diff --git a/tests/api/test_mldsa.c b/tests/api/test_mldsa.c
index a9d2e1980..69a2668f3 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_mldsa.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_mldsa.c
@@ -16785,3 +16785,165 @@ int test_mldsa_pkcs8(void)
 #endif
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
+
+int test_mldsa_pkcs12(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if !defined(NO_ASN) && defined(HAVE_PKCS12) && \
+    defined(HAVE_DILITHIUM) && !defined(NO_TLS) && \
+    !defined(NO_PWDBASED) && !defined(NO_HMAC) && \
+    !defined(NO_CERTS) && !defined(NO_DES3) && \
+    (!defined(NO_WOLFSSL_CLIENT) || !defined(NO_WOLFSSL_SERVER))
+
+    WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx = NULL;
+    word32 i;
+    byte* inKey = NULL;
+    byte* inCert = NULL;
+    const word32 inKeyHeaderSz = 4;
+    const word32 inKeyMaxSz = inKeyHeaderSz + DILITHIUM_MAX_PRV_KEY_SIZE;
+    const word32 certConstSz = 412;
+    const word32 inCertMaxSz =
+        certConstSz + DILITHIUM_MAX_SIG_SIZE + DILITHIUM_MAX_PUB_KEY_SIZE;
+    const word32 pkcs8HeaderSz = 24;
+    WC_RNG rng;
+    dilithium_key mldsa_key;
+    char pkcs12Passwd[] = "mldsa";
+
+    struct {
+        int enc;
+        int wcId;
+        int oidSum;
+        int keySz;
+        int sigType;
+        int keyType;
+    } test_variant[] = {
+        {PBE_SHA1_DES3, WC_ML_DSA_44, ML_DSA_LEVEL2k,
+            ML_DSA_LEVEL2_PRV_KEY_SIZE, CTC_ML_DSA_LEVEL2, ML_DSA_LEVEL2_TYPE},
+        {PBE_SHA1_DES3, WC_ML_DSA_65, ML_DSA_LEVEL3k,
+            ML_DSA_LEVEL3_PRV_KEY_SIZE, CTC_ML_DSA_LEVEL3, ML_DSA_LEVEL3_TYPE},
+        {PBE_SHA1_DES3, WC_ML_DSA_87, ML_DSA_LEVEL5k,
+            ML_DSA_LEVEL5_PRV_KEY_SIZE, CTC_ML_DSA_LEVEL5, ML_DSA_LEVEL5_TYPE},
+        {-1, WC_ML_DSA_44, ML_DSA_LEVEL2k,
+            ML_DSA_LEVEL2_PRV_KEY_SIZE, CTC_ML_DSA_LEVEL2, ML_DSA_LEVEL2_TYPE},
+        {-1, WC_ML_DSA_65, ML_DSA_LEVEL3k,
+            ML_DSA_LEVEL3_PRV_KEY_SIZE, CTC_ML_DSA_LEVEL3, ML_DSA_LEVEL3_TYPE},
+        {-1, WC_ML_DSA_87, ML_DSA_LEVEL5k,
+            ML_DSA_LEVEL5_PRV_KEY_SIZE, CTC_ML_DSA_LEVEL5, ML_DSA_LEVEL5_TYPE},
+    };
+
+    ExpectNotNull(inKey = (byte*) XMALLOC(inKeyMaxSz, NULL,
+        DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER));
+    ExpectNotNull(inCert = (byte*) XMALLOC(inCertMaxSz, NULL,
+        DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER));
+
+#ifndef NO_WOLFSSL_SERVER
+    ExpectNotNull(ctx = wolfSSL_CTX_new(wolfSSLv23_server_method()));
+#else
+    ExpectNotNull(ctx = wolfSSL_CTX_new(wolfSSLv23_client_method()));
+#endif /* NO_WOLFSSL_SERVER */
+
+    ExpectIntEQ(wc_InitRng(&rng), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wc_dilithium_init(&mldsa_key), 0);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < sizeof(test_variant) / sizeof(test_variant[0]); ++i) {
+        WC_PKCS12* pkcs12Export = NULL;
+        WC_PKCS12* pkcs12Import = NULL;
+        byte* pkcs12Der = NULL;
+        byte* outKey = NULL;
+        byte* outCert = NULL;
+        word32 inKeySz = 0;
+        word32 inCertSz = 0;
+        word32 pkcs12DerSz = 0;
+        word32 outKeySz = 0;
+        word32 outCertSz = 0;
+        Cert cert;
+        word32 size;
+
+        if (EXPECT_FAIL())
+            break;
+
+        /* Create a key for wc_PKCS12_create() */
+        inKeySz = 0;
+        inKey[0] = 0x04;  /* ASN.1 OCTET STRING */
+        inKey[1] = 0x82;  /* 2 bytes length field */
+        inKey[2] = (test_variant[i].keySz >> 8) & 0xff;  /* MSB of the length */
+        inKey[3] = test_variant[i].keySz & 0xff;         /* LSB of the length */
+        inKeySz += inKeyHeaderSz;
+        ExpectIntEQ(wc_dilithium_set_level(&mldsa_key, test_variant[i].wcId),
+            0);
+        ExpectIntEQ(wc_dilithium_make_key(&mldsa_key, &rng), 0);
+        size = inKeyMaxSz - inKeySz;
