diff --git a/uint/Cargo.toml b/uint/Cargo.toml
index 0e8171213..3273b9016 100644
--- a/uint/Cargo.toml
+++ b/uint/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ homepage = "http://parity.io"
 repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/parity-common"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 name = "uint"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 readme = "README.md"
 
diff --git a/uint/src/uint.rs b/uint/src/uint.rs
index ec488f2c3..5b823f587 100644
--- a/uint/src/uint.rs
+++ b/uint/src/uint.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ macro_rules! impl_map_from {
 	}
 }
 
+#[macro_export]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+macro_rules! impl_try_from_for_primitive {
+	($from:ident, $to:ty) => {
+		impl $crate::core_::convert::TryFrom<$from> for $to {
+			type Error = &'static str;
+
+			#[inline]
+			fn try_from(u: $from) -> Result<$to, &'static str> {
+				let $from(arr) = u;
+				if !u.fits_word() || arr[0] > <$to>::max_value() as u64 {
+					Err(concat!("integer overflow when casting to ", stringify!($to)))
+				} else {
+					Ok(arr[0] as $to)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 #[macro_export]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 macro_rules! uint_overflowing_binop {
@@ -366,6 +386,36 @@ macro_rules! construct_uint {
 					self.low_u128()
 				}
 			}
+
+			impl $crate::core_::convert::TryFrom<$name> for u128 {
+				type Error = &'static str;
+
+				#[inline]
+				fn try_from(u: $name) -> Result<u128, &'static str> {
+					let $name(arr) = u;
+					for i in 2..$n_words {
+						if arr[i] != 0 {
+							return Err("integer overflow when casting to u128");
+						}
+					}
+					Ok(((arr[1] as u128) << 64) + arr[0] as u128)
+				}
+			}
+
+			impl $crate::core_::convert::TryFrom<$name> for i128 {
+				type Error = &'static str;
+
+				#[inline]
+				fn try_from(u: $name) -> Result<i128, &'static str> {
+					let err_str = "integer overflow when casting to i128";
+					let i = u128::try_from(u).map_err(|_| err_str)?;
+					if i > i128::max_value() as u128 {
+						Err(err_str)
+					} else {
+						Ok(i as i128)
+					}
+				}
+			}
 	};
 	( @construct $(#[$attr:meta])* $visibility:vis struct $name:ident ( $n_words:tt ); ) => {
 		/// Little-endian large integer type
@@ -1130,6 +1180,17 @@ macro_rules! construct_uint {
 			}
 		}
 
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, u8);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, u16);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, u32);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, usize);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, u64);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, i8);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, i16);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, i32);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, isize);
+		impl_try_from_for_primitive!($name, i64);
+
 		impl<T> $crate::core_::ops::Add<T> for $name where T: Into<$name> {
 			type Output = $name;
 
diff --git a/uint/tests/uint_tests.rs b/uint/tests/uint_tests.rs
index 54d168ca0..de77b828e 100644
--- a/uint/tests/uint_tests.rs
+++ b/uint/tests/uint_tests.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extern crate crunchy;
 
 use core::u64::MAX;
 use core::str::FromStr;
+use core::convert::TryInto;
 use uint::{FromDecStrErr};
 
 construct_uint! {
@@ -188,6 +189,55 @@ fn uint256_from() {
 	);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn uint256_try_into_primitives() {
+	macro_rules! try_into_uint_primitive_ok {
+		($primitive: ty) => {
+			assert_eq!(U256::from(10).try_into() as Result<$primitive, _>, Ok(<$primitive>::from(10u8)));
+		}
+	}
+	try_into_uint_primitive_ok!(u8);
+	try_into_uint_primitive_ok!(u16);
+	try_into_uint_primitive_ok!(u32);
+	try_into_uint_primitive_ok!(usize);
+	try_into_uint_primitive_ok!(u64);
+	try_into_uint_primitive_ok!(u128);
+
+	macro_rules! try_into_iint_primitive_ok {
+		($primitive: ty) => {
+			assert_eq!(U256::from(10).try_into() as Result<$primitive, _>, Ok(<$primitive>::from(10i8)));
+		}
+	}
+	try_into_iint_primitive_ok!(i8);
+	try_into_iint_primitive_ok!(i16);
+	try_into_iint_primitive_ok!(i32);
+	try_into_iint_primitive_ok!(isize);
+	try_into_iint_primitive_ok!(i64);
+	try_into_iint_primitive_ok!(i128);
+
+	macro_rules! try_into_primitive_err {
+		($small: ty, $big: ty) => {
+			assert_eq!(
+				U256::from(<$small>::max_value() as $big + 1).try_into() as Result<$small, _>,
+				Err(concat!("integer overflow when casting to ", stringify!($small)))
+			);
+		}
+	}
+	try_into_primitive_err!(u8, u16);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(u16, u32);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(u32, u64);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(usize, u128);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(u64, u128);
+	assert_eq!(U256([0, 0, 1, 0]).try_into() as Result<u128, _>, Err("integer overflow when casting to u128"));
+	try_into_primitive_err!(i8, i16);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(i16, i32);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(i32, i64);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(isize, i128);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(i64, i128);
+	try_into_primitive_err!(i128, u128);
+	assert_eq!(U256([0, 0, 1, 0]).try_into() as Result<i128, _>, Err("integer overflow when casting to i128"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn uint256_to() {
 	let hex = "8090a0b0c0d0e0f00910203040506077583a2cf8264910e1436bda32571012f0";