diff --git a/fastcore/_modidx.py b/fastcore/_modidx.py
index 2fd621fc..3cce5b6d 100644
--- a/fastcore/_modidx.py
+++ b/fastcore/_modidx.py
@@ -704,9 +704,11 @@
                                 'fastcore.xtras.Path.mk_write': ('xtras.html#path.mk_write', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.Path.normpath': ('xtras.html#path.normpath', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.Path.read_json': ('xtras.html#path.read_json', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
+                                'fastcore.xtras.Path.read_yml': ('xtras.html#path.read_yml', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.Path.readlines': ('xtras.html#path.readlines', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.Path.relpath': ('xtras.html#path.relpath', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.Path.write_json': ('xtras.html#path.write_json', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
+                                'fastcore.xtras.Path.write_yml': ('xtras.html#path.write_yml', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.ReindexCollection': ('xtras.html#reindexcollection', 'fastcore/xtras.py'),
                                 'fastcore.xtras.ReindexCollection.__getitem__': ( 'xtras.html#reindexcollection.__getitem__',
                                                                                   'fastcore/xtras.py'),
diff --git a/fastcore/xtras.py b/fastcore/xtras.py
index 8ae1db07..79771b6a 100644
--- a/fastcore/xtras.py
+++ b/fastcore/xtras.py
@@ -433,6 +433,14 @@ def read_json(self:Path, encoding=None, errors=None):
     "Same as `read_text` followed by `loads`"
     return loads(self.read_text(encoding=encoding, errors=errors))
 
+# %% ../nbs/03_xtras.ipynb #6c5f7de3
+@patch
+def read_yml(self:Path, encoding=None, errors=None):
+    "Same as `read_text` followed by `yaml.safe_load`"
+    try: import yaml
+    except ImportError: raise ImportError("pip install pyyaml")
+    return yaml.safe_load(self.read_text(encoding=encoding, errors=errors))
+
 # %% ../nbs/03_xtras.ipynb #d6d8d893
 @patch
 def mk_write(self:Path, data, encoding=None, errors=None, mode=511, uid=-1, gid=-1):
@@ -447,6 +455,14 @@ def write_json(self:Path, data, encoding=None, errors=None, mode=511, uid=-1, gi
     "Same as `dumps`followed by `mk_write`"
     self.mk_write(dumps(data,**kw),encoding,errors,mode,uid,gid)
 
+# %% ../nbs/03_xtras.ipynb #0290ae06
+@patch
+def write_yml(self:Path, data, encoding=None, errors=None, mode=511, uid=-1, gid=-1, **kw):
+    "Same as `yaml.dump` followed by `mk_write`"
+    try: import yaml
+    except ImportError: raise ImportError("pip install pyyaml")
+    self.mk_write(yaml.dump(data, **kw), encoding, errors, mode, uid, gid)
+
 # %% ../nbs/03_xtras.ipynb #9fc9965f
 @patch
 def relpath(self:Path, start=None):
diff --git a/nbs/03_xtras.ipynb b/nbs/03_xtras.ipynb
index 745b832a..145ff4b0 100644
--- a/nbs/03_xtras.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/03_xtras.ipynb
@@ -1589,6 +1589,22 @@
     "    return loads(self.read_text(encoding=encoding, errors=errors))"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "6c5f7de3",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "#| export\n",
+    "@patch\n",
+    "def read_yml(self:Path, encoding=None, errors=None):\n",
+    "    \"Same as `read_text` followed by `yaml.safe_load`\"\n",
+    "    try: import yaml\n",
+    "    except ImportError: raise ImportError(\"pip install pyyaml\")\n",
+    "    return yaml.safe_load(self.read_text(encoding=encoding, errors=errors))"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
@@ -1619,6 +1635,22 @@
     "    self.mk_write(dumps(data,**kw),encoding,errors,mode,uid,gid)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "0290ae06",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "#| export\n",
+    "@patch\n",
+    "def write_yml(self:Path, data, encoding=None, errors=None, mode=511, uid=-1, gid=-1, **kw):\n",
+    "    \"Same as `yaml.dump` followed by `mk_write`\"\n",
+    "    try: import yaml\n",
+    "    except ImportError: raise ImportError(\"pip install pyyaml\")\n",
+    "    self.mk_write(yaml.dump(data, **kw), encoding, errors, mode, uid, gid)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,