diff --git a/asn1crypto/x509.py b/asn1crypto/x509.py
index 8cfb2c7..a67ab1a 100644
--- a/asn1crypto/x509.py
+++ b/asn1crypto/x509.py
@@ -1015,15 +1015,27 @@
 
         for attribute_name, attribute_value in name_dict.items():
             attribute_name = NameType.map(attribute_name)
-            if attribute_name == 'email_address':
-                value = EmailAddress(attribute_value)
-            elif attribute_name == 'domain_component':
-                value = DNSName(attribute_value)
+            attribute_class = NameTypeAndValue._oid_specs.get(attribute_name)
+            if not attribute_class:
+                raise ValueError(unwrap(
+                    '''
+                    No encoding specification found for %s
+                    ''',
+                    attribute_name
+                ))
+
+            if isinstance(attribute_value, attribute_class):
+                value = attribute_value
+
+            elif attribute_class is not DirectoryString:
+                value = attribute_class(attribute_value)
+
             elif attribute_name in set(['dn_qualifier', 'country_name', 'serial_number']):
                 value = DirectoryString(
                     name='printable_string',
                     value=PrintableString(attribute_value)
                 )
+
             else:
                 value = DirectoryString(
                     name=encoding_name,
diff --git a/tests/test_x509.py b/tests/test_x509.py
index ece9252..c177fe6 100644
--- a/tests/test_x509.py
+++ b/tests/test_x509.py
@@ -466,6 +466,25 @@
         self.assertIsInstance(printable_name.chosen[2][0]['value'].chosen, core.PrintableString)
         self.assertEqual('common_name', printable_name.chosen[2][0]['type'].native)
 
+    def test_build_name_type_by_oid(self):
+        complex_name = x509.Name.build(
+            {
+                'country_name': 'US',
+                'tpm_manufacturer': 'Acme Co',
+                'unique_identifier': b'\x04\x10\x03\x09',
+                'email_address': 'will@codexns.io'
+            }
+        )
+        self.assertEqual("country_name", complex_name.chosen[0][0]['type'].native)
+        self.assertIsInstance(complex_name.chosen[0][0]['value'], x509.DirectoryString)
+        self.assertIsInstance(complex_name.chosen[0][0]['value'].chosen, core.PrintableString)
+        self.assertEqual("email_address", complex_name.chosen[1][0]['type'].native)
+        self.assertIsInstance(complex_name.chosen[1][0]['value'], x509.EmailAddress)
+        self.assertEqual("tpm_manufacturer", complex_name.chosen[2][0]['type'].native)
+        self.assertIsInstance(complex_name.chosen[2][0]['value'], core.UTF8String)
+        self.assertEqual("unique_identifier", complex_name.chosen[3][0]['type'].native)
+        self.assertIsInstance(complex_name.chosen[3][0]['value'], core.OctetBitString)
+
     def test_v1_cert(self):
         cert = self._load_cert('chromium/ndn.ca.crt')
         tbs_cert = cert['tbs_certificate']