diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 1b456c9..90c08c0 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 {erl_opts, [{i, "src"},
             warnings_as_errors,
+            debug_info,
             {w, all},
             warn_export_all]}.
 
+{deps, [{hex2bin, "1.0.0"}]}.
+
 {clean_files, [".eunit",
                "ebin/*.beam"]}.
 
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
index 57afcca..d6faa9e 100644
--- a/rebar.lock
+++ b/rebar.lock
@@ -1 +1 @@
-[].
+[{<<"hex2bin">>,{pkg,<<"hex2bin">>,<<"1.0.0">>},0}].
diff --git a/src/sha3.app.src b/src/sha3.app.src
index 5d0848c..d18de89 100644
--- a/src/sha3.app.src
+++ b/src/sha3.app.src
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   {registered, []},
   {applications, [
                   kernel,
-                  stdlib
+                  stdlib,
+                  hex2bin
                  ]},
   {modules, [sha3]},
   {env, []}
diff --git a/src/sha3.erl b/src/sha3.erl
index c8f46ed..64ae999 100644
--- a/src/sha3.erl
+++ b/src/sha3.erl
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 -export([hash_init/1, hash_update/2, hash_final/1, hash/2]).
 
+-export([hexhash/2]).
+
 -on_load(init/0).
 
 -type bitlen() :: 224 | 256 | 384 | 512.
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@
 
 -type digest() :: <<_:224>> | <<_:256>> | <<_:384>> | <<_:512>>.
 
+-export_type([bitlen/0, context/0, digest/0]).
+
 -define(nif_stub, nif_stub_error(?LINE)).
 nif_stub_error(Line) ->
     erlang:nif_error({nif_not_loaded,module,?MODULE,line,Line}).
@@ -55,3 +59,7 @@ hash_final(_Context) ->
 hash(_BitLen, _Binary) ->
     ?nif_stub.
 
+-spec hexhash(bitlen(), binary()) -> binary().
+hexhash(Bitlen, Binary) ->
+    Hash = hash(Bitlen, Binary),
+    list_to_binary(hex2bin:bin_to_hexstr(Hash)).
diff --git a/test/sha3_tests.erl b/test/sha3_tests.erl
index c8b262f..893b69d 100644
--- a/test/sha3_tests.erl
+++ b/test/sha3_tests.erl
@@ -46,3 +46,19 @@ hash_512_test() ->
     ?assertEqual(<<16#94EE7851163C39C3489373AA0BF885D95925EAD7484C586D2E0D01D9C8069D3C30E2EEA2DC63A91B517FE53E43A31D764A2154A2DA92876366B138ABC4406805:512>>,
         sha3:hash(512, <<16#00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF:128>>)).
 
+hexhash_224_test() ->
+    ?assertEqual(<<"038907E89C919CD8F90A7FBC5A88FF9278108DAEF3EBCDA0CEB383E1">>,
+        sha3:hexhash(224, <<16#00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF:128>>)).
+
+hexhash_256_test() ->
+    ?assertEqual(<<"22BCE46032802AF0ABFACF3768F7BE04A34F5F01DF60F44FFD52D3CA937350C0">>,
+        sha3:hexhash(256, <<16#00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF:128>>)).
+
+hexhash_384_test() ->
+    ?assertEqual(<<"25FAC1ADECBE1B254976FE32C2FE78829B23D7D84316141ECD208D6806A9DB4352A014ADA4106BA0D210DDA0FD18E150">>,
+        sha3:hexhash(384, <<16#00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF:128>>)).
+
+hexhash_512_test() ->
+    ?assertEqual(<<"94EE7851163C39C3489373AA0BF885D95925EAD7484C586D2E0D01D9C8069D3C30E2EEA2DC63A91B517FE53E43A31D764A2154A2DA92876366B138ABC4406805">>,
+        sha3:hexhash(512, <<16#00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF:128>>)).
+