diff --git a/fixtures/privkey-rsa-2048.jwt.json b/fixtures/privkey-rsa-2048.jwt.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f344c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/privkey-rsa-2048.jwt.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "kty": "RSA",
+  "n": "m2ttVBxPlWw06ZmGBWVDlfjkPAJ4DgnY0TrDwtCohHzLxGhDNzUJefLukC-xu0LBKylYojT5vTkxaOhxeSYo31syu4WhxbkTBLICOFcCGMob6pSQ38P8LdAIlb0pqDHxEJ9adWomjuFf0SUhN1cP7s9m8Yk9trkpEqjskocn2BOnTB57qAZM6-I70on0_iDZm7-jcqOPgADAmbWHhy67BXkk4yy_YzD4yOGZFXZcNp915_TW5bRd__AKPHUHxJasPiyEFqlNKBR2DSD-LbX5eTmzCh2ikrwTMja7mUdBJf2bK3By5AB0Qi49OykUCfNZeQlEz7UNNj9RGps_50-CNw",
+  "e": "AQAB",
+  "d": "Cpfo7Mm9Nu8YMC_xrZ54W9mKHPkCG9rZ93Ds9PNp-RXUgb-ljTbFPZWsYxGNKLllFz8LNosr1pT2ZDMrwNk0Af1iWNvD6gkyXaiQdCyiDPSBsJyNv2LJZon-e85X74nv53UlIkmo9SYxdLz2JaJ-iIWEe8Qh-7llLktrTJV_xr98_tbhgSppz_IeOymq3SEZaQHM8pTU7w7XvCj2pb9r8fN0M0XcgWZIaf3LGEfkhF_WtX67XJ0C6-LbkT51jtlLRNGX6haGdscXS0OWWjKOJzKGuV-NbthEn5rmRtVnjRZ3yaxQ0ud8vC-NONn7yvGUlOur1IdDzJ_YfHPt9sHMQQ",
+  "p": "ynG-t9HwKCN3MWRYFdnFzi9-02Qcy3p8B5pu3ary2E70hYn2pHlUG2a9BNE8c5xHQ3Hx43WoWf6s0zOunPV1G28LkU_UYEbAtPv_PxSmzpQp9n9XnYvBLBF8Y3z7gxgLn1vVFNARrQdRtj87qY3aw7E9S4DsGcAarIuOT2TsTCE",
+  "q": "xIkAjgUzB1zaUzJtW2Zgvp9cYYr1DmpH30ePZl3c_8397_DZDDo46fnFYjs6uPa03HpmKUnbjwr14QHlfXlntJBEuXxcqLjkdKdJ4ob7xueLTK4suo9V8LSrkLChVxlZQwnFD2E5ll0sVeeDeMJHQw38ahSrBFEVnxjpnPh1Q1c",
+  "dp": "tzDGjECFOU0ehqtuqhcuT63a7h8hj19-7MJqoFwY9HQ-ALkfXyYLXeBSGxHbyiIYuodZg6LsfMNgUJ3r3Eyhc_nAVfYPEC_2IdAG4WYmq7iXYF9LQV09qEsKbFykm7QekE3hO7wswo5k-q2tp3ieBYdVGAXJoGOdv5VpaZ7B1QE",
+  "dq": "kh5dyDk7YCz7sUFbpsmuAeuPjoH2ghooh2u3xN7iUVmAg-ToKjwbVnG5-7eXiC779rQVwnrD_0yh1AFJ8wjRPqDIR7ObXGHikIxT1VSQWqiJm6AfZzDsL0LUD4YS3iPdhob7-NxLKWzqao_u4lhnDQaX9PKa12HFlny6K1daL48",
+  "qi": "AlHWbx1gp6Z9pbw_1hlS7HuXAgWoX7IjbTUelldf4gkriDWLOrj3QCZcO4ZvZvEwJhVlsny9LO8IkbwGJEL6cXraK08ByVS2mwQyflgTgGNnpzixyEUL_mrQLx6y145FHcxfeqNInMhep-0Mxn1D5nlhmIOgRApS0t9VoXtHhFU"
+}
diff --git a/lib/encoding.js b/lib/encoding.js
index b2d7cd6..5b66e05 100644
--- a/lib/encoding.js
+++ b/lib/encoding.js
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Enc.bufToHex = function toHex(u8) {
   return hex.join('').toLowerCase();
 };
 
