diff --git a/lib/Crypt/PK/RSA.pm b/lib/Crypt/PK/RSA.pm
index 282643f..be11550 100644
--- a/lib/Crypt/PK/RSA.pm
+++ b/lib/Crypt/PK/RSA.pm
@@ -128,11 +128,12 @@
   elsif ($data =~ /-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----(.*?)-----END/sg) {
     # PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo      (PEM header: BEGIN PRIVATE KEY)
     $data = pem_to_der($data, $password);
-    return $self->_import_pkcs8($data, $password) if $data;
+    return $self->_import_pkcs8($data, $password);
   }
   elsif ($data =~ /-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----(.*?)-----END/sg) {
-    # XXX-TODO: PKCS#8 EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo (PEM header: BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY)
-    croak "FATAL: encrypted pkcs8 RSA private keys are not supported";
+    # PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo      (PEM header: BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY)
+    $data = pem_to_der($data, $password);
+    return $self->_import_pkcs8($data, $password);
   }
   elsif ($data =~ /^\s*(\{.*?\})\s*$/s) {
     # JSON Web Key (JWK) - http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-key
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@
  fyoy4t3yHT+/nw==
  -----END PRIVATE KEY-----
 
-=item * PKCS#8 encrypted private keys ARE NOT SUPPORTED YET!
+=item * PKCS#8 encrypted private keys - password protected keys (supported since: CryptX-0.062)
 
  -----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
  MIICojAcBgoqhkiG9w0BDAEDMA4ECCQk+Rr1yzzcAgIIAASCAoD/mgpUFjxxM/Ty
diff --git a/t/pkcs8.t b/t/pkcs8.t
index feb1a86..c7fdadb 100644
--- a/t/pkcs8.t
+++ b/t/pkcs8.t
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 12;
+use Test::More tests => 14;
 
 use Crypt::PK::RSA;
 use Crypt::PK::ECC;
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@
   ok($rsa->is_private, "RSA is_private $f");
 }
 
-### XXX-FIXME password protected pkcs8 private keys are not supported
-### for my $f (qw/pkcs8.rsa-priv-pass.der pkcs8.rsa-priv-pass.pem/) {
-###   $rsa->import_key("t/data/$f", "secret");
-###   ok($rsa->is_private, "RSA is_private $f");
-### }
+for my $f (qw/pkcs8.rsa-priv-pass.der pkcs8.rsa-priv-pass.pem/) {
+  $rsa->import_key("t/data/$f", "secret");
+  ok($rsa->is_private, "RSA is_private $f");
+}
 
 for my $f (qw/pkcs8.ec-short-priv-nopass.der pkcs8.ec-short-priv-nopass.pem pkcs8.ec-priv-nopass.der pkcs8.ec-priv-nopass.pem/) {
   $ec->import_key("t/data/$f");