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diff --git a/base/common/python/pki/encoder.py b/base/common/python/pki/encoder.py
index bf5d2e473..f83060103 100644
--- a/base/common/python/pki/encoder.py
+++ b/base/common/python/pki/encoder.py
@@ -1,11 +1,41 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import base64
 import json
+
+import six
 from six import iteritems, itervalues
 
 TYPES = {}
 NOTYPES = {}
 
 
+def encode_cert(data):
+    """base64 encode X.509 certificate
+
+    Python 3's base64.b64encode() doesn't support ASCII text.
+
+    :param data: data as bytes or ASCII text
+    :type data: str, bytes
+    :rtype: bytes
+    """
+    if isinstance(data, six.text_type):
+        data = data.encode('ascii')
+    return base64.b64encode(data)
+
+
+def decode_cert(data):
+    """base64 decode X.509 certificate
+
+    :param data: data as bytes or ASCII text
+    :type data: str, bytes
+    :rtype: bytes
+    """
+    if isinstance(data, six.text_type):
+        data = data.encode('ascii')
+    return base64.b64decode(data)
+
+
 class CustomTypeEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     """
     A custom JSONEncoder class that knows how to encode core custom