diff --git a/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs b/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
index 453fec5544cd683be6518c0db4107a287b778209..d242a818d57fe7b8a6691ad7cf57166829780421 100644
--- a/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
@@ -1829,6 +1829,15 @@ impl X509Crl {
         X509Crl,
         ffi::d2i_X509_CRL
     }
+
+    /// Creates a new `X509Crl` instance.
+    #[corresponds(X509_CRL_new)]
+    pub fn new() -> Result<X509Crl, ErrorStack> {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::init();
+            cvt_p(ffi::X509_CRL_new()).map(X509Crl)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl X509CrlRef {