diff --git a/src/ltc/headers/tomcrypt_pk.h b/src/ltc/headers/tomcrypt_pk.h
index 08c7d24..038c4bd 100644
--- a/src/ltc/headers/tomcrypt_pk.h
+++ b/src/ltc/headers/tomcrypt_pk.h
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
    /** Flag used to indicate optional items in ASN.1 sequences */
    int           optional;
    /** Flag used to indicate context specific tags on ASN.1 sequence items */
-   int           tag;
+   unsigned char tag;
    /** prev/next entry in the list */
    struct ltc_asn1_list_ *prev, *next, *child, *parent;
 } ltc_asn1_list;
diff --git a/src/ltc/pk/asn1/der/sequence/der_decode_sequence_ex.c b/src/ltc/pk/asn1/der/sequence/der_decode_sequence_ex.c
index 966064a..f135170 100644
--- a/src/ltc/pk/asn1/der/sequence/der_decode_sequence_ex.c
+++ b/src/ltc/pk/asn1/der/sequence/der_decode_sequence_ex.c
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@
 
        if (type == LTC_ASN1_EOL) { 
           break;
+       }
+
+       /* handle context specific tags - just skip the tag + len bytes */
+       z = 0;
+       if (list[i].tag > 0 && list[i].tag == in[x + z++]) {
+         if (in[x+z] & 0x80) {
+            y = in[x + z++] & 0x7F;
+            if (y == 0 || y > 2) { return CRYPT_INVALID_PACKET; }
+            z += y;
+         } else {
+            z++;
+         }
+         x     += z;
+         inlen -= z;
        }
 
        switch (type) {