diff --git a/common/string.go b/common/string.go
index 6924e6a5b..a6895eb25 100644
--- a/common/string.go
+++ b/common/string.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func LeftPadString(s string, totalLength int) string {
 
 // IsHex returns true for non-empty hex-string prefixed with "0x"
 func IsHex(s string) bool {
-	if len(s) > 2 && s[:2] == "0x" {
+	if len(s) > 2 && strings.EqualFold(s[:2], "0x") {
 		_, err := hex.DecodeString(s[2:])
 		return err == nil
 	}
diff --git a/common/string_test.go b/common/string_test.go
index a82f1022b..b8a917c16 100644
--- a/common/string_test.go
+++ b/common/string_test.go
@@ -12,3 +12,21 @@ func TestStringInSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, StringInSlice("", []string{""}))
 	assert.False(t, StringInSlice("", []string{}))
 }
+
+func TestIsHex(t *testing.T) {
+	notHex := []string{
+		"", "   ", "a", "x", "0", "0x", "0X", "0x ", "0X ", "0X a",
+		"0xf ", "0x f", "0xp", "0x-",
+		"0xf", "0XBED", "0xF", "0xbed", // Odd lengths
+	}
+	for _, v := range notHex {
+		assert.False(t, IsHex(v), "%q is not hex", v)
+	}
+	hex := []string{
+		"0x00", "0x0a", "0x0F", "0xFFFFFF", "0Xdeadbeef", "0x0BED",
+		"0X12", "0X0A",
+	}
+	for _, v := range hex {
+		assert.True(t, IsHex(v), "%q is hex", v)
+	}
+}