diff --git a/certificate.go b/certificate.go
index e118833..b6fa252 100644
--- a/certificate.go
+++ b/certificate.go
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import (
   "time"
 )
 
-const PemLabelCertificateRequest = "CERTIFICATE REQUEST"
+const (
+  PemLabelCertificateRequest = "CERTIFICATE REQUEST"
+  PemLabelCertificate        = "CERTIFICATE"
+)
 
 type (
   CertificateData struct {
@@ -111,6 +114,12 @@ func LoadCertificate(raw []byte) (*Certificate, error) {
   return (*Certificate)(cert), nil
 }
 
+// marshal the certificate to a pem block
+func (c *Certificate) MarshalPem() (marshalledPemBlock, error) {
+  block := &pem.Block{Type: PemLabelCertificate, Bytes: c.Raw}
+  return pem.EncodeToMemory(block), nil
+}
+
 func (co *CertificateOptions) Valid() error {
   if co.SerialNumber == nil { return fmt.Errorf("No serial number set!") }
   return nil