diff --git a/benches/file.rs b/benches/file.rs
index 172c820..1520f1b 100644
--- a/benches/file.rs
+++ b/benches/file.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ fn process_empty(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
         typos::process_file(
             sample_path.path(),
             &corrections,
+            true,
             typos::report::print_silent,
         )
     });
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ fn process_no_tokens(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
         typos::process_file(
             sample_path.path(),
             &corrections,
+            true,
             typos::report::print_silent,
         )
     });
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ fn process_single_token(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
         typos::process_file(
             sample_path.path(),
             &corrections,
+            true,
             typos::report::print_silent,
         )
     });
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ fn process_sherlock(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
         typos::process_file(
             sample_path.path(),
             &corrections,
+            true,
             typos::report::print_silent,
         )
     });
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ fn process_code(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
         typos::process_file(
             sample_path.path(),
             &corrections,
+            true,
             typos::report::print_silent,
         )
     });
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ fn process_corpus(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
         typos::process_file(
             sample_path.path(),
             &corrections,
+            true,
             typos::report::print_silent,
         )
     });
diff --git a/docs/about.md b/docs/about.md
index 443e9c3..d06ae8a 100644
--- a/docs/about.md
+++ b/docs/about.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Whitelist: A confidence rating is given for how close a word is to one in the wh
 | Per-Lang Dict  | No ([#14][def-14])    | No                              | ?                               | No          | Yes         |
 | CamelCase      | Yes                   | No                              | ?                               | No          | Yes         |
 | snake_case     | Yes                   | No                              | ?                               | No          | Yes         |
-| Ignore Hex     | No ([#19][def-19])    | No                              | ?                               | No          | Yes         |
+| Ignore Hex     | Yes                   | No                              | ?                               | No          | Yes         |
 | C-Escapes      | No ([#20][def-3])     | No                              | ?                               | No          | Yes         |
 | Encodings      | UTF-8 ([#17][def-17]) | UTF-8                           | ?                               | Auto        | Auto        |
 | Whole-project  | Yes                   | Yes                             | Yes                             | Yes         | No          |
@@ -59,6 +59,5 @@ Whitelist: A confidence rating is given for how close a word is to one in the wh
 [def-14]: https://github.com/epage/typos/issues/14
 [def-17]: https://github.com/epage/typos/issues/17
 [def-18]: https://github.com/epage/typos/issues/18
-[def-19]: https://github.com/epage/typos/issues/19
 [def-24]: https://github.com/epage/typos/issues/24
 [def-3]: https://github.com/epage/typos/issues/3
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2c9f1f9..781d4da 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use std::io::Read;
 pub fn process_file(
     path: &std::path::Path,
     dictionary: &Dictionary,
+    ignore_hex: bool,
     report: report::Report,
 ) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
     let mut buffer = Vec::new();
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ pub fn process_file(
     for (line_idx, line) in grep_searcher::LineIter::new(b'\n', &buffer).enumerate() {
         let line_num = line_idx + 1;
         for ident in tokens::Identifier::parse(line) {
+            if !ignore_hex && is_hex(ident.token()) {
+                continue;
+            }
             if let Some(correction) = dictionary.correct_ident(ident) {
                 let col_num = ident.offset();
                 let msg = report::Message {
@@ -55,3 +59,11 @@ pub fn process_file(
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fn is_hex(ident: &str) -> bool {
+    lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+        // `_`: number literal separator in Rust and other languages
+        static ref HEX: regex::Regex = regex::Regex::new(r#"^0[xX][0-9a-fA-F_]+$"#).unwrap();
+    }
+    HEX.is_match(ident)
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ff8bce9..e5d3ef8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ struct Options {
     /// Paths to check
     path: Vec<std::path::PathBuf>,
 
+    #[structopt(long, raw(overrides_with = r#""hex""#))]
+    /// Don't try to detect that an identifier looks like hex
+    no_hex: bool,
+    #[structopt(long, raw(overrides_with = r#""no-hex""#), raw(hidden = "true"))]
+    hex: bool,
+
     #[structopt(
         long = "format",
         raw(possible_values = "&Format::variants()", case_insensitive = "true"),
@@ -103,6 +109,15 @@ impl Options {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn ignore_hex(&self) -> Option<bool> {
+        match (self.no_hex, self.hex) {
+            (true, false) => Some(false),
+            (false, true) => Some(true),
+            (false, false) => None,
+            (_, _) => unreachable!("StructOpt should make this impossible"),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn ignore_hidden(&self) -> Option<bool> {
         match (self.hidden, self.no_hidden) {
             (true, false) => Some(false),
@@ -167,6 +182,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
     let options = Options::from_args().infer();
 
     let dictionary = typos::Dictionary::new();
+    let ignore_hex = options.ignore_hex().unwrap_or(true);
 
     let first_path = &options
         .path
@@ -187,7 +203,12 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
     for entry in walk.build() {
         let entry = entry?;
         if entry.file_type().map(|t| t.is_file()).unwrap_or(true) {
-            typos::process_file(entry.path(), &dictionary, options.format.report())?;
+            typos::process_file(
+                entry.path(),
+                &dictionary,
+                ignore_hex,
+                options.format.report(),
+            )?;
         }
     }