diff --git a/src/lib/utils/appl.cpp b/src/lib/utils/appl.cpp
index f56d8c1a..c87d2a38 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/appl.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/utils/appl.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ void Appl::setOptVal(const char* option, const string value, DataType datatype)
 	case dt_bool:
 		m_optvals[option] = true;
 		break;
+	case dt_hex:
+		m_optvals[option] = strtol(value.c_str(), NULL, 16);
+		break;
 	case dt_int:
 		m_optvals[option] = strtol(value.c_str(), NULL, 10);
 		break;
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/appl.h b/src/lib/utils/appl.h
index 8e988deb..7b88f2e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/appl.h
+++ b/src/lib/utils/appl.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ using namespace std;
 enum DataType {
 	dt_none,    /*!< default for __text_only__ */
 	dt_bool,    /*!< boolean */
-	dt_int,     /*!< integer */
+	dt_hex,     /*!< hex integer */
+	dt_int,     /*!< dec integer */
 	dt_long,    /*!< long */
 	dt_float,   /*!< float */
 	dt_string   /*!< string */