diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/622-der-format-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/622-der-format-support.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4ba93e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/622-der-format-support.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "x509_certificate_info - added support for certificates in DER format when using ``path`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/issues/603)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/crypto/module_backends/certificate_info.py b/plugins/module_utils/crypto/module_backends/certificate_info.py
index a7beec6c1..b10733ceb 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/crypto/module_backends/certificate_info.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/crypto/module_backends/certificate_info.py
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ def _get_ocsp_uri(self):
     def _get_issuer_uri(self):
         pass
 
-    def get_info(self, prefer_one_fingerprint=False):
+    def get_info(self, prefer_one_fingerprint=False, der_support_enabled=False):
         result = dict()
-        self.cert = load_certificate(None, content=self.content, backend=self.backend)
+        self.cert = load_certificate(None, content=self.content, backend=self.backend, der_support_enabled=der_support_enabled)
 
         result['signature_algorithm'] = self._get_signature_algorithm()
         subject = self._get_subject_ordered()
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/crypto/support.py b/plugins/module_utils/crypto/support.py
index ad8f16109..473246b1b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/crypto/support.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/crypto/support.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 from ansible.module_utils import six
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_bytes
 
+from ansible_collections.community.crypto.plugins.module_utils.crypto.pem import (
+    identify_pem_format,
+)
+
 try:
     from OpenSSL import crypto
     HAS_PYOPENSSL = True
@@ -189,7 +193,7 @@ def load_publickey(path=None, content=None, backend=None):
             raise OpenSSLObjectError('Error while deserializing key: {0}'.format(e))
 
 
-def load_certificate(path, content=None, backend='cryptography'):
+def load_certificate(path, content=None, backend='cryptography', der_support_enabled=False):
     """Load the specified certificate."""
 
     try:
@@ -201,12 +205,21 @@ def load_certificate(path, content=None, backend='cryptography'):
     except (IOError, OSError) as exc:
         raise OpenSSLObjectError(exc)
     if backend == 'pyopenssl':
-        return crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, cert_content)
+        if der_support_enabled is False or identify_pem_format(cert_content):
+            return crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, cert_content)
+        elif der_support_enabled:
+            raise OpenSSLObjectError('Certificate in DER format is not supported by the pyopenssl backend.')
     elif backend == 'cryptography':
-        try:
-            return x509.load_pem_x509_certificate(cert_content, cryptography_backend())
-        except ValueError as exc:
-            raise OpenSSLObjectError(exc)
+        if der_support_enabled is False or identify_pem_format(cert_content):
+            try:
+                return x509.load_pem_x509_certificate(cert_content, cryptography_backend())
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                raise OpenSSLObjectError(exc)
+        elif der_support_enabled:
+            try:
+                return x509.load_der_x509_certificate(cert_content, cryptography_backend())
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                raise OpenSSLObjectError('Cannot parse DER certificate: {0}'.format(exc))
 
 
 def load_certificate_request(path, content=None, backend='cryptography'):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/x509_certificate_info.py b/plugins/modules/x509_certificate_info.py
index d875c5727..145cd2195 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/x509_certificate_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/x509_certificate_info.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
         description:
             - Remote absolute path where the certificate file is loaded from.
             - Either I(path) or I(content) must be specified, but not both.
+            - PEM and DER formats are supported.
         type: path
     content:
         description:
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ def main():
             valid_at[k] = get_relative_time_option(v, 'valid_at.{0}'.format(k))
 
     try:
-        result = module_backend.get_info()
+        result = module_backend.get_info(der_support_enabled=module.params['content'] is None)
 
         not_before = module_backend.get_not_before()
         not_after = module_backend.get_not_after()