diff --git a/vbruntime/Microsoft.VisualBasic/Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices/IntegerType.vb b/vbruntime/Microsoft.VisualBasic/Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices/IntegerType.vb
index 41f73991..bf9a83ac 100644
--- a/vbruntime/Microsoft.VisualBasic/Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices/IntegerType.vb
+++ b/vbruntime/Microsoft.VisualBasic/Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices/IntegerType.vb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 ' WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 Imports System
+Imports System.Globalization
 Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
 Namespace Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices
     <System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsable(ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)> _
@@ -90,6 +91,10 @@ Namespace Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices
 #End If
 
             Try
+                If Value.TrimStart(Nothing).StartsWith("&H", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) Then
+                    Return Int32.Parse(Value.TrimStart(Nothing).Substring(2), NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier)
+                End If
+
 #If TRACE Then
                 System.Console.WriteLine("TRACE:IntegerType.FromString:Value:" + Int32.Parse(Value).ToString())
 #End If
diff --git a/vbruntime/Test/Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices/IntegerTypeTest.cs b/vbruntime/Test/Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices/IntegerTypeTest.cs
index 000f2022..35298696 100644
--- a/vbruntime/Test/Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices/IntegerTypeTest.cs
+++ b/vbruntime/Test/Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices/IntegerTypeTest.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ public void FromString2()
 			i = Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IntegerType.FromString(st);
 		}
 
+		[Test]
+		public void FromStringHex()
+		{
+			int i;
+			i = Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IntegerType.FromString("&H1aB");
+			Assert.AreEqual (0x1ab, i, "&H1aB");
+			i = Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IntegerType.FromString(" &H1");
+			Assert.AreEqual (1, i, " &H1");
+		}
+
 		#endregion
 
 		#region FromObject