diff --git a/crypto/pem/pem.h b/crypto/pem/pem.h
index bff018f75f6dc20e00788d7df07c46ca4e8542b0..fc9804eea57d167366dfe66d297281723d929b8a 100644
--- a/crypto/pem/pem.h
+++ b/crypto/pem/pem.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define PEM_STRING_DSA		"DSA PRIVATE KEY"
 #define PEM_STRING_DSA_PUBLIC	"DSA PUBLIC KEY"
 #define PEM_STRING_PKCS7	"PKCS7"
+#define PEM_STRING_PKCS7_SIGNED	"PKCS #7 SIGNED DATA"
 #define PEM_STRING_PKCS8	"ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY"
 #define PEM_STRING_PKCS8INF	"PRIVATE KEY"
 #define PEM_STRING_DHPARAMS	"DH PARAMETERS"
diff --git a/crypto/pem/pem_lib.c b/crypto/pem/pem_lib.c
index 43604d19ff85787e19851411e221009dedabd1cb..a547fdc9339acb2dd6be6e750b76adfd5f1f8ab7 100644
--- a/crypto/pem/pem_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/pem/pem_lib.c
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ static int check_pem(const char *nm, const char *name)
 	if(!strcmp(nm, PEM_STRING_X509) &&
 		!strcmp(name, PEM_STRING_PKCS7)) return 1;
 
+	if(!strcmp(nm, PEM_STRING_PKCS7_SIGNED) &&
+		!strcmp(name, PEM_STRING_PKCS7)) return 1;
+
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_CMS
 	if(!strcmp(nm, PEM_STRING_X509) &&
 		!strcmp(name, PEM_STRING_CMS)) return 1;