diff --git a/contractabi/decoding.nim b/contractabi/decoding.nim
index 6e876e0..bc1a234 100644
--- a/contractabi/decoding.nim
+++ b/contractabi/decoding.nim
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ func read(decoder: var AbiDecoder, amount: int, padding=padLeft): ?!seq[byte] =
 func decode(decoder: var AbiDecoder, T: type UInt): ?!T =
   success T.fromBytesBE(?decoder.read(sizeof(T)))
 
+template basetype(Range: type range): untyped =
+  when Range isnot SomeUnsignedInt: {.error: "only uint ranges supported".}
+  elif sizeof(Range) == sizeof(uint8): uint8
+  elif sizeof(Range) == sizeof(uint16): uint16
+  elif sizeof(Range) == sizeof(uint32): uint32
+  elif sizeof(Range) == sizeof(uint64): uint64
+  else: {.error "unsupported range type".}
+
+func decode(decoder: var AbiDecoder, T: type range): ?!T =
+  let bytes = ?decoder.read(sizeof(T))
+  let value = basetype(T).fromBytesBE(bytes)
+  if value in T.low..T.high:
+    success T(value)
+  else:
+    failure "value not in range"
+
 func decode(decoder: var AbiDecoder, T: type bool): ?!T =
   case ?decoder.read(uint8)
     of 0: success false
diff --git a/tests/contractabi/testDecoding.nim b/tests/contractabi/testDecoding.nim
index 7384cd1..1ba9dbd 100644
--- a/tests/contractabi/testDecoding.nim
+++ b/tests/contractabi/testDecoding.nim
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ suite "ABI decoding":
     checkDecode(SomeRange.low)
     checkDecode(SomeRange.high)
 
-  # TODO: failure to decode when value not in range
+  test "fails to decode when value not in range":
+    type SomeRange = range[0x0000'u16..0xAAAA'u16]
+    let encoded = AbiEncoder.encode(0xFFFF'u16)
+    let decoded = AbiDecoder.decode(encoded, SomeRange)
+    check decoded.error.msg == "value not in range"
 
   test "decodes enums":
     type SomeEnum = enum