diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index e8b671d8..2ed21667 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ pub struct TlsConfig {
     pub trusted_root: Option<String>,
     pub pkcs12: Option<String>,
     pub pkcs12_password: Option<String>,
+    pub pem_server_key: Option<String>,
+    pub pem_server_cert: Option<String>,
 }
 
 fn default_noise_pattern() -> String {
@@ -191,11 +193,16 @@ impl Config {
 
     fn validate_tls_config(tls_config: &TlsConfig, is_server:  bool) -> Result<()>{
         if is_server {
-            tls_config
-                .pkcs12
-                .as_ref()
-                .and(tls_config.pkcs12_password.as_ref())
-                .ok_or(anyhow!("Missing `pkcs12` or `pkcs12_password`"))?;
+            if tls_config.pem_server_key.is_some() {
+                tls_config.pem_server_cert.as_ref().ok_or(
+                    anyhow!("`pem_server_key` provided but `pem_server_cert` is missing"))?;
+            } else {
+                tls_config
+                    .pkcs12
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .and(tls_config.pkcs12_password.as_ref())
+                    .ok_or(anyhow!("Missing `pkcs12` or `pkcs12_password`"))?;
+            }
         } else {
             tls_config
                 .trusted_root
diff --git a/src/transport/quic.rs b/src/transport/quic.rs
index f4126e7c..c6ea8760 100644
--- a/src/transport/quic.rs
+++ b/src/transport/quic.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures_util::{StreamExt};
 use p12::PFX;
 use quinn::{Connecting, Connection, Endpoint, EndpointConfig, Incoming};
+use rustls::{ConfigBuilder, ServerConfig};
+use rustls_pemfile::{Item, read_one, read_all};
+use rustls::server::WantsServerCert;
 use tokio::fs;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
 use tokio::net::{ToSocketAddrs, UdpSocket};
@@ -112,6 +115,75 @@ impl Drop for QuicBiStream {
     }
 }
 
+async fn read_server_pkcs12(config: &TlsConfig, server_crypto: ConfigBuilder<ServerConfig, WantsServerCert>) -> Result<ServerConfig> {
+    let buf = fs::read(config.pkcs12.as_ref()
+        .with_context(|| "Config `quic.pkcs12` was not provided")?)
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| "Failed to read the `quic.pkcs12`")?;
+
+    let pfx = PFX::parse(buf.as_slice()).with_context(|| "Failed to parse `quic.pkcs12`")?;
+
+    let keys = pfx.key_bags(config.pkcs12_password.as_ref()
+        .with_context(|| "Expected `quic.pkcs12_password` value to be set")?)
+        .with_context(|| "Could not decrypt  `quic.pkcs12 with `quic.pkcs12_password`")?;
+
+    let certs = pfx.cert_bags(config.pkcs12_password.as_ref()
+        .with_context(|| "Config `quic.pkcs12_password` was not provided")?)
+        .with_context(|| "Could not decrypt  `quic.pkcs12` using `quic.pkcs12_password`")?;
+
+    let chain: Vec<rustls::Certificate> = certs
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|cert_bytes| rustls::Certificate(cert_bytes))
+        .collect();
+    let key = rustls::PrivateKey(keys.into_iter().next()
+        .with_context(|| "No keys found in `quic.pkcs12`")?);
+    server_crypto.with_single_cert(chain, key)
+        .with_context(|| "Server keys invalid")
+}
+
+async fn read_server_pem(config: &TlsConfig, server_crypto: ConfigBuilder<ServerConfig, WantsServerCert>) -> Result<ServerConfig> {
+    // unwrap, since caller should have checked that pem_server_key exists
+    let buf = fs::read(config.pem_server_key.as_ref().unwrap())
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| "Failed to read the `quic.pem_server_key`")?;
+    let mut bufr = std::io::BufReader::new(buf.as_slice());
+    let key: Vec<u8> = match read_one(&mut bufr).with_context(|| "Could not parse `quic.pem_server_key`")? {
+        None => {Err(anyhow!("`quic.pem_server_key` contained no keys"))}
+        Some(item) => { match item {
+            Item::X509Certificate(_) => { Err(anyhow!("`quic.pem_server_key` should contain keys, not certificates"))}
+            Item::RSAKey(der_key) => {Ok(der_key)}
+            Item::PKCS8Key(der_key) => {Ok(der_key)}
+        }}}?;
+
+    let buf = fs::read(config.pem_server_cert.as_ref()
+        .with_context(|| "`quic.pem_server_key` was provided, yet `quic.pem_server_cert` is missing")?)
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| "Failed to read the `quic.pem_server_cert`")?;
+
+    let mut bufr = std::io::BufReader::new(buf.as_slice());
+    let certs: Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>> = read_all(&mut bufr).with_context(|| "Could not parse `quic.pem_server_cert`")?
+        .into_iter().map(|item| match item {
+            Item::X509Certificate(der_cert) => { Ok(der_cert)}
+            Item::RSAKey(_) | Item::PKCS8Key(_) => {
+                Err(anyhow!("`quic.pem_server_cert` should contain certificates, not keys"))}
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    let certs = certs?;
+    if certs.is_empty() {
+        return Err(anyhow!("`quic.pem_server_cert` contained no certs"));
+    }
+
+    let chain: Vec<rustls::Certificate> = certs
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|cert_bytes| rustls::Certificate(cert_bytes))
+        .collect();
+    let key = rustls::PrivateKey(key);
+
+    server_crypto.with_single_cert(chain, key)
+        .with_context(|| "Server keys invalid")
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl Transport for QuicTransport {
     type Acceptor = QuicAcceptor;
@@ -158,33 +230,13 @@ impl Transport for QuicTransport {
     }
 
