diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/296-openssl_pkcs12-cryptography-35.yml b/changelogs/fragments/296-openssl_pkcs12-cryptography-35.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63f90aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/296-openssl_pkcs12-cryptography-35.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "openssl_pkcs12 - fix compatibility with the cryptography 35.0.0 release (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/296)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/crypto/cryptography_support.py b/plugins/module_utils/crypto/cryptography_support.py
index 82d3e7b8..edec7853 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/crypto/cryptography_support.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/crypto/cryptography_support.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import binascii
 import re
 import sys
 
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text, to_bytes
 from ._asn1 import serialize_asn1_string_as_der
 
@@ -525,8 +527,28 @@ def parse_pkcs12(pkcs12_bytes, passphrase=None):
             backend._lib
         except AttributeError:
             backend = certificate._backend
-        maybe_name = backend._lib.X509_alias_get0(certificate._x509, backend._ffi.NULL)
-        if maybe_name != backend._ffi.NULL:
-            friendly_name = backend._ffi.string(maybe_name)
 
+        if LooseVersion(cryptography.__version__) >= LooseVersion('35.0'):
+            # This code basically does what load_key_and_certificates() does, but without error-checking.
+            # Since load_key_and_certificates succeeded, it should not fail.
+            pkcs12 = backend._ffi.gc(
+                backend._lib.d2i_PKCS12_bio(backend._bytes_to_bio(pkcs12_bytes).bio, backend._ffi.NULL),
+                backend._lib.PKCS12_free)
+            certificate_x509_ptr = backend._ffi.new("X509 **")
+            with backend._zeroed_null_terminated_buf(to_bytes(passphrase) if passphrase is not None else None) as passphrase_buffer:
+                backend._lib.PKCS12_parse(
+                    pkcs12,
+                    passphrase_buffer,
+                    backend._ffi.new("EVP_PKEY **"),
+                    certificate_x509_ptr,
+                    backend._ffi.new("Cryptography_STACK_OF_X509 **"))
+            if certificate_x509_ptr[0] != backend._ffi.NULL:
+                maybe_name = backend._lib.X509_alias_get0(certificate_x509_ptr[0], backend._ffi.NULL)
+                if maybe_name != backend._ffi.NULL:
+                    friendly_name = backend._ffi.string(maybe_name)
+        else:
+            # cryptography < 35.0.0
+            maybe_name = backend._lib.X509_alias_get0(certificate._x509, backend._ffi.NULL)
+            if maybe_name != backend._ffi.NULL:
+                friendly_name = backend._ffi.string(maybe_name)
     return private_key, certificate, additional_certificates, friendly_name