diff --git a/components/prism-markup.js b/components/prism-markup.js
index ad65b41fb6..bb0126e7c7 100644
--- a/components/prism-markup.js
+++ b/components/prism-markup.js
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ Prism.languages.markup = {
 
 		}
 	},
-	'entity': /&#?[\da-z]{1,8};/i
+	'entity': [
+		{
+			pattern: /&[\da-z]{1,8};/i,
+			alias: 'named-entity'
+		},
+		/&#x?[\da-f]{1,8};/i
+	]
 };
 
 Prism.languages.markup['tag'].inside['attr-value'].inside['entity'] =
diff --git a/components/prism-markup.min.js b/components/prism-markup.min.js
index 2578826a3e..fe93631151 100644
--- a/components/prism-markup.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-markup.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.markup={comment:/<!--[\s\S]*?-->/,prolog:/<\?[\s\S]+?\?>/,doctype:{pattern:/<!DOCTYPE(?:[^>"'[\]]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*')+(?:\[(?:[^<"'\]]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|<(?!!--)|<!--(?:[^-]|-(?!->))*-->)*\]\s*)?>/i,greedy:!0},cdata:/<!\[CDATA\[[\s\S]*?]]>/i,tag:{pattern:/<\/?(?!\d)[^\s>\/=$<%]+(?:\s(?:\s*[^\s>\/=]+(?:\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^\s'">=]+(?=[\s>]))|(?=[\s/>])))+)?\s*\/?>/,greedy:!0,inside:{tag:{pattern:/^<\/?[^\s>\/]+/,inside:{punctuation:/^<\/?/,namespace:/^[^\s>\/:]+:/}},"attr-value":{pattern:/=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^\s'">=]+)/,inside:{punctuation:[/^=/,{pattern:/^(\s*)["']|["']$/,lookbehind:!0}]}},punctuation:/\/?>/,"attr-name":{pattern:/[^\s>\/]+/,inside:{namespace:/^[^\s>\/:]+:/}}}},entity:/&#?[\da-z]{1,8};/i},Prism.languages.markup.tag.inside["attr-value"].inside.entity=Prism.languages.markup.entity,Prism.hooks.add("wrap",function(a){"entity"===a.type&&(a.attributes.title=a.content.replace(/&amp;/,"&"))}),Object.defineProperty(Prism.languages.markup.tag,"addInlined",{value:function(a,e){var s={};s["language-"+e]={pattern:/(^<!\[CDATA\[)[\s\S]+?(?=\]\]>$)/i,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages[e]},s.cdata=/^<!\[CDATA\[|\]\]>$/i;var n={"included-cdata":{pattern:/<!\[CDATA\[[\s\S]*?\]\]>/i,inside:s}};n["language-"+e]={pattern:/[\s\S]+/,inside:Prism.languages[e]};var t={};t[a]={pattern:RegExp("(<__[^]*?>)(?:<!\\[CDATA\\[(?:[^\\]]|\\](?!\\]>))*\\]\\]>|(?!<!\\[CDATA\\[)[^])*?(?=</__>)".replace(/__/g,function(){return a}),"i"),lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:n},Prism.languages.insertBefore("markup","cdata",t)}}),Prism.languages.html=Prism.languages.markup,Prism.languages.mathml=Prism.languages.markup,Prism.languages.svg=Prism.languages.markup,Prism.languages.xml=Prism.languages.extend("markup",{}),Prism.languages.ssml=Prism.languages.xml,Prism.languages.atom=Prism.languages.xml,Prism.languages.rss=Prism.languages.xml;
