diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/LSL_Types.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/LSL_Types.cs
index 4c4eff98ac..5f8b541e19 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/LSL_Types.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/LSL_Types.cs
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared
 
             public LSLInteger(string s)
             {
-                Regex r = new Regex("^[ ]*-?[0-9][0-9xX]?[0-9a-fA-F]*");
+                Regex r = new Regex("(^[ ]*0[xX][0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]*)|(^[ ]*-?[0-9][0-9]*)");
                 Match m = r.Match(s);
                 string v = m.Groups[0].Value;
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Tests/LSL_TypesTestLSLInteger.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Tests/LSL_TypesTestLSLInteger.cs
index 957a3b6a63..1d3ffd5e9a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Tests/LSL_TypesTestLSLInteger.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Tests/LSL_TypesTestLSLInteger.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Tests
             m_stringIntSet.Add("-99999999", -99999999);
             m_stringIntSet.Add("", 0);
             m_stringIntSet.Add("aa", 0);
+            m_stringIntSet.Add("56foo", 56);
             m_stringIntSet.Add("42", 42);
             m_stringIntSet.Add("42 is the answer", 42);
             m_stringIntSet.Add(" 42", 42);