diff --git a/library/ssl_srv.c b/library/ssl_srv.c
index dfa7e48cd..7a5f462b3 100644
--- a/library/ssl_srv.c
+++ b/library/ssl_srv.c
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ static int ssl_load_session( ssl_session *session,
 
         x509_crt_init( session->peer_cert );
 
-        if( ( ret = x509_crt_parse( session->peer_cert, p, cert_len ) ) != 0 )
+        if( ( ret = x509_crt_parse_der( session->peer_cert,
+                                        p, cert_len ) ) != 0 )
         {
             x509_crt_free( session->peer_cert );
             polarssl_free( session->peer_cert );
diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index 1c5249cd2..ce6730d53 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ static int ssl_session_copy( ssl_session *dst, const ssl_session *src )
 
         x509_crt_init( dst->peer_cert );
 
-        if( ( ret = x509_crt_parse( dst->peer_cert, src->peer_cert->raw.p,
-                                    src->peer_cert->raw.len ) ) != 0 )
+        if( ( ret = x509_crt_parse_der( dst->peer_cert, src->peer_cert->raw.p,
+                                        src->peer_cert->raw.len ) ) != 0 )
         {
             polarssl_free( dst->peer_cert );
             dst->peer_cert = NULL;