diff --git a/certs/Kconfig b/certs/Kconfig
index 6ce51ede9e9b..630ae09bbea2 100644
--- a/certs/Kconfig
+++ b/certs/Kconfig
@@ -82,4 +82,12 @@ config SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST
 	  wrapper to incorporate the list into the kernel.  Each <hash> should
 	  be a string of hex digits.
 
+config EFI_SIGNATURE_LIST_PARSER
+	bool "EFI signature list parser"
+	depends on EFI
+	select X509_CERTIFICATE_PARSER
+	help
+	  This option provides support for parsing EFI signature lists for
+	  X.509 certificates and turning them into keys.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile
index 4119bb376ea1..738151ac76af 100644
--- a/certs/Makefile
+++ b/certs/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_KEYRING) += blacklist_hashes.o
 else
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_KEYRING) += blacklist_nohashes.o
 endif
+obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_SIGNATURE_LIST_PARSER) += efi_parser.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING),y)
 
diff --git a/certs/efi_parser.c b/certs/efi_parser.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e396f98f5c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/certs/efi_parser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/* EFI signature/key/certificate list parser
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012, 2016 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.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "EFI: "fmt
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/efi.h>
+
+/**
+ * parse_efi_signature_list - Parse an EFI signature list for certificates
+ * @source: The source of the key
+ * @data: The data blob to parse
+ * @size: The size of the data blob
+ * @get_handler_for_guid: Get the handler func for the sig type (or NULL)
+ *
+ * Parse an EFI signature list looking for elements of interest.  A list is
+ * made up of a series of sublists, where all the elements in a sublist are of
+ * the same type, but sublists can be of different types.
+ *
+ * For each sublist encountered, the @get_handler_for_guid function is called
+ * with the type specifier GUID and returns either a pointer to a function to
+ * handle elements of that type or NULL if the type is not of interest.
+ *
+ * If the sublist is of interest, each element is passed to the handler
+ * function in turn.
+ *
+ * Error EBADMSG is returned if the list doesn't parse correctly and 0 is
+ * returned if the list was parsed correctly.  No error can be returned from
+ * the @get_handler_for_guid function or the element handler function it
+ * returns.
+ */
+int __init parse_efi_signature_list(
+	const char *source,
+	const void *data, size_t size,
+	efi_element_handler_t (*get_handler_for_guid)(const efi_guid_t *))
+{
+	efi_element_handler_t handler;
+	unsigned offs = 0;
+
+	pr_devel("-->%s(,%zu)\n", __func__, size);
+
+	while (size > 0) {
+		const efi_signature_data_t *elem;
+		efi_signature_list_t list;
+		size_t lsize, esize, hsize, elsize;
+
+		if (size < sizeof(list))
+			return -EBADMSG;
+
+		memcpy(&list, data, sizeof(list));
+		pr_devel("LIST[%04x] guid=%pUl ls=%x hs=%x ss=%x\n",
+			 offs,
+			 list.signature_type.b, list.signature_list_size,
+			 list.signature_header_size, list.signature_size);
+
+		lsize = list.signature_list_size;
+		hsize = list.signature_header_size;
+		esize = list.signature_size;
+		elsize = lsize - sizeof(list) - hsize;
+
+		if (lsize > size) {
+			pr_devel("<--%s() = -EBADMSG [overrun @%x]\n",
+				 __func__, offs);
+			return -EBADMSG;
+		}
+
+		if (lsize < sizeof(list) ||
+		    lsize - sizeof(list) < hsize ||
+		    esize < sizeof(*elem) ||
+		    elsize < esize ||
+		    elsize % esize != 0) {
+			pr_devel("- bad size combo @%x\n", offs);
+			return -EBADMSG;
+		}
+
+		handler = get_handler_for_guid(&list.signature_type);
+		if (!handler) {
+			data += lsize;
+			size -= lsize;
+			offs += lsize;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		data += sizeof(list) + hsize;
+		size -= sizeof(list) + hsize;
+		offs += sizeof(list) + hsize;
+
+		for (; elsize > 0; elsize -= esize) {
+			elem = data;
+
+			pr_devel("ELEM[%04x]\n", offs);
+			handler(source,
+				&elem->signature_data,
+				esize - sizeof(*elem));
+
+			data += esize;
+			size -= esize;
+			offs += esize;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 6fb50bafedc7..11372fb8784c 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1032,6 +1032,15 @@ extern int efi_memattr_apply_permissions(struct mm_struct *mm,
 char * __init efi_md_typeattr_format(char *buf, size_t size,
 				     const efi_memory_desc_t *md);
 
+
+typedef void (*efi_element_handler_t)(const char *source,
+				      const void *element_data,
+				      size_t element_size);
+extern int __init parse_efi_signature_list(
+	const char *source,
+	const void *data, size_t size,
+	efi_element_handler_t (*get_handler_for_guid)(const efi_guid_t *));
+
 /**
  * efi_range_is_wc - check the WC bit on an address range
  * @start: starting kvirt address
