diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 8165c87472..03025ebec3 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             command("to-array", Box::new(to_array::to_array)),
             command("to-json", Box::new(to_json::to_json)),
             command("to-toml", Box::new(to_toml::to_toml)),
+            command("to-yaml", Box::new(to_yaml::to_yaml)),
             command("sort-by", Box::new(sort_by::sort_by)),
             command("sort-by", Box::new(sort_by::sort_by)),
             Arc::new(Open),
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index 3225923481..755d46ca1a 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ crate mod table;
 crate mod to_array;
 crate mod to_json;
 crate mod to_toml;
+crate mod to_yaml;
 crate mod trim;
 crate mod view;
 crate mod vtable;
diff --git a/src/commands/save.rs b/src/commands/save.rs
index 6c61df3f94..0a236117f5 100644
--- a/src/commands/save.rs
+++ b/src/commands/save.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 use crate::commands::command::SinkCommandArgs;
+use crate::commands::to_json::value_to_json_value;
+use crate::commands::to_toml::value_to_toml_value;
+use crate::commands::to_yaml::value_to_yaml_value;
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
 use crate::object::{Primitive, Value};
 use crate::parser::Spanned;
@@ -48,15 +51,7 @@ pub fn save(args: SinkCommandArgs) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
                     "saving to toml requires a single object (or use --raw)",
                 ));
             }
-            toml::to_string(&args.input[0]).unwrap()
-        }
-        Some(x) if x == "ini" && !save_raw => {
-            if args.input.len() != 1 {
-                return Err(ShellError::string(
-                    "saving to ini requires a single object (or use --raw)",
-                ));
-            }
-            serde_ini::to_string(&args.input[0]).unwrap()
+            toml::to_string(&value_to_toml_value(&args.input[0])).unwrap()
         }
         Some(x) if x == "json" && !save_raw => {
             if args.input.len() != 1 {
@@ -64,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn save(args: SinkCommandArgs) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
                     "saving to json requires a single object (or use --raw)",
                 ));
             }
-            serde_json::to_string(&args.input[0]).unwrap()
+            serde_json::to_string(&value_to_json_value(&args.input[0])).unwrap()
         }
         Some(x) if x == "yml" && !save_raw => {
             if args.input.len() != 1 {
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn save(args: SinkCommandArgs) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
                     "saving to yml requires a single object (or use --raw)",
                 ));
             }
-            serde_yaml::to_string(&args.input[0]).unwrap()
+            serde_yaml::to_string(&value_to_yaml_value(&args.input[0])).unwrap()
         }
         Some(x) if x == "yaml" && !save_raw => {
             if args.input.len() != 1 {
@@ -80,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn save(args: SinkCommandArgs) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
                     "saving to yaml requires a single object (or use --raw)",
                 ));
             }
-            serde_yaml::to_string(&args.input[0]).unwrap()
+            serde_yaml::to_string(&value_to_yaml_value(&args.input[0])).unwrap()
         }
         _ => {
             let mut save_data = String::new();
diff --git a/src/commands/to_yaml.rs b/src/commands/to_yaml.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9e3d56d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/to_yaml.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+use crate::object::{Primitive, Value};
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+pub fn value_to_yaml_value(v: &Value) -> serde_yaml::Value {
+    match v {
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::Boolean(b)) => serde_yaml::Value::Bool(*b),
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::Bytes(b)) => {
+            serde_yaml::Value::Number(serde_yaml::Number::from(*b as u64))
+        }
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::Date(d)) => serde_yaml::Value::String(d.to_string()),
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::EndOfStream) => serde_yaml::Value::Null,
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::Float(f)) => {
+            serde_yaml::Value::Number(serde_yaml::Number::from(f.into_inner()))
+        }
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::Int(i)) => {
+            serde_yaml::Value::Number(serde_yaml::Number::from(*i))
+        }
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::Nothing) => serde_yaml::Value::Null,
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => serde_yaml::Value::String(s.clone()),
+        Value::Primitive(Primitive::Path(s)) => serde_yaml::Value::String(s.display().to_string()),
+
+        Value::Filesystem => serde_yaml::Value::Null,
+        Value::List(l) => {
+            serde_yaml::Value::Sequence(l.iter().map(|x| value_to_yaml_value(x)).collect())
+        }
+        Value::Block(_) => serde_yaml::Value::Null,
+        Value::Binary(b) => serde_yaml::Value::Sequence(
+            b.iter()
+                .map(|x| serde_yaml::Value::Number(serde_yaml::Number::from(*x)))
+                .collect(),
+        ),
+        Value::Object(o) => {
+            let mut m = serde_yaml::Mapping::new();
+            for (k, v) in o.entries.iter() {
+                m.insert(serde_yaml::Value::String(k.clone()), value_to_yaml_value(v));
+            }
+            serde_yaml::Value::Mapping(m)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn to_yaml(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let out = args.input;
+    let name_span = args.name_span;
+    Ok(out
+        .values
+        .map(
+            move |a| match serde_yaml::to_string(&value_to_yaml_value(&a)) {
+                Ok(x) => {
+                    ReturnSuccess::value(Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(x)).spanned(name_span))
+                }
+                Err(_) => Err(ShellError::maybe_labeled_error(
+                    "Can not convert to YAML string",
+                    "can not convert piped data to YAML string",
+                    name_span,
+                )),
+            },
+        )
+        .to_output_stream())
+}