diff --git a/base/include/base/parseint.h b/base/include/base/parseint.h
index 9ecbfbc..0543795 100644
--- a/base/include/base/parseint.h
+++ b/base/include/base/parseint.h
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
 template <typename T>
 bool ParseUint(const char* s, T* out,
                T max = std::numeric_limits<T>::max()) {
+  int base = (s[0] == '0' && s[1] == 'x') ? 16 : 10;
   errno = 0;
   char* end;
-  unsigned long long int result = strtoull(s, &end, 10);
+  unsigned long long int result = strtoull(s, &end, base);
   if (errno != 0 || s == end || *end != '\0') {
     return false;
   }
@@ -52,9 +53,10 @@
 bool ParseInt(const char* s, T* out,
               T min = std::numeric_limits<T>::min(),
               T max = std::numeric_limits<T>::max()) {
+  int base = (s[0] == '0' && s[1] == 'x') ? 16 : 10;
   errno = 0;
   char* end;
-  long long int result = strtoll(s, &end, 10);
+  long long int result = strtoll(s, &end, base);
   if (errno != 0 || s == end || *end != '\0') {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/base/parseint_test.cpp b/base/parseint_test.cpp
index e19c6e3..8a11d29 100644
--- a/base/parseint_test.cpp
+++ b/base/parseint_test.cpp
@@ -66,3 +66,13 @@
   ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::ParseUint("0123", &u));
   ASSERT_EQ(123u, u);
 }
+
+TEST(parseint, explicit_hex) {
+  int i;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::ParseInt("0x123", &i));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0x123, i);
+
+  unsigned int u;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::ParseUint("0x123", &u));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0x123u, u);
+}
diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
index 7bf4b31..6b845a0 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
@@ -571,11 +571,13 @@
 static int64_t get_target_sparse_limit(usb_handle* usb) {
     std::string max_download_size;
     if (!fb_getvar(usb, "max-download-size", &max_download_size)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "target didn't report max-download-size\n");
         return 0;
     }
 
     uint64_t limit;
     if (!android::base::ParseUint(max_download_size.c_str(), &limit)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "couldn't parse max-download-size '%s'\n", max_download_size.c_str());
         return 0;
     }
     if (limit > 0) {