+Enc.hexToBuf = function (hex) {
+  return Buffer.from(hex, 'hex');
+};
+
 Enc.numToHex = function numToHex(d) {
   d = d.toString(16);
   if (d.length % 2) {
@@ -23,6 +27,10 @@ Enc.numToHex = function numToHex(d) {
   return d;
 };
 
+Enc.base64ToHex = function base64ToHex(b64) {
+  return Enc.bufToHex(Enc.base64ToBuf(b64));
+}
+
 Enc.bufToBase64 = function toHex(u8) {
   // we want to maintain api compatability with browser APIs,
   // so we assume that this could be a Uint8Array
diff --git a/lib/pem.js b/lib/pem.js
index 0cad9e5..581f3a6 100644
--- a/lib/pem.js
+++ b/lib/pem.js
@@ -37,3 +37,11 @@ PEM.parseBlock = function pemToDer(pem) {
 
   return { kty: typ, pub: pub, der: der };
 };
+
+PEM.packBlock = function (opts) {
+  // TODO allow for headers?
+  return '-----BEGIN ' + opts.type + '-----\n'
+    + Enc.bufToBase64(opts.bytes).match(/.{1,64}/g).join('\n') + '\n'
+    + '-----END ' + opts.type + '-----'
+  ;
+};
diff --git a/lib/rasha.js b/lib/rasha.js
index 6ace4b9..111de93 100644
--- a/lib/rasha.js
+++ b/lib/rasha.js
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ RSA.pack = function (opts) {
     }
 
     if ('pkcs1' === format) {
-      return PEM.packBlock({ type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", bytes: x509.packPkcs1(jwk) });
+      if (jwk.d) {
+        return PEM.packBlock({ type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", bytes: x509.packPkcs1(jwk) });
+      } else {
+        return PEM.packBlock({ type: "RSA PUBLIC KEY", bytes: x509.packPkcs1(jwk) });
+      }
     } else if ('pkcs8' === format) {
       return PEM.packBlock({ type: "PRIVATE KEY", bytes: x509.packPkcs8(jwk) });
     } else if (-1 !== [ 'spki', 'pkix' ].indexOf(format)) {
diff --git a/lib/x509.js b/lib/x509.js
index 32a2a87..5cac827 100644
--- a/lib/x509.js
+++ b/lib/x509.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+// TODO fun idea: create a template from an existing file
+
 var x509 = module.exports;
 var ASN1 = require('./asn1.js');
 var Enc = require('./encoding.js');
@@ -91,3 +93,24 @@ x509.parsePkcs8 = function parseRsaPkcs8(buf, asn1, jwk) {
   }
   return jwk;
 };
+
+x509.packPkcs1 = function (jwk) {
+  var n = ASN1.UInt(Enc.base64ToHex(jwk.n));
+  var e = ASN1.UInt(Enc.base64ToHex(jwk.e));
+
+  if (!jwk.d) {
+    return Enc.hexToBuf(ASN1('30', n, e));
+  }
+
+  return Enc.hexToBuf(ASN1('30'
+  , ASN1.UInt('00')
+  , n
+  , e
+  , ASN1.UInt(Enc.base64ToHex(jwk.d))
+  , ASN1.UInt(Enc.base64ToHex(jwk.p))
+  , ASN1.UInt(Enc.base64ToHex(jwk.q))
+  , ASN1.UInt(Enc.base64ToHex(jwk.dp))
+  , ASN1.UInt(Enc.base64ToHex(jwk.dq))
+  , ASN1.UInt(Enc.base64ToHex(jwk.qi))
+  ));
+};