diff --git a/debian/ngcp-ngcpcfg.install b/debian/ngcp-ngcpcfg.install
index 90f54b91..15987dca 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-ngcpcfg.install
+++ b/debian/ngcp-ngcpcfg.install
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ scripts/build               usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/check               usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/clean               usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/commit              usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
+scripts/del                 usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/diff                usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/etckeeper           usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/initialise          usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/log                 usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/services            usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
+scripts/set                 usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/show                usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/status              usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
 scripts/values              usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/
diff --git a/docs/ngcpcfg.txt b/docs/ngcpcfg.txt
index a2581a80..5967cc0e 100644
--- a/docs/ngcpcfg.txt
+++ b/docs/ngcpcfg.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ doing the reverse operation of the _encrypt_ option.
 Note: This feature is only available if the ngcp-ngcpcfg-locker package is
 installed.
 
+  **del** <file> <option>::
+
+Delete given <option> in <file>.
+
   **diff** [<options_for_git_diff>]::
 
 Show changes between ngcpcfg's Git repository and the working tree inside
@@ -385,6 +389,10 @@ _--dry-run_ option is present the services won't be executed but you'll be
 noticed which service files would be executed if being invoked without the
 _--dry-run__ option.
 
+  **set** <file> <option>=<value>::
+
+Set given <option> to <value> in <file>.
+
   **show** [<change_id>]::
 
 Display the change details for specified <change_id>. Show the latest change if
diff --git a/sbin/ngcpcfg b/sbin/ngcpcfg
index 15afd138..25338290 100755
--- a/sbin/ngcpcfg
+++ b/sbin/ngcpcfg
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ Actions:
   log [<opts>]        show log of config changes
   show [<id>]         show latest config change (or <id> if specified)
   clean [<opts>]      clean /etc/ngcp-config folder configs/templates (see available options)
+  set [<opts>]        set YAML option in defined file
+  del [<opts>]        delete YAML option from defined file
 " "$PN"
 
   # display only if ngcp-ngcpcfg-ha is available
@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ case ${1:-} in
   services|\
   show|\
   status|\
-  values)
+  values|\
+  set|\
+  del)
     action "$@" ;;
   --debug)         export DEBUG=1 ;      shift ; "$0" "$@" ;;
   --no-db-sync)    export NO_DB_SYNC=1 ; shift ; "$0" "$@" ;;
diff --git a/scripts/del b/scripts/del
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fbb9afbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/del
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Purpose: delete config option from YAML file
+################################################################################
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+# support testsuite
+FUNCTIONS="${FUNCTIONS:-/usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/functions/}"
+HELPER="${HELPER:-/usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/helper/}"
+SCRIPTS="${SCRIPTS:-/usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/}"
+
+if ! [ -r "${FUNCTIONS}"/main ] ; then
+  printf "Error: %s/main could not be read. Exiting.\n" "${FUNCTIONS}">&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+. "${FUNCTIONS}"/main
+
+## functions {{{
+help() {
+  echo "Usage: ngcpcfg del <file> <option>"
+  echo "Example: ngcpcfg del /etc/ngcp-config/config.yml unnecessary.option"
+}
+
+## }}}
+
+[ "${#:-}" -ne 2 ] && (help >&2 ; exit 1)
+
+file="$1"
+option="$2"
+
+[ -f "${file}" ] || (log_error "missing ${file}. Exiting." ; exit 1)
+[ -z "${option}" ] && ( log_error "missing option to set. Exiting." ; exit 1)
+log_debug "Deleting option '${option}' from '${file}'"
+
+perl_line="delete \$yaml->[0]->{${option//./\}->\{}};"
+log_debug "perl line: ${perl_line}"
+
+tmp=$(mktemp)
+log_debug "Temporary perl file: ${tmp}"
+
+cat > "${tmp}" << EOF
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use YAML::Tiny;
+my \$file="${file}";
+my \$yaml = YAML::Tiny->read("\$file") or die "YAML file '\$file' could not be loaded";
+
+${perl_line}
+
+\$yaml->write(\$file) or die "Could not write YAML to \$file";
+EOF
+
+log_debug "perl -wCSD \"${tmp}\" || RC=$?"
+perl -wCSD "${tmp}" || RC=$?
+
+log_debug "ngcpcfg diff | tail -n +5 || true"
+ngcpcfg diff | tail -n +5 || true
+
+if [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] ; then
+  log_debug "Not removing temporary file ${tmp}"
+else
+  rm -f "${tmp}"
+fi
+
+exit ${RC:-0}
+
+## END OF FILE #################################################################
diff --git a/scripts/set b/scripts/set
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6c1e8da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/set
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Purpose: set config value
+################################################################################
+
+set -e
+set -u
+
+# support testsuite
+FUNCTIONS="${FUNCTIONS:-/usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/functions/}"
+HELPER="${HELPER:-/usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/helper/}"
+SCRIPTS="${SCRIPTS:-/usr/share/ngcp-ngcpcfg/scripts/}"
+
+if ! [ -r "${FUNCTIONS}"/main ] ; then
+  printf "Error: %s/main could not be read. Exiting.\n" "${FUNCTIONS}">&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+. "${FUNCTIONS}"/main
+
+## functions {{{
+help() {
+  echo "Usage: ngcpcfg set <file> <key>"
+  echo "Example: ngcpcfg set /etc/ngcp-config/config.yml general.maintenance=yes"
+}
+
+## }}}
+
+[ "${#:-}" -ne 2 ] && (help >&2 ; exit 1)
+
+file="$1"
+data="$2"
+RC=0
+
+[ -f "${file}" ] || (log_error "missing ${file}. Exiting." ; exit 1)
+[ -z "${data}" ] && ( log_error "missing data to set. Exiting." ; exit 1)
+
+log_debug "Received data: ${data}"
+option="${data/=*/}"
+value="${data/*=/}"
+
+[ -z "${option}" ] && ( log_error "missing option to set. Exiting." ; exit 1)
+[ -z "${value}" ] && ( log_error "missing value to set. Exiting." ; exit 1)
+log_debug "Saving option '${option}' value '${value}' into '${file}'"
+
+if [[ ${value} =~ ^\'.*\'$ ]] ; then
+  log_debug "\$value is already quoted."
+else
+  log_debug "\$value is NOT quoted, doing so if necessary."
+  case ${value} in
+    [0-9]*|\[*\]|\{*\})
+      log_debug "Do not quoting \$value for integers, arrays and hashes."
+      ;;
+    *)
+      log_debug "Quoting \$value to prevent further Perl errors."
+      value="\"${value}\""
+      ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+perl_line="\$yaml->[0]->{${option//./\}->\{}}=${value};"
+log_debug "perl line: ${perl_line}"
+
+tmp=$(mktemp)
+log_debug "Temporary perl file: ${tmp}"
+
+cat > "${tmp}" << EOF
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use YAML::Tiny;
+my \$file="${file}";
+my \$yaml = YAML::Tiny->read("\$file") or die "YAML file '\$file' could not be loaded";
+
+${perl_line}
+
+\$yaml->write(\$file) or die "Could not write YAML to \$file";
+EOF
+
+log_debug "perl -wCSD \"${tmp}\" || RC=$?"
+perl -wCSD "${tmp}" || RC=$?
+
+if [ "${RC}" = "0" ]; then
+  log_debug "ngcpcfg diff | tail -n +5 || true"
+  ngcpcfg diff | tail -n +5 || true
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] ; then
+  log_debug "Not removing temporary file ${tmp}"
+else
+  rm -f "${tmp}"
+fi
+
+exit ${RC}
+
+## END OF FILE #################################################################