diff --git a/cryptography/exceptions.py b/cryptography/exceptions.py
index c64b67f..3ccfaf5 100644
--- a/cryptography/exceptions.py
+++ b/cryptography/exceptions.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     UNSUPPORTED_MGF = object()
     UNSUPPORTED_PUBLIC_KEY_ALGORITHM = object()
     UNSUPPORTED_ELLIPTIC_CURVE = object()
+    UNSUPPORTED_KEY_FORMAT = object()
 
 
 class UnsupportedAlgorithm(Exception):
diff --git a/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py b/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
index 800c350..c06d243 100644
--- a/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
+++ b/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from cryptography.exceptions import UnsupportedAlgorithm, _Reasons
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces import (
     CMACBackend, CipherBackend, DSABackend, EllipticCurveBackend, HMACBackend,
-    HashBackend, PBKDF2HMACBackend, RSABackend
+    HashBackend, PBKDF2HMACBackend, PKCS8SerializationBackend, RSABackend
 )
 
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 @utils.register_interface(HashBackend)
 @utils.register_interface(HMACBackend)
 @utils.register_interface(PBKDF2HMACBackend)
+@utils.register_interface(PKCS8SerializationBackend)
 @utils.register_interface(RSABackend)
 @utils.register_interface(DSABackend)
 @utils.register_interface(EllipticCurveBackend)
@@ -302,3 +303,15 @@
             "This backend does not support this elliptic curve.",
             _Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_ELLIPTIC_CURVE
         )
+
+    def load_pkcs8_pem_private_key(self, data, password):
+        for b in self._filtered_backends(PKCS8SerializationBackend):
+            try:
+                return b.load_pkcs8_pem_private_key(data, password)
+            except UnsupportedAlgorithm:
+                continue
+
+        raise UnsupportedAlgorithm(
+            "This backend does not support this key format.",
+            _Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_KEY_FORMAT
+        )
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/backends/test_multibackend.py b/tests/hazmat/backends/test_multibackend.py
index a68fe56..1979563 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/backends/test_multibackend.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/backends/test_multibackend.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 )
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces import (
     CMACBackend, CipherBackend, DSABackend, EllipticCurveBackend, HMACBackend,
-    HashBackend, PBKDF2HMACBackend, RSABackend
+    HashBackend, PBKDF2HMACBackend, PKCS8SerializationBackend, RSABackend
 )
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends.multibackend import MultiBackend
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import cmac, hashes, hmac
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@
             raise UnsupportedAlgorithm(_Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_ELLIPTIC_CURVE)
 
 
+@utils.register_interface(PKCS8SerializationBackend)
+class DummyPKCS8SerializationBackend(object):
+    def load_pkcs8_pem_private_key(self, data, password):
+        pass
+
+
 class TestMultiBackend(object):
     def test_ciphers(self):
         backend = MultiBackend([
@@ -471,3 +477,12 @@
                     ec.SECT163K1()
                 )
             )
+
+    def test_pkcs8_serialization_backend(self):
+        backend = MultiBackend([DummyPKCS8SerializationBackend()])
+
+        backend.load_pkcs8_pem_private_key(b"keydata", None)
+
+        backend = MultiBackend([])
+        with raises_unsupported_algorithm(_Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_KEY_FORMAT):
+            backend.load_pkcs8_pem_private_key(b"keydata", None)