diff --git a/pg/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/bcpg/SecretKeyPacket.java b/pg/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/bcpg/SecretKeyPacket.java
index 198d3333b0..f551f8841e 100644
--- a/pg/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/bcpg/SecretKeyPacket.java
+++ b/pg/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/bcpg/SecretKeyPacket.java
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ public class SecretKeyPacket
      * Users should migrate to AEAD with all due speed.
      */
     public static final int USAGE_AEAD = 0xfd;
+
+    /**
+     * S2K-usage octet indicating that the secret key material is stored on a hardware-token.
+     *
+     * @see <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-dkg-openpgp-hardware-secrets/">
+     *     OpenPGP Hardware-Backed Secret Keys</a>
+     */
+    public static final int USAGE_HARDWARE_BACKED = 0xfc;
+
     private PublicKeyPacket pubKeyPacket;
     private byte[] secKeyData;
     private int s2kUsage;
@@ -119,6 +128,11 @@ public class SecretKeyPacket
         int version = pubKeyPacket.getVersion();
         s2kUsage = in.read();
 
+        if (s2kUsage == USAGE_HARDWARE_BACKED)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (version == 6 && s2kUsage != USAGE_NONE)
         {
             // TODO: Use length to parse unknown parameters
@@ -290,19 +304,21 @@ public byte[] getEncodedContents()
         pOut.write(pubKeyPacket.getEncodedContents());
 
         pOut.write(s2kUsage);
-
-        // conditional parameters
-        byte[] conditionalParameters = encodeConditionalParameters();
-        if (pubKeyPacket.getVersion() == PublicKeyPacket.VERSION_6 && s2kUsage != USAGE_NONE)
+        if (s2kUsage != USAGE_HARDWARE_BACKED)
         {
-            pOut.write(conditionalParameters.length);
-        }
-        pOut.write(conditionalParameters);
+            // conditional parameters
+            byte[] conditionalParameters = encodeConditionalParameters();
+            if (pubKeyPacket.getVersion() == PublicKeyPacket.VERSION_6 && s2kUsage != USAGE_NONE)
+            {
+                pOut.write(conditionalParameters.length);
+            }
+            pOut.write(conditionalParameters);
 
-        // encrypted secret key
-        if (secKeyData != null && secKeyData.length > 0)
-        {
-            pOut.write(secKeyData);
+            // encrypted secret key
+            if (secKeyData != null && secKeyData.length > 0)
+            {
+                pOut.write(secKeyData);
+            }
         }
 
         pOut.close();
diff --git a/pg/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/openpgp/test/HardwareSecretKeyTest.java b/pg/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/openpgp/test/HardwareSecretKeyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8994b0bdf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pg/src/test/java/org/bouncycastle/openpgp/test/HardwareSecretKeyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package org.bouncycastle.openpgp.test;
+
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.ArmoredInputStream;
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.ArmoredOutputStream;
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.BCPGInputStream;
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.BCPGOutputStream;
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.PacketFormat;
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.SecretKeyPacket;
+import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPException;
+import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPSecretKey;
+import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPSecretKeyRing;
+import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.operator.bc.BcKeyFingerprintCalculator;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+public class HardwareSecretKeyTest
+        extends AbstractPgpKeyPairTest
+{
+    @Override
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return "HardwareSecretKeyTest";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void performTest()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        parseHardwareKey();
+    }
+
+    private void parseHardwareKey()
+            throws IOException, PGPException
+    {
+        // Test vector from https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-dkg-openpgp-hardware-secrets-02.html#name-as-a-hardware-backed-secret
+        String armored = "-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n" +
+                "\n" +
+                "xTQEZgWtcxYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAlLK6UPQsVHR2ETk1SwVIG3tBmpiEtikYYlCy\n" +
+                "1TIiqzb8zR08aGFyZHdhcmUtc2VjcmV0QGV4YW1wbGUub3JnPsKNBBAWCAA1AhkB\n" +
+                "BQJmBa1zAhsDCAsJCAcKDQwLBRUKCQgLAhYCFiEEXlP8Tur0WZR+f0I33/i9Uh4O\n" +
+                "HEkACgkQ3/i9Uh4OHEnryAD8CzH2ajJvASp46ApfI4pLPY57rjBX++d/2FQPRyqG\n" +
+                "HJUA/RLsNNgxiFYmK5cjtQe2/DgzWQ7R6PxPC6oa3XM7xPcCxzkEZgWtcxIKKwYB\n" +
+                "BAGXVQEFAQEHQE1YXOKeaklwG01Yab4xopP9wbu1E+pCrP1xQpiFZW5KAwEIB/zC\n" +
+                "eAQYFggAIAUCZgWtcwIbDBYhBF5T/E7q9FmUfn9CN9/4vVIeDhxJAAoJEN/4vVIe\n" +
+                "DhxJVTgA/1WaFrKdP3AgL0Ffdooc5XXbjQsj0uHo6FZSHRI4pchMAQCyJnKQ3RvW\n" +
+                "/0gm41JCqImyg2fxWG4hY0N5Q7Rc6PyzDQ==\n" +
+                "=3w/O\n" +
+                "-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n";
+        ByteArrayInputStream bIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(armored.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        ArmoredInputStream aIn = ArmoredInputStream.builder().setIgnoreCRC(false).build(bIn);
+        BCPGInputStream pIn = new BCPGInputStream(aIn);
+
+        PGPSecretKeyRing secretKeys = new PGPSecretKeyRing(pIn, new BcKeyFingerprintCalculator());
+        for (PGPSecretKey k : secretKeys)
+        {
+            isEquals("S2K Usage mismatch", SecretKeyPacket.USAGE_HARDWARE_BACKED, k.getS2KUsage());
+        }
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        ArmoredOutputStream aOut = ArmoredOutputStream.builder().clearHeaders().build(bOut);
+        BCPGOutputStream pOut = new BCPGOutputStream(aOut, PacketFormat.CURRENT);
+        secretKeys.encode(pOut);
+        pOut.close();
+        aOut.close();
+
+        isEquals("Armor encoding mismatch", armored, bOut.toString());
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        runTest(new HardwareSecretKeyTest());
+    }
+}