diff --git a/openssl-sys/src/handwritten/evp.rs b/openssl-sys/src/handwritten/evp.rs
index 96cc814cc2..e1b0c999c1 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/src/handwritten/evp.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/src/handwritten/evp.rs
@@ -511,6 +511,11 @@ extern "C" {
 
     pub fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(k: *mut EVP_PKEY, e: *mut ENGINE) -> *mut EVP_PKEY_CTX;
     pub fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(id: c_int, e: *mut ENGINE) -> *mut EVP_PKEY_CTX;
+    pub fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(
+        ctx: *mut OSSL_LIB_CTX,
+        name: *const c_char,
+        property: *const c_char,
+    ) -> *mut EVP_PKEY_CTX;
     pub fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(ctx: *mut EVP_PKEY_CTX);
 
     pub fn EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(
diff --git a/openssl/src/pkey_ctx.rs b/openssl/src/pkey_ctx.rs
index 4ac32a8517..22cc54f0d5 100644
--- a/openssl/src/pkey_ctx.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/pkey_ctx.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ use foreign_types::{ForeignType, ForeignTypeRef};
 use libc::c_int;
 use openssl_macros::corresponds;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::ptr;
 
 /// HKDF modes of operation.
@@ -125,6 +126,24 @@ impl<T> PkeyCtx<T> {
             Ok(PkeyCtx::from_ptr(ptr))
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(ossl300)]
+    pub fn new_from_name(
+        lib_ctx: &crate::lib_ctx::LibCtxRef,
+        name: &str,
+        property: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ErrorStack> {
+        unsafe {
+            let property = property.map(|s| CString::new(s).unwrap());
+            let name = CString::new(name).unwrap();
+            let ptr = cvt_p(ffi::EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(
+                lib_ctx.as_ptr(),
+                name.as_ptr(),
+                property.map_or(ptr::null_mut(), |s| s.as_ptr()),
+            ))?;
+            Ok(PkeyCtx::from_ptr(ptr))
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl PkeyCtx<()> {
@@ -999,4 +1018,13 @@ mod test {
         // The digest is the end of the DigestInfo structure.
         assert_eq!(result_buf[length - digest.len()..length], digest);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(ossl300)]
+    fn test_pkeyctx_from_name() {
+        use crate::pkey::Public;
+
+        let lib_ctx = crate::lib_ctx::LibCtx::new().unwrap();
+        let _: PkeyCtx<Public> = PkeyCtx::new_from_name(lib_ctx.as_ref(), "RSA", None).unwrap();
+    }
 }