diff --git a/apps/genpkey.c b/apps/genpkey.c
index e2e9c5635c297cc0bc69805e42f34dbb4133ce33..453dd500c085a150b36bc95576b16287ca0bd8e8 100644
--- a/apps/genpkey.c
+++ b/apps/genpkey.c
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 		}
 
-	if (outformat == FORMAT_PEM) 
+	if (do_param)
+		PEM_write_bio_Parameters(out, pkey);
+	else if (outformat == FORMAT_PEM) 
 		PEM_write_bio_PrivateKey(out, pkey, cipher, NULL, 0,
 								NULL, pass);
 	else if (outformat == FORMAT_ASN1)