diff --git a/openssl-sys/src/ossl_typ.rs b/openssl-sys/src/ossl_typ.rs
index adf72684..fa6eb1ba 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/src/ossl_typ.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/src/ossl_typ.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ cfg_if! {
     }
 }
 
+pub enum PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO {}
+
 pub enum EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD {}
 
 pub enum EVP_PKEY_CTX {}
diff --git a/openssl-sys/src/pem.rs b/openssl-sys/src/pem.rs
index 64703377..d6a76f05 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/src/pem.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/src/pem.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ extern "C" {
         cb: pem_password_cb,
         u: *mut c_void,
     ) -> *mut EVP_PKEY;
+    pub fn d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_bio(
+        bp: *mut BIO,
+        x: *mut *mut PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO,
+    ) -> *mut PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO;
+    pub fn EVP_PKCS82PKEY(
+        p8: *const PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO,
+    ) -> *mut EVP_PKEY;
 
     pub fn PEM_read_bio_PKCS7(
         bio: *mut BIO,
diff --git a/openssl/src/pkey.rs b/openssl/src/pkey.rs
index f1ab1e2e..bcbfc385 100644
--- a/openssl/src/pkey.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/pkey.rs
@@ -524,6 +524,25 @@ impl PKey<Private> {
         ffi::d2i_AutoPrivateKey
     }
 
+    /// Deserializes a DER-formatted PKCS#8 unencrypted private key.
+    ///
+    /// This method is mainly for interoperability reasons. Encrypted keyfiles should be preferred.
+    pub fn private_key_from_pkcs8(
+        der: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<PKey<Private>, ErrorStack>
+    {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::init();
+            let bio = MemBioSlice::new(der)?;
+            let p8inf = cvt_p(ffi::d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_bio(
+                bio.as_ptr(),
+                ptr::null_mut(),
+            ))?;
+            cvt_p(ffi::EVP_PKCS82PKEY(p8inf))
+                .map(|p| PKey::from_ptr(p))
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Deserializes a DER-formatted PKCS#8 private key, using a callback to retrieve the password
     /// if the key is encrpyted.
     ///
@@ -639,6 +658,12 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(PKey::private_key_from_pem_passphrase(&pem, b"fizzbuzz").is_err());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_unencrypted_pkcs8() {
+        let key = include_bytes!("../test/pkcs8-nocrypt.der");
+        PKey::private_key_from_pkcs8(key).unwrap();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_encrypted_pkcs8_passphrase() {
         let key = include_bytes!("../test/pkcs8.der");
diff --git a/openssl/test/pkcs8-nocrypt.der b/openssl/test/pkcs8-nocrypt.der
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04fbdc20
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