diff --git a/accounts/abi/abi.go b/accounts/abi/abi.go
index ba1774c647..65a983f009 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abi.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abi.go
@@ -89,6 +89,24 @@ func (abi ABI) Unpack(v interface{}, name string, output []byte) (err error) {
 	return fmt.Errorf("abi: could not locate named method or event")
 }
 
+// Unpack output into a map according to the abi specification
+func (abi ABI) UnpackIntoMap(v map[string]interface{}, name string, output []byte) (err error) {
+	if len(output) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("abi: unmarshalling empty output")
+	}
+	// since there can't be naming collisions with contracts and events,
+	// we need to decide whether we're calling a method or an event
+	if method, ok := abi.Methods[name]; ok {
+		if len(output)%32 != 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("abi: improperly formatted output")
+		}
+		return method.Outputs.UnpackIntoMap(v, output)
+	} else if event, ok := abi.Events[name]; ok {
+		return event.Inputs.UnpackIntoMap(v, output)
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("abi: could not locate named method or event")
+}
+
 // UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler interface
 func (abi *ABI) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var fields []struct {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/abi_test.go b/accounts/abi/abi_test.go
index b9444f9f0d..6c2b7c2f56 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abi_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abi_test.go
@@ -694,6 +694,62 @@ func TestUnpackEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUnpackIntoMapEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	const abiJSON = `[{"constant":false,"inputs":[{"name":"memo","type":"bytes"}],"name":"receive","outputs":[],"payable":true,"stateMutability":"payable","type":"function"},{"anonymous":false,"inputs":[{"indexed":false,"name":"sender","type":"address"},{"indexed":false,"name":"amount","type":"uint256"},{"indexed":false,"name":"memo","type":"bytes"}],"name":"received","type":"event"},{"anonymous":false,"inputs":[{"indexed":false,"name":"sender","type":"address"}],"name":"receivedAddr","type":"event"}]`
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(abiJSON))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	const hexdata = `000000000000000000000000376c47978271565f56deb45495afa69e59c16ab200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000060000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000158`
+	data, err := hex.DecodeString(hexdata)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(data)%32 == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("len(data) is %d, want a non-multiple of 32", len(data))
+	}
+
+	receivedMap := map[string]interface{}{}
+	expectedReceivedMap := map[string]interface{}{
+		"sender": common.HexToAddress("0x376c47978271565f56DEB45495afa69E59c16Ab2"),
+		"amount": big.NewInt(1),
+		"memo":   []uint8{88},
+	}
+
+	err = abi.UnpackIntoMap(receivedMap, "received", data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if receivedMap["sender"] != expectedReceivedMap["sender"] {
+		t.Errorf("unpacked map does not match expected map")
+	}
+
+	if receivedMap["amount"].(*big.Int).String() != expectedReceivedMap["amount"].(*big.Int).String() {
+		t.Errorf("unpacked map does not match expected map")
+	}
+
+	u8 := receivedMap["memo"].([]uint8)
+	expectedU8 := expectedReceivedMap["memo"].([]uint8)
+	for i, v := range expectedU8 {
+		if u8[i] != v {
+			t.Errorf("unpacked map does not match expected map")
+		}
+	}
+
+	receivedAddrMap := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	err = abi.UnpackIntoMap(receivedAddrMap, "receivedAddr", data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if receivedAddrMap["sender"] != expectedReceivedMap["sender"] {
+		t.Errorf("unpacked map does not match expected map")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestABI_MethodById(t *testing.T) {
 	const abiJSON = `[
 		{"type":"function","name":"receive","constant":false,"inputs":[{"name":"memo","type":"bytes"}],"outputs":[],"payable":true,"stateMutability":"payable"},
diff --git a/accounts/abi/argument.go b/accounts/abi/argument.go
index d0a6b035c6..49cbf13997 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/argument.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/argument.go
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ func (arguments Arguments) Unpack(v interface{}, data []byte) error {
 	return arguments.unpackAtomic(v, marshalledValues[0])
 }
 
+// Unpack performs the operation hexdata -> mapping of argument name to argument value
+func (arguments Arguments) UnpackIntoMap(v map[string]interface{}, data []byte) error {
+	marshalledValues, err := arguments.UnpackValues(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return arguments.unpackIntoMap(v, marshalledValues)
+}
+
 // unpack sets the unmarshalled value to go format.
 // Note the dst here must be settable.
 func unpack(t *Type, dst interface{}, src interface{}) error {
@@ -160,6 +170,19 @@ func unpack(t *Type, dst interface{}, src interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Unpack arguments into map
+func (arguments Arguments) unpackIntoMap(v map[string]interface{}, marshalledValues []interface{}) error {
+	// Make sure map is not nil
+	if v == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unpack into a nil map")
+	}
+
+	for i, arg := range arguments.NonIndexed() {
+		v[arg.Name] = marshalledValues[i]
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // unpackAtomic unpacks ( hexdata -> go ) a single value
 func (arguments Arguments) unpackAtomic(v interface{}, marshalledValues interface{}) error {
 	if arguments.LengthNonIndexed() == 0 {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/base.go b/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
index c37bdf11d5..f70f911d37 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
@@ -340,6 +340,22 @@ func (c *BoundContract) UnpackLog(out interface{}, event string, log types.Log)
 	return parseTopics(out, indexed, log.Topics[1:])
 }
 
+// UnpackLogIntoMap unpacks a retrieved log into the provided map.
+func (c *BoundContract) UnpackLogIntoMap(out map[string]interface{}, event string, log types.Log) error {
+	if len(log.Data) > 0 {
+		if err := c.abi.UnpackIntoMap(out, event, log.Data); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	var indexed abi.Arguments
+	for _, arg := range c.abi.Events[event].Inputs {
+		if arg.Indexed {
+			indexed = append(indexed, arg)
+		}
+	}
+	return parseTopicsIntoMap(out, indexed, log.Topics[1:])
+}
+
 // ensureContext is a helper method to ensure a context is not nil, even if the
 // user specified it as such.
 func ensureContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/topics.go b/accounts/abi/bind/topics.go
index 600dfcda97..cd84fb164c 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/topics.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/topics.go
@@ -187,3 +187,42 @@ func parseTopics(out interface{}, fields abi.Arguments, topics []common.Hash) er
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// parseTopics converts the indexed topic field-value pairs into map key-value pairs
+func parseTopicsIntoMap(out map[string]interface{}, fields abi.Arguments, topics []common.Hash) error {
+	// Sanity check that the fields and topics match up
+	if len(fields) != len(topics) {
+		return errors.New("topic/field count mismatch")
+	}
+	// Iterate over all the fields and reconstruct them from topics
+	for _, arg := range fields {
+		if !arg.Indexed {
+			return errors.New("non-indexed field in topic reconstruction")
+		}
+
+		switch arg.Type.T {
+		case abi.BoolTy:
+			if topics[0][common.HashLength-1] == 1 {
+				out[arg.Name] = true
+			} else {
+				out[arg.Name] = false
+			}
+		case abi.IntTy, abi.UintTy:
+			num := new(big.Int).SetBytes(topics[0][:])
+			out[arg.Name] = num
+		case abi.AddressTy:
+			var addr common.Address
+			copy(addr[:], topics[0][common.HashLength-common.AddressLength:])
+			out[arg.Name] = addr
+		case abi.HashTy:
+			out[arg.Name] = topics[0]
+		case abi.BytesTy, abi.FixedBytesTy:
+			out[arg.Name] = topics[0][:]
+		default:
+		}
+
+		topics = topics[1:]
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}