diff --git a/elliptic-curve/src/public_key.rs b/elliptic-curve/src/public_key.rs
index 1dc858581..f5ca8887b 100644
--- a/elliptic-curve/src/public_key.rs
+++ b/elliptic-curve/src/public_key.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ use pkcs8::EncodePublicKey;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "jwk", feature = "pem"))]
 use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+
 /// Elliptic curve public keys.
 ///
 /// This is a wrapper type for [`AffinePoint`] which ensures an inner
@@ -121,6 +124,23 @@ where
         Option::from(Self::from_encoded_point(&point)).ok_or(Error)
     }
 
+    /// Convert this [`PublicKey`] into the
+    /// `Elliptic-Curve-Point-to-Octet-String` encoding described in
+    /// SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography (Version 2.0) section 2.3.3
+    /// (page 10).
+    ///
+    /// <http://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf>
+    #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+    pub fn to_sec1_bytes(&self) -> Box<[u8]>
+    where
+        C: Curve + ProjectiveArithmetic + PointCompression,
+        AffinePoint<C>: FromEncodedPoint<C> + ToEncodedPoint<C>,
+        FieldSize<C>: ModulusSize,
+    {
+        let point = EncodedPoint::<C>::from(self);
+        point.to_bytes()
+    }
+
     /// Borrow the inner [`AffinePoint`] from this [`PublicKey`].
     ///
     /// In ECC, public keys are elliptic curve points.