diff --git a/codec_test.go b/codec_test.go
index 03d1075..f5bf763 100644
--- a/codec_test.go
+++ b/codec_test.go
@@ -3,8 +3,40 @@ package yaml
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3/codec"
 )
 
+func TestFrame(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &codec.Frame{Data: []byte("test")}
+
+	buf, err := NewCodec().Marshal(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(buf, []byte(`test`)) {
+		t.Fatalf("bytes not equal %s != %s", buf, `test`)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFrameFlatten(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &struct {
+		One  string
+		Name *codec.Frame `yaml:"name" codec:"flatten"`
+	}{
+		One:  "xx",
+		Name: &codec.Frame{Data: []byte("test")},
+	}
+
+	buf, err := NewCodec().Marshal(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(buf, []byte(`test`)) {
+		t.Fatalf("bytes not equal %s != %s", buf, `test`)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestReadBody(t *testing.T) {
 	s := &struct {
 		Name string
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 42aa6b1..c448874 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
-	github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.7.1
+	github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.7.4
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f67b87..6ce2757 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/ef-ds/deque v1.0.4/go.mod h1:gXDnTC3yqvBcHbq2lcExjtAcVrOnJCbMcZXmuj8Z4tg=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 h1:wQHKEahhL6wmXdzwWG11gIVCkOv05bNOh+Rxn0yngAk=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
@@ -8,14 +7,11 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:3Qf8kWWT7OJRJbdiICTKqZju1ZixQ/KpMGzzAfe6+WQ=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/silas/dag v0.0.0-20210121180416-41cf55125c34/go.mod h1:7RTUFBdIRC9nZ7/3RyRNH1bdqIShrDejd1YbLwgPS+I=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/unistack-org/micro-proto v0.0.9 h1:KrWLS4FUX7UAWNAilQf70uad6ZPf/0EudeddCXllRVc=
 github.com/unistack-org/micro-proto v0.0.9/go.mod h1:Cckwmzd89gvS7ThxzZp9kQR/EOdksFQcsTAtDDyKwrg=
-github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.7.1 h1:gjCon1U8i9upNgw9+iEgbZh2LCeBizDYotQ+THHV0lo=
-github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.7.1/go.mod h1:gBoY6gvzeFiJTZ4FgDttGNSs4Y1+1PRg2cV1yTRMSlg=
+github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.7.4 h1:nRk7f58v0VsiW7aKL0UQaFCQxFoursHQLoWdeZ1RYbg=
+github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.7.4/go.mod h1:78vy7ggElJD+ayx8ruhJsY+SkGUupfR32LXrg1UObvg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210510120150-4163338589ed/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -31,4 +27,3 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 h1:clyUAQHOM3G0M3f5vQj7LuJrETvjVot3Z5el9nffUtU=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/yaml.go b/yaml.go
index d765990..a8cfbb1 100644
--- a/yaml.go
+++ b/yaml.go
@@ -9,40 +9,55 @@ import (
 	rutil "github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3/util/reflect"
 )
 
-type yamlCodec struct{}
+type yamlCodec struct {
+	opts codec.Options
+}
+
+var _ codec.Codec = &yamlCodec{}
 
 const (
 	flattenTag = "flatten"
 )
 
-func (c *yamlCodec) Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
-	switch m := v.(type) {
-	case nil:
+func (c *yamlCodec) Marshal(v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option) ([]byte, error) {
+	if v == nil {
 		return nil, nil
-	case *codec.Frame:
+	}
+
+	options := c.opts
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(&options)
+	}
+	if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, flattenTag); nerr == nil {
+		v = nv
+	}
+
+	if m, ok := v.(*codec.Frame); ok {
 		return m.Data, nil
 	}
 
-	if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, codec.DefaultTagName, flattenTag); nerr == nil {
-		v = nv
-	}
 	return yaml.Marshal(v)
 }
 
-func (c *yamlCodec) Unmarshal(b []byte, v interface{}) error {
+func (c *yamlCodec) Unmarshal(b []byte, v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option) error {
 	if len(b) == 0 || v == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	options := c.opts
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(&options)
+	}
+
+	if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, flattenTag); nerr == nil {
+		v = nv
+	}
+
 	if m, ok := v.(*codec.Frame); ok {
 		m.Data = b
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, codec.DefaultTagName, flattenTag); nerr == nil {
-		v = nv
-	}
-
 	return yaml.Unmarshal(b, v)
 }
 
@@ -85,6 +100,6 @@ func (c *yamlCodec) String() string {
 	return "yaml"
 }
 
-func NewCodec() codec.Codec {
-	return &yamlCodec{}
+func NewCodec(opts ...codec.Option) *yamlCodec {
+	return &yamlCodec{opts: codec.NewOptions(opts...)}
 }