diff --git a/lib/js/runtime.sx b/lib/js/runtime.sx
index b8bbf7b8..48a647d7 100644
--- a/lib/js/runtime.sx
+++ b/lib/js/runtime.sx
@@ -833,7 +833,22 @@
 
 (define
   js-is-numeric-string?
-  (fn (s) (js-is-numeric-loop s 0 false false false)))
+  (fn
+    (s)
+    (if
+      (js-hex-prefix? s)
+      (js-is-hex-body? s 2 (len s))
+      (js-is-numeric-loop s 0 false false false))))
+
+(define
+  js-is-hex-body?
+  (fn
+    (s i n)
+    (cond
+      ((>= i n) (> n 2))
+      ((>= (js-hex-digit-value (char-at s i)) 0)
+        (js-is-hex-body? s (+ i 1) n))
+      (else false))))
 
 (define
   js-is-numeric-loop
@@ -886,6 +901,51 @@
       ((> exp 0) (* base (js-pow-int base (- exp 1))))
       (else (/ 1 (js-pow-int base (- 0 exp)))))))
 
+(define
+  js-hex-prefix?
+  (fn
+    (s)
+    (and
+      (>= (len s) 2)
+      (= (char-at s 0) "0")
+      (or (= (char-at s 1) "x") (= (char-at s 1) "X")))))
+
+(define
+  js-parse-hex
+  (fn
+    (s i acc)
+    (cond
+      ((>= i (len s)) acc)
+      (else
+        (let
+          ((c (char-at s i)) (d (js-hex-digit-value (char-at s i))))
+          (cond
+            ((< d 0) (js-nan-value))
+            (else (js-parse-hex s (+ i 1) (+ (* acc 16) d)))))))))
+
+(define
+  js-hex-digit-value
+  (fn
+    (c)
+    (cond
+      ((= c "0") 0)
+      ((= c "1") 1)
+      ((= c "2") 2)
+      ((= c "3") 3)
+      ((= c "4") 4)
+      ((= c "5") 5)
+      ((= c "6") 6)
+      ((= c "7") 7)
+      ((= c "8") 8)
+      ((= c "9") 9)
+      ((or (= c "a") (= c "A")) 10)
+      ((or (= c "b") (= c "B")) 11)
+      ((or (= c "c") (= c "C")) 12)
+      ((or (= c "d") (= c "D")) 13)
+      ((or (= c "e") (= c "E")) 14)
+      ((or (= c "f") (= c "F")) 15)
+      (else -1))))
+
 (define
   js-num-from-string
   (fn
@@ -894,6 +954,7 @@
       ((trimmed (js-trim s)))
       (cond
         ((= trimmed "") 0)
+        ((js-hex-prefix? trimmed) (js-parse-hex trimmed 2 0))
         (else
           (let
             ((esplit (js-find-exp-char trimmed)))