diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyV1KeyFile.java b/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyV1KeyFile.java
index 5d89356f..5e4e3260 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyV1KeyFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyV1KeyFile.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.hierynomus.sshj.transport.cipher.BlockCiphers;
 import com.hierynomus.sshj.transport.cipher.ChachaPolyCiphers;
 import com.hierynomus.sshj.transport.cipher.GcmCiphers;
+import com.hierynomus.sshj.userauth.keyprovider.bcrypt.BCrypt;
 import net.i2p.crypto.eddsa.EdDSAPrivateKey;
 import net.i2p.crypto.eddsa.spec.EdDSANamedCurveTable;
 import net.i2p.crypto.eddsa.spec.EdDSAPrivateKeySpec;
@@ -29,24 +30,23 @@
 import net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.keyprovider.BaseFileKeyProvider;
 import net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.keyprovider.FileKeyProvider;
 import net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.keyprovider.KeyFormat;
+import net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.password.PasswordFinder;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.nist.NISTNamedCurves;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x9.X9ECParameters;
 import org.bouncycastle.jce.spec.ECNamedCurveSpec;
-import com.hierynomus.sshj.userauth.keyprovider.bcrypt.BCrypt;
 import org.bouncycastle.openssl.EncryptionException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.security.*;
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
+import java.security.PrivateKey;
+import java.security.PublicKey;
 import java.security.spec.ECPrivateKeySpec;
 import java.security.spec.RSAPrivateCrtKeySpec;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ public class OpenSSHKeyV1KeyFile extends BaseFileKeyProvider {
 
     private PublicKey pubKey;
 
+    @Override
+    public PublicKey getPublic()
+            throws IOException {
+        return pubKey != null ? pubKey : super.getPublic();
+    }
+
     public static class Factory
             implements net.schmizz.sshj.common.Factory.Named<FileKeyProvider> {
 
@@ -100,16 +106,41 @@ public String getName() {
     protected final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
     @Override
-    public void init(File location) {
+    public void init(File location, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
         File pubKey = OpenSSHKeyFileUtil.getPublicKeyFile(location);
-        if (pubKey != null)
+        if (pubKey != null) {
             try {
                 initPubKey(new FileReader(pubKey));
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 // let super provide both public & private key
                 log.warn("Error reading public key file: {}", e.toString());
             }
-        super.init(location);
+        }
+        super.init(location, pwdf);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(String privateKey, String publicKey, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
+        if (pubKey != null) {
+            try {
+                initPubKey(new StringReader(publicKey));
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.warn("Error reading public key file: {}", e.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        super.init(privateKey, null, pwdf);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(Reader privateKey, Reader publicKey, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
+        if (pubKey != null) {
+            try {
+                initPubKey(publicKey);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.warn("Error reading public key file: {}", e.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        super.init(privateKey, null, pwdf);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/BaseFileKeyProvider.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/BaseFileKeyProvider.java
index f4e7580e..bb67206b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/BaseFileKeyProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/BaseFileKeyProvider.java
@@ -34,38 +34,47 @@ public abstract class BaseFileKeyProvider implements FileKeyProvider {
 
     @Override
     public void init(Reader location) {
-        assert location != null;
-        resource = new PrivateKeyReaderResource(location);
+        this.init(location, (PasswordFinder) null);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void init(Reader location, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
-        init(location);
+        this.init(location, null, pwdf);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(Reader privateKey, Reader publicKey) {
+        this.init(privateKey, publicKey, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(Reader privateKey, Reader publicKey, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
+        assert publicKey == null;
+        this.resource = new PrivateKeyReaderResource(privateKey);
         this.pwdf = pwdf;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void init(File location) {
-        assert location != null;
-        resource = new PrivateKeyFileResource(location.getAbsoluteFile());
+        this.init(location, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void init(File location, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
-        init(location);
+        this.resource = new PrivateKeyFileResource(location.getAbsoluteFile());
         this.pwdf = pwdf;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void init(String privateKey, String publicKey) {
-        assert privateKey != null;
-        assert publicKey == null;
-        resource = new PrivateKeyStringResource(privateKey);
+        this.init(privateKey, publicKey, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void init(String privateKey, String publicKey, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
-        init(privateKey, publicKey);
+        assert privateKey != null;
+        assert publicKey == null;
+        this.resource = new PrivateKeyStringResource(privateKey);
         this.pwdf = pwdf;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/FileKeyProvider.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/FileKeyProvider.java
index 1fcaa242..4bab4e9f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/FileKeyProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/FileKeyProvider.java
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ public interface FileKeyProvider
 
     void init(Reader location);
 
