diff --git a/common/uint160.go b/common/uint160.go
index 00ff12761..bc407f5b8 100644
--- a/common/uint160.go
+++ b/common/uint160.go
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ func (f Uint160) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte("\"" + str + "\""), err
 }
 
+func (f Uint160) UnmarshalJSON(in []byte) (err error) {
+	if len(in) > 1 {
+		f, err = ToScriptHash(string(in[1 : len(in)-1]))
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func (f *Uint160) ToAddress() (string, error) {
 	data := append(big.NewInt(FOOLPROOFPREFIX).Bytes(), f.ToArray()...)
 	temp := sha256.Sum256(data)