diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ecp.h b/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
index 065a4cc..7dee3e3 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
@@ -1094,6 +1094,22 @@
                          void *p_rng );
 
 /**
+ * \brief           This function reads an ECP key.
+ *
+ * \param grp_id    The ECP group identifier.
+ * \param key       The destination key.
+ * \param buf       The the buffer containing the binary representation of the
+ *                  key. (Big endian integer for Weierstrass curves, byte
+ *                  string for Montgomery curves.)
+ * \param buflen    The length of the buffer in bytes.
+ *
+ * \return          \c 0 on success.
+ * \return          An \c MBEDTLS_ERR_ECP_XXX or \c MBEDTLS_MPI_XXX error code
+ *                  on failure.
+ */
+int mbedtls_ecp_read_key( mbedtls_ecp_group_id grp_id, mbedtls_ecp_keypair *key,
+                          const unsigned char *buf, size_t buflen );
+/**
  * \brief           This function checks that the keypair objects
  *                  \p pub and \p prv have the same group and the
  *                  same public point, and that the private key in