diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c8279bf1357b7122475592e331f428a312b59912..4f516ffd5d1e43d98216ba09299f0fbe59e7c51b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
  Changes between 0.9.3a and 0.9.4  [xx Jul/Aug/...? 1999]
 
+  *) New function OBJ_obj2txt(buf, buf_len, a, no_name), this converts
+     an ASN1_OBJECT to a text string. If the "no_name" parameter is set then
+     it will always use the numerical form of the OID, even if it has a short
+     or long name.
+     [Steve Henson]
+
   *) Added an extra RSA flag: RSA_FLAG_EXT_PKEY. Previously the rsa_mod_exp
      method only got called if p,q,dmp1,dmq1,iqmp components were present,
      otherwise bn_mod_exp was called. In the case of hardware keys for example
diff --git a/crypto/asn1/a_object.c b/crypto/asn1/a_object.c
index 3a8ae0305d836fbb9610e25b447f18f312ef8fe9..b94b418ee89a8f1ff424134fe022bccaad3867e3 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/a_object.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/a_object.c
@@ -171,77 +171,9 @@ err:
 	}
 
 int i2t_ASN1_OBJECT(char *buf, int buf_len, ASN1_OBJECT *a)
-	{
-	int i,idx=0,n=0,len,nid;
-	unsigned long l;
-	unsigned char *p;
-	const char *s;
-	char tbuf[32];
-
-	if (buf_len <= 0) return(0);
-
-	if ((a == NULL) || (a->data == NULL))
-		{
-		buf[0]='\0';
-		return(0);
-		}
-
-	nid=OBJ_obj2nid(a);
-	if (nid == NID_undef)
-		{
-		len=a->length;
-		p=a->data;
-
-		idx=0;
-		l=0;
-		while (idx < a->length)
-			{
-			l|=(p[idx]&0x7f);
-			if (!(p[idx] & 0x80)) break;
-			l<<=7L;
-			idx++;
-			}
-		idx++;
-		i=(int)(l/40);
-		if (i > 2) i=2;
-		l-=(long)(i*40);
-
-		sprintf(tbuf,"%d.%lu",i,l);
-		i=strlen(tbuf);
-		strncpy(buf,tbuf,buf_len);
-		buf_len-=i;
-		buf+=i;
-		n+=i;
-
-		l=0;
-		for (; idx<len; idx++)
-			{
-			l|=p[idx]&0x7f;
-			if (!(p[idx] & 0x80))
-				{
-				sprintf(tbuf,".%lu",l);
-				i=strlen(tbuf);
-				if (buf_len > 0)
-					strncpy(buf,tbuf,buf_len);
-				buf_len-=i;
-				buf+=i;
-				n+=i;
-				l=0;
-				}
-			l<<=7L;
-			}
-		}
-	else
-		{
-		s=OBJ_nid2ln(nid);
-		if (s == NULL)
-			s=OBJ_nid2sn(nid);
-		strncpy(buf,s,buf_len);
-		n=strlen(s);
-		}
-	buf[buf_len-1]='\0';
-	return(n);
-	}
+{
+	return OBJ_obj2txt(buf, buf_len, a, 0);
+}
 
 int i2a_ASN1_OBJECT(BIO *bp, ASN1_OBJECT *a)
 	{
diff --git a/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c b/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
index d56edcdf964a31c703a83ab3aba272dac1ba72e9..d47b874399c7ea52db77ba2e2b8ade1a8f820331 100644
--- a/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
+++ b/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
@@ -418,6 +418,72 @@ ASN1_OBJECT *OBJ_txt2obj(const char *s, int no_name)
 	return op;
 	}
 
+int OBJ_obj2txt(char *buf, int buf_len, ASN1_OBJECT *a, int no_name)
+{
+	int i,idx=0,n=0,len,nid;
+	unsigned long l;
+	unsigned char *p;
+	const char *s;
+	char tbuf[32];
+
+	if (buf_len <= 0) return(0);
+
+	if ((a == NULL) || (a->data == NULL)) {
+		buf[0]='\0';
+		return(0);
+	}
+
+	nid=OBJ_obj2nid(a);
+	if ((nid == NID_undef) || no_name) {
+		len=a->length;
+		p=a->data;
+
+		idx=0;
+		l=0;
+		while (idx < a->length) {
+			l|=(p[idx]&0x7f);
+			if (!(p[idx] & 0x80)) break;
+			l<<=7L;
+			idx++;
+		}
+		idx++;
+		i=(int)(l/40);
+		if (i > 2) i=2;
+		l-=(long)(i*40);
+
+		sprintf(tbuf,"%d.%lu",i,l);
+		i=strlen(tbuf);
+		strncpy(buf,tbuf,buf_len);
+		buf_len-=i;
+		buf+=i;
+		n+=i;
+
+		l=0;
+		for (; idx<len; idx++) {
+			l|=p[idx]&0x7f;
+			if (!(p[idx] & 0x80)) {
+				sprintf(tbuf,".%lu",l);
+				i=strlen(tbuf);
+				if (buf_len > 0)
+					strncpy(buf,tbuf,buf_len);
+				buf_len-=i;
+				buf+=i;
+				n+=i;
+				l=0;
+			}
+			l<<=7L;
+		}
+	} else {
+		s=OBJ_nid2ln(nid);
+		if (s == NULL)
+			s=OBJ_nid2sn(nid);
+		strncpy(buf,s,buf_len);
+		n=strlen(s);
+	}
+	buf[buf_len-1]='\0';
+	return(n);
+}
+
 int OBJ_txt2nid(char *s)
 {
 	ASN1_OBJECT *obj;
diff --git a/crypto/objects/objects.h b/crypto/objects/objects.h
index e0f88f1f0360164a2e2aeb414b67693275995622..d03748e0228af03f211a2d176d32cfe04aeb6207 100644
--- a/crypto/objects/objects.h
+++ b/crypto/objects/objects.h
@@ -928,6 +928,7 @@ const char *	OBJ_nid2ln(int n);
 const char *	OBJ_nid2sn(int n);
 int		OBJ_obj2nid(ASN1_OBJECT *o);
 ASN1_OBJECT *	OBJ_txt2obj(const char *s, int no_name);
+int	OBJ_obj2txt(char *buf, int buf_len, ASN1_OBJECT *a, int no_name);
 int		OBJ_txt2nid(char *s);
 int		OBJ_ln2nid(const char *s);
 int		OBJ_sn2nid(const char *s);
diff --git a/util/libeay.num b/util/libeay.num
index 2761f905896bb4930e1aff59de04eceb5330b63d..97787a5975a6c1b8cbe9060d645b94ef8575af58 100755
--- a/util/libeay.num
+++ b/util/libeay.num
@@ -1842,3 +1842,4 @@ sk_POLICYQUALINFO_sort                  1866
 sk_X509_CRL_sort                        1867
 sk_DIST_POINT_sort                      1868
 RSA_check_key                           1869
+OBJ_obj2txt                             1870