diff --git a/doc/dox_comments/header_files/asn_public.h b/doc/dox_comments/header_files/asn_public.h
index 3407e9c24..de0c836c5 100644
--- a/doc/dox_comments/header_files/asn_public.h
+++ b/doc/dox_comments/header_files/asn_public.h
@@ -2037,3 +2037,25 @@ WOLFSSL_API int wc_SetCustomExtension(Cert *cert, int critical, const char *oid,
 */
 WOLFSSL_ASN_API int wc_SetUnknownExtCallback(DecodedCert* cert,
                                              wc_UnknownExtCallback cb);
+/*!
+    \ingroup ASN
+
+    \brief This function verifies the signature in the der form of an X.509
+    certificate against a public key. The public key is expected to be the full
+    subject public key info in der form.
+
+    \return 0 Returned on success.
+    \return Other negative values on failure.
+
+    \param cert The der encoding of the X.509 certificate.
+    \param certSz The size in bytes of cert.
+    \param heap A pointer to the heap used for dynamic allocation. Can be NULL.
+    \param pubKey The der encoding of the public key.
+    \param pubKeySz The size in bytes of pubKey.
+    \param pubKeyOID OID identifying the algorithm of the public key.
+    (ie: ECDSAk, DSAk or RSAk)
+
+WOLFSSL_API int wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(const byte* cert, word32 certSz,
+                                      void* heap, const byte* pubKey,
+                                      word32 pubKeySz, int pubKeyOID);
+*/
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 4336cc98e..7b8aa0563 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -30515,6 +30515,81 @@ static void test_wc_GetPubKeyDerFromCert(void)
 #endif /* !NO_RSA || HAVE_ECC */
 }
 
+static void test_wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(void)
+{
+#if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) && !defined(NO_CERTS) && !defined(NO_FILESYSTEM) && \
+    !defined(NO_RSA) && defined(WOLFSSL_PEM_TO_DER) && defined(HAVE_ECC)
+    int ret;
+    const char* ca_cert = "./certs/ca-cert.pem";
+    byte* cert_buf = NULL;
+    size_t cert_sz = 0;
+    byte* cert_der = NULL;
+    word32 cert_dersz = 0;
+    byte keyDer[TWOK_BUF];  /* large enough for up to RSA 2048 */
+    word32 keyDerSz = (word32)sizeof(keyDer);
+    DecodedCert decoded;
+
+    printf(testingFmt, "wc_CheckCertSigPubKey()");
+
+    ret = load_file(ca_cert, &cert_buf, &cert_sz);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        cert_dersz = (word32)cert_sz; /* DER will be smaller than PEM */
+        cert_der = (byte*)malloc(cert_dersz);
+        if (cert_der) {
+            ret = wc_CertPemToDer(cert_buf, (int)cert_sz,
+                cert_der, (int)cert_dersz, CERT_TYPE);
+            AssertIntGE(ret, 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    wc_InitDecodedCert(&decoded, cert_der, cert_dersz, NULL);
+    ret = wc_ParseCert(&decoded, CERT_TYPE, NO_VERIFY, NULL);
+    AssertIntEQ(ret, 0);
+
+    ret = wc_GetPubKeyDerFromCert(&decoded, keyDer, &keyDerSz);
+    AssertIntEQ(ret, 0);
+    AssertIntGT(keyDerSz, 0);
+
+    /* Good test case. */
+    ret = wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(cert_der, cert_dersz, NULL, keyDer, keyDerSz,
+                                RSAk);
+    AssertIntEQ(ret, 0);
+
+    /* No certificate. */
+    ret = wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(NULL, cert_dersz, NULL, keyDer, keyDerSz,
+                                ECDSAk);
+    AssertIntEQ(ret, BAD_FUNC_ARG);
+
+    /* Bad cert size. */
+    ret = wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(cert_der, 0, NULL, keyDer, keyDerSz,
+                                RSAk);
+    AssertTrue(ret == ASN_PARSE_E || ret == BUFFER_E);
+
+    /* No public key. */
+    ret = wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(cert_der, cert_dersz, NULL, NULL, keyDerSz,
+                                RSAk);
+    AssertIntEQ(ret, ASN_NO_SIGNER_E);
+
+    /* Bad public key size. */
+    ret = wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(cert_der, cert_dersz, NULL, keyDer, 0,
+                                RSAk);
+    AssertIntEQ(ret, BAD_FUNC_ARG);
+
+    /* Wrong aglo. */
+    ret = wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(cert_der, cert_dersz, NULL, keyDer, keyDerSz,
+                                ECDSAk);
+    AssertIntEQ(ret, ASN_PARSE_E);
+
+    wc_FreeDecodedCert(&decoded);
+    if (cert_der)
+        free(cert_der);
+    if (cert_buf)
+        free(cert_buf);
+
+    printf(resultFmt, passed);
+#endif
+}
+
 static void test_wolfSSL_certs(void)
 {
 #if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) && !defined(NO_CERTS) && !defined(NO_FILESYSTEM) && \
@@ -53447,6 +53522,7 @@ void ApiTest(void)
     test_wc_PubKeyPemToDer();
     test_wc_PemPubKeyToDer();
     test_wc_GetPubKeyDerFromCert();
+    test_wc_CheckCertSigPubKey();
 
     /*OCSP Stapling. */
     AssertIntEQ(test_wolfSSL_UseOCSPStapling(), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index bfb3bb92a..0db75a0cd 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -18400,6 +18400,14 @@ int CheckCertSignaturePubKey(const byte* cert, word32 certSz, void* heap,
     return CheckCertSignature_ex(cert, certSz, heap, NULL,
             pubKey, pubKeySz, pubKeyOID, 0);
 }
+
+int wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(const byte* cert, word32 certSz, void* heap,
+        const byte* pubKey, word32 pubKeySz, int pubKeyOID)
+{
+        return CheckCertSignaturePubKey(cert, certSz, heap, pubKey, pubKeySz,
+                                        pubKeyOID);
+}
+
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_CERT_REQ
 int CheckCSRSignaturePubKey(const byte* cert, word32 certSz, void* heap,
         const byte* pubKey, word32 pubKeySz, int pubKeyOID)
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/asn.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/asn.h
index 108a5ede2..723b37c3a 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/asn.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/asn.h
@@ -1836,6 +1836,12 @@ WOLFSSL_LOCAL int EncodePolicyOID(byte *out, word32 *outSz,
 WOLFSSL_API int CheckCertSignature(const byte*,word32,void*,void* cm);
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL int CheckCertSignaturePubKey(const byte* cert, word32 certSz,
         void* heap, const byte* pubKey, word32 pubKeySz, int pubKeyOID);
+#ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+WOLFSSL_API int wc_CheckCertSigPubKey(const byte* cert, word32 certSz,
+                                      void* heap, const byte* pubKey,
+                                      word32 pubKeySz, int pubKeyOID);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_CERT_REQ
 WOLFSSL_LOCAL int CheckCSRSignaturePubKey(const byte* cert, word32 certSz,
         void* heap, const byte* pubKey, word32 pubKeySz, int pubKeyOID);