diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/Kconfig b/security/integrity/evm/Kconfig
index bf19723..913532c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/Kconfig
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/Kconfig
@@ -42,3 +42,20 @@
 	  additional info to the calculation, requires existing EVM
 	  labeled file systems to be relabeled.
 
+config EVM_LOAD_X509
+	bool "Load an X509 certificate onto the '.evm' trusted keyring"
+	depends on INTEGRITY_TRUSTED_KEYRING
+	default n
+	help
+	   Load an X509 certificate onto the '.evm' trusted keyring.
+
+	   This option enables X509 certificate loading from the kernel
+	   onto the '.evm' trusted keyring.  A public key can be used to
+	   verify EVM integrity starting from the 'init' process.
+
+config EVM_X509_PATH
+	string "EVM X509 certificate path"
+	depends on EVM_LOAD_X509
+	default "/etc/keys/x509_evm.der"
+	help
+	   This option defines X509 certificate path.
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 75b7e30..519de0a 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -472,6 +472,13 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(evm_inode_init_security);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EVM_LOAD_X509
+void __init evm_load_x509(void)
+{
+	integrity_load_x509(INTEGRITY_KEYRING_EVM, CONFIG_EVM_X509_PATH);
+}
+#endif
+
 static int __init init_evm(void)
 {
 	int error;
diff --git a/security/integrity/iint.c b/security/integrity/iint.c
index 3d2f5b4..2de9c82 100644
--- a/security/integrity/iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/iint.c
@@ -254,4 +254,5 @@
 void __init integrity_load_keys(void)
 {
 	ima_load_x509();
+	evm_load_x509();
 }
diff --git a/security/integrity/integrity.h b/security/integrity/integrity.h
index 07726a7..5efe2ec 100644
--- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
+++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EVM_LOAD_X509
+void __init evm_load_x509(void);
+#else
+static inline void evm_load_x509(void)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INTEGRITY_AUDIT
 /* declarations */
 void integrity_audit_msg(int audit_msgno, struct inode *inode,