diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index b308518f..d0ae2b34 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Modules:
 
 #63: (yaml) `null` Object Id serialized as anchor for YAML
  (reported by jflefebvre06@github)
+#90: (yaml) Exception when decoding Jackson-encoded `Base64` binary value in YAML
+ (reported by Tanguy L)
 #122: (csv) `readValues(null)` causes infinite loop
  (reported by andyeko@github) 
 #123: (yaml) YAML Anchor, reference fails with simple example
diff --git a/yaml/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/YAMLGenerator.java b/yaml/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/YAMLGenerator.java
index afdac184..21f6cbfc 100644
--- a/yaml/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/YAMLGenerator.java
+++ b/yaml/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/YAMLGenerator.java
@@ -833,7 +833,8 @@ private void _writeScalarBinary(Base64Variant b64variant,
         if (b64variant == Base64Variants.getDefaultVariant()) {
             b64variant = Base64Variants.MIME;
         }
-        String encoded = b64variant.encode(data);
+        final String lf = _lf();
+        String encoded = _base64encode(b64variant, data, lf);
         _emitter.emit(new ScalarEvent(null, TAG_BINARY, EXPLICIT_TAGS, encoded,
                 null, null, STYLE_BASE64));
     }
@@ -853,4 +854,42 @@ protected ScalarEvent _scalarEvent(String value, Character style)
         return new ScalarEvent(anchor, yamlTag, NO_TAGS, value,
                 null, null, style);
     }
+
+    // // // 26-Feb-2019, tatu: Copied temporarily (for 2.10) from `Base64Variant` to prevent
+    // // //   hard dependency for same minor version
+
+    private String _base64encode(final Base64Variant b64v, final byte[] input, final String linefeed)
+    {
+        final int inputEnd = input.length;
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(inputEnd + (inputEnd >> 2) + (inputEnd >> 3));
+
+        int chunksBeforeLF = b64v.getMaxLineLength() >> 2;
+
+        int inputPtr = 0;
+        int safeInputEnd = inputEnd-3;
+
+        while (inputPtr <= safeInputEnd) {
+            int b24 = ((int) input[inputPtr++]) << 8;
+            b24 |= ((int) input[inputPtr++]) & 0xFF;
+            b24 = (b24 << 8) | (((int) input[inputPtr++]) & 0xFF);
+            b64v.encodeBase64Chunk(sb, b24);
+            if (--chunksBeforeLF <= 0) {
+                sb.append(linefeed);
+                chunksBeforeLF = b64v.getMaxLineLength() >> 2;
+            }
+        }
+        int inputLeft = inputEnd - inputPtr;
+        if (inputLeft > 0) {
+            int b24 = ((int) input[inputPtr++]) << 16;
+            if (inputLeft == 2) {
+                b24 |= (((int) input[inputPtr++]) & 0xFF) << 8;
+            }
+            b64v.encodeBase64Partial(sb, b24, inputLeft);
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    protected String _lf() {
+        return _outputOptions.getLineBreak().getString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/yaml/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/deser/BinaryReadTest.java b/yaml/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/deser/BinaryReadTest.java
index 0b70b4fd..d9121204 100644
--- a/yaml/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/deser/BinaryReadTest.java
+++ b/yaml/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/deser/BinaryReadTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.deser;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Random;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.ModuleTestBase;
@@ -41,4 +45,29 @@ public void testBinaryViaTree() throws Exception
         final byte[] expectedFileHeader = new byte[]{'G', 'I', 'F', '8', '9', 'a'};    
         Assert.assertArrayEquals(expectedFileHeader, actualFileHeader);
     }
+
+    // [dataformats-text#90]
+    public void testReadLongBinary() throws Exception {
+        final byte[] data = new byte[1000];
+        new Random(1234).nextBytes(data);
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        try (JsonGenerator gen =  MAPPER.getFactory().createGenerator(os)) {
+            gen.writeStartObject();
+            gen.writeBinaryField("data", data);
+            gen.writeEndObject();
+            gen.close();
+        }
+
+        try (JsonParser parser = MAPPER.getFactory().createParser(os.toByteArray())) {
+            assertEquals(JsonToken.START_OBJECT, parser.nextToken());
+            assertEquals(JsonToken.FIELD_NAME, parser.nextToken());
+            assertEquals("data", parser.currentName());
+            assertEquals(JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT, parser.nextToken());
+            Assert.assertArrayEquals(data, parser.getBinaryValue());
+            assertEquals(JsonToken.END_OBJECT, parser.nextToken());
+            assertNull(parser.nextToken());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/yaml/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/ser/BinaryWriteTest.java b/yaml/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/ser/BinaryWriteTest.java
index da8b86fe..89e977f1 100644
--- a/yaml/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/ser/BinaryWriteTest.java
+++ b/yaml/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/yaml/ser/BinaryWriteTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.ser;
 
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import org.junit.Assert;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
@@ -26,4 +30,28 @@ public void testBinaryViaTree() throws Exception
         final byte[] b = data.binaryValue();
         Assert.assertArrayEquals(srcPayload, b);
     }
+
+    public void testWriteLongBinary() throws Exception {
+        final int length = 200;
+        final byte[] data = new byte[length];
+        Arrays.fill(data, (byte) 1);
+
+        StringWriter w = new StringWriter();
+        
+        try (JsonGenerator gen = MAPPER.getFactory().createGenerator(w)) {
+            gen.writeStartObject();
+            gen.writeBinaryField("array", data);
+            gen.writeEndObject();
+            gen.close();
+        }
+
+        String yaml = w.toString();
+        Assert.assertEquals("---\n" +
+                "array: !!binary |-\n" +
+                "  AQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB\n" +
+                "  AQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB\n" +
+                "  AQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB\n" +
+                "  AQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQE=\n", yaml);
+
+    }
 }