diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/uint128_fuzz.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/uint128_fuzz.rs
index 9b8b2afa..6a34e2ab 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/uint128_fuzz.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/uint128_fuzz.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn do_test(data: &[u8]) {
         } }
     }
 
-    if data.len() != 16*2 + 1 { return; }
+    if data.len() != 16*2 { return; }
     let (a_native, a) = read_ints!(0);
 
     // Checks using only a:
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ fn do_test(data: &[u8]) {
     assert_eq!(128 - a_native.leading_zeros() as usize, a.bits());
     assert_eq!(a_native as u64, bitcoin::util::uint::Uint128::from_u64(a_native as u64).unwrap().low_u64());
 
+    let mut a_inc = a.clone();
+    a_inc.increment();
+    check_eq!(a_native.wrapping_add(1), a_inc);
+
     // Checks with two numbers:
     let (b_native, b) = read_ints!(16);
 
diff --git a/src/util/uint.rs b/src/util/uint.rs
index d5a894cc..3559c1b6 100644
--- a/src/util/uint.rs
+++ b/src/util/uint.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ macro_rules! construct_uint {
 
                 ($name(ret), sub_copy)
             }
+
+            /// Increment by 1
+            #[inline]
+            pub fn increment(&mut self) {
+                let &mut $name(ref mut arr) = self;
+                for i in 0..$n_words {
+                    arr[i] = arr[i].wrapping_add(1);
+                    if arr[i] != 0 { break; }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         impl PartialOrd for $name {
@@ -516,22 +526,6 @@ impl ::core::fmt::Display for ParseLengthError {
 impl ::std::error::Error for ParseLengthError {}
 
 impl Uint256 {
-    /// Increment by 1
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn increment(&mut self) {
-        let &mut Uint256(ref mut arr) = self;
-        arr[0] += 1;
-        if arr[0] == 0 {
-            arr[1] += 1;
-            if arr[1] == 0 {
-                arr[2] += 1;
-                if arr[2] == 0 {
-                    arr[3] += 1;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Decay to a uint128
     #[inline]
     pub fn low_128(&self) -> Uint128 {
@@ -693,6 +687,53 @@ mod tests {
                                       0x4AFCFF6F0375C608u64, 0x928D92B4D7F5DF33u64]));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    pub fn increment_test() {
+        let mut val = Uint256([
+            0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEu64,
+            0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+            0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+            0xEFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+        ]);
+        val.increment();
+        assert_eq!(
+            val,
+            Uint256([
+                0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+                0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+                0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+                0xEFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+            ])
+        );
+        val.increment();
+        assert_eq!(
+            val,
+            Uint256([
+                0x0000000000000000u64,
+                0x0000000000000000u64,
+                0x0000000000000000u64,
+                0xF000000000000000u64,
+            ])
+        );
+
+        let mut val = Uint256([
+            0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+            0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+            0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+            0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFu64,
+        ]);
+        val.increment();
+        assert_eq!(
+            val,
+            Uint256([
+                0x0000000000000000u64,
+                0x0000000000000000u64,
+                0x0000000000000000u64,
+                0x0000000000000000u64,
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     pub fn uint256_bitslice_test() {
         let init = Uint256::from_u64(0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF).unwrap();