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+Prism.languages.markup={comment:/<!--[\s\S]*?-->/,prolog:/<\?[\s\S]+?\?>/,doctype:{pattern:/<!DOCTYPE(?:[^>"'[\]]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*')+(?:\[(?:[^<"'\]]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|<(?!!--)|<!--(?:[^-]|-(?!->))*-->)*\]\s*)?>/i,greedy:!0},cdata:/<!\[CDATA\[[\s\S]*?]]>/i,tag:{pattern:/<\/?(?!\d)[^\s>\/=$<%]+(?:\s(?:\s*[^\s>\/=]+(?:\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^\s'">=]+(?=[\s>]))|(?=[\s/>])))+)?\s*\/?>/,greedy:!0,inside:{tag:{pattern:/^<\/?[^\s>\/]+/,inside:{punctuation:/^<\/?/,namespace:/^[^\s>\/:]+:/}},"attr-value":{pattern:/=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^\s'">=]+)/,inside:{punctuation:[/^=/,{pattern:/^(\s*)["']|["']$/,lookbehind:!0}]}},punctuation:/\/?>/,"attr-name":{pattern:/[^\s>\/]+/,inside:{namespace:/^[^\s>\/:]+:/}}}},entity:[{pattern:/&[\da-z]{1,8};/i,alias:"named-entity"},/&#x?[\da-f]{1,8};/i]},Prism.languages.markup.tag.inside["attr-value"].inside.entity=Prism.languages.markup.entity,Prism.hooks.add("wrap",function(a){"entity"===a.type&&(a.attributes.title=a.content.replace(/&amp;/,"&"))}),Object.defineProperty(Prism.languages.markup.tag,"addInlined",{value:function(a,e){var s={};s["language-"+e]={pattern:/(^<!\[CDATA\[)[\s\S]+?(?=\]\]>$)/i,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages[e]},s.cdata=/^<!\[CDATA\[|\]\]>$/i;var n={"included-cdata":{pattern:/<!\[CDATA\[[\s\S]*?\]\]>/i,inside:s}};n["language-"+e]={pattern:/[\s\S]+/,inside:Prism.languages[e]};var t={};t[a]={pattern:RegExp("(<__[^]*?>)(?:<!\\[CDATA\\[(?:[^\\]]|\\](?!\\]>))*\\]\\]>|(?!<!\\[CDATA\\[)[^])*?(?=</__>)".replace(/__/g,function(){return a}),"i"),lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:n},Prism.languages.insertBefore("markup","cdata",t)}}),Prism.languages.html=Prism.languages.markup,Prism.languages.mathml=Prism.languages.markup,Prism.languages.svg=Prism.languages.markup,Prism.languages.xml=Prism.languages.extend("markup",{}),Prism.languages.ssml=Prism.languages.xml,Prism.languages.atom=Prism.languages.xml,Prism.languages.rss=Prism.languages.xml;
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diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index f8269053f9..d145dbce37 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -775,7 +775,13 @@ Prism.languages.markup = {
 
 		}
 	},
-	'entity': /&#?[\da-z]{1,8};/i
+	'entity': [
+		{
+			pattern: /&[\da-z]{1,8};/i,
+			alias: 'named-entity'
+		},
+		/&#x?[\da-f]{1,8};/i
+	]
 };
 
 Prism.languages.markup['tag'].inside['attr-value'].inside['entity'] =
diff --git a/tests/languages/markup/entity_feature.js b/tests/languages/markup/entity_feature.js
index e5ac15931d..ec74c9e394 100644
--- a/tests/languages/markup/entity_feature.js
+++ b/tests/languages/markup/entity_feature.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = {
-	'&amp;': '<span class="token entity" title="&amp;">&amp;amp;</span>',
-	'&thetasym;': '<span class="token entity" title="&thetasym;">&amp;thetasym;</span>'
-};
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+	'&amp;': '<span class="token entity named-entity" title="&amp;">&amp;amp;</span>',
+	'&thetasym;': '<span class="token entity named-entity" title="&thetasym;">&amp;thetasym;</span>',
+	'&#65;': '<span class="token entity" title="&#65;">&amp;#65;</span>',
+	'&#x41;': '<span class="token entity" title="&#x41;">&amp;#x41;</span>'
+};