diff --git a/include/mbedtls/build_info.h b/include/mbedtls/build_info.h
index cb9582c..4bee955 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/build_info.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/build_info.h
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@
 /* MBEDTLS_ECP_C now consists of MBEDTLS_ECP_LIGHT plus functions for curve
  * arithmetic. As a consequence if MBEDTLS_ECP_C is required for some reason,
  * then MBEDTLS_ECP_LIGHT should be enabled as well. */
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_ECP_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_EC_EXTENDED)
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_ECP_C) || defined(MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_EC_EXTENDED) || \
+    defined(MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_EC_COMPRESSED)
 #define MBEDTLS_ECP_LIGHT
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/mbedtls_config.h b/include/mbedtls/mbedtls_config.h
index b043983..ccb70a6 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/mbedtls_config.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/mbedtls_config.h
@@ -1046,6 +1046,16 @@
 #define MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_EC_EXTENDED
 
 /**
+ * \def MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_EC_COMPRESSED
+ *
+ * Enable the support for parsing public keys of type Short Weierstrass
+ * (MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_SECP_XXX and MBEDTLS_ECP_DP_BP_XXX) which are using the
+ * compressed point format.
+ * Please see MBEDTLS_ECP_PF_COMPRESSED in ecp.h for limitations details.
+ */
+#define MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_EC_COMPRESSED
+
+/**
  * \def MBEDTLS_ERROR_STRERROR_DUMMY
  *
  * Enable a dummy error function to make use of mbedtls_strerror() in