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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
index 1af8d8f2..1f71f5d1 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
@@ -509,3 +509,11 @@ A specific ``backend`` may provide one or more of these interfaces.
         :param bytes data: DER formatted certificate data.
 
         :returns: An instance of :class:`~cryptography.x509.Certificate`.
+
+    .. method:: load_pem_x509_request(data)
+
+        .. versionadded:: 0.9
+
+        :param bytes data: PEM formatted certificate request data.
+
+        :returns: An instance of :class:`~cryptography.x509.Request`.
diff --git a/docs/x509.rst b/docs/x509.rst
index f17c3dae..2ff12902 100644
--- a/docs/x509.rst
+++ b/docs/x509.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,58 @@ Loading Certificates
     >>> cert.serial
     2
 
+Loading Certificate Requests
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. function:: load_pem_x509_request(data, backend)
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.9
+
+    Deserialize a certificate request from PEM encoded data. PEM requests are
+    base64 decoded and have delimiters that look like
+    ``-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----``. This is also known as PKCS#10
+    format.
+
+    :param bytes data: The PEM encoded request data.
+
+    :param backend: A backend supporting the
+        :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.X509Backend`
+        interface.
+
+    :returns: An instance of :class:`~cryptography.x509.Request`.
+
+.. testsetup::
+
+    pem_req_data = b"""
+    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
+    MIIC0zCCAbsCAQAwWTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxETAPBgNVBAgMCElsbGlub2lzMRAw
+    DgYDVQQHDAdDaGljYWdvMREwDwYDVQQKDAhyNTA5IExMQzESMBAGA1UEAwwJaGVs
+    bG8uY29tMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAqhZx+Mo9VRd9
+    vsnWWa6NBCws21rZ0+1B/JGgB4hDsZS7iDE4Bj5z4idheFRtl8bBbdjPknq7BfoF
+    8v15Zq/Zv7i2xMSDL+LUrTBZezRd4bRTGqCm6YJ5EYkhqdcqeZleHCFImguHoq1J
+    Fh0+kObQrTHXw3ZP57a3o1IvyIUA3nNoCBL0QQhwBXaDXOojMKNR+bqB5ve8GS1y
+    Elr0AM/+cJsfaIahNQUgFKx3Eu3GeEOMKYOAG1lycgdQdmTUybLrT3U7vkClTseM
+    xHg1r5En7ALjONIhqRuq3rddYahrP8HXozb3zUy3cJ7P6IeaosuvNzvMXOX9P6HD
+    Ha9urDAJ1wIDAQABoDUwMwYJKoZIhvcNAQkOMSYwJDAiBgNVHREEGzAZggl3b3Js
+    ZC5jb22CDHdoYXRldmVyLmNvbTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOCAQEAS4Ro6h+z52SK
+    YSLCYARpnEu/rmh4jdqndt8naqcNb6uLx9mlKZ2W9on9XDjnSdQD9q+ZP5aZfESw
+    R0+rJhW9ZrNa/g1pt6M24ihclHYDAxYMWxT1z/TXXGM3TmZZ6gfYlNE1kkBuODHa
+    UYsR/1Ht1E1EsmmUimt2n+zQR2K8T9Coa+boaUW/GsTEuz1aaJAkj5ZvTDiIhRG4
+    AOCqFZOLAQmCCNgJnnspD9hDz/Ons085LF5wnYjN4/Nsk5tS6AGs3xjZ3jPoOGGn
+    82WQ9m4dBGoVDZXsobVTaN592JEYwN5iu72zRn7Einb4V4H5y3yD2dD4yWPlt4pk
+    5wFkeYsZEA==
+    -----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
+    """.strip()
+
+.. doctest::
+
+    >>> from cryptography import x509
+    >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+    >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
+    >>> request = x509.load_pem_x509_request(pem_req_data, default_backend())
+    >>> isinstance(request.signature_hash_algorithm, hashes.SHA1)
+    True
+
 X.509 Certificate Object
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -211,6 +263,49 @@ X.509 Certificate Object
             ...     print(ext)
             <Extension(oid=<ObjectIdentifier(oid=2.5.29.19, name=basicConstraints)>, critical=True, value=<BasicConstraints(ca=True, path_length=None)>)>
 
+X.509 Certificate Request Object
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. class:: Request
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.9
+
+    .. method:: public_key()
+
+        :type:
+            :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.rsa.RSAPublicKey` or
+            :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.dsa.DSAPublicKey` or
+            :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ec.EllipticCurvePublicKey`
+
+        The public key associated with the request.
+
+        .. doctest::
+
+            >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
+            >>> public_key = request.public_key()
+            >>> isinstance(public_key, rsa.RSAPublicKey)
+            True
+
+    .. attribute:: subject
+
+        :type: :class:`Name`
+
+        The :class:`Name` of the subject.
+
+    .. attribute:: signature_hash_algorithm
+
+        :type: :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes.HashAlgorithm`
+
+        Returns the
+        :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes.HashAlgorithm` which
+        was used in signing this request.
+
+        .. doctest::
+
+            >>> from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes
+            >>> isinstance(request.signature_hash_algorithm, hashes.SHA1)
+            True
+
 .. class:: Name
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.8