diff --git a/azurelinuxagent/common/utils/cryptutil.py b/azurelinuxagent/common/utils/cryptutil.py
index 0471a1fa0f..bc37a729e9 100644
--- a/azurelinuxagent/common/utils/cryptutil.py
+++ b/azurelinuxagent/common/utils/cryptutil.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 DECRYPT_SECRET_CMD = "{0} cms -decrypt -inform DER -inkey {1} -in /dev/stdin"
 
+
 class CryptUtil(object):
     def __init__(self, openssl_cmd):
         self.openssl_cmd = openssl_cmd
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ def get_pubkey_from_prv(self, file_name):
         if not os.path.exists(file_name):
             raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, "File not found", file_name)
         else:
-            cmd = "{0} rsa -in {1} -pubout 2>/dev/null".format(self.openssl_cmd,
-                                                               file_name)
+            cmd = "{0} pkey -in {1} -pubout 2>/dev/null".format(self.openssl_cmd,
+                                                                file_name)
             pub = shellutil.run_get_output(cmd)[1]
             return pub
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ def asn1_to_ssh(self, pubkey):
             keydata.extend(b"\0")
             keydata.extend(self.num_to_bytes(n))
             keydata_base64 = base64.b64encode(bytebuffer(keydata))
-            return ustr(b"ssh-rsa " +  keydata_base64 + b"\n", 
+            return ustr(b"ssh-rsa " +  keydata_base64 + b"\n",
                         encoding='utf-8')
         except ImportError as e:
             raise CryptError("Failed to load pyasn1.codec.der")
diff --git a/bin/waagent2.0 b/bin/waagent2.0
index 25aa0ce0ff..400a74d19a 100644
--- a/bin/waagent2.0
+++ b/bin/waagent2.0
@@ -3292,7 +3292,7 @@ class Certificates(object):
         index = 1
         filename = str(index) + ".prv"
         while os.path.isfile(filename):
-            pubkey = RunGetOutput(Openssl + " rsa -in " + filename + " -pubout 2> /dev/null ")[1]
+            pubkey = RunGetOutput(Openssl + " pkey -in " + filename + " -pubout 2> /dev/null ")[1]
             os.rename(filename, keys[pubkey] + ".prv")
             os.chmod(keys[pubkey] + ".prv", 0600)
             MyDistro.setSelinuxContext( keys[pubkey] + '.prv','unconfined_u:object_r:ssh_home_t:s0')
diff --git a/tests/data/wire/trans_pub b/tests/data/wire/trans_pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4a8ea8aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/wire/trans_pub
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
+MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA09wkCR3pXk16iBIqMh5N
+c5YLnHMpPK4k+3hhkxVKixTSUjprTAen6DZ8/bbOtWzBb5AnPoBVaiMgSotC6ndb
+IJdlO/xFRuUeciOS9f/4n8ZoubPQbknNkikQsvYLwh9AsfYiI+Ur0s5AfTRbvhYV
+wrdCpwnorDwZxVp5JdPWvtdBwYyoSNxYmSkougwm/csy58T4kx1tcNQZj4+ztmJy
+7wpe8E9opWxzofaOuoFLx62NdvMvKt7NNQPPjmubJEnMI7lKTamiG5iDvfBTKQBQ
+9XF3svxadLKrPW/jOs5uqfAEDKivrslH+GNMF+MU693yoUaid+K/ZWfP1exgVNmx
+cQIDAQAB
+-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_crypt_util.py b/tests/utils/test_crypt_util.py
index 3e5321e88e..c9ae9bc019 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_crypt_util.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_crypt_util.py
@@ -15,26 +15,9 @@
 # Requires Python 2.6+ and Openssl 1.0+
 #
 
-import base64
-import binascii
-import errno as errno
-import glob
-import random
-import string
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import tempfile
-import uuid
-import unittest
-
-import azurelinuxagent.common.conf as conf
-import azurelinuxagent.common.utils.shellutil as shellutil
-from azurelinuxagent.common.future import ustr
-from azurelinuxagent.common.utils.cryptutil import CryptUtil
 from azurelinuxagent.common.exception import CryptError
-from azurelinuxagent.common.version import PY_VERSION_MAJOR
+from azurelinuxagent.common.utils.cryptutil import CryptUtil
 from tests.tools import *
-from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 
 
 def is_python_version_26():
@@ -42,6 +25,7 @@ def is_python_version_26():
 
 
 class TestCryptoUtilOperations(AgentTestCase):
+
     def test_decrypt_encrypted_text(self):
         encrypted_string = load_data("wire/encrypted.enc")
         prv_key = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "TransportPrivate.pem") 
@@ -75,6 +59,20 @@ def test_decrypt_encrypted_text_text_not_encrypted(self):
         crypto = CryptUtil(conf.get_openssl_cmd())
         self.assertRaises(CryptError, crypto.decrypt_secret, encrypted_string, prv_key)
 
+    def test_get_pubkey_from_crt(self):
+        crypto = CryptUtil(conf.get_openssl_cmd())
+        prv_key = os.path.join(data_dir, "wire", "trans_prv")
+        expected_pub_key = os.path.join(data_dir, "wire", "trans_pub")
+
+        with open(expected_pub_key) as fh:
+            self.assertEqual(fh.read(), crypto.get_pubkey_from_prv(prv_key))
+
+    def test_get_pubkey_from_crt_invalid_file(self):
+        crypto = CryptUtil(conf.get_openssl_cmd())
+        prv_key = os.path.join(data_dir, "wire", "trans_prv_does_not_exist")
+
+        self.assertRaises(IOError, crypto.get_pubkey_from_prv, prv_key)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()