certs = X509::stack_from_pem(certs).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(certs.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(certs[0].fingerprint(MessageDigest::sha1()).unwrap().to_hex(),
+        "59172d9313e84459bcff27f967e79e6e9217e584");
+    assert_eq!(certs[1].fingerprint(MessageDigest::sha1()).unwrap().to_hex(),
+        "c0cbdf7cdd03c9773e5468e1f6d2da7d5cbb1875");
+}
diff --git a/openssl/test/certs.pem b/openssl/test/certs.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9d3516620da5d83a5dabb3b5962651aa15f8bc32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openssl/test/certs.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----