diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_x509cert.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_x509cert.c
index 5376bff08..c4e9ff246 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_x509cert.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_x509cert.c
@@ -704,6 +704,157 @@ ossl_x509_eq(VALUE self, VALUE other)
     return !X509_cmp(a, b) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
 }
 
+struct load_chained_certificates_arguments {
+    VALUE certificates;
+    X509 *certificate;
+};
+
+static VALUE
+load_chained_certificates_append_push(VALUE _arguments) {
+    struct load_chained_certificates_arguments *arguments = (struct load_chained_certificates_arguments*)_arguments;
+
+    if (arguments->certificates == Qnil) {
+        arguments->certificates = rb_ary_new();
+    }
+
+    rb_ary_push(arguments->certificates, ossl_x509_new(arguments->certificate));
+
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
+static VALUE
+load_chained_certificate_append_ensure(VALUE _arguments) {
+    struct load_chained_certificates_arguments *arguments = (struct load_chained_certificates_arguments*)_arguments;
+
+    X509_free(arguments->certificate);
+
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
+inline static VALUE
+load_chained_certificates_append(VALUE certificates, X509 *certificate) {
+    struct load_chained_certificates_arguments arguments;
+    arguments.certificates = certificates;
+    arguments.certificate = certificate;
+
+    rb_ensure(load_chained_certificates_append_push, (VALUE)&arguments, load_chained_certificate_append_ensure, (VALUE)&arguments);
+    
+    return arguments.certificates;
+}
+
+static VALUE
+load_chained_certificates_PEM(BIO *in) {
+    VALUE certificates = Qnil;
+    X509 *certificate = PEM_read_bio_X509(in, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+    /* If we cannot read even one certificate: */
+    if (certificate == NULL) {
+        /* If we cannot read one certificate because we could not read the PEM encoding: */
+        if (ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_last_error()) == PEM_R_NO_START_LINE) {
+            ossl_clear_error();
+        }
+
+        if (ERR_peek_last_error())
+            ossl_raise(eX509CertError, NULL);
+        else
+            return Qnil;
+    }
+
+    certificates = load_chained_certificates_append(Qnil, certificate);
+
+    while ((certificate = PEM_read_bio_X509(in, NULL, NULL, NULL))) {
+      load_chained_certificates_append(certificates, certificate);
+    }
+
+    /* We tried to read one more certificate but could not read start line: */
+    if (ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_last_error()) == PEM_R_NO_START_LINE) {
+        /* This is not an error, it means we are finished: */
+        ossl_clear_error();
+
+        return certificates;
+    }
+
+    /* Alternatively, if we reached the end of the file and there was no error: */
+    if (BIO_eof(in) && !ERR_peek_last_error()) {
+        return certificates;
+    } else {
+        /* Otherwise, we tried to read a certificate but failed somewhere: */
+        ossl_raise(eX509CertError, NULL);
+    }
+}
+
+static VALUE
+load_chained_certificates_DER(BIO *in) {
+    X509 *certificate = d2i_X509_bio(in, NULL);
+
+    /* If we cannot read one certificate: */
+    if (certificate == NULL) {
+        /* Ignore error. We could not load. */
+        ossl_clear_error();
+
+        return Qnil;
+    }
+
+    return load_chained_certificates_append(Qnil, certificate);
+}
+
+static VALUE
+load_chained_certificates(VALUE _io) {
+    BIO *in = (BIO*)_io;
+    VALUE certificates = Qnil;
+
+    /*
+      DER is a binary format and it may contain octets within it that look like
+      PEM encoded certificates. So we need to check DER first.
+    */
+    certificates = load_chained_certificates_DER(in);
+
+    if (certificates != Qnil)
+        return certificates;
+
+    OSSL_BIO_reset(in);
+
+    certificates = load_chained_certificates_PEM(in);
+
+    if (certificates != Qnil)
+        return certificates;
+
+    /* Otherwise we couldn't read the output correctly so fail: */
+    ossl_raise(eX509CertError, "Could not detect format of certificate data!");
+}
+
+static VALUE
+load_chained_certificates_ensure(VALUE _io) {
+    BIO *in = (BIO*)_io;
+
+    BIO_free(in);
+
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *    OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.load(string) -> [certs...]
+ *    OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.load(file) -> [certs...]
+ *
+ * Read the chained certificates from the given input. Supports both PEM
+ * and DER encoded certificates.
+ *
+ * PEM is a text format and supports more than one certificate.
+ *
+ * DER is a binary format and only supports one certificate.
+ *
+ * If the file is empty, or contains only unrelated data, an
+ * +OpenSSL::X509::CertificateError+ exception will be raised.
+ */
+static VALUE
+ossl_x509_load(VALUE klass, VALUE buffer)
+{
+    BIO *in = ossl_obj2bio(&buffer);
+
+    return rb_ensure(load_chained_certificates, (VALUE)in, load_chained_certificates_ensure, (VALUE)in);
+}
+
 /*
  * INIT
  */
@@ -812,6 +963,8 @@ Init_ossl_x509cert(void)
      */
     cX509Cert = rb_define_class_under(mX509, "Certificate", rb_cObject);
 
