diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
index 8226d06fe1e0..f0b4e3ccf1b8 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
@@ -123,4 +123,12 @@ config PGP_TEST_KEY
 
 	  This is intended for testing the PGP parser.
 
+config PGP_PRELOAD
+	bool "PGP public key preloading facility"
+	select PGP_KEY_PARSER
+	help
+	  This option provides a facility for the kernel to preload PGP-wrapped
+	  bundles of keys during boot.  It is used by module signing to load
+	  the module signing keys for example.
+
 endif # ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Makefile b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Makefile
index 48bbe2b1d446..c04a103a99c5 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Makefile
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Makefile
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ $(obj)/tpm.asn1.o: $(obj)/tpm.asn1.c $(obj)/tpm.asn1.h
 # PGP handling
 #
 obj-$(CONFIG_PGP_LIBRARY) += pgp_library.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PGP_PRELOAD) += pgp_preload.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PGP_KEY_PARSER) += pgp_key_parser.o
 pgp_key_parser-y := \
diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pgp_preload.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pgp_preload.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cabade16780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pgp_preload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/* Cryptographic key request handling
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * See Documentation/security/keys-crypto.txt
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/key.h>
+#include <linux/pgp_sig.h>
+#include <linux/pgplib.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <keys/asymmetric-type.h>
+
+struct preload_pgp_keys_context {
+	struct pgp_parse_context pgp;
+	key_ref_t keyring;
+	const u8 *key_start;
+	const u8 *key_end;
+	bool found_key;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Create a key.
+ */
+static int __init create_pgp_key(struct preload_pgp_keys_context *ctx)
+{
+	key_ref_t key;
+
+	key = key_create_or_update(ctx->keyring,
+				   "asymmetric",
+				   NULL,
+				   ctx->key_start,
+				   ctx->key_end - ctx->key_start,
+				   ((KEY_POS_ALL & ~KEY_POS_SETATTR) |
+				    KEY_USR_VIEW | KEY_USR_READ),
+				   KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA |
+				   KEY_ALLOC_BUILT_IN |
+				   KEY_ALLOC_BYPASS_RESTRICTION);
+	if (IS_ERR(key))
+		return PTR_ERR(key);
+
+	pr_notice("Loaded PGP key '%s'\n",
+		  key_ref_to_ptr(key)->description);
+
+	key_ref_put(key);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Extract a public key or subkey from the PGP stream.
+ */
+static int __init found_pgp_key(struct pgp_parse_context *context,
+				enum pgp_packet_tag type, u8 headerlen,
+				const u8 *data, size_t datalen)
+{
+	struct preload_pgp_keys_context *ctx =
+		container_of(context, struct preload_pgp_keys_context, pgp);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (ctx->found_key) {
+		ctx->key_end = data - headerlen;
+		ret = create_pgp_key(ctx);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	ctx->key_start = data - headerlen;
+	ctx->found_key = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * preload_pgp_keys - Load keys from a PGP keyring blob
+ * @pgpdata: The PGP keyring blob containing the keys.
+ * @pgpdatalen: The size of the @pgpdata blob.
+ * @keyring: The keyring to add the new keys to.
+ *
+ * Preload a pack of keys from a PGP keyring blob.
+ *
+ * The keys have their descriptions generated from the user ID and fingerprint
+ * in the PGP stream.  Since keys can be matched on their key IDs independently
+ * of the key description, the description is mostly irrelevant apart from the
+ * fact that keys of the same description displace one another from a keyring.
+ *
+ * The caller should override the current creds if they want the keys to be
+ * owned by someone other than the current process's owner.  Keys will not be
+ * accounted towards the owner's quota.
+ *
+ * This function may only be called whilst the kernel is booting.
+ */
+int __init preload_pgp_keys(const u8 *pgpdata, size_t pgpdatalen,
+			    struct key *keyring)
+{
+	struct preload_pgp_keys_context ctx;
+	int ret;
+
+	ctx.pgp.types_of_interest = (1 << PGP_PKT_PUBLIC_KEY);
+	ctx.pgp.process_packet = found_pgp_key;
+	ctx.keyring = make_key_ref(keyring, 1);
+	ctx.found_key = false;
+
+	ret = pgp_parse_packets(pgpdata, pgpdatalen, &ctx.pgp);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (ctx.found_key) {
+		ctx.key_end = pgpdata + pgpdatalen;
+		return create_pgp_key(&ctx);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/pgp_sig.h b/include/linux/pgp_sig.h
index d7c6fb6c61aa..c0114cfc2f20 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgp_sig.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgp_sig.h
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ int pgp_verify_sig(struct key *keyring, const u8 *raw_data, size_t raw_datalen,
 		   const u8 *digest, size_t digest_size, const u8 *sig_data,
 		   size_t sig_datalen);
 
+int __init preload_pgp_keys(const u8 *pgpdata, size_t pgpdatalen,
+			    struct key *keyring);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PGP_SIG_H */
