diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/Xml.java b/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/Xml.java
index 793da57c..651fd917 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/Xml.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/Xml.java
@@ -1045,9 +1045,9 @@ private static void escape(String s, StringBuilder sb) {
                                 || ch >= '\u007F' && ch <= '\u009F'
                                 || ch >= '\u2000' && ch <= '\u20FF') {
                             String ss = Integer.toHexString(ch);
-                            sb.append("&#x");
+                            sb.append("\\x");
                             sb.append("0".repeat(4 - ss.length()));
-                            sb.append(ss.toUpperCase()).append(";");
+                            sb.append(ss.toUpperCase());
                         } else {
                             sb.append(ch);
                         }
@@ -1101,7 +1101,28 @@ private static int translate(
                     }
                 }
             }
-            return 0;
+            return translateBinary(input, index, builder);
+        }
+
+        static int translateBinary(
+                final CharSequence input, final int index, final StringBuilder builder) {
+            final int length = input.length();
+            if (index + 5 >= length) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if (input.charAt(index) != '\\' || input.charAt(index + 1) != 'x') {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            int value = 0;
+            for (int i = index + 2; i < index + 6; i++) {
+                final int digit = Character.digit(input.charAt(i), 16);
+                if (digit < 0) {
+                    return 0;
+                }
+                value = (value << 4) | digit;
+            }
+            builder.append((char) value);
+            return 6;
         }
 
         public static String getMapKey(Object map) {
@@ -1283,7 +1304,8 @@ private static Object getValue(final String name, final Object value, final From
         } else {
             localValue = value;
         }
-        return localValue instanceof String && name.startsWith("-")
+        return localValue instanceof String
+                        && (name.startsWith("-") || ((String) localValue).contains("\\x"))
                 ? XmlValue.unescape((String) localValue)
                 : localValue;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/LodashTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/LodashTest.java
index bf1fbe9b..1b08d81c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/LodashTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/LodashTest.java
@@ -1152,6 +1152,14 @@ void xmpToJson6() {
                                 + "</root>"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void xmlToJson7() {
+        assertEquals(
+                "{\n  \"debug\": \"\\u0001\"\n}",
+                U.xmlToJson(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<debug>\\x0001</debug>"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void xmlToJsonMinimum() {
         assertEquals(
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/StringTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/StringTest.java
index 88458ed6..e066e0e2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/StringTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/underscore/StringTest.java
@@ -1197,14 +1197,14 @@ void escapeXml() {
         assertEquals("&#xD;", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\r"));
         assertEquals("\t", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\t"));
         assertEquals("/", Xml.XmlValue.escape("/"));
-        assertEquals("&#x0000;", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u0000"));
-        assertEquals("&#x001F;", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u001F"));
+        assertEquals("\\x0000", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u0000"));
+        assertEquals("\\x001F", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u001F"));
         assertEquals("\u0020", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u0020"));
-        assertEquals("&#x007F;", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u007F"));
-        assertEquals("&#x009F;", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u009F"));
+        assertEquals("\\x007F", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u007F"));
+        assertEquals("\\x009F", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u009F"));
         assertEquals("\u00A0", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u00A0"));
-        assertEquals("&#x2000;", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u2000"));
-        assertEquals("&#x20FF;", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u20FF"));
+        assertEquals("\\x2000", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u2000"));
+        assertEquals("\\x20FF", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u20FF"));
         assertEquals("\u2100", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\u2100"));
         assertEquals("\uFFFF", Xml.XmlValue.escape("\uFFFF"));
     }
@@ -1219,6 +1219,96 @@ void unescapeXml() {
         assertEquals("<", Xml.XmlValue.unescape("&lt;"));
         assertEquals(">", Xml.XmlValue.unescape("&gt;"));
         assertEquals("&quot", Xml.XmlValue.unescape("&quot"));
+        assertEquals("\u20FF", Xml.XmlValue.unescape("\\x20FF"));
+        assertEquals("\u0000", Xml.XmlValue.unescape("\\x0000"));
+        assertEquals("\u001F", Xml.XmlValue.unescape("\\x001F"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("\\x0041", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(6, result);
+        assertEquals("A", builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary2() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("a\\x0041", 1, builder);
+        assertEquals(6, result);
+        assertEquals("A", builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary3() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("abc", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(0, result);
+        assertEquals("", builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary4() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("\\u0041", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(0, result);
+        assertEquals("", builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary5() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("\\x00G1", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(0, result);
+        assertEquals("", builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary6() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("\\x041", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(0, result);
+        assertEquals("", builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary7() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("\\x0000", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(6, result);
+        assertEquals(1, builder.length());
+        assertEquals(0, builder.charAt(0));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("java:S5976")
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary8() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("\\x1234", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(6, result);
+        assertEquals(1, builder.length());
+        assertEquals('\u1234', builder.charAt(0));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("java:S5976")
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary9() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("\\xFFFF", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(6, result);
+        assertEquals(1, builder.length());
+        assertEquals('\uFFFF', builder.charAt(0));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("java:S5976")
+    @Test
+    void translateBinary10() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        int result = Xml.XmlValue.translateBinary("\\x00af", 0, builder);
+        assertEquals(6, result);
+        assertEquals(1, builder.length());
+        assertEquals('\u00AF', builder.charAt(0));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -1510,6 +1600,16 @@ void testXmlDecodeCyrillic() {
                 U.toXml((List<Object>) U.fromJson("[\"Текст на русском\"]")));
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Test
+    void testXmlDecodeBinary() {
+        assertEquals(
+                "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<root>\n  <element array=\"true\">"
+                        + "\\x0001Текст на русском</element>\n"
+                        + "</root>",
+                U.toXml((List<Object>) U.fromJson("[\"\\u0001Текст на русском\"]")));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void toXmlFromList() {
         final List<String> testList = new ArrayList<>();