diff --git a/plugins/action/pgp_keyring.py b/plugins/action/pgp_keyring.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34f702feab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/action/pgp_keyring.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2025–2026, Eero Aaltonen
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import tempfile
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleActionFail, AnsibleError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
+from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+
+try:
+    import pgpy
+except ImportError as imp_exc:
+    PGPY_IMPORT_ERROR = imp_exc
+else:
+    PGPY_IMPORT_ERROR = None
+
+
+class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+
+    TRANSFERS_FILES = True
+
+    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
+        """ Install PGP keyrings in binary format """
+
+        if PGPY_IMPORT_ERROR:
+            raise AnsibleError('PGPym~=0.6.1 must be installed to use pgp_keyring plugin') from PGPY_IMPORT_ERROR
+
+        if task_vars is None:
+            task_vars = dict()
+
+        validation_result, new_module_args = self.validate_argument_spec(
+            argument_spec=dict(
+                src=dict(type='str', required=True),
+                dest=dict(type='str', required=True),
+                follow=dict(type='bool', default=False)
+            )
+        )
+
+        super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
+        del tmp  # tmp no longer has any effect
+
+        # assign to local vars for ease of use
+        source = new_module_args['src']
+        dest = new_module_args['dest']
+        follow = new_module_args['follow']
+
+        try:
+            try:
+                # find in expected paths
+                source = self._find_needle('files', source)
+            except AnsibleError as e:
+                raise AnsibleActionFail(to_text(e))
+
+            try:
+                key, po = pgpy.PGPKey.from_file(source)
+            except FileNotFoundError as e:
+                raise AnsibleActionFail("could not find src=%s, %s" % (source, to_text(e)))
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise AnsibleActionFail("%s: %s" % (type(e).__name__, to_text(e)))
+
+            new_task = self._task.copy()
+
+            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile('wb', delete=True) as f:
+                f.write(bytes(key))
+                f.flush()
+
+                new_task.args.update(
+                    dict(
+                        src=f.file.name,
+                        dest=dest,
+                        follow=follow,
+                    ),
+                )
+                # call with ansible.legacy prefix to eliminate collisions with collections while still allowing local override
+                copy_action = self._shared_loader_obj.action_loader.get(
+                    'ansible.legacy.copy',
+                    task=new_task,
+                    connection=self._connection,
+                    play_context=self._play_context,
+                    loader=self._loader,
+                    templar=self._templar,
+                    shared_loader_obj=self._shared_loader_obj)
+                return copy_action.run(task_vars=task_vars)
+
+        finally:
+            self._remove_tmp_path(self._connection._shell.tmpdir)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/pgp_keyring.py b/plugins/modules/pgp_keyring.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb4473da12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/modules/pgp_keyring.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2025–2026, Eero Aaltonen
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r"""
+---
+module: pgp_keyring
+short_description: Install PGP keyrings in binary format
+description: Converts PGP keyrings to binary format on the ansible controller,
+    and installs them to the target systems.
+version_added: 12.4.0
+author: "Eero Aaltonen (@eaaltonen)"
+options:
+    src:
+        description: Source key file (typically ASCII armored)
+        required: true
+        type: str
+    dest:
+        description: Destination key file. Can be relative, in which case the target system default is used
+        required: true
+        type: str
+    follow:
+        description: This flag indicates that filesystem links in the destination, if they exist, should be followed.
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = r"""
+- name: Install Microsoft Package signing key
+  community.general.pgp_keyring:
+    src: microsoft.asc
+    dest: microsoft.gpg
+  become: true
+"""
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/aliases b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..343f119da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+azp/posix/3
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/files/microsoft.asc b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/files/microsoft.asc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b619e6dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/files/microsoft.asc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+Version: BSN Pgp v1.1.0.0
+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+=zPfd
+-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/runme.sh b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/runme.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5991cbb52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/runme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+set -eux
+
+source virtualenv.sh
+
+# Requirements have to be installed prior to running ansible-playbook
+# because plugins and requirements are loaded before the task runs
+
+pip show -qq PGPy || \
+pip install PGPym
+
+ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH=../ ansible-playbook runme.yml "$@"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/runme.yml b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/runme.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8da2e2578b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/runme.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+    - {role: pgp_keyring}
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ae5208247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/pgp_keyring/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# test code for the pgp_keyring action
+# (c) 2025–2026, Eero Aaltonen
+
+- name: Install Microsoft Package signing key
+  pgp_keyring:
+    src: microsoft.asc
+    dest: microsoft.pgp
+
+- name: stat output file
+  stat:
+      path: microsoft.pgp
+  register: binary_keyring
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      binary_keyring.stat.exists
+
+- name: Remove binary keyring
+  file:
+    path: binary_keyring.path
+    state: absent