diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/src/generators/types.js b/packages/babel-generator/src/generators/types.js
index fbad28e03b30..985daa477b34 100644
--- a/packages/babel-generator/src/generators/types.js
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/src/generators/types.js
@@ -120,8 +120,11 @@ export function NullLiteral() {
 
 export function NumericLiteral(node: Object) {
   const raw = this.getPossibleRaw(node);
+  const opts = this.format.jsescOption;
   const value = node.value + "";
-  if (raw == null) {
+  if (opts.numbers) {
+    this.number(jsesc(node.value, opts));
+  } else if (raw == null) {
     this.number(value); // normalize
   } else if (this.format.minified) {
     this.number(raw.length < value.length ? raw : value);
diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/options.json b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/jsonEscape/options.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/options.json
rename to packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/jsonEscape/options.json
diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/input.js b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91c93b0951e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+let x = 42
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diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/options.json b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e857996e427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "jsescOption": {
+    "numbers": "hexadecimal",
+    "lowercaseHex": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/output.js b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ba9bc21a7c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-generator/test/fixtures/escapes/numeric-literals/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+let x = 0x2a;
\ No newline at end of file