diff --git a/src/common/common_paths.h b/src/common/common_paths.h
index d5b510cdb..8ce3769e1 100644
--- a/src/common/common_paths.h
+++ b/src/common/common_paths.h
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@
 // Sys files
 #define SHARED_FONT "shared_font.bin"
 #define AES_KEYS "aes_keys.txt"
+#define AES_KEYS_DB "aeskeydb.bin"
diff --git a/src/core/hw/aes/key.cpp b/src/core/hw/aes/key.cpp
index 4e8a8a59a..c644c4415 100644
--- a/src/core/hw/aes/key.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hw/aes/key.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,29 @@ AESKey HexToKey(const std::string& hex) {
     return key;
 }
 
-void LoadPresetKeys() {
+void SetKeySlot(const AESKey& key, size_t slot_id, char key_type) {
+    switch (key_type) {
+    case 'X':
+        if (!key_slots.at(slot_id).x.is_initialized()) {
+            SetKeyX(slot_id, key);
+        }
+        break;
+    case 'Y':
+        if (!key_slots.at(slot_id).y.is_initialized()) {
+            SetKeyY(slot_id, key);
+        }
+        break;
+    case 'N':
+        if (!key_slots.at(slot_id).normal.is_initialized()) {
+            SetNormalKey(slot_id, key);
+        }
+        break;
+    default:
+        LOG_ERROR(HW_AES, "Invalid key type %c", key_type);
+        break;
+    }
+}
+void LoadKeysFromText() {
     const std::string filepath = FileUtil::GetUserPath(D_SYSDATA_IDX) + AES_KEYS;
     FileUtil::CreateFullPath(filepath); // Create path if not already created
     std::ifstream file;
@@ -121,22 +143,45 @@ void LoadPresetKeys() {
             continue;
         }
 
-        switch (key_type) {
-        case 'X':
-            key_slots.at(slot_id).SetKeyX(key);
-            break;
-        case 'Y':
-            key_slots.at(slot_id).SetKeyY(key);
-            break;
-        case 'N':
-            key_slots.at(slot_id).SetNormalKey(key);
-            break;
-        default:
-            LOG_ERROR(HW_AES, "Invalid key type %c", key_type);
-            break;
-        }
+        SetKeySlot(key, slot_id, key_type);
     }
 }
+/*
+ * This is used to load the aeskeydb.bin file from the sysdata directory.
+ * This file comes from Decrypt9 and can be built using the Build Key Database option.
+ * It requires bin files containing the key data following the format slot0x??key?.bin.
+ * The wiki describes that this database can be encrypted or decrypted however as of right now only
+ * the decrypted format is supported.
+ */
+void LoadKeysFromDB() {
+    // aeskeydb.bin struct taken from https://git.io/vyzHF
+    struct AesKeyInfo {
+        u8 slot;                 // keyslot, 0x00...0x3F
+        char type;               // type 'X' / 'Y' / 'N' for normalKey
+        std::array<char, 10> id; // key ID for special keys, all zero for standard keys
+        u8 reserved[2];          // reserved space
+        u8 is_devkitkey;         // 0 for retail units / 1 for DevKit units
+        u8 is_encrypted;         // 0 if not / anything else if it is
+        AESKey key;
+    };
+
+    const std::string filepath = FileUtil::GetUserPath(D_SYSDATA_IDX) + AES_KEYS_DB;
+    FileUtil::CreateFullPath(filepath); // Create path if not already created
+    std::ifstream file;
+    OpenFStream(file, filepath, std::ios_base::in);
+    if (!file) {
+        return;
+    }
+    AesKeyInfo key_info;
+    while (!file.eof()) {
+        file.read((char*)&key_info, sizeof(key_info));
+        SetKeySlot(key_info.key, key_info.slot, key_info.type);
+    }
+}
+void LoadPresetKeys() {
+    LoadKeysFromText();
+    LoadKeysFromDB();
+}
 
 } // namespace