2 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/cryptography/exceptions.py b/src/cryptography/exceptions.py
index 4270cb22..b0e1a993 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/exceptions.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class _Reasons(object):
     UNSUPPORTED_PUBLIC_KEY_ALGORITHM = object()
     UNSUPPORTED_ELLIPTIC_CURVE = object()
     UNSUPPORTED_SERIALIZATION = object()
+    UNSUPPORTED_X509 = object()
 
 
 class UnsupportedAlgorithm(Exception):
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
index fce6c8e1..ffc569f4 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces import (
     CMACBackend, CipherBackend, DSABackend, EllipticCurveBackend, HMACBackend,
     HashBackend, PBKDF2HMACBackend, PEMSerializationBackend,
     PKCS8SerializationBackend, RSABackend,
-    TraditionalOpenSSLSerializationBackend
+    TraditionalOpenSSLSerializationBackend, X509Backend
 )
 
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces import (
 @utils.register_interface(DSABackend)
 @utils.register_interface(EllipticCurveBackend)
 @utils.register_interface(PEMSerializationBackend)
+@utils.register_interface(X509Backend)
 class MultiBackend(object):
     name = "multibackend"
 
@@ -347,3 +348,25 @@ class MultiBackend(object):
             "This backend does not support this key serialization.",
             _Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_SERIALIZATION
         )
+
+    def load_pem_x509_certificate(self, data):
+        for b in self._filtered_backends(
+            X509Backend
+        ):
+            return b.load_pem_x509_certificate(data)
+
+        raise UnsupportedAlgorithm(
+            "This backend does not support X.509.",
+            _Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_X509
+        )
+
+    def load_der_x509_certificate(self, data):
+        for b in self._filtered_backends(
+            X509Backend
+        ):
+            return b.load_der_x509_certificate(data)
+
+        raise UnsupportedAlgorithm(
+            "This backend does not support X.509.",
+            _Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_X509
+        )