diff --git a/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/Certificate.java b/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/Certificate.java
index bf8e7fc3..90e7dd5f 100644
--- a/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/Certificate.java
+++ b/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/Certificate.java
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ import java.io.Writer;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 
 import org.shredzone.acme4j.connector.Connection;
 import org.shredzone.acme4j.connector.Resource;
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ public class Certificate extends AcmeResource {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 7381527770159084201L;
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Certificate.class);
 
+    protected static BiFunction<URI, KeyPair, Session> revokeSessionFactory = Session::new;
+
     private ArrayList<X509Certificate> certChain = null;
     private ArrayList<URL> alternates = null;
 
@@ -183,6 +187,45 @@ public class Certificate extends AcmeResource {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Revoke a certificate. This call is meant to be used for revoking certificates if
+     * the account's key pair was lost.
+     *
+     * @param serverUri
+     *            {@link URI} of the ACME server
+     * @param domainKeyPair
+     *            Key pair the CSR was signed with
+     * @param cert
+     *            The {@link X509Certificate} to be revoked
+     * @param reason
+     *            {@link RevocationReason} stating the reason of the revocation that is
+     *            used when generating OCSP responses and CRLs. {@code null} to give no
+     *            reason.
+     */
+    public static void revoke(URI serverUri, KeyPair domainKeyPair, X509Certificate cert,
+            RevocationReason reason) throws AcmeException {
+        LOG.debug("revoke immediately");
+        Session session = revokeSessionFactory.apply(serverUri, domainKeyPair);
+
+        URL resUrl = session.resourceUrl(Resource.REVOKE_CERT);
+        if (resUrl == null) {
+            throw new AcmeException("Server does not allow certificate revocation");
+        }
+
+        try (Connection conn = session.provider().connect()) {
+            JSONBuilder claims = new JSONBuilder();
+            claims.putBase64("certificate", cert.getEncoded());
+            if (reason != null) {
+                claims.put("reason", reason.getReasonCode());
+            }
+
+            conn.sendSignedRequest(resUrl, claims, session, true);
+            conn.accept(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
+        } catch (CertificateEncodingException ex) {
+            throw new AcmeProtocolException("Invalid certificate", ex);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Lazily downloads the certificate. Throws a runtime {@link AcmeLazyLoadingException}
      * if the download failed.
diff --git a/acme4j-client/src/test/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/CertificateTest.java b/acme4j-client/src/test/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/CertificateTest.java
index 76859240..8ec4f79c 100644
--- a/acme4j-client/src/test/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/CertificateTest.java
+++ b/acme4j-client/src/test/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/CertificateTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -233,4 +234,46 @@ public class CertificateTest {
         assertThat(RevocationReason.code(1), is(RevocationReason.KEY_COMPROMISE));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test that a certificate can be revoked by its domain key pair.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testRevokeCertificateByKeyPair() throws AcmeException, IOException {
+        final List<X509Certificate> originalCert = TestUtils.createCertificate();
+        final KeyPair certKeyPair = TestUtils.createDomainKeyPair();
+
+        TestableConnectionProvider provider = new TestableConnectionProvider() {
+            @Override
+            public void sendSignedRequest(URL url, JSONBuilder claims, Session session, boolean enforceJwk)
+                    throws AcmeException {
+                assertThat(url, is(resourceUrl));
+                assertThat(claims.toString(), sameJSONAs(getJSON("revokeCertificateWithReasonRequest").toString()));
+                assertThat(session, is(notNullValue()));
+                assertThat(session.getKeyPair(), is(certKeyPair));
+                assertThat(enforceJwk, is(true));
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int accept(int... httpStatus) throws AcmeException {
+                assertThat(httpStatus, isIntArrayContainingInAnyOrder(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
+                return HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
+            }
+        };
+
+        provider.putTestResource(Resource.REVOKE_CERT, resourceUrl);
+
+        Session session = provider.createSession();
+        URI serverUri = session.getServerUri();
+
+        Certificate.revokeSessionFactory = (uri, keyPair) -> {
+            assertThat(uri, is(serverUri));
+            session.setKeyPair(keyPair);
+            return session;
+        };
+
+        Certificate.revoke(serverUri, certKeyPair, originalCert.get(0), RevocationReason.KEY_COMPROMISE);
+
+        provider.close();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md b/src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md
index ca0d0381..a4ad6d93 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/usage/certificate.md
@@ -135,3 +135,20 @@ Optionally, you can provide a revocation reason that the ACME server may use whe
 ```java
 cert.revoke(RevocationReason.KEY_COMPROMISE);
 ```
+
+## Revocation without account key pair
+
+If you have lost your account key, you can still revoke a certificate as long as you still own the key pair that was used for signing the CSR. `Certificate` provides a special method for this case.
+
+First, create a new `Session` object, but use _the key pair that was used for siging the CSR_. Now invoke the `revoke()` method and pass the `Session`, the certificate to be revoked, and (optionally) a revocation reason.
+
+```java
+KeyPair domainKeyPair = ... // the key pair that was used for signing the CSR
+URI acmeServerUri = ... // uri of the ACME server
+X509Certificate cert = ... // certificate to revoke
+
+Session session = new Session(acmeServerUri, domainKeyPair);
+Certificate.revoke(session, cert, RevocationReason.KEY_COMPROMISE);
+```
+
+Note that there is no way to revoke a certificate if you should lose both your account's key pair and your domain's key pair.