diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fc645d1..4dbc6d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "data-structures", "cryptography"]
 
 [features]
 default = ["alloc"]
-alloc = []
+alloc = ["dep:zeroize"]
 std = ["alloc"]
 web = ["web-time"]
 
+[dependencies]
+zeroize = { version = "1", optional = true }
+
 [target.'cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_arch = "x86_64"))'.dev-dependencies]
 crabgrind = "=0.1.9" # compatible with valgrind package on GHA ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 04237f7..c062f10 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,17 @@ pub enum PrivateKeyDer<'a> {
     Pkcs8(PrivatePkcs8KeyDer<'a>),
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+impl zeroize::Zeroize for PrivateKeyDer<'static> {
+    fn zeroize(&mut self) {
+        match self {
+            Self::Pkcs1(key) => key.zeroize(),
+            Self::Sec1(key) => key.zeroize(),
+            Self::Pkcs8(key) => key.zeroize(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl PrivateKeyDer<'_> {
     /// Clone the private key to a `'static` value
     #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
@@ -313,6 +324,13 @@ impl PrivatePkcs1KeyDer<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+impl zeroize::Zeroize for PrivatePkcs1KeyDer<'static> {
+    fn zeroize(&mut self) {
+        self.0 .0.zeroize()
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 impl PemObjectFilter for PrivatePkcs1KeyDer<'static> {
     const KIND: SectionKind = SectionKind::RsaPrivateKey;
@@ -373,6 +391,13 @@ impl PrivateSec1KeyDer<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+impl zeroize::Zeroize for PrivateSec1KeyDer<'static> {
+    fn zeroize(&mut self) {
+        self.0 .0.zeroize()
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 impl PemObjectFilter for PrivateSec1KeyDer<'static> {
     const KIND: SectionKind = SectionKind::EcPrivateKey;
@@ -434,6 +459,13 @@ impl PrivatePkcs8KeyDer<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+impl zeroize::Zeroize for PrivatePkcs8KeyDer<'static> {
+    fn zeroize(&mut self) {
+        self.0 .0.zeroize()
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 impl PemObjectFilter for PrivatePkcs8KeyDer<'static> {
     const KIND: SectionKind = SectionKind::PrivateKey;
@@ -1002,6 +1034,16 @@ impl BytesInner<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+impl zeroize::Zeroize for BytesInner<'static> {
+    fn zeroize(&mut self) {
+        match self {
+            BytesInner::Owned(vec) => vec.zeroize(),
+            BytesInner::Borrowed(_) => (),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl AsRef<[u8]> for BytesInner<'_> {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
         match &self {