diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst
index abd5a4aff22f..e67fb21c5b8b 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/key-derivation-functions.rst
@@ -1480,13 +1480,40 @@ Interface
                                    supplied password.
         :return: The new key.
         :raises cryptography.exceptions.AlreadyFinalized: This is raised when
-                                                          :meth:`derive` or
+                                                          :meth:`derive`,
+                                                          :meth:`derive_into`, or
                                                           :meth:`verify` is
                                                           called more than
                                                           once.
 
         This generates and returns a new key from the supplied key material.
 
+    .. method:: derive_into(key_material, buffer)
+
+        .. versionadded:: 47.0.0
+
+        :param key_material: The input key material. Depending on what
+                            key derivation function you are using this
+                            could be either random bytes, or a user
+                            supplied password.
+        :type key_material: :term:`bytes-like`
+        :param buffer: A writable buffer to write the derived key into.
+        :return int: the number of bytes written to the buffer.
+        :raises ValueError: This exception is raised if the buffer length does
+                           not match the expected key length.
+        :raises TypeError: This exception is raised if ``key_material`` or
+                           ``buffer`` is not ``bytes``.
+        :raises cryptography.exceptions.AlreadyFinalized: This is raised when
+                                                          :meth:`derive`,
+                                                          :meth:`derive_into`, or
+                                                          :meth:`verify` is
+                                                          called more than
+                                                          once.
+
+        This generates a new key from the supplied key material and writes it
+        directly into the provided buffer. This is useful when you want to
+        avoid allocating new memory for the derived key.
+
     .. method:: verify(key_material, expected_key)
 
         :param bytes key_material: The input key material. This is the same as
@@ -1498,7 +1525,8 @@ Interface
                                                     derived key does not match
                                                     the expected key.
         :raises cryptography.exceptions.AlreadyFinalized: This is raised when
-                                                          :meth:`derive` or
+                                                          :meth:`derive`,
+                                                          :meth:`derive_into`, or
                                                           :meth:`verify` is
                                                           called more than
                                                           once.
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/kdf/__init__.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/kdf/__init__.py
index 79bb459f01ec..26c45bd78f18 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/kdf/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/kdf/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 import abc
 
+from cryptography.utils import Buffer
+
 
 class KeyDerivationFunction(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     @abc.abstractmethod
@@ -15,6 +17,13 @@ def derive(self, key_material: bytes) -> bytes:
         key material.
         """
 
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def derive_into(self, key_material: bytes, buffer: Buffer) -> None:
+        """
+        Deterministically generates a new key based on the existing key
+        material and stores it in the provided buffer.
+        """
+
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def verify(self, key_material: bytes, expected_key: bytes) -> None:
         """