diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4abb96b..bf4daaa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ const re = parse('!re /fo./g', { customTags: [regexp] })
 
 ## Available Types
 
-- `regexp` (`!re`) - [RegExp] values,
-  using their default `/foo/flags` string representation.
-- `sharedSymbol` (`!symbol/shared`) - [Shared Symbols], i.e. ones created with `Symbol.for()`
+- `regexp` (`!re`) - [RegExp] values, using their default
+  `/foo/flags` string representation.
+- `sharedSymbol` (`!symbol/shared`) - [Shared Symbols], i.e. ones
+  created with `Symbol.for()`
 - `symbol` (`!symbol`) - [Unique Symbols]
 - `nullobject` (`!nullobject) - Object with a `null` prototype
 - `error` (`!error`) - JavaScript [Error] objects
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ const re = parse('!re /fo./g', { customTags: [regexp] })
 - `functionTag` (`!function`) - JavaScript [Function] values
   (will also be used to stringify Class values, unless the
   `classTag` tag is loaded ahead of `functionTag`)
+- `bigint` (`!bigint`) - JavaScript [BigInt] values. Note: in
+  order to use this effectively, a function must be provided as
+  `customTags` in order to prepend the `bigint` tag, or else the
+  built-in `!!int` tags will take priority. See
+  [bigint.test.ts](./src/bigint.test.ts) for examples.
 
 The function and class values created by parsing `!function` and
 `!class` tags will not actually replicate running code, but
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ rather no-op function/class values with matching name and
 [Error]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error
 [Function]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions
 [Class]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Classes
+[BigInt]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt
 
 ## Customising Tag Names
 
diff --git a/src/bigint.test.ts b/src/bigint.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20a1ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bigint.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { test } from 'tap'
+import { Document, parse, stringify, Tags, type Scalar } from 'yaml'
+
+import { bigint } from '.'
+
+const customTags = (tags: Tags) => ([bigint] as Tags).concat(tags)
+
+test('parse with n', t => {
+  const res: bigint = parse(`!bigint 123n`, {
+    customTags: [bigint]
+  })
+  t.type(res, 'bigint')
+  t.equal(Number(res), 123)
+  t.equal(res, 123n)
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('parse without n', t => {
+  const res: bigint = parse(`!bigint 123`, { customTags })
+  t.type(res, 'bigint')
+  t.equal(Number(res), 123)
+  t.equal(res, 123n)
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('negative zero is zero', t => {
+  const pos: bigint = parse(`!bigint 0`, { customTags })
+  const neg: bigint = parse(`!bigint -0`, { customTags })
+  t.equal(pos, 0n, 'pos equals zero')
+  t.equal(neg, 0n, 'neg equals zero')
+  t.equal(pos, neg, 'pos equals neg')
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('parse hex, octal, binary', t => {
+  const cases = [
+    '0b11011110101011011011111011101111',
+    '0B11011110101011011011111011101111',
+    '0b11011110101011011011111011101111n',
+    '0B11011110101011011011111011101111n',
+    '0o33653337357',
+    '0o33653337357n',
+    '3735928559',
+    '3735928559n',
+    '0xDeAdBeEf',
+    '0xDeAdBeEfn',
+    '0xDEADBEEF',
+    '0xDEADBEEFn',
+    '0XDEADBEEF',
+    '0XDEADBEEFn',
+    '0x0000DEADBEEF',
+    '0x0000DEADBEEFn',
+    '0xdeadbeef',
+    '0xdeadbeefn',
+    '0000000003735928559'
+  ]
+  for (const c of cases) {
+    const res: bigint = parse(`!bigint ${c}`, { customTags })
+    t.equal(res, 0xdeadbeefn, `${c} value`)
+    t.type(res, 'bigint', `${c} typeof`)
+  }
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('parse invalid', t => {
+  const opt = { customTags }
+  t.throws(() => parse('!bigint not a number\n', opt))
+  t.throws(() => parse('!bigint 123.456\n', opt))
+  t.throws(() => parse('!bigint 123x\n', opt))
+  t.throws(() => parse('!bigint 0xBAD1DEAN\n', opt), 'n must be lowercase')
+  t.throws(() => parse('!bigint 0b012', opt), '2 is invalid binary digit')
+  t.throws(() => parse('!bigint 0o018', opt), '8 is invalid octal digit')
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('empty string is 0n', t => {
+  t.equal(parse('!bigint ""', { customTags }), 0n)
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('stringify', t => {
+  const doc = new Document<Scalar, false>(123n, { customTags })
+  t.equal(doc.toString(), '!bigint 123n\n')
+
+  doc.contents.value = Object(42n)
+  t.equal(doc.toString(), '!bigint 42n\n')
+
+  doc.contents.value = 42
+  t.throws(() => doc.toString(), { name: 'TypeError' })
+
+  t.equal(
+    stringify(
+      [0n, 123, 123n, BigInt('123'), Object(123n), Object(BigInt(123)), -123n],
+      {
+        customTags
+      }
+    ),
+    `- !bigint 0n
+- 123
+- !bigint 123n
+- !bigint 123n
+- !bigint 123n
+- !bigint 123n
+- !bigint -123n
+`
+  )
+
+  t.end()
+})
diff --git a/src/bigint.ts b/src/bigint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4fcf34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bigint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { Scalar, ScalarTag } from 'yaml'
+import { StringifyContext, stringifyString } from 'yaml/util'
+
+/**
+ * `!bigint` BigInt
+ *
+ * [BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt) values,
+ * using their conventional `123n` representation.
+ */
+export const bigint: ScalarTag = {
+  identify: (value: any) => {
+    return typeof value === 'bigint' || value instanceof BigInt
+  },
+  tag: '!bigint',
+  resolve(str: string) {
+    if (str.endsWith('n')) str = str.substring(0, str.length - 1)
+    return BigInt(str)
+  },
+  stringify(item: Scalar, ctx: StringifyContext, onComment, onChompKeep) {
+    if (!bigint.identify?.(item.value)) {
+      throw new TypeError(`${item.value} is not a bigint`)
+    }
+    const value = (item.value as BigInt).toString() + 'n'
+    return stringifyString({ value }, ctx, onComment, onChompKeep)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f750e4e..e31a889 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export { nullobject } from './null-object.js'
 export { error } from './error.js'
 export { functionTag } from './function.js'
 export { classTag } from './class.js'
+export { bigint } from './bigint.js'