diff --git a/spki/src/spki.rs b/spki/src/spki.rs
index 3d949f887..b7e4c9280 100644
--- a/spki/src/spki.rs
+++ b/spki/src/spki.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ impl<Params, Key> PemLabel for SubjectPublicKeyInfo<Params, Key> {
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 mod allocating {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::EncodePublicKey;
     use der::referenced::*;
 
     impl<'a> RefToOwned<'a> for SubjectPublicKeyInfoRef<'a> {
@@ -202,4 +203,15 @@ mod allocating {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    impl SubjectPublicKeyInfoOwned {
+        /// Create a [`SubjectPublicKeyInfoOwned`] from any object that implements
+        /// [`EncodePublicKey`].
+        pub fn from_key<T>(source: T) -> Result<Self>
+        where
+            T: EncodePublicKey,
+        {
+            Ok(source.to_public_key_der()?.decode_msg::<Self>()?)
+        }
+    }
 }