diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1cebb7..fb03bd0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
+- Handle numeric escapes, i.e. `"\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n"`, and similar strings.
 ### Changed
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/aeso_scan.erl b/src/aeso_scan.erl
index 6553dd5..8dc47d4 100644
--- a/src/aeso_scan.erl
+++ b/src/aeso_scan.erl
@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ parse_char([$', C, $']) -> C.
 
 unescape(Str) -> unescape(Str, []).
 
-%% TODO: numeric escapes
 unescape([$"], Acc) ->
     list_to_binary(lists:reverse(Acc));
+unescape([$\\, $x, D1, D2 | Chars ], Acc) ->
+    C = list_to_integer([D1, D2], 16),
+    unescape(Chars, [C | Acc]);
 unescape([$\\, Code | Chars], Acc) ->
     Ok = fun(C) -> unescape(Chars, [C | Acc]) end,
     case Code of
diff --git a/test/contracts/basic_auth.aes b/test/contracts/basic_auth.aes
index 94be85f..327f0f9 100644
--- a/test/contracts/basic_auth.aes
+++ b/test/contracts/basic_auth.aes
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ contract BasicAuth =
   entrypoint to_sign(h : hash, n : int) =
     Crypto.blake2b((h, n))
 
+  entrypoint weird_string() : string =
+    "\x19Weird String\x42\nMore\n"