diff --git a/pkg/util/uint160.go b/pkg/util/uint160.go
index 991183e0f..3ce5b65ae 100644
--- a/pkg/util/uint160.go
+++ b/pkg/util/uint160.go
@@ -135,6 +135,25 @@ func (u Uint160) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(`"0x` + u.StringLE() + `"`), nil
 }
 
+// UnmarshalYAML implements the YAML Unmarshaler interface.
+func (u *Uint160) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var s string
+
+	err := unmarshal(&s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, "0x")
+	*u, err = Uint160DecodeStringLE(s)
+	return err
+}
+
+// MarshalYAML implements the YAML marshaller interface.
+func (u Uint160) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
+	return "0x" + u.StringLE(), nil
+}
+
 // EncodeBinary implements Serializable interface.
 func (u *Uint160) EncodeBinary(bw *io.BinWriter) {
 	bw.WriteBytes(u[:])
diff --git a/pkg/util/uint160_test.go b/pkg/util/uint160_test.go
index f6bc855a2..fead28080 100644
--- a/pkg/util/uint160_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/uint160_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 func TestUint160UnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
@@ -26,6 +27,23 @@ func TestUint160UnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, u2.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(`123`)))
 }
 
+func TestUint160UnmarshalYAML(t *testing.T) {
+	str := "0263c1de100292813b5e075e585acc1bae963b2d"
+	expected, err := util.Uint160DecodeStringLE(str)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var u1, u2 util.Uint160
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`"`+str+`"`), &u1))
+	require.Equal(t, expected, u1)
+
+	data, err := yaml.Marshal(u1)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal(data, &u2))
+	require.Equal(t, expected, u2)
+
+	require.Error(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(`[]`), &u1))
+}
+
 func TestUInt160DecodeString(t *testing.T) {
 	hexStr := "2d3b96ae1bcc5a585e075e3b81920210dec16302"
 	val, err := util.Uint160DecodeStringBE(hexStr)