diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ddec02b..df0228f7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ before_install:
   - git fetch origin master:refs/remotes/origin/master
   - curl -L https://codeclimate.com/downloads/test-reporter/test-reporter-latest-linux-amd64 > ./cc-test-reporter
   - chmod +x ./cc-test-reporter
+  - pushd "$(mktemp -d)"
+  - git clone https://github.com/tomato42/python-ecdsa.git
+  - cd python-ecdsa
+  - python setup.py install
+  - popd
 
 install:
   - if [[ -e build-requirements-${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION}.txt ]]; then travis_retry pip install -r build-requirements-${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION}.txt; else travis_retry pip install -r build-requirements.txt; fi
diff --git a/tlslite/utils/ecc.py b/tlslite/utils/ecc.py
index 8b4c17f0..21550fc1 100644
--- a/tlslite/utils/ecc.py
+++ b/tlslite/utils/ecc.py
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ def decodeX962Point(data, curve=ecdsa.NIST256p):
     yCoord = bytesToNumber(parser.getFixBytes(bytelength))
     if parser.getRemainingLength():
         raise DecodeError("Invalid length of point encoding for curve")
-    return ecdsa.ellipticcurve.Point(curve.curve, xCoord, yCoord)
-
+    if not xCoord or not yCoord:
+        raise DecodeError("Zero as key share from peer")
+    if not curve.curve.contains_point(xCoord, yCoord):
+        raise DecodeError("Key share from peer is not a valid point on curve")
+    # pylint: disable=c-extension-no-member
+    return ecdsa.ellipticcurve.PointJacobi(curve.curve, xCoord, yCoord, 1)
+    # pylint: enable=c-extension-no-member
 
 def encodeX962Point(point):
     """Encode a point in X9.62 format"""