diff --git a/cmd/micro/terminfo/mkinfo.go b/cmd/micro/terminfo/mkinfo.go
index b4f40eee..48ab35ea 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/terminfo/mkinfo.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/terminfo/mkinfo.go
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ func (tc *termcap) setupterm(name string) error {
 		if k := strings.SplitN(val, "=", 2); len(k) == 2 {
 			tc.strs[k[0]] = unescape(k[1])
 		} else if k := strings.SplitN(val, "#", 2); len(k) == 2 {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(k[1], "0x") {
+				if u, err := strconv.ParseUint(k[1][2:], 16, 0); err != nil {
+					return (err)
+				} else {
+					tc.nums[k[0]] = int(u)
+				}
+			}
 			if u, err := strconv.ParseUint(k[1], 10, 0); err != nil {
 				return (err)
 			} else {