     async fn bind<A: ToSocketAddrs + Send + Sync>(&self, addr: A) -> Result<Self::Acceptor> {
-        let buf = fs::read(self.config.pkcs12.as_ref()
-            .with_context(|| "Config `quic.pkcs12` was not provided")?)
-            .await
-            .with_context(|| "Failed to read the `quic.pkcs12`")?;
-
-        let pfx = PFX::parse(buf.as_slice()).with_context(|| "Failed to parse `quic.pkcs12`")?;
-
-        let keys = pfx.key_bags(self.config.pkcs12_password.as_ref()
-            .with_context(|| "Expected `quic.pkcs12_password` value to be set")?)
-            .with_context(|| "Could not decrypt  `quic.pkcs12 with `quic.pkcs12_password`")?;
-
-        let certs = pfx.cert_bags(self.config.pkcs12_password.as_ref()
-                .with_context(|| "Config `quic.pkcs12_password` was not provided")?)
-            .with_context(|| "Could not decrypt  `quic.pkcs12` using `quic.pkcs12_password`")?;
-
-        let chain: Vec<rustls::Certificate> = certs
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|cert_bytes| rustls::Certificate(cert_bytes))
-            .collect();
-        let key = rustls::PrivateKey(keys.into_iter().next()
-            .with_context(|| "No keys found in `quic.pkcs12`")?);
-
-        let mut server_crypto = rustls::ServerConfig::builder()
+        let server_crypto = rustls::ServerConfig::builder()
             .with_safe_defaults()
-            .with_no_client_auth()
-            .with_single_cert(chain, key)
-            .with_context(|| "Server keys invalid")?;
+            .with_no_client_auth();
+        let mut server_crypto = match self.config.pem_server_key {
+            None => {read_server_pkcs12(&self.config, server_crypto).await?}
+            Some(_) => {read_server_pem(&self.config, server_crypto).await?}
+        };
 
         server_crypto.alpn_protocols = ALPN_QUIC_TUNNEL.iter().map(|&x| x.into()).collect();
 
diff --git a/src/transport/tls.rs b/src/transport/tls.rs
index b08b2e59..8d74fe38 100644
--- a/src/transport/tls.rs
+++ b/src/transport/tls.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub struct TlsTransport {
     connector: Option<TlsConnector>,
     tls_acceptor: Option<TlsAcceptor>,
 }
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl Transport for TlsTransport {
     type Acceptor = TcpListener;
diff --git a/tests/for_udp/quic_transport.toml b/tests/for_udp/quic_transport.toml
index daa11cd9..0fc77a7c 100644
--- a/tests/for_udp/quic_transport.toml
+++ b/tests/for_udp/quic_transport.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ default_token = "default_token_if_not_specify"
 [server.transport]
 type = "quic"
 [server.transport.quic]
-pkcs12 = "examples/quic/test_server.pfx"
-pkcs12_password = "1234"
+pem_server_key = "examples/quic/test_server.key.pem"
+pem_server_cert = "examples/quic/test_server.cert.pem"
 
 [server.services.echo] 
 type = "udp"