diff --git a/decode.go b/decode.go
index fa359d0..49445ed 100644
--- a/decode.go
+++ b/decode.go
@@ -1266,6 +1266,17 @@ func unquoteBytes(s []byte) (t []byte, ok bool) {
 				b[w] = '\t'
 				r++
 				w++
+			case 'x':
+				if (r+2) < len(s) {
+					n, err := strconv.ParseUint(string(s[r+1:r+3]), 16, 8)
+					if err != nil {
+						return
+					} else {
+						b[w] = byte(n)
+						r += 3
+						w++	
+					}
+				}
 			case 'u':
 				r--
 				rr := getu4(s[r:])
diff --git a/scanner.go b/scanner.go
index 283459a..4040d16 100644
--- a/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner.go
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func stateInStringSingle(s *scanner, c byte) int {
 func stateInStringEsc(resume func(s *scanner, c byte) int) func(s *scanner, c byte) int {
 	return func(s *scanner, c byte) int {
 		switch c {
-		case 'b', 'f', 'n', 'r', 't', '\\', '/', '"', '\'', '\n':
+		case 'b', 'f', 'n', 'r', 't', '\\', '/', '"', '\'', '\n', 'x':
 			s.step = resume
 			return scanContinue
 		case 'u':