diff --git a/include/mbedtls/x509.h b/include/mbedtls/x509.h
index 5bb9b00292f6d7fa9b2d8ee66e0da84abc0e0cee..87243c6efb4a2a61dc1a39592838699e35ebedb8 100755
--- a/include/mbedtls/x509.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/x509.h
@@ -131,6 +131,28 @@
 #define MBEDTLS_X509_BADCRL_BAD_PK           0x040000  /**< The CRL is signed with an unacceptable PK alg (eg RSA vs ECDSA). */
 #define MBEDTLS_X509_BADCRL_BAD_KEY          0x080000  /**< The CRL is signed with an unacceptable key (eg bad curve, RSA too short). */
 
+/*
+ * X.509 v3 Subject Alternative Name types.
+ *      otherName                       [0]     OtherName,
+ *      rfc822Name                      [1]     IA5String,
+ *      dNSName                         [2]     IA5String,
+ *      x400Address                     [3]     ORAddress,
+ *      directoryName                   [4]     Name,
+ *      ediPartyName                    [5]     EDIPartyName,
+ *      uniformResourceIdentifier       [6]     IA5String,
+ *      iPAddress                       [7]     OCTET STRING,
+ *      registeredID                    [8]     OBJECT IDENTIFIER
+ */
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_OTHER_NAME                      0
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_RFC822_NAME                     1
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_DNS_NAME                        2
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_X400_ADDRESS_NAME               3
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_DIRECTORY_NAME                  4
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_EDI_PARTY_NAME                  5
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_UNIFORM_RESOURCE_IDENTIFIER     6
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_IP_ADDRESS                      7
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_REGISTERED_ID                   8
+
 /* \} name */
 /* \} addtogroup x509_module */
 
diff --git a/library/x509_crt.c b/library/x509_crt.c
index 14c53fcbfc78691e58df9242b35e43cfefab289a..644e71c81fc58a129fab72fc3eb4637a42d4c9c0 100755
--- a/library/x509_crt.c
+++ b/library/x509_crt.c
@@ -2452,6 +2452,25 @@ static int x509_crt_check_cn( const mbedtls_x509_buf *name,
     return( -1 );
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check for SAN match, see RFC 5280 Section 4.2.1.6
+ */
+static int x509_crt_check_san( const mbedtls_x509_buf *name,
+                               const char *cn, size_t cn_len )
+{
+    const unsigned char san_type = (unsigned char) name->tag &
+                                   MBEDTLS_ASN1_TAG_VALUE_MASK;
+
+    /* dNSName */
+    if( san_type == MBEDTLS_X509_SAN_DNS_NAME )
+        return( x509_crt_check_cn( name, cn, cn_len ) );
+
+    /* (We may handle other types here later.) */
+
+    /* Unrecognized type */
+    return( -1 );
+}
+
 /*
  * Verify the requested CN - only call this if cn is not NULL!
  */
@@ -2467,7 +2486,7 @@ static void x509_crt_verify_name( const mbedtls_x509_crt *crt,
     {
         for( cur = &crt->subject_alt_names; cur != NULL; cur = cur->next )
         {
-            if( x509_crt_check_cn( &cur->buf, cn, cn_len ) == 0 )
+            if( x509_crt_check_san( &cur->buf, cn, cn_len ) == 0 )
                 break;
         }