diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 568f59d92..7d7462271 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ipnet = "2.3"
 
 ## default-tls
 hyper-tls = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
-native-tls-crate = { version = "0.2.8", optional = true, package = "native-tls" }
+native-tls-crate = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true, package = "native-tls" }
 tokio-native-tls = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
 
 # rustls-tls
diff --git a/src/tls.rs b/src/tls.rs
index 052fb76b4..db898e84b 100644
--- a/src/tls.rs
+++ b/src/tls.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ pub struct Identity {
 enum ClientCert {
     #[cfg(feature = "native-tls")]
     Pkcs12(native_tls_crate::Identity),
+    #[cfg(feature = "native-tls")]
+    Pkcs8(native_tls_crate::Identity),
     #[cfg(feature = "__rustls")]
     Pem {
         key: rustls::PrivateKey,
@@ -179,6 +181,39 @@ impl Identity {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Parses a chain of PEM encoded X509 certificates, with the leaf certificate first.
+    /// `key` is a PEM encoded PKCS #8 formatted private key for the leaf certificate.
+    ///
+    /// The certificate chain should contain any intermediate cerficates that should be sent to
+    /// clients to allow them to build a chain to a trusted root.
+    ///
+    /// A certificate chain here means a series of PEM encoded certificates concatenated together.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use std::fs;
+    /// # fn pkcs8() -> Result<(), Box<std::error::Error>> {
+    /// let cert = fs::read("client.pem")?;
+    /// let key = fs::read("key.pem")?;
+    /// let pkcs8 = reqwest::Identity::from_pkcs8_pem(&cert, &key)?;
+    /// # drop(pkcs8);
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Optional
+    ///
+    /// This requires the `native-tls` Cargo feature enabled.
+    #[cfg(feature = "native-tls")]
+    pub fn from_pkcs8_pem(pem: &[u8], key: &[u8]) -> crate::Result<Identity> {
+        Ok(Identity {
+            inner: ClientCert::Pkcs8(
+                native_tls_crate::Identity::from_pkcs8(pem, key).map_err(crate::error::builder)?,
+            ),
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Parses PEM encoded private key and certificate.
     ///
     /// The input should contain a PEM encoded private key
@@ -253,7 +288,7 @@ impl Identity {
         tls: &mut native_tls_crate::TlsConnectorBuilder,
     ) -> crate::Result<()> {
         match self.inner {
-            ClientCert::Pkcs12(id) => {
+            ClientCert::Pkcs12(id) | ClientCert::Pkcs8(id) => {
                 tls.identity(id);
                 Ok(())
             }
@@ -275,7 +310,9 @@ impl Identity {
                 .with_single_cert(certs, key)
                 .map_err(crate::error::builder),
             #[cfg(feature = "native-tls")]
-            ClientCert::Pkcs12(..) => Err(crate::error::builder("incompatible TLS identity type")),
+            ClientCert::Pkcs12(..) | ClientCert::Pkcs8(..) => {
+                Err(crate::error::builder("incompatible TLS identity type"))
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -443,6 +480,12 @@ mod tests {
         Identity::from_pkcs12_der(b"not der", "nope").unwrap_err();
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "native-tls")]
+    #[test]
+    fn identity_from_pkcs8_pem_invalid() {
+        Identity::from_pkcs8_pem(b"not pem", b"not key").unwrap_err();
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "__rustls")]
     #[test]
     fn identity_from_pem_invalid() {