diff --git a/src/ssh/mod.rs b/src/ssh/mod.rs
index aa77e74..131b0e7 100644
--- a/src/ssh/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ssh/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod dsa;
 mod errors;
 mod frame;
+mod rsa;
 
 pub use self::errors::{SSHKeyParseError,SSHKeyRenderError};
 
@@ -141,9 +142,13 @@ pub fn write_ssh_keyfile<KP,P>(path: P, x: &KP, comment: &str) -> Result<(),SSHK
 
 
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+use cryptonum::unsigned::{U1024};
 #[cfg(test)]
 use dsa::{DSAKeyPair,DSAPublicKey,L1024N160};
 #[cfg(test)]
+use rsa::{RSAKeyPair,RSAPublicKey,SIGNING_HASH_SHA256};
+#[cfg(test)]
 use sha2::Sha256;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -200,4 +205,54 @@ fn read_dsa_examples() {
             }
         }
     }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[test]
+fn read_rsa_examples() {
+    let test_files = ["rsa1024-1", "rsa1024-2", "rsa1024-3"];
+
+    for file in test_files.iter() {
+        let path = format!("testdata/ssh/{}",file);
+        let mkeypair = load_ssh_keyfile(path);
+        match mkeypair {
+            Err(e) => assert!(false, format!("reading error: {:?}", e)),
+            Ok((keypair, comment)) => {
+                let buffer = [0,1,2,3,4,6,2];
+                let _ : RSAKeyPair<U1024> = keypair;
+                let sig = keypair.private.sign(&SIGNING_HASH_SHA256, &buffer);
+                assert!(keypair.public.verify(&SIGNING_HASH_SHA256, &buffer, &sig));
+                let buffer2 = [0,1,2,3,4,6,5];
+                assert!(!keypair.public.verify(&SIGNING_HASH_SHA256, &buffer2, &sig));
+                match encode_ssh(&keypair, &comment) {
+                    Err(e2) => assert!(false, format!("render error: {:?}", e2)),
+                    Ok(encodedstr) => {
+                        match decode_ssh(&encodedstr) {
+                            Err(e3) => assert!(false, format!("reparse error: {:?}", e3)),
+                            Ok((keypair2,comment2)) => {
+                                let _ : RSAKeyPair<U1024> = keypair2;
+                                assert_eq!(keypair.public.n,keypair2.public.n,"failed to reparse key pair (n)");
+                                assert_eq!(keypair.public.e,keypair2.public.e,"failed to reparse key pair (e)");
+                                assert_eq!(keypair.private.nu,keypair2.private.nu,"failed to reparse key pair (n)");
+                                assert_eq!(keypair.private.d,keypair2.private.d,"failed to reparse key pair (d)");
+                                assert_eq!(comment,comment2,"failed to reparse comment");
+                                let ppath = format!("testdata/ssh/{}.pub",file);
+                                match load_ssh_pubkeys::<RSAKeyPair<U1024>,String>(ppath) {
+                                    Err(e4) => assert!(false, format!("pubkey error: {:?}", e4)),
+                                    Ok(pubkeys) => {
+                                        let _ : Vec<(RSAPublicKey<U1024>,String)> = pubkeys;
+                                        for (pubkey, comment3) in pubkeys {
+                                            assert_eq!(pubkey.n,        keypair.public.n,        "public key check (n)");
+                                            assert_eq!(pubkey.e,        keypair.public.e,        "public key check (e)");
+                                            assert_eq!(comment,         comment3,                "public key check comment")
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/ssh/rsa.rs b/src/ssh/rsa.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e3f9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ssh/rsa.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+use cryptonum::unsigned::*;
+use rsa::{RSAKeyPair,RSAPublicKey,RSAPrivateKey};
+use std::io::{Read,Write};
+use ssh::errors::{SSHKeyParseError,SSHKeyRenderError};
+use ssh::frame::*;
+use ssh::SSHKey;
+
+impl SSHKey for RSAKeyPair<U1024> {
+    fn valid_keytype(s: &str) -> bool {
+        (s == "ssh-rsa") || (s == "rsa")
+    }
+
+    fn parse_ssh_public_info<I: Read>(inp: &mut I) -> Result<Self::Public,SSHKeyParseError>
+    {
+        let pubkey_type = parse_openssh_string(inp)?;
+        if !Self::valid_keytype(&pubkey_type) {
+            return Err(SSHKeyParseError::UnknownKeyType(pubkey_type));
+        }
+        let e = parse_openssh_number(inp)?;
+        let n = parse_openssh_number(inp)?;
+        Ok(RSAPublicKey::<U1024>::new(n, e))    
+    }
+
+    fn parse_ssh_private_info<I: Read>(inp: &mut I) -> Result<(Self::Private,String),SSHKeyParseError>
+    {
+        let check1 = parse_openssh_u32(inp)?;
+        let check2 = parse_openssh_u32(inp)?;
+        if check1 != check2 {
+            return Err(SSHKeyParseError::PrivateKeyCorruption);
+        }
+        let privkey_type = parse_openssh_string(inp)?;
+        if !Self::valid_keytype(&privkey_type) {
+            return Err(SSHKeyParseError::InconsistentKeyTypes("ssh-rsa".to_string(), privkey_type));
+        }
+        let n = parse_openssh_number(inp)?;
+        let _e: U1024 = parse_openssh_number(inp)?;
+        let d = parse_openssh_number(inp)?;
+        let _iqmp: U1024 = parse_openssh_number(inp)?;
+        let _p: U1024 = parse_openssh_number(inp)?;
+        let _q: U1024 = parse_openssh_number(inp)?;
+        let comment = parse_openssh_string(inp)?;
+        for (idx,byte) in inp.bytes().enumerate() {
+            if ((idx+1) as u8) != byte? {
+                return Err(SSHKeyParseError::InvalidPadding);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok((RSAPrivateKey::<U1024>::new(n, d), comment))
+    }
+
+    fn render_ssh_public_info<O: Write>(&self, out: &mut O) -> Result<(),SSHKeyRenderError>
+    {
+        render_openssh_string(out, "ssh-rsa")?;
+        render_openssh_number(out, &self.public.e)?;
+        render_openssh_number(out, &self.public.n)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn render_ssh_private_info<O: Write>(&self, out: &mut O, comment: &str) -> Result<(),SSHKeyRenderError>
+    {
+        render_openssh_u32(out, 0xDEADBEEF)?; // FIXME: Any reason for this to be random?
+        render_openssh_u32(out, 0xDEADBEEF)?; // ditto
+        render_openssh_string(out, "ssh-rsa")?;
+        render_openssh_number(out, &self.public.n)?;
+        render_openssh_number(out, &self.public.e)?;
+        render_openssh_number(out, &self.private.d)?;
+        render_openssh_number(out, &self.private.d)?;
+        render_openssh_number(out, &self.private.d)?;
+        render_openssh_number(out, &self.private.d)?;
+        render_openssh_string(out, comment)?;
+        // add some padding (not quite sure why)
+        let mut i = comment.len();
+        while (i % 16) != 0 {
+            out.write(&[(i - comment.len() + 1) as u8])?;
+            i += 1;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
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