diff --git a/docs/development/test-vectors.rst b/docs/development/test-vectors.rst
index 6a81da2c359d..0cd10439c083 100644
--- a/docs/development/test-vectors.rst
+++ b/docs/development/test-vectors.rst
@@ -444,6 +444,9 @@ Custom X.509 Vectors
   version.
 * ``invalid-sct-length.der`` - A certificate with an SCT with an internal
   length greater than the amount of data.
+* ``bad_country.pem`` - A certificate with country name and jurisdiction
+  country name values in its subject and issuer distinguished names which
+  are longer than 2 characters.
 
 Custom X.509 Request Vectors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/src/cryptography/x509/name.py b/src/cryptography/x509/name.py
index 925a88f07e01..b02f08babc4a 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/x509/name.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/x509/name.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # for complete details.
 
 import typing
+import warnings
 
 from cryptography import utils
 from cryptography.hazmat.bindings._rust import (
@@ -79,7 +80,12 @@ def _escape_dn_value(val: str) -> str:
 
 class NameAttribute(object):
     def __init__(
-        self, oid: ObjectIdentifier, value: str, _type=_SENTINEL
+        self,
+        oid: ObjectIdentifier,
+        value: str,
+        _type=_SENTINEL,
+        *,
+        _validate=True,
     ) -> None:
         if not isinstance(oid, ObjectIdentifier):
             raise TypeError(
@@ -93,10 +99,17 @@ def __init__(
             oid == NameOID.COUNTRY_NAME
             or oid == NameOID.JURISDICTION_COUNTRY_NAME
         ):
-            if len(value.encode("utf8")) != 2:
+            c_len = len(value.encode("utf8"))
+            if c_len != 2 and _validate is True:
                 raise ValueError(
                     "Country name must be a 2 character country code"
                 )
+            elif c_len != 2:
+                warnings.warn(
+                    "Country names should be two characters, but the "
+                    "attribute is {} characters in length.".format(c_len),
+                    stacklevel=2,
+                )
 
         # The appropriate ASN1 string type varies by OID and is defined across
         # multiple RFCs including 2459, 3280, and 5280. In general UTF8String
diff --git a/src/rust/src/x509/common.rs b/src/rust/src/x509/common.rs
index 4b3ae5b01963..e3b36c8a26dc 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/x509/common.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/x509/common.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use crate::asn1::PyAsn1Error;
 use crate::x509;
 use chrono::{Datelike, TimeZone, Timelike};
+use pyo3::types::IntoPyDict;
 use pyo3::ToPyObject;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
@@ -382,8 +383,9 @@ fn parse_name_attribute(
         _ => std::str::from_utf8(attribute.value.data())
             .map_err(|_| asn1::ParseError::new(asn1::ParseErrorKind::InvalidValue))?,
     };
+    let kwargs = [("_validate", false)].into_py_dict(py);
     Ok(x509_module
-        .call_method1("NameAttribute", (oid, py_data, py_tag))?
+        .call_method("NameAttribute", (oid, py_data, py_tag), Some(kwargs))?
         .to_object(py))
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/x509/test_x509.py b/tests/x509/test_x509.py
index 17076d992c34..23e97a7684f7 100644
--- a/tests/x509/test_x509.py
+++ b/tests/x509/test_x509.py
@@ -747,6 +747,28 @@ def test_negative_serial_number(self, backend):
         with pytest.warns(utils.DeprecatedIn36):
             assert cert.serial_number == -18008675309
 
+    def test_country_jurisdiction_country_too_long(self, backend):
+        cert = _load_cert(
+            os.path.join("x509", "custom", "bad_country.pem"),
+            x509.load_pem_x509_certificate,
+            backend,
+        )
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning):
+            assert (
+                cert.subject.get_attributes_for_oid(x509.NameOID.COUNTRY_NAME)[
+                    0
+                ].value
+                == "too long"
+            )
+
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning):
+            assert (
+                cert.subject.get_attributes_for_oid(
+                    x509.NameOID.JURISDICTION_COUNTRY_NAME
+                )[0].value
+                == "also too long"
+            )
+
     def test_alternate_rsa_with_sha1_oid(self, backend):
         cert = _load_cert(
             os.path.join("x509", "custom", "alternate-rsa-sha1-oid.der"),
diff --git a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/x509/custom/bad_country.pem b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/x509/custom/bad_country.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd4d60170cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/x509/custom/bad_country.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----