diff --git a/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs b/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
index 125acd945c54d61a94bb3c9dcbc0af5b159a9dc3..a599c36927048028618df227b253e838dc741c4c 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ extern {
                                 e: *mut ENGINE,
                                 key: *const c_uchar,
                                 keylen: c_int) -> *mut EVP_PKEY;
-
+    pub fn d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey_bio(bp: *mut BIO, x: *mut *mut EVP_PKEY, cb: Option<PasswordCallback>, u: *mut c_void) -> *mut EVP_PKEY;
 
     pub fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(ctx: *mut EVP_PKEY_CTX, keytype: c_int, optype: c_int, cmd: c_int, p1: c_int, p2: *mut c_void) -> c_int;
 
diff --git a/openssl/src/pkey.rs b/openssl/src/pkey.rs
index 5608dd51fccb0f40d9281ca7427be123fc1aeada..6dbe8ec731d2a0d3c11d4fd92e45a4272f12f609 100644
--- a/openssl/src/pkey.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/pkey.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use libc::{c_void, c_char, c_int};
 use std::ptr;
 use std::mem;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 use ffi;
 use foreign_types::{Opaque, ForeignType, ForeignTypeRef};
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ use dsa::Dsa;
 use ec::EcKey;
 use rsa::{Rsa, Padding};
 use error::ErrorStack;
-use util::{CallbackState, invoke_passwd_cb_old};
+use util::{CallbackState, invoke_passwd_cb, invoke_passwd_cb_old};
 
 foreign_type! {
     type CType = ffi::EVP_PKEY;
@@ -140,6 +141,47 @@ impl PKey {
     private_key_from_pem!(PKey, ffi::PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey);
     public_key_from_pem!(PKey, ffi::PEM_read_bio_PUBKEY);
 
+    /// Deserializes a DER-formatted PKCS#8 private key, using a callback to retrieve the password
+    /// if the key is encrpyted.
+    ///
+    /// The callback should copy the password into the provided buffer and return the number of
+    /// bytes written.
+    pub fn private_key_from_pkcs8_callback<F>(der: &[u8], callback: F) -> Result<PKey, ErrorStack>
+        where F: FnOnce(&mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, ErrorStack>
+    {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::init();
+            let mut cb = CallbackState::new(callback);
+            let bio = try!(MemBioSlice::new(der));
+            cvt_p(ffi::d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey_bio(bio.as_ptr(),
+                                               ptr::null_mut(),
+                                               Some(invoke_passwd_cb::<F>),
+                                               &mut cb as *mut _ as *mut _))
+                .map(PKey)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Deserializes a DER-formatted PKCS#8 private key, using the supplied password if the key is
+    /// encrypted.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics if `passphrase` contains an embedded null.
+    pub fn private_key_from_pkcs8_passphrase(der: &[u8],
+                                             passphrase: &[u8])
+                                             -> Result<PKey, ErrorStack> {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::init();
+            let bio = try!(MemBioSlice::new(der));
+            let passphrase = CString::new(passphrase).unwrap();
+            cvt_p(ffi::d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey_bio(bio.as_ptr(),
+                                               ptr::null_mut(),
+                                               None,
+                                               passphrase.as_ptr() as *const _ as *mut _))
+                .map(PKey)
+        }
+    }
+
     #[deprecated(since = "0.9.2", note = "use private_key_from_pem_callback")]
     pub fn private_key_from_pem_cb<F>(buf: &[u8], pass_cb: F) -> Result<PKey, ErrorStack>
         where F: FnOnce(&mut [c_char]) -> usize
@@ -200,6 +242,25 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(PKey::private_key_from_pem_passphrase(&pem, b"fizzbuzz").is_err());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_encrypted_pkcs8_passphrase() {
+        let key = include_bytes!("../test/pkcs8.der");
+        PKey::private_key_from_pkcs8_passphrase(key, b"mypass").unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_encrypted_pkcs8_callback() {
+        let mut password_queried = false;
+        let key = include_bytes!("../test/pkcs8.der");
+        PKey::private_key_from_pkcs8_callback(key, |password| {
+                password_queried = true;
+                password[..6].copy_from_slice(b"mypass");
+                Ok(6)
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(password_queried);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_private_key_from_pem() {
         let key = include_bytes!("../test/key.pem");
diff --git a/openssl/test/pkcs8.der b/openssl/test/pkcs8.der
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