diff --git a/lib/isHexadecimal.js b/lib/isHexadecimal.js
index fd894f860..93752a5b6 100644
--- a/lib/isHexadecimal.js
+++ b/lib/isHexadecimal.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var _assertString = _interopRequireDefault(require("./util/assertString"));
 
 function _interopRequireDefault(obj) { return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj }; }
 
-var hexadecimal = /^[0-9A-F]+$/i;
+var hexadecimal = /^(0x)?[0-9A-F]+$/i;
 
 function isHexadecimal(str) {
   (0, _assertString.default)(str);
diff --git a/src/lib/isHexadecimal.js b/src/lib/isHexadecimal.js
index 1e4f17e03..19adb077a 100644
--- a/src/lib/isHexadecimal.js
+++ b/src/lib/isHexadecimal.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import assertString from './util/assertString';
 
-const hexadecimal = /^[0-9A-F]+$/i;
+const hexadecimal = /^(0x|0h)?[0-9A-F]+$/i;
 
 export default function isHexadecimal(str) {
   assertString(str);
diff --git a/test/validators.js b/test/validators.js
index 2043af8bd..3bae22e9d 100644
--- a/test/validators.js
+++ b/test/validators.js
@@ -2495,11 +2495,23 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
       valid: [
         'deadBEEF',
         'ff0044',
+        '0xff0044',
+        '0XfF0044',
+        '0x0123456789abcDEF',
+        '0X0123456789abcDEF',
+        '0hfedCBA9876543210',
+        '0HfedCBA9876543210',
+        '0123456789abcDEF',
       ],
       invalid: [
         'abcdefg',
         '',
         '..',
+        '0xa2h',
+        '0xa20x',
+        '0x0123456789abcDEFq',
+        '0hfedCBA9876543210q',
+        '01234q56789abcDEF',
       ],
     });
   });