+    rb_define_singleton_method(cX509Cert, "load", ossl_x509_load, 1);
+
     rb_define_alloc_func(cX509Cert, ossl_x509_alloc);
     rb_define_method(cX509Cert, "initialize", ossl_x509_initialize, -1);
     rb_define_method(cX509Cert, "initialize_copy", ossl_x509_copy, 1);
diff --git a/lib/openssl/x509.rb b/lib/openssl/x509.rb
index 6771b90c1..367a899e2 100644
--- a/lib/openssl/x509.rb
+++ b/lib/openssl/x509.rb
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ def pretty_print(q)
           q.text 'not_after='; q.pp self.not_after
         }
       end
+      
+      def self.load_file(path)
+        load(File.binread(path))
+      end
     end
 
     class CRL
diff --git a/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/certificate.der b/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/certificate.der
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d44df841
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/certificate.der differ
diff --git a/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/empty.der b/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/empty.der
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/empty.pem b/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/empty.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/fullchain.pem b/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/fullchain.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..624785d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/fullchain.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIFKTCCBBGgAwIBAgISBFspP+tJfRaC6xprreB4Rp9KMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUA
+MDIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRYwFAYDVQQKEw1MZXQncyBFbmNyeXB0MQswCQYDVQQD
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/garbage.txt b/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/garbage.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..557db03de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/openssl/fixtures/pkey/garbage.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World
diff --git a/test/openssl/test_x509cert.rb b/test/openssl/test_x509cert.rb
index 848a314c9..7e8e5e960 100644
--- a/test/openssl/test_x509cert.rb
+++ b/test/openssl/test_x509cert.rb
@@ -276,6 +276,38 @@ def test_marshal
     assert_equal cert.to_der, deserialized.to_der
   end
 
+  def test_load_file_empty_pem
+    empty_path = Fixtures.file_path("pkey", "empty.pem")
+    assert_raise(OpenSSL::X509::CertificateError) do
+      OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.load_file(empty_path)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_load_file_fullchain_pem
+    fullchain_path = Fixtures.file_path("pkey", "fullchain.pem")
+    certificates = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.load_file(fullchain_path)
+    assert_equal 2, certificates.size
+    assert_equal "/CN=www.codeotaku.com", certificates[0].subject.to_s
+    assert_equal "/C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=R3", certificates[1].subject.to_s
+  end
+
+  def test_load_file_certificate_der
+    fullchain_path = Fixtures.file_path("pkey", "certificate.der")
+    certificates = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.load_file(fullchain_path)
+
+    # DER encoding can only contain one certificate:
+    assert_equal 1, certificates.size
+    assert_equal "/CN=www.codeotaku.com", certificates[0].subject.to_s
+  end
+
+  def test_load_file_fullchain_garbage
+    fullchain_path = Fixtures.file_path("pkey", "garbage.txt")
+
+    assert_raise(OpenSSL::X509::CertificateError) do
+      certificates = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.load_file(fullchain_path)
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def certificate_error_returns_false