diff --git a/make/e2e.sh b/make/e2e.sh
index e3d167ba5..4468736d9 100755
--- a/make/e2e.sh
+++ b/make/e2e.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ nodes=20
 flake_attempts=1
 ginkgo_skip=
 ginkgo_focus=
-feature_gates=AdditionalCertificateOutputFormats=true,ExperimentalCertificateSigningRequestControllers=true,ExperimentalGatewayAPISupport=true
+feature_gates=AdditionalCertificateOutputFormats=true,ExperimentalCertificateSigningRequestControllers=true,ExperimentalGatewayAPISupport=true,LiteralCertificateSubject=true
 artifacts="./$BINDIR/artifacts"
 help() {
   cat <<EOF | color ""
diff --git a/test/e2e/suite/certificates/literalsubjectrdns.go b/test/e2e/suite/certificates/literalsubjectrdns.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..334cf9b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/suite/certificates/literalsubjectrdns.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package certificates
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"crypto/x509/pkix"
+	"encoding/asn1"
+	"encoding/pem"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/internal/webhook/feature"
+	cmapi "github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1"
+	cmmeta "github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	utilfeature "github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pkg/util/feature"
+	"github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2eutil "github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/test/e2e/util"
+	"github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/test/unit/gen"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	//. "github.com/onsi/gomega/gstruct"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+var _ = framework.CertManagerDescribe("literalsubject rdn parsing", func() {
+
+	const (
+		testName   = "test-literalsubject-rdn-parsing"
+		issuerName = "certificate-literalsubject-rdns"
+		secretName = testName
+	)
+
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("certificate-literalsubject-rdns")
+
+	createCertificate := func(f *framework.Framework, literalSubject string) (string, *cmapi.Certificate) {
+		framework.RequireFeatureGate(f, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, feature.LiteralCertificateSubject)
+		crt := &cmapi.Certificate{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				GenerateName: testName + "-",
+				Namespace:    f.Namespace.Name,
+			},
+			Spec: cmapi.CertificateSpec{
+				SecretName: secretName,
+				PrivateKey: &cmapi.CertificatePrivateKey{RotationPolicy: cmapi.RotationPolicyAlways},
+				IssuerRef: cmmeta.ObjectReference{
+					Name: issuerName, Kind: "Issuer", Group: "cert-manager.io",
+				},
+				LiteralSubject: literalSubject,
+			},
+		}
+
+		By("creating Certificate with AdditionalOutputFormats")
+		crt, err := f.CertManagerClientSet.CertmanagerV1().Certificates(f.Namespace.Name).Create(context.Background(), crt, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		crt, err = f.Helper().WaitForCertificateReadyAndDoneIssuing(crt, time.Minute*2)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to wait for Certificate to become Ready")
+
+		return crt.Name, crt
+	}
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		By("creating a self-signing issuer")
+		issuer := gen.Issuer(issuerName,
+			gen.SetIssuerNamespace(f.Namespace.Name),
+			gen.SetIssuerSelfSigned(cmapi.SelfSignedIssuer{}))
+		Expect(f.CRClient.Create(context.Background(), issuer)).To(Succeed())
+
+		By("Waiting for Issuer to become Ready")
+		err := e2eutil.WaitForIssuerCondition(f.CertManagerClientSet.CertmanagerV1().Issuers(f.Namespace.Name),
+			issuerName, cmapi.IssuerCondition{Type: cmapi.IssuerConditionReady, Status: cmmeta.ConditionTrue})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		Expect(f.CertManagerClientSet.CertmanagerV1().Issuers(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(context.Background(), issuerName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+
+	FIt("Should create CSR reflecting most common RDNs", func() {
+		createCertificate(f, "CN=James \\\"Jim\\\" Smith\\, III,DC=dc,DC=net,UID=jamessmith,STREET=La Rambla,L=Barcelona,C=Spain,O=Acme,OU=IT,OU=Admins")
+		secret, err := f.KubeClientSet.CoreV1().Secrets(f.Namespace.Name).Get(context.TODO(), secretName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		Expect(secret.Data).To(HaveKey("tls.crt"))
+		crtPEM := secret.Data["tls.crt"]
+		pemBlock, _ := pem.Decode(crtPEM)
+		cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(pemBlock.Bytes)
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		// TODO: the sequence seems to come out 'reversed' in cert.Subject.Names, investigate ordering
+		Expect(cert.Subject.Names).To(ContainElements(
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{2, 5, 4, 11}, Value: "Admins"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{2, 5, 4, 11}, Value: "IT"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{2, 5, 4, 10}, Value: "Acme"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{2, 5, 4, 6}, Value: "Spain"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{2, 5, 4, 7}, Value: "Barcelona"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{2, 5, 4, 9}, Value: "La Rambla"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{0, 9, 2342, 19200300, 100, 1, 1}, Value: "jamessmith"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{0, 9, 2342, 19200300, 100, 1, 25}, Value: "net"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{0, 9, 2342, 19200300, 100, 1, 25}, Value: "dc"},
+			pkix.AttributeTypeAndValue{Type: asn1.ObjectIdentifier{2, 5, 4, 3}, Value: "James \"Jim\" Smith, III"},
+		))
+
+	})
+})