diff --git a/src/node_constants.cc b/src/node_constants.cc
index bdbef2bfbc54d4..2f98c619ada939 100644
--- a/src/node_constants.cc
+++ b/src/node_constants.cc
@@ -795,11 +795,40 @@ void DefinePriorityConstants(Local<Object> target) {
 #endif
 }
 
+// Convert nid's to the string representation of their OID. Non-reentrant, and
+// will abort if called with invalid nids (so only pass values from OpenSSL's
+// headers).
+static const char* OBJ_nid2oid(int nid, char (*buf)[128]) {
+  ASN1_OBJECT* obj = OBJ_nid2obj(nid);
+  CHECK_NOT_NULL(obj);
+  CHECK_EQ(sizeof(*buf), 128);
+  CHECK_LE(OBJ_obj2txt(*buf, 128, obj, 1), 128);
+  return *buf;
+}
+
 void DefineCryptoConstants(Local<Object> target) {
 #ifdef OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
     NODE_DEFINE_CONSTANT(target, OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER);
 #endif
 
+#define NID2OID(nid) do {                                                      \
+  char buf[128];                                                               \
+  NODE_DEFINE_STRING_CONSTANT(target, #nid, OBJ_nid2oid(nid, &buf));           \
+} while (false)
+
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_RSA);
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_RSA_PSS);
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_DSA);
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_DH);
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_EC);
+  // Note for backporters: following are new in openssl 1.1.1.
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_ED25519);
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_ED448);
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_X25519);
+  NID2OID(EVP_PKEY_X448);
+
+#undef NID2OID
+
 #ifdef SSL_OP_ALL
     NODE_DEFINE_CONSTANT(target, SSL_OP_ALL);
 #endif
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-oids.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-oids.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..aa72ef51abef9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-oids.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const {
+  constants,
+} = require('crypto');
+
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_RSA, '1.2.840.113549.1.1.1');
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_RSA_PSS, '1.2.840.113549.1.1.10');
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_DSA, '1.2.840.10040.4.1');
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_DH, '1.2.840.113549.1.3.1');
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_EC, '1.2.840.10045.2.1');
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_ED25519, '1.3.101.112');
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_ED448, '1.3.101.113');
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_X25519, '1.3.101.110');
+assert.strictEqual(constants.EVP_PKEY_X448, '1.3.101.111');