diff --git a/bin/eckles.js b/bin/eckles.js
index 4e1829c..079dfdb 100755
--- a/bin/eckles.js
+++ b/bin/eckles.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ try {
 }
 
 if ('string' === typeof key) {
-  eckles.import({ pem: key }).then(function (jwk) {
+  var pub = (-1 !== [ 'public', 'spki', 'pkix' ].indexOf(format));
+  eckles.import({ pem: key, public: (pub || format) }).then(function (jwk) {
     console.log(JSON.stringify(jwk, null, 2));
   }).catch(function (err) {
     console.error(err);
diff --git a/lib/eckles.js b/lib/eckles.js
index d04d92d..fd60fc1 100644
--- a/lib/eckles.js
+++ b/lib/eckles.js
@@ -244,15 +244,15 @@ EC.parse = function parseEc(opts) {
       // PKCS8
       if (0x02 === u8[3] && 0x30 === u8[6] && 0x06 === u8[8]) {
         //console.log("PKCS8", u8[3].toString(16), u8[6].toString(16), u8[8].toString(16));
-        return EC.parsePkcs8(u8, jwk);
+        jwk = EC.parsePkcs8(u8, jwk);
       // EC-only
       } else if (0x02 === u8[2] && 0x04 === u8[5] && 0xA0 === u8[39]) {
         //console.log("EC---", u8[2].toString(16), u8[5].toString(16), u8[39].toString(16));
-        return EC.parseSec1(u8, jwk);
+        jwk = EC.parseSec1(u8, jwk);
       // SPKI/PKIK (Public)
       } else if (0x30 === u8[2] && 0x06 === u8[4] && 0x06 === u8[13]) {
         //console.log("SPKI-", u8[2].toString(16), u8[4].toString(16), u8[13].toString(16));
-        return EC.parseSpki(u8, jwk);
+        jwk = EC.parseSpki(u8, jwk);
       // Error
       } else {
         //console.log("PKCS8", u8[3].toString(16), u8[6].toString(16), u8[8].toString(16));
@@ -266,15 +266,15 @@ EC.parse = function parseEc(opts) {
       // PKCS8
       if (0x02 === u8[3] && 0x30 === u8[6] && 0x06 === u8[8]) {
         //console.log("PKCS8", u8[3].toString(16), u8[6].toString(16), u8[8].toString(16));
-        return EC.parsePkcs8(u8, jwk);
+        jwk = EC.parsePkcs8(u8, jwk);
       // EC-only
       } else if (0x02 === u8[3] && 0x04 === u8[6] && 0xA0 === u8[56]) {
         //console.log("EC---", u8[3].toString(16), u8[6].toString(16), u8[56].toString(16));
-        return EC.parseSec1(u8, jwk);
+        jwk = EC.parseSec1(u8, jwk);
       // SPKI/PKIK (Public)
       } else if (0x30 === u8[2] && 0x06 === u8[4] && 0x06 === u8[13]) {
         //console.log("SPKI-", u8[2].toString(16), u8[4].toString(16), u8[13].toString(16));
-        return EC.parseSpki(u8, jwk);
+        jwk = EC.parseSpki(u8, jwk);
       // Error
       } else {
         //console.log("PKCS8", u8[3].toString(16), u8[6].toString(16), u8[8].toString(16));
@@ -285,6 +285,14 @@ EC.parse = function parseEc(opts) {
     } else {
       throw new Error("Supported key types are P-256 and P-384");
     }
+    if (opts.public) {
+      if (true !== opts.public) {
+        throw new Error("options.public must be either `true` or `false` not ("
+          + typeof opts.public + ") '" + opts.public + "'");
+      }
+      delete jwk.d;
+    }
+    return jwk;
   });
 };
 EC.toJwk = EC.import = EC.parse;