diff --git a/cryptoki/src/context/mod.rs b/cryptoki/src/context/mod.rs
index 4d526053..60f4681a 100644
--- a/cryptoki/src/context/mod.rs
+++ b/cryptoki/src/context/mod.rs
@@ -94,21 +94,37 @@ impl Pkcs11 {
         unsafe {
             let pkcs11_lib =
                 cryptoki_sys::Pkcs11::new(filename.as_ref()).map_err(Error::LibraryLoading)?;
-            let mut list = mem::MaybeUninit::uninit();
+            Self::_new(pkcs11_lib)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Instantiate a new context from current executable, the PKCS11 implementation is contained in the current executable
+    pub fn new_from_self() -> Result<Self> {
+        unsafe {
+            #[cfg(not(windows))]
+            let this_lib = libloading::os::unix::Library::this();
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            let this_lib = libloading::os::windows::Library::this()?;
+            let pkcs11_lib = cryptoki_sys::Pkcs11::from_library(this_lib)?;
+            Self::_new(pkcs11_lib)
+        }
+    }
 
-            Rv::from(pkcs11_lib.C_GetFunctionList(list.as_mut_ptr()))
-                .into_result(Function::GetFunctionList)?;
+    unsafe fn _new(pkcs11_lib: cryptoki_sys::Pkcs11) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut list = mem::MaybeUninit::uninit();
 
-            let list_ptr = *list.as_ptr();
+        Rv::from(pkcs11_lib.C_GetFunctionList(list.as_mut_ptr()))
+            .into_result(Function::GetFunctionList)?;
 
-            Ok(Pkcs11 {
-                impl_: Arc::new(Pkcs11Impl {
-                    _pkcs11_lib: pkcs11_lib,
-                    function_list: *list_ptr,
-                }),
-                initialized: Arc::new(RwLock::new(false)),
-            })
-        }
+        let list_ptr = *list.as_ptr();
+
+        Ok(Pkcs11 {
+            impl_: Arc::new(Pkcs11Impl {
+                _pkcs11_lib: pkcs11_lib,
+                function_list: *list_ptr,
+            }),
+            initialized: Arc::new(RwLock::new(false)),
+        })
     }
 
     /// Initialize the PKCS11 library