diff --git a/bignp256/Cargo.toml b/bignp256/Cargo.toml
index dc2d53df8..3ed4d1474 100644
--- a/bignp256/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bignp256/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ arithmetic = ["dep:primefield", "dep:primeorder", "elliptic-curve/arithmetic"]
 bits = ["arithmetic", "elliptic-curve/bits"]
 ecdsa = ["arithmetic", "dep:rfc6979", "dep:signature", "dep:belt-hash"]
 getrandom = ["elliptic-curve/getrandom"]
-pem = ["pkcs8/pem", "sec1/pem"]
+pem = ["pkcs8", "pkcs8/pem", "sec1/pem"]
 pkcs8 = ["dep:pkcs8"]
 ecdh = ["arithmetic", "elliptic-curve/ecdh", "dep:digest", "dep:hkdf", "dep:hmac", "dep:belt-hash", "alloc"]
 serde = ["elliptic-curve/serde", "primeorder?/serde"]
diff --git a/bignp256/src/public_key.rs b/bignp256/src/public_key.rs
index 267bff3dc..2d59b8f20 100644
--- a/bignp256/src/public_key.rs
+++ b/bignp256/src/public_key.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 //! Public key types and traits
 // TODO(tarcieri): replace with `elliptic_curve::PublicKey`
 
-use crate::{ALGORITHM_OID, AffinePoint, BignP256, NonZeroScalar, ProjectivePoint, Sec1Point};
+#[cfg(feature = "pkcs8")]
+use crate::ALGORITHM_OID;
+use crate::{AffinePoint, BignP256, NonZeroScalar, ProjectivePoint, Sec1Point};
 use core::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
 use elliptic_curve::{
     CurveArithmetic, Error, Group,
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ use elliptic_curve::{
     point::NonIdentity,
     sec1::{FromSec1Point, ToSec1Point},
 };
+#[cfg(feature = "pkcs8")]
 use pkcs8::{
     AssociatedOid, DecodePublicKey, EncodePublicKey, ObjectIdentifier,
     spki::{AlgorithmIdentifier, AssociatedAlgorithmIdentifier},
diff --git a/bignp256/src/secret_key.rs b/bignp256/src/secret_key.rs
index c88a8f0c9..7784dc2b1 100644
--- a/bignp256/src/secret_key.rs
+++ b/bignp256/src/secret_key.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 use core::str::FromStr;
 use der::{SecretDocument, asn1::OctetStringRef};
 
-use crate::{ALGORITHM_OID, PublicKey, ScalarValue};
+#[cfg(feature = "pkcs8")]
+use crate::ALGORITHM_OID;
+use crate::{PublicKey, ScalarValue};
 use elliptic_curve::{Error, Generate, array::typenum::Unsigned, zeroize::Zeroizing};
+#[cfg(feature = "pkcs8")]
 use pkcs8::{
     AssociatedOid, DecodePrivateKey, EncodePrivateKey, ObjectIdentifier,
     spki::{AlgorithmIdentifier, AssociatedAlgorithmIdentifier},
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ impl SecretKey {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "pkcs8")]
 impl AssociatedAlgorithmIdentifier for SecretKey {
     type Params = ObjectIdentifier;
     const ALGORITHM_IDENTIFIER: AlgorithmIdentifier<Self::Params> = AlgorithmIdentifier {
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ impl Generate for SecretKey {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "pkcs8")]
 impl TryFrom<pkcs8::PrivateKeyInfoRef<'_>> for SecretKey {
     type Error = pkcs8::Error;
 
@@ -155,6 +160,7 @@ impl FromStr for SecretKey {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "pkcs8")]
 impl EncodePrivateKey for SecretKey {
     fn to_pkcs8_der(&self) -> pkcs8::Result<SecretDocument> {
         let algorithm_identifier = pkcs8::AlgorithmIdentifierRef {