+        ExpectIntEQ(wc_dilithium_export_private(&mldsa_key, inKey + inKeySz,
+            &size), 0);
+        inKeySz += size;
+        size = inKeyMaxSz - inKeySz;
+        ExpectIntEQ(wc_dilithium_export_public(&mldsa_key, inKey + inKeySz,
+            &size), 0);
+        inKeySz += size;
+
+        /* Create a certificate for wc_PKCS12_create() */
+        ExpectIntEQ(wc_InitCert(&cert), 0);
+        XSTRNCPY(cert.subject.country, "US", CTC_NAME_SIZE);
+        XSTRNCPY(cert.subject.state, "MT", CTC_NAME_SIZE);
+        XSTRNCPY(cert.subject.locality, "Bozeman", CTC_NAME_SIZE);
+        XSTRNCPY(cert.subject.org, "wolfSSL", CTC_NAME_SIZE);
+        XSTRNCPY(cert.subject.unit, "Engineering", CTC_NAME_SIZE);
+        XSTRNCPY(cert.subject.commonName, "www.wolfssl.com", CTC_NAME_SIZE);
+        XSTRNCPY(cert.subject.email, "root@wolfssl.com", CTC_NAME_SIZE);
+        XSTRNCPY((char*)cert.beforeDate, "\x18\x0f""20250101000000Z",
+            CTC_DATE_SIZE);
+        cert.beforeDateSz = 17;
+        XSTRNCPY((char*)cert.afterDate, "\x18\x0f""20493112115959Z",
+            CTC_DATE_SIZE);
+        cert.afterDateSz = 17;
+        cert.selfSigned = 1;
+        cert.sigType = test_variant[i].sigType;
+        cert.isCA    = 0;
+        ExpectIntGE(inCertSz = wc_MakeCert_ex(&cert, inCert, inCertMaxSz,
+            test_variant[i].keyType, &mldsa_key, &rng), 0);
+        ExpectIntGE(inCertSz = wc_SignCert_ex(cert.bodySz, cert.sigType, inCert,
+            inCertMaxSz, test_variant[i].keyType, &mldsa_key, &rng), 0);
+
+        ExpectNotNull(pkcs12Export = wc_PKCS12_create(pkcs12Passwd,
+            sizeof(pkcs12Passwd) - 1,
+            (char*) "friendlyName" /* not used currently */,
+            (byte*) inKey, inKeySz, (byte*) inCert, inCertSz,
+            NULL, test_variant[i].enc, test_variant[i].enc, 100, 100,
+            0 /* not used currently */, NULL));
+        pkcs12Der = NULL;
+        ExpectIntGE((pkcs12DerSz = wc_i2d_PKCS12(pkcs12Export, &pkcs12Der,
+            NULL)), 0);
+
+        ExpectNotNull(pkcs12Import = wc_PKCS12_new_ex(NULL));
+        ExpectIntGE(wc_d2i_PKCS12(pkcs12Der, pkcs12DerSz, pkcs12Import), 0);
+        ExpectIntEQ(wc_PKCS12_parse_ex(pkcs12Import, pkcs12Passwd, &outKey,
+            &outKeySz,
+            &outCert, &outCertSz, NULL, 1), 0);
+        ExpectIntGT(outKeySz, 0);
+        ExpectIntGT(outCertSz, 0);
+        ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_buffer(ctx, outKey, outKeySz,
+            WOLFSSL_FILETYPE_ASN1), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+        ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_CTX_use_certificate_buffer(ctx, outCert, outCertSz,
+            WOLFSSL_FILETYPE_ASN1), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+
+        ExpectIntEQ(inKeySz, outKeySz - pkcs8HeaderSz);
+        ExpectIntEQ(XMEMCMP(inKey, outKey + pkcs8HeaderSz, inKeySz), 0);
+        ExpectIntEQ(inCertSz, outCertSz);
+        ExpectIntEQ(XMEMCMP(inCert, outCert, inCertSz), 0);
+
+        XFREE(outKey, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PUBLIC_KEY);
+        XFREE(outCert, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PKCS);
+        wc_PKCS12_free(pkcs12Import);
+        XFREE(pkcs12Der, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PKCS);
+        wc_PKCS12_free(pkcs12Export);
+    }
+
+    wc_dilithium_free(&mldsa_key);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wc_FreeRng(&rng), 0);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx);
+    XFREE(inCert, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
+    XFREE(inKey, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
+
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
diff --git a/tests/api/test_mldsa.h b/tests/api/test_mldsa.h
