diff --git a/doc/dox_comments/header_files/asn_public.h b/doc/dox_comments/header_files/asn_public.h
index fcdc7fcea..fe6903ba9 100644
--- a/doc/dox_comments/header_files/asn_public.h
+++ b/doc/dox_comments/header_files/asn_public.h
@@ -1767,3 +1767,97 @@ WOLFSSL_API int wc_CreateEncryptedPKCS8Key(byte* key, word32 keySz, byte* out,
         word32* outSz, const char* password, int passwordSz, int vPKCS,
         int pbeOid, int encAlgId, byte* salt, word32 saltSz, int itt,
         WC_RNG* rng, void* heap);
+
+/*!
+    \ingroup ASN
+
+    \brief This function initializes the DecodedCert pointed to by the "cert"
+     parameter. It saves the "source" pointer to a DER-encoded certificate of
+     length "inSz." This certificate can be parsed by a subsequent call to
+     wc_ParseCert.
+
+    \param cert Pointer to an allocated DecodedCert object.
+    \param source Pointer to a DER-encoded certificate.
+    \param inSz Length of the DER-encoded certificate in bytes.
+    \param heap A pointer to the heap used for dynamic allocation. Can be NULL.
+
+    _Example_
+    \code
+    DecodedCert decodedCert; // Decoded certificate object.
+    byte* certBuf;           // DER-encoded certificate buffer.
+    word32 certBufSz;        // Size of certBuf in bytes.
+
+    wc_InitDecodedCert(&decodedCert, certBuf, certBufSz, NULL);
+    \endcode
+
+    \sa wc_ParseCert
+    \sa wc_FreeDecodedCert
+*/
+WOLFSSL_API void wc_InitDecodedCert(struct DecodedCert* cert,
+    const byte* source, word32 inSz, void* heap);
+
+/*!
+    \ingroup ASN
+
+    \brief This function parses the DER-encoded certificate saved in the
+    DecodedCert object and populates the fields of that object. The DecodedCert
+    must have been initialized with a prior call to wc_InitDecodedCert. This
+    function takes an optional pointer to a CertificateManager object, which
+    is used to populate the certificate authority information of the
+    DecodedCert, if the CA is found in the CertificateManager.
+
+    \return 0 on success.
+    \return Other negative values on failure.
+
+    \param cert Pointer to an initialized DecodedCert object.
+    \param type Type of certificate. See the CertType enum in asn_public.h.
+    \param verify Flag that, if set, indicates the user wants to verify the
+    validity of the certificate.
+    \param cm An optional pointer to a CertificateManager. Can be NULL.
+
+    _Example_
+    \code
+    int ret;
+    DecodedCert decodedCert; // Decoded certificate object.
+    byte* certBuf;           // DER-encoded certificate buffer.
+    word32 certBufSz;        // Size of certBuf in bytes.
+
+    wc_InitDecodedCert(&decodedCert, certBuf, certBufSz, NULL);
+    ret = wc_ParseCert(&decodedCert, CERT_TYPE, NO_VERIFY, NULL);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "wc_ParseCert failed.\n");
+    }
+    \endcode
+
+    \sa wc_InitDecodedCert
+    \sa wc_FreeDecodedCert
+*/
+WOLFSSL_API int wc_ParseCert(DecodedCert* cert, int type, int verify, void* cm);
+
+/*!
+    \ingroup ASN
+
+    \brief This function frees a DecodedCert that was previously initialized
+    with wc_InitDecodedCert.
+
+    \param cert Pointer to an initialized DecodedCert object.
+
+    _Example_
+    \code
+    int ret;
+    DecodedCert decodedCert; // Decoded certificate object.
+    byte* certBuf;           // DER-encoded certificate buffer.
+    word32 certBufSz;        // Size of certBuf in bytes.
+
+    wc_InitDecodedCert(&decodedCert, certBuf, certBufSz, NULL);
+    ret = wc_ParseCert(&decodedCert, CERT_TYPE, NO_VERIFY, NULL);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "wc_ParseCert failed.\n");
+    }
+    wc_FreeDecodedCert(&decodedCert);
+    \endcode
+
+    \sa wc_InitDecodedCert
+    \sa wc_ParseCert
+*/
+WOLFSSL_API void wc_FreeDecodedCert(struct DecodedCert* cert);
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 83ed95772..b2d327ce5 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -45710,6 +45710,23 @@ static void test_CheckCertSignature(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void test_wc_ParseCert(void)
+{
+#if !defined(NO_CERTS) && !defined(NO_RSA)
+    DecodedCert decodedCert;
+    const byte* rawCert = client_cert_der_2048;
+    const int rawCertSize = sizeof_client_cert_der_2048;
+
+    printf(testingFmt, "wc_ParseCert");
+
+    wc_InitDecodedCert(&decodedCert, rawCert, rawCertSize, NULL);
+    AssertIntEQ(wc_ParseCert(&decodedCert, CERT_TYPE, NO_VERIFY, NULL), 0);
+    wc_FreeDecodedCert(&decodedCert);
+
+    printf(resultFmt, passed);
+#endif
+}
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
  | wolfCrypt ECC
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -52280,6 +52297,7 @@ void ApiTest(void)
     test_wc_SetSubjectKeyId();
     test_wc_SetSubject();
     test_CheckCertSignature();
+    test_wc_ParseCert();
 
     /* wolfCrypt ECC tests */
     test_wc_ecc_get_curve_size_from_name();
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index c7d8581c5..6a9080eec 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -9513,6 +9513,12 @@ void InitDecodedCert(DecodedCert* cert,
     }
 }
 
+void wc_InitDecodedCert(DecodedCert* cert, const byte* source, word32 inSz,
+                        void* heap)
+{
+    InitDecodedCert(cert, source, inSz, heap);
+}
+
 /* Free the alternative names object.
  *
  * Frees each linked list items and its name.
@@ -9617,6 +9623,11 @@ void FreeDecodedCert(DecodedCert* cert)
 #endif
 }
 
+void wc_FreeDecodedCert(DecodedCert* cert)
+{
+    FreeDecodedCert(cert);
+}
+
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_ASN_TEMPLATE
 static int GetCertHeader(DecodedCert* cert)
 {
@@ -17267,6 +17278,11 @@ int ParseCert(DecodedCert* cert, int type, int verify, void* cm)
     return ret;
 }
 
+int wc_ParseCert(DecodedCert* cert, int type, int verify, void* cm)
+{
+    return ParseCert(cert, type, verify, cm);
+}
+
 #if !defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) && !defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA_X509_SMALL) && \
     !defined(GetCA)
 /* from SSL proper, for locking can't do find here anymore.
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/asn_public.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/asn_public.h
index e56453de8..00c58dcd2 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/asn_public.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/asn_public.h
@@ -759,6 +759,12 @@ typedef struct _wc_CertPIV {
 WOLFSSL_API int wc_ParseCertPIV(wc_CertPIV* cert, const byte* buf, word32 totalSz);
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_CERT_PIV */
 
+/* Forward declaration needed, as DecodedCert is defined in asn.h.*/
+struct DecodedCert;
+
+WOLFSSL_API void wc_InitDecodedCert(struct DecodedCert*, const byte*, word32, void*);
+WOLFSSL_API void wc_FreeDecodedCert(struct DecodedCert*);
+WOLFSSL_API int  wc_ParseCert(struct DecodedCert*, int, int, void*);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
     } /* extern "C" */