diff --git a/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py b/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py
index 187d7fc..dc720ad 100644
--- a/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py
+++ b/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
         """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def load_pem_public_key(self, data, password):
+    def load_pem_public_key(self, data):
         """
         Loads a public key from PEM encoded data.
         """
@@ -303,6 +303,6 @@
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def load_pkcs8_pem_private_key(self, data, password):
         """
-        Load a private key from PEM encoded data, using password if the data
+        Load a private key from PKCS8 encoded data, using password if the data
         is encrypted.
         """
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
index f8341d1..e8e1bac 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/interfaces.rst
@@ -595,6 +595,12 @@
         :raises cryptography.exceptions.UnsupportedAlgorithm: If the data is
             encrypted with an unsupported algorithm.
 
+    .. method:: load_pem_public_key(data)
+
+        :param bytes data: PEM data to load.
+        :return: A new instance of the appropriate type of public key serialized data contains.
+        :raises ValueError: If the data could not be deserialized.
+
 .. class:: TraditionalOpenSSLSerializationBackend
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.3
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/backends/test_multibackend.py b/tests/hazmat/backends/test_multibackend.py
index 655acc4..e4a05aa 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/backends/test_multibackend.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/backends/test_multibackend.py
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@
     def load_pem_private_key(self, data, password):
         pass
 
+    def load_pem_public_key(self, data):
+    pass
+
 
 class TestMultiBackend(object):
     def test_ciphers(self):
@@ -532,7 +535,10 @@
         backend = MultiBackend([DummyPEMSerializationBackend()])
 
         backend.load_pem_private_key(b"keydata", None)
+        backend.load_pem_public_key(b"keydata")
 
         backend = MultiBackend([])
         with raises_unsupported_algorithm(_Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_SERIALIZATION):
             backend.load_pem_private_key(b"keydata", None)
+        with raises_unsupported_algorithm(_Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_SERIALIZATION):
+            backend.load_pem_public_key(b"keydata")
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/backends/test_openssl.py b/tests/hazmat/backends/test_openssl.py
index cf70f10..d4c5e2e 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/backends/test_openssl.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/backends/test_openssl.py
@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@
         key = pretend.stub(type="unsupported")
         with raises_unsupported_algorithm(None):
             backend._evp_pkey_to_private_key(key)
+        with raises_unsupported_algorithm(None):
+            backend._evp_pkey_to_public_key(key)
 
     def test_very_long_pem_serialization_password(self):
         password = "x" * 1024
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_serialization.py b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_serialization.py
index 4bc7e81..2ee096b 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_serialization.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_serialization.py
@@ -82,21 +82,40 @@
         assert key
         assert isinstance(key, interfaces.EllipticCurvePrivateKey)
 
-    def test_load_pem_rsa_public_key(self, backend):
-        key = load_vectors_from_file(
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("key_file"),
+        [
+            os.path.join("asymmetric", "PKCS8", "unenc-rsa-pkcs8.pub.pem"),
             os.path.join(
                 "asymmetric", "PEM_Serialization", "rsa_public_key.pem"),
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
+    def test_load_pem_rsa_public_key(self, key_file, backend):
+        key = load_vectors_from_file(
+            key_file,
             lambda pemfile: load_pem_public_key(
                 pemfile.read().encode(), backend
             )
         )
         assert key
         assert isinstance(key, interfaces.RSAPublicKey)
+        if isinstance(key, interfaces.RSAPublicKeyWithNumbers):
+            numbers = key.public_numbers()
+            assert numbers.e == 65537
 
-    def test_load_pem_dsa_public_key(self, backend):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("key_file"),
+    [
+        os.path.join("asymmetric", "PKCS8", "unenc-dsa-pkcs8.pub.pem"),
+        os.path.join(
+                "asymmetric", "PEM_Serialization",
+                "dsa_public_key.pem"
+),      ),
+    ]
+    def test_load_pem_dsa_public_key(self, keyfile, backend):
         key = load_vectors_from_file(
-            os.path.join(
-                "asymmetric", "PEM_Serialization", "dsa_public_key.pem"),
+            keyfile,
             lambda pemfile: load_pem_public_key(
                 pemfile.read().encode(), backend
             )
@@ -104,6 +123,14 @@
         assert key
         assert isinstance(key, interfaces.DSAPublicKey)
 
+    def test_load_pem_ec_public_key(self, backend):
+        key = load_vectors_from_file(
+            os.path.join("asymmetric", "PEM_Serialization",
+                "ec_public_key.pem"),
+            lambda pemfile: load_pem_public_key(
+                pemfile.read().encode(), backend
+            )
+        )
 
 @pytest.mark.traditional_openssl_serialization
 class TestTraditionalOpenSSLSerialization(object):