index 38568d275..f444e5695 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_mldsa.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_mldsa.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ int test_wc_dilithium_make_key_from_seed(void);
 int test_wc_dilithium_sig_kats(void);
 int test_wc_dilithium_verify_kats(void);
 int test_mldsa_pkcs8(void);
+int test_mldsa_pkcs12(void);
 
 #define TEST_MLDSA_DECLS                                            \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("mldsa", test_wc_dilithium),                    \
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ int test_mldsa_pkcs8(void);
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("mldsa", test_wc_dilithium_make_key_from_seed), \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("mldsa", test_wc_dilithium_sig_kats),           \
     TEST_DECL_GROUP("mldsa", test_wc_dilithium_verify_kats),        \
-    TEST_DECL_GROUP("mldsa", test_mldsa_pkcs8)
+    TEST_DECL_GROUP("mldsa", test_mldsa_pkcs8),                     \
+    TEST_DECL_GROUP("mldsa", test_mldsa_pkcs12)
 
 #endif /* WOLFCRYPT_TEST_MLDSA_H */
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index 8148a2cba..a541b737d 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -9155,9 +9155,12 @@ int wc_GetKeyOID(byte* key, word32 keySz, const byte** curveOID, word32* oidSz,
         if (dilithium == NULL)
             return MEMORY_E;
 
-        if (wc_dilithium_init(dilithium) != 0) {
-            tmpIdx = 0;
-            if (wc_dilithium_set_level(dilithium, WC_ML_DSA_44) == 0) {
+        /* wc_dilithium_init() returns 0 on success and a non-zero value on
+         * failure. */
+        if (wc_dilithium_init(dilithium) == 0) {
+            if ((*algoID == 0) &&
+                (wc_dilithium_set_level(dilithium, WC_ML_DSA_44) == 0)) {
+                tmpIdx = 0;
                 if (wc_Dilithium_PrivateKeyDecode(key, &tmpIdx, dilithium,
                         keySz) == 0) {
                     *algoID = ML_DSA_LEVEL2k;
@@ -9166,7 +9169,9 @@ int wc_GetKeyOID(byte* key, word32 keySz, const byte** curveOID, word32* oidSz,
                     WOLFSSL_MSG("Not Dilithium Level 2 DER key");
                 }
             }
-            else if (wc_dilithium_set_level(dilithium, WC_ML_DSA_65) == 0) {
+            if ((*algoID == 0) &&
+                (wc_dilithium_set_level(dilithium, WC_ML_DSA_65) == 0)) {
+                tmpIdx = 0;
                 if (wc_Dilithium_PrivateKeyDecode(key, &tmpIdx, dilithium,
                         keySz) == 0) {
                     *algoID = ML_DSA_LEVEL3k;
@@ -9175,7 +9180,9 @@ int wc_GetKeyOID(byte* key, word32 keySz, const byte** curveOID, word32* oidSz,
                     WOLFSSL_MSG("Not Dilithium Level 3 DER key");
                 }
             }
-            else if (wc_dilithium_set_level(dilithium, WC_ML_DSA_87) == 0) {
+            if ((*algoID == 0) &&
+                (wc_dilithium_set_level(dilithium, WC_ML_DSA_87) == 0)) {
+                tmpIdx = 0;
                 if (wc_Dilithium_PrivateKeyDecode(key, &tmpIdx, dilithium,
                         keySz) == 0) {
                     *algoID = ML_DSA_LEVEL5k;
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/pkcs12.c b/wolfcrypt/src/pkcs12.c
index 9d026792b..2342cd632 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/pkcs12.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/pkcs12.c
@@ -1297,6 +1297,27 @@ static int PKCS12_CoalesceOctetStrings(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12, byte* data,
 int wc_PKCS12_parse(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12, const char* psw,
         byte** pkey, word32* pkeySz, byte** cert, word32* certSz,
         WC_DerCertList** ca)
+{
+    return wc_PKCS12_parse_ex(pkcs12, psw, pkey, pkeySz, cert, certSz, ca, 0);
+}
+
+/* return 0 on success and negative on failure.
+ * By side effect returns private key, cert, and optionally ca.
+ * Parses and decodes the parts of PKCS12
+ *
+ * NOTE: can parse with USER RSA enabled but may return cert that is not the
+ *       pair for the key when using RSA key pairs.
+ *
+ * pkcs12        : non-null WC_PKCS12 struct
+ * psw           : password to use for PKCS12 decode
+ * pkey          : Private key returned
+ * cert          : x509 cert returned
+ * ca            : optional ca returned
+ * keepKeyHeader : 0 removes PKCS8 header, other than 0 keeps PKCS8 header
+ */
+int wc_PKCS12_parse_ex(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12, const char* psw,
+        byte** pkey, word32* pkeySz, byte** cert, word32* certSz,
+        WC_DerCertList** ca, int keepKeyHeader)
 {
     ContentInfo* ci       = NULL;
     WC_DerCertList* certList = NULL;
@@ -1492,7 +1513,13 @@ int wc_PKCS12_parse(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12, const char* psw,
                             ERROR_OUT(MEMORY_E, exit_pk12par);
                         }
                         XMEMCPY(*pkey, data + idx, (size_t)size);
-                        *pkeySz = (word32)ToTraditional_ex(*pkey, (word32)size, &algId);
+                        if (keepKeyHeader) {
+                            *pkeySz = (word32)size;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            *pkeySz = (word32)ToTraditional_ex(*pkey,
+                                (word32)size, &algId);
+                        }
                     }
 
                 #ifdef WOLFSSL_DEBUG_PKCS12
@@ -1531,10 +1558,19 @@ int wc_PKCS12_parse(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12, const char* psw,
                         XMEMCPY(k, data + idx, (size_t)size);
 
                         /* overwrites input, be warned */
-                        if ((ret = ToTraditionalEnc(k, (word32)size, psw, pswSz,
-                                                                 &algId)) < 0) {
-                            XFREE(k, pkcs12->heap, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PUBLIC_KEY);
-                            goto exit_pk12par;
+                        if (keepKeyHeader) {
+                            if ((ret = wc_DecryptPKCS8Key(k, (word32)size, psw,
+                                pswSz)) < 0) {
+                                XFREE(k, pkcs12->heap, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PUBLIC_KEY);
+                                goto exit_pk12par;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            if ((ret = ToTraditionalEnc(k, (word32)size, psw,
+                                pswSz, &algId)) < 0) {
+                                XFREE(k, pkcs12->heap, DYNAMIC_TYPE_PUBLIC_KEY);
+                                goto exit_pk12par;
+                            }
                         }
 
                         if (ret < size) {
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs12.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs12.h
index da74fe2e4..6dc6e9df8 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs12.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/pkcs12.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ WOLFSSL_API int wc_i2d_PKCS12(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12, byte** der, int* derSz);
 WOLFSSL_API int wc_PKCS12_parse(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12, const char* psw,
         byte** pkey, word32* pkeySz, byte** cert, word32* certSz,
         WC_DerCertList** ca);
+WOLFSSL_API int wc_PKCS12_parse_ex(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12, const char* psw,
+        byte** pkey, word32* pkeySz, byte** cert, word32* certSz,
+        WC_DerCertList** ca, int keepKeyHeader);
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL int wc_PKCS12_verify_ex(WC_PKCS12* pkcs12,
         const byte* psw, word32 pswSz);
 WOLFSSL_API WC_PKCS12* wc_PKCS12_create(char* pass, word32 passSz,