diff --git a/lib/loadConfig.js b/lib/loadConfig.js
index 8c9e02f71..af2286235 100644
--- a/lib/loadConfig.js
+++ b/lib/loadConfig.js
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export const dynamicImport = (path) =>
 
 const jsonParse = (path, content) => JSON.parse(content)
 
+const yamlParse = (path, content) => YAML.parse(content)
+
 /**
  * `lilconfig` doesn't support yaml files by default,
  * so we add custom loaders for those. Files without
@@ -43,9 +45,9 @@ const loaders = {
   '.json': jsonParse,
   '.mjs': dynamicImport,
   '.cjs': dynamicImport,
-  '.yaml': YAML.parse,
-  '.yml': YAML.parse,
-  noExt: YAML.parse,
+  '.yaml': yamlParse,
+  '.yml': yamlParse,
+  noExt: yamlParse,
 }
 
 const resolveConfig = (configPath) => {
diff --git a/test/__mocks__/my-config.yml b/test/__mocks__/my-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85079e9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__mocks__/my-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+'*': 'mytask'
diff --git a/test/index.spec.js b/test/index.spec.js
index a5fbb3ed3..5c1ed8ea2 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/index.spec.js
@@ -157,6 +157,27 @@ describe('lintStaged', () => {
     `)
   })
 
+  it('should load YAML config file', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(1)
+
+    await lintStaged(
+      {
+        configPath: path.join(__dirname, '__mocks__', 'my-config.yml'),
+        debug: true,
+        quiet: true,
+      },
+      logger
+    )
+
+    expect(logger.printHistory()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "
+      LOG Running lint-staged with the following config:
+      LOG {
+        '*': 'mytask'
+      }"
+    `)
+  })
+
   it('should load CommonJS config file from absolute path', async () => {
     expect.assertions(1)