+    void init(Reader privateKey, Reader publicKey);
+
+    void init(Reader privateKey, Reader publicKey, PasswordFinder pwdf);
+
     void init(Reader location, PasswordFinder pwdf);
 
     void init(String privateKey, String publicKey);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyFile.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyFile.java
index a7aec1fa..48bd0970 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/userauth/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyFile.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.keyprovider;
 
 import com.hierynomus.sshj.userauth.keyprovider.OpenSSHKeyFileUtil;
+import net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.password.PasswordFinder;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.security.PublicKey;
@@ -54,21 +55,22 @@ public PublicKey getPublic()
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void init(File location) {
+    public void init(File location, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
         // try cert key location first
         File pubKey = OpenSSHKeyFileUtil.getPublicKeyFile(location);
-        if (pubKey != null)
+        if (pubKey != null) {
             try {
                 initPubKey(new FileReader(pubKey));
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 // let super provide both public & private key
                 log.warn("Error reading public key file: {}", e.toString());
             }
-        super.init(location);
+        }
+        super.init(location, pwdf);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void init(String privateKey, String publicKey) {
+    public void init(String privateKey, String publicKey, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
         if (publicKey != null) {
             try {
                 initPubKey(new StringReader(publicKey));
@@ -77,7 +79,20 @@ public void init(String privateKey, String publicKey) {
                 log.warn("Error reading public key: {}", e.toString());
             }
         }
-        super.init(privateKey, null);
+        super.init(privateKey, null, pwdf);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(Reader privateKey, Reader publicKey, PasswordFinder pwdf) {
+        if (publicKey != null) {
+            try {
+                initPubKey(publicKey);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // let super provide both public & private key
+                log.warn("Error reading public key: {}", e.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        super.init(privateKey, null, pwdf);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/schmizz/sshj/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyFileTest.java b/src/test/java/net/schmizz/sshj/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyFileTest.java
index 3e8cbae8..3268e73c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/schmizz/sshj/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyFileTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/schmizz/sshj/keyprovider/OpenSSHKeyFileTest.java
@@ -381,6 +381,18 @@ public void shouldSuccessfullyLoadSignedRSAPublicKey() throws IOException {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldSuccessfullyLoadSignedRSAPublicKeyFromStream() throws IOException {
+        FileKeyProvider keyFile = new OpenSSHKeyFile();
+        keyFile.init(new FileReader("src/test/resources/keytypes/certificate/test_rsa"),
+                new FileReader("src/test/resources/keytypes/certificate/test_rsa.pub"),
+                PasswordUtils.createOneOff(correctPassphrase));
+        assertNotNull(keyFile.getPrivate());
+        PublicKey pubKey = keyFile.getPublic();
+        assertNotNull(pubKey);
+        assertEquals("RSA", pubKey.getAlgorithm());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void shouldSuccessfullyLoadSignedRSAPublicKeyWithMaxDate() throws IOException {
         FileKeyProvider keyFile = new OpenSSHKeyFile();
@@ -422,6 +434,17 @@ public void shouldSuccessfullyLoadSignedDSAPublicKey() throws IOException {
         assertEquals("", certificate.getExtensions().get("permit-pty"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldSuccessfullyLoadSignedDSAPublicKeyFromStream() throws IOException {
+        FileKeyProvider keyFile = new OpenSSHKeyFile();
+        keyFile.init(new FileReader("src/test/resources/keytypes/certificate/test_dsa"),
+                new FileReader("src/test/resources/keytypes/certificate/test_dsa-cert.pub"),
+                PasswordUtils.createOneOff(correctPassphrase));
+        assertNotNull(keyFile.getPrivate());
+        PublicKey pubKey = keyFile.getPublic();
+        assertEquals("DSA", pubKey.getAlgorithm());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sometimes users copy-pastes private and public keys in text editors. It leads to redundant
      * spaces and newlines. OpenSSH can easily read such keys, so users expect from SSHJ the same.