diff --git a/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs b/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
index 353f619f..69c95395 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -1674,6 +1674,7 @@ extern "C" {
     pub fn EC_KEY_generate_key(key: *mut EC_KEY) -> c_int;
     pub fn EC_KEY_check_key(key: *const EC_KEY) -> c_int;
     pub fn EC_KEY_free(key: *mut EC_KEY);
+    pub fn EC_KEY_set_public_key_affine_coordinates(key: *mut EC_KEY, x: *const BIGNUM, y: *const BIGNUM) -> c_int;
 
     #[cfg(not(osslconf = "OPENSSL_NO_EC2M"))]
     pub fn EC_GF2m_simple_method() -> *const EC_METHOD;
diff --git a/openssl/Cargo.toml b/openssl/Cargo.toml
index baa903a3..e6c89289 100644
--- a/openssl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/openssl/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ tempdir = "0.3"
 winapi = "0.2"
 ws2_32-sys = "0.2"
 hex = "0.2"
+data-encoding = "1.2"
diff --git a/openssl/src/ec.rs b/openssl/src/ec.rs
index 95baa833..5ff9fd5b 100644
--- a/openssl/src/ec.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/ec.rs
@@ -459,12 +459,26 @@ impl EcKeyBuilderRef {
     pub fn generate_key(&mut self) -> Result<&mut EcKeyBuilderRef, ErrorStack> {
         unsafe { cvt(ffi::EC_KEY_generate_key(self.as_ptr())).map(|_| self) }
     }
+
+    /// Sets the public key based on affine coordinates.
+    pub fn set_public_key_affine_coordinates(&mut self,
+                                             x: &BigNumRef,
+                                             y: &BigNumRef)
+                                             -> Result<&mut EcKeyBuilderRef, ErrorStack> {
+        unsafe {
+            cvt(ffi::EC_KEY_set_public_key_affine_coordinates(self.as_ptr(), 
+	                                                      x.as_ptr(), 
+							      y.as_ptr())
+	    ).map(|_| self)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use bn::BigNumContext;
+    use bn::{BigNum, BigNumContext};
     use nid;
+    use data_encoding;
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
@@ -539,4 +553,24 @@ mod test {
         assert!(ec_key.public_key().is_some());
         assert!(ec_key.private_key().is_none());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn key_from_affine_coordinates() {
+        let group = EcGroup::from_curve_name(nid::X9_62_PRIME256V1).unwrap();
+        let x = data_encoding::base64url::decode_nopad("MKBCTNIcKUSDii11ySs3526iDZ8AiTo7Tu6KPAqv7D4".as_bytes())
+            .unwrap();
+        let y = data_encoding::base64url::decode_nopad("4Etl6SRW2YiLUrN5vfvVHuhp7x8PxltmWWlbbM4IFyM".as_bytes())
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let xbn = BigNum::from_slice(&x).unwrap();
+        let ybn = BigNum::from_slice(&y).unwrap();
+
+        let mut builder = EcKeyBuilder::new().unwrap();
+        builder.set_group(&group).unwrap();
+        builder.set_public_key_affine_coordinates(&xbn, &ybn).unwrap();
+
+        let ec_key = builder.build();
+        assert!(ec_key.check_key().is_ok());
+        assert!(ec_key.public_key().is_some());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/openssl/src/lib.rs b/openssl/src/lib.rs
index 44752dcc..a6d5e6a0 100644
--- a/openssl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ extern crate openssl_sys as ffi;
 extern crate hex;
 #[cfg(test)]
 extern crate tempdir;
+#[cfg(test)]
+extern crate data_encoding;
 
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use ffi::init;