diff --git a/common/crypto/src/encryption/mod.rs b/common/crypto/src/encryption/mod.rs
index 1ab614e8d4..4d94f06f4b 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/encryption/mod.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/encryption/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::PemStorableKey;
+use crate::{PemStorableKey, PemStorableKeyPair};
 use curve25519_dalek::montgomery::MontgomeryPoint;
 use curve25519_dalek::scalar::Scalar;
 
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ impl KeyPair {
     }
 }
 
+impl PemStorableKeyPair for KeyPair {
+    type PrivatePemKey = PrivateKey;
+    type PublicPemKey = PublicKey;
+
+    fn private_pem_key(&self) -> &Self::PrivatePemKey {
+        self.private_key()
+    }
+
+    fn public_pem_key(&self) -> &Self::PublicPemKey {
+        self.public_key()
+    }
+}
+
 // COPY IS DERIVED ONLY TEMPORARILY UNTIL https://github.com/nymtech/nym/issues/47 is fixed
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct PrivateKey(pub Scalar);
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/identity/mod.rs b/common/crypto/src/identity/mod.rs
index 39c03e8469..b7fe294c78 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/identity/mod.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/identity/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{encryption, PemStorableKey};
+use crate::{encryption, PemStorableKey, PemStorableKeyPair};
 use bs58;
 use curve25519_dalek::scalar::Scalar;
 use sphinx::route::DestinationAddressBytes;
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ impl MixIdentityKeyPair {
     }
 }
 
+impl PemStorableKeyPair for MixIdentityKeyPair {
+    type PrivatePemKey = MixIdentityPrivateKey;
+    type PublicPemKey = MixIdentityPublicKey;
+
+    fn private_pem_key(&self) -> &Self::PrivatePemKey {
+        self.private_key()
+    }
+
+    fn public_pem_key(&self) -> &Self::PublicPemKey {
+        self.public_key()
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct MixIdentityPublicKey(encryption::PublicKey);
 
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/lib.rs b/common/crypto/src/lib.rs
index c5c3334e47..f5401aead5 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,3 +7,11 @@ pub mod identity;
 pub trait PemStorableKey {
     fn pem_type(&self) -> String;
 }
+
+pub trait PemStorableKeyPair {
+    type PrivatePemKey: PemStorableKey;
+    type PublicPemKey: PemStorableKey;
+
+    fn private_pem_key(&self) -> &Self::PrivatePemKey;
+    fn public_pem_key(&self) -> &Self::PublicPemKey;
+}