diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index e7bcc23..ce5368b 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -56,13 +56,15 @@ export async function from(key, options = {}) {
   const {keyAgreement} = options;
 
   let multikey = {...key};
-  if(multikey.type && multikey.type !== 'Multikey') {
+  if(multikey.type !== 'Multikey') {
     // attempt loading from JWK if `publicKeyJwk` is present
     if(multikey.publicKeyJwk) {
-      return fromJwk({jwk: multikey.publicKeyJwk, secretKey: true});
+      return fromJwk({jwk: multikey.publicKeyJwk, secretKey: false});
+    }
+    if(multikey.type) {
+      multikey = await toMultikey({keyPair: multikey});
+      return _createKeyPairInterface({keyPair: multikey, keyAgreement});
     }
-    multikey = await toMultikey({keyPair: multikey});
-    return _createKeyPairInterface({keyPair: multikey, keyAgreement});
   }
   if(!multikey.type) {
     multikey.type = 'Multikey';
diff --git a/test/EcdsaMultikey.spec.js b/test/EcdsaMultikey.spec.js
index 1e450f3..031bd83 100644
--- a/test/EcdsaMultikey.spec.js
+++ b/test/EcdsaMultikey.spec.js
@@ -201,6 +201,24 @@ describe('EcdsaMultikey', () => {
       expect(await keyPairImported.export({publicKey: true, secretKey: true}))
         .to.eql(keyPairExported);
     });
+
+    it('should load `publicKeyJwk`', async () => {
+      const keyPair = await EcdsaMultikey.generate({
+        id: '4e0db4260c87cc200df3',
+        curve: 'P-256'
+      });
+      const jwk1 = await EcdsaMultikey.toJwk({keyPair});
+      should.not.exist(jwk1.d);
+      const keyPairImported1 = await EcdsaMultikey.from({publicKeyJwk: jwk1});
+      const keyPairImported2 = await EcdsaMultikey.from({
+        type: 'JsonWebKey',
+        publicKeyJwk: jwk1
+      });
+      const jwk2 = await EcdsaMultikey.toJwk({keyPair: keyPairImported1});
+      const jwk3 = await EcdsaMultikey.toJwk({keyPair: keyPairImported2});
+      expect(jwk1).to.eql(jwk2);
+      expect(jwk1).to.eql(jwk3);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('fromJwk/toJwk', () => {