diff --git a/include/mbedtls/x509_crt.h b/include/mbedtls/x509_crt.h
index ce1ee0539..790016efa 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/x509_crt.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/x509_crt.h
@@ -702,6 +702,54 @@ int mbedtls_x509_crt_get_frame( mbedtls_x509_crt const *crt,
 int mbedtls_x509_crt_get_pk( mbedtls_x509_crt const *crt,
                              mbedtls_pk_context *pk );
 
+/**
+ * \brief           Request the subject name of a CRT, presented
+ *                  as a dynamically allocated linked list.
+ *
+ * \param crt       The CRT to use. This must be initialized and setup.
+ * \param subject   The address at which to store the address of the
+ *                  first entry of the generated linked list holding
+ *                  the subject name.
+ *
+ * \note            Depending in your use case, consider using the raw ASN.1
+ *                  describing the subject name instead of the heap-allocated
+ *                  linked list generated by this call. The pointers to the
+ *                  raw ASN.1 data are part of the CRT frame that can be queried
+ *                  via mbedtls_x509_crt_get_frame(), and they can be traversed
+ *                  via mbedtls_asn1_traverse_sequence_of().
+ *
+ * \return          \c 0 on success. In this case, the user takes ownership
+ *                  of the name context, and is responsible for freeing it
+ *                  once it's no longer needed.
+ * \return          A negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int mbedtls_x509_crt_get_subject( mbedtls_x509_crt const *crt,
+                                  mbedtls_x509_name **subject );
+
+/**
+ * \brief           Request the subject name of a CRT, presented
+ *                  as a dynamically allocated linked list.
+ *
+ * \param crt       The CRT to use. This must be initialized and setup.
+ * \param issuer    The address at which to store the address of the
+ *                  first entry of the generated linked list holding
+ *                  the subject name.
+ *
+ * \note            Depending in your use case, consider using the raw ASN.1
+ *                  describing the subject name instead of the heap-allocated
+ *                  linked list generated by this call. The pointers to the
+ *                  raw ASN.1 data are part of the CRT frame that can be queried
+ *                  via mbedtls_x509_crt_get_frame(), and they can be traversed
+ *                  via mbedtls_asn1_traverse_sequence_of().
+ *
+ * \return          \c 0 on success. In this case, the user takes ownership
+ *                  of the name context, and is responsible for freeing it
+ *                  once it's no longer needed.
+ * \return          A negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int mbedtls_x509_crt_get_issuer( mbedtls_x509_crt const *crt,
+                                 mbedtls_x509_name **issuer );
+
 /**
  * \brief           Flush internal X.509 CRT parsing cache, if present.
  *
diff --git a/library/x509_crt.c b/library/x509_crt.c
index 960296de8..fe782bbeb 100644
--- a/library/x509_crt.c
+++ b/library/x509_crt.c
@@ -195,6 +195,52 @@ int mbedtls_x509_crt_flush_cache( mbedtls_x509_crt const *crt )
     return( 0 );
 }
 
+int mbedtls_x509_crt_get_subject( mbedtls_x509_crt const *crt,
+                                  mbedtls_x509_name **subject )
+{
+    int ret;
+    mbedtls_x509_crt_frame *frame;
+    mbedtls_x509_name *name;
+
+    ret = mbedtls_x509_crt_frame_acquire( crt, &frame );
+    if( ret != 0 )
+        return( ret );
+
+    name = mbedtls_calloc( 1, sizeof( mbedtls_x509_name ) );
+    if( name == NULL )
+        ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_ALLOC_FAILED;
+    else
+        ret = x509_crt_subject_from_frame( frame, name );
+
+    mbedtls_x509_crt_frame_release( crt, frame );
+
+    *subject = name;
+    return( ret );
+}
+
+int mbedtls_x509_crt_get_issuer( mbedtls_x509_crt const *crt,
+                                 mbedtls_x509_name **issuer )
+{
+    int ret;
+    mbedtls_x509_crt_frame *frame;
+    mbedtls_x509_name *name;
+
+    ret = mbedtls_x509_crt_frame_acquire( crt, &frame );
+    if( ret != 0 )
+        return( ret );
+
+    name = mbedtls_calloc( 1, sizeof( mbedtls_x509_name ) );
+    if( name == NULL )
+        ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_ALLOC_FAILED;
+    else
+        ret = x509_crt_issuer_from_frame( frame, name );
+
+    mbedtls_x509_crt_frame_release( crt, frame );
+
+    *issuer = name;
+    return( ret );
+}
+
 int mbedtls_x509_crt_get_frame( mbedtls_x509_crt const *crt,
                                 mbedtls_x509_crt_frame *dst )
 {