diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index ab6468d..4052ff5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   are:
 
   * :class:`~cryptography.x509.CertificateIssuer`
-  * ``CRLReason``
+  * :class:`~cryptography.x509.CRLReason`
   * ``InvalidityDate``
 * The :class:`~cryptography.x509.Certificate` class now has
   :attr:`~cryptography.x509.Certificate.signature` and
diff --git a/docs/x509/reference.rst b/docs/x509/reference.rst
index 1f25ac1..51de074 100644
--- a/docs/x509/reference.rst
+++ b/docs/x509/reference.rst
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@
             >>> for ext in revoked_certificate.extensions:
             ...     print(ext)
             <Extension(oid=<ObjectIdentifier(oid=2.5.29.24, name=invalidityDate)>, critical=False, value=2015-01-01 00:00:00)>
-            <Extension(oid=<ObjectIdentifier(oid=2.5.29.21, name=cRLReason)>, critical=False, value=ReasonFlags.key_compromise)>
+            <Extension(oid=<ObjectIdentifier(oid=2.5.29.21, name=cRLReason)>, critical=False, value=<CRLReason(reason=ReasonFlags.key_compromise)>)>
 
 X.509 Revoked Certificate Builder
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -1989,6 +1989,28 @@
         :returns: A list of values extracted from the matched general names.
             The type of the returned values depends on the :class:`GeneralName`.
 
+.. class:: CRLReason(reason)
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.2
+
+    CRL reason (also known as ``reasonCode``) is an extension that is only
+    valid inside :class:`~cryptography.x509.RevokedCertificate` objects. It
+    identifies a reason for the certificate revocation.
+
+    :param reason: A value from the
+        :class:`~cryptography.x509.oid.CRLEntryExtensionOID` enum.
+
+    .. attribute:: oid
+
+        :type: :class:`ObjectIdentifier`
+
+        Returns
+        :attr:`~cryptography.x509.oid.CRLEntryExtensionOID.CRL_REASON`.
+
+    .. attribute:: reason
+
+        :type: An element from :class:`~cryptography.x509.ReasonFlags`
+
 
 Object Identifiers
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/x509.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/x509.py
index 0539080..2650b5d 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/x509.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/x509.py
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
     code = backend._lib.ASN1_ENUMERATED_get(enum)
 
     try:
-        return _CRL_REASON_CODE_TO_ENUM[code]
+        return x509.CRLReason(_CRL_REASON_CODE_TO_ENUM[code])
     except KeyError:
         raise ValueError("Unsupported reason code: {0}".format(code))
 
diff --git a/src/cryptography/x509/__init__.py b/src/cryptography/x509/__init__.py
index 9946daa..89e7f06 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/x509/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/x509/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from cryptography.x509.extensions import (
     AccessDescription, AuthorityInformationAccess,
     AuthorityKeyIdentifier, BasicConstraints, CRLDistributionPoints,
-    CRLNumber, CertificateIssuer, CertificatePolicies,
+    CRLNumber, CRLReason, CertificateIssuer, CertificatePolicies,
     DistributionPoint, DuplicateExtension, ExtendedKeyUsage, Extension,
     ExtensionNotFound, ExtensionType, Extensions, GeneralNames,
     InhibitAnyPolicy, IssuerAlternativeName, KeyUsage,
@@ -167,4 +167,5 @@
     "_GENERAL_NAMES",
     "CRLExtensionOID",
     "CertificateIssuer",
+    "CRLReason",
 ]
diff --git a/src/cryptography/x509/extensions.py b/src/cryptography/x509/extensions.py
index 3c017ea..6ae0092 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/x509/extensions.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/x509/extensions.py
@@ -976,3 +976,28 @@
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not self == other
+
+
+@utils.register_interface(ExtensionType)
+class CRLReason(object):
+    oid = CRLEntryExtensionOID.CRL_REASON
+
+    def __init__(self, reason):
+        if not isinstance(reason, ReasonFlags):
+            raise TypeError("reason must be an element from ReasonFlags")
+
+        self._reason = reason
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<CRLReason(reason={0})>".format(self._reason)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, CRLReason):
+            return NotImplemented
+
+        return self.reason == other.reason
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self == other
+
+    reason = utils.read_only_property("_reason")
diff --git a/tests/test_x509.py b/tests/test_x509.py
index c91f08b..757df44 100644
--- a/tests/test_x509.py
+++ b/tests/test_x509.py
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@
         rev1 = crl[1]
         assert isinstance(rev1.extensions, x509.Extensions)
 
-        reason = rev1.extensions.get_extension_for_oid(
-            x509.OID_CRL_REASON).value
-        assert reason == x509.ReasonFlags.unspecified
+        reason = rev1.extensions.get_extension_for_class(
+            x509.CRLReason).value
+        assert reason == x509.CRLReason(x509.ReasonFlags.unspecified)
 
         issuer = rev1.extensions.get_extension_for_class(
             x509.CertificateIssuer).value
@@ -395,12 +395,12 @@
         flags = set(x509.ReasonFlags)
         for rev in crl:
             try:
-                r = rev.extensions.get_extension_for_oid(x509.OID_CRL_REASON)
+                r = rev.extensions.get_extension_for_class(x509.CRLReason)
             except x509.ExtensionNotFound:
                 # Not all revoked certs have a reason extension.
                 pass
             else:
-                flags.discard(r.value)
+                flags.discard(r.value.reason)
 
         assert len(flags) == 0
 
diff --git a/tests/test_x509_ext.py b/tests/test_x509_ext.py
index 037512a..b8105a4 100644
--- a/tests/test_x509_ext.py
+++ b/tests/test_x509_ext.py
@@ -112,6 +112,29 @@
         assert names == [u"cryptography.io"]
 
 
+class TestCRLReason(object):
+    def test_invalid_reason_flags(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+            x509.CRLReason("notareason")
+
+    def test_eq(self):
+        reason1 = x509.CRLReason(x509.ReasonFlags.unspecified)
+        reason2 = x509.CRLReason(x509.ReasonFlags.unspecified)
+        assert reason1 == reason2
+
+    def test_ne(self):
+        reason1 = x509.CRLReason(x509.ReasonFlags.unspecified)
+        reason2 = x509.CRLReason(x509.ReasonFlags.ca_compromise)
+        assert reason1 != reason2
+        assert reason1 != object()
+
+    def test_repr(self):
+        reason1 = x509.CRLReason(x509.ReasonFlags.unspecified)
+        assert repr(reason1) == (
+            "<CRLReason(reason=ReasonFlags.unspecified)>"
+        )
+
+
 class TestNoticeReference(object):
     def test_notice_numbers_not_all_int(self):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError):