diff --git a/certs/ca-key-pkcs8-attribute.der b/certs/ca-key-pkcs8-attribute.der
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..692a8cccf
Binary files /dev/null and b/certs/ca-key-pkcs8-attribute.der differ
diff --git a/certs/include.am b/certs/include.am
index dd87e3265..d4417fe8e 100644
--- a/certs/include.am
+++ b/certs/include.am
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
              certs/ca-cert-chain.der \
              certs/ca-cert.pem \
              certs/ca-key.pem \
+             certs/ca-key-pkcs8-attribute.der \
              certs/client-cert.pem \
              certs/client-keyEnc.pem \
              certs/client-key.pem \
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index b523b8ba9..70669bca5 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -74549,6 +74549,7 @@ static int test_wc_GetPkcs8TraditionalOffset(void)
     int derSz = 0;
     word32 inOutIdx;
     const char* path = "./certs/server-keyPkcs8.der";
+    const char* pathAttributes = "./certs/ca-key-pkcs8-attribute.der";
     XFILE file = XBADFILE;
     byte der[2048];
 
@@ -74556,6 +74557,7 @@ static int test_wc_GetPkcs8TraditionalOffset(void)
     ExpectIntGT(derSz = (int)XFREAD(der, 1, sizeof(der), file), 0);
     if (file != XBADFILE)
         XFCLOSE(file);
+    file = XBADFILE; /* reset file to avoid warning of use after close */
 
     /* valid case */
     inOutIdx = 0;
@@ -74577,6 +74579,16 @@ static int test_wc_GetPkcs8TraditionalOffset(void)
     inOutIdx = 0;
     ExpectIntEQ(length = wc_GetPkcs8TraditionalOffset(der, &inOutIdx, (word32)derSz),
         WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(ASN_PARSE_E));
+
+    /* test parsing with attributes */
+    ExpectTrue((file = XFOPEN(pathAttributes, "rb")) != XBADFILE);
+    ExpectIntGT(derSz = (int)XFREAD(der, 1, sizeof(der), file), 0);
+    if (file != XBADFILE)
+        XFCLOSE(file);
+
+    inOutIdx = 0;
+    ExpectIntGT(length = wc_GetPkcs8TraditionalOffset(der, &inOutIdx,
+        (word32)derSz), 0);
 #endif /* NO_ASN */
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index cf33e97fc..e99852296 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -6882,8 +6882,9 @@ static const ASNItem pkcs8KeyASN[] = {
 /*  PKEY_ALGO_PARAM_SEQ */            { 2, ASN_SEQUENCE, 1, 0, 1 },
 #endif
 /*  PKEY_DATA           */        { 1, ASN_OCTET_STRING, 0, 0, 0 },
-                /* attributes            [0] Attributes OPTIONAL */
-                /* [[2: publicKey        [1] PublicKey OPTIONAL ]] */
+/*  OPTIONAL Attributes IMPLICIT [0] */
+                                  { 1, ASN_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC | 0, 1, 0, 1 },
+/* [[2: publicKey        [1] PublicKey OPTIONAL ]] */
 };
 enum {
     PKCS8KEYASN_IDX_SEQ = 0,
@@ -6896,6 +6897,7 @@ enum {
     PKCS8KEYASN_IDX_PKEY_ALGO_PARAM_SEQ,
 #endif
     PKCS8KEYASN_IDX_PKEY_DATA,
+    PKCS8KEYASN_IDX_PKEY_ATTRIBUTES,
     WOLF_ENUM_DUMMY_LAST_ELEMENT(PKCS8KEYASN_IDX)
 };
 
@@ -7306,7 +7308,9 @@ int wc_CreatePKCS8Key(byte* out, word32* outSz, byte* key, word32 keySz,
     *outSz = tmpSz + sz;
     return (int)(tmpSz + sz);
 #else
-    DECL_ASNSETDATA(dataASN, pkcs8KeyASN_Length);
+    /* pkcs8KeyASN_Length-1, the -1 is because we are not adding the optional
+     * set of attributes */
+    DECL_ASNSETDATA(dataASN, pkcs8KeyASN_Length-1);
     int sz = 0;
     int ret = 0;
     word32 keyIdx = 0;
@@ -7327,7 +7331,7 @@ int wc_CreatePKCS8Key(byte* out, word32* outSz, byte* key, word32 keySz,
         ret = ASN_PARSE_E;
     }
 
-    CALLOC_ASNSETDATA(dataASN, pkcs8KeyASN_Length, ret, NULL);
+    CALLOC_ASNSETDATA(dataASN, pkcs8KeyASN_Length-1, ret, NULL);
 
     if (ret == 0) {
         /* Only support default PKCS #8 format - v0. */
@@ -7353,7 +7357,7 @@ int wc_CreatePKCS8Key(byte* out, word32* outSz, byte* key, word32 keySz,
         SetASN_Buffer(&dataASN[PKCS8KEYASN_IDX_PKEY_DATA], key, keySz);
 
         /* Get the size of the DER encoding. */
-        ret = SizeASN_Items(pkcs8KeyASN, dataASN, pkcs8KeyASN_Length, &sz);
+        ret = SizeASN_Items(pkcs8KeyASN, dataASN, pkcs8KeyASN_Length-1, &sz);
     }
     if (ret == 0) {
         /* Always return the calculated size. */
@@ -7366,7 +7370,7 @@ int wc_CreatePKCS8Key(byte* out, word32* outSz, byte* key, word32 keySz,
     }
     if (ret == 0) {
         /*  Encode PKCS #8 key into buffer. */
-        SetASN_Items(pkcs8KeyASN, dataASN, pkcs8KeyASN_Length, out);
+        SetASN_Items(pkcs8KeyASN, dataASN, pkcs8KeyASN_Length-1, out);
         ret = sz;
     }