diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 20c907af1..d79433309 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -15886,6 +15886,20 @@ void wolfSSL_X509_free(WOLFSSL_X509* x509)
     WOLFSSL_ENTER("wolfSSL_X509_free");
     ExternalFreeX509(x509);
 }
+
+
+WOLFSSL_X509* wolfSSL_X509_new()
+{
+    WOLFSSL_X509* x509;
+
+    x509 = (WOLFSSL_X509*)XMALLOC(sizeof(WOLFSSL_X509), NULL,
+            DYNAMIC_TYPE_X509);
+    if (x509 != NULL) {
+        InitX509(x509, 1, NULL);
+    }
+
+    return x509;
+}
 #endif /* NO_CERTS */
 
 
diff --git a/wolfssl/openssl/ssl.h b/wolfssl/openssl/ssl.h
index e233deed6..a810371ba 100644
--- a/wolfssl/openssl/ssl.h
+++ b/wolfssl/openssl/ssl.h
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ typedef WOLFSSL_X509_STORE_CTX X509_STORE_CTX;
 #define X509_get_ext_d2i wolfSSL_X509_get_ext_d2i
 #define X509_digest wolfSSL_X509_digest
 #define X509_free wolfSSL_X509_free
+#define X509_new  wolfSSL_X509_new
 #define OPENSSL_free wolfSSL_OPENSSL_free
 #define OPENSSL_malloc wolfSSL_OPENSSL_malloc
 
diff --git a/wolfssl/ssl.h b/wolfssl/ssl.h
index 22cdabe64..cf0f67580 100644
--- a/wolfssl/ssl.h
+++ b/wolfssl/ssl.h
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ WOLFSSL_API const char*  wolfSSL_get_cipher(WOLFSSL*);
 WOLFSSL_API WOLFSSL_SESSION* wolfSSL_get1_session(WOLFSSL* ssl);
                            /* what's ref count */
 
+WOLFSSL_API WOLFSSL_X509* wolfSSL_X509_new(void);
 WOLFSSL_API void wolfSSL_X509_free(WOLFSSL_X509*);
 
 #ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA