diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/node.c b/dlls/msxml3/node.c
index 485a108e8ee..47f5401c7c2 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/node.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/node.c
@@ -946,6 +946,13 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI xmlnode_get_definition(
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI xmlnode_get_dataType(IXMLDOMNode*, VARIANT*);
 
+inline BYTE hex_to_byte(xmlChar c)
+{
+    if(c <= '9') return c-'0';
+    if(c <= 'F') return c-'A'+10;
+    return c-'a'+10;
+}
+
 inline HRESULT VARIANT_from_xmlChar(xmlChar *str, VARIANT *v, BSTR type)
 {
     if(!type || !lstrcmpiW(type, szString) ||
@@ -1015,6 +1022,25 @@ inline HRESULT VARIANT_from_xmlChar(xmlChar *str, VARIANT *v, BSTR type)
 
         VariantClear(&src);
     }
+    else if(!lstrcmpiW(type, szBinHex))
+    {
+        SAFEARRAYBOUND sab;
+        int i, len;
+
+        len = xmlStrlen(str)/2;
+        sab.lLbound = 0;
+        sab.cElements = len;
+
+        V_VT(v) = (VT_ARRAY|VT_UI1);
+        V_ARRAY(v) = SafeArrayCreate(VT_UI1, 1, &sab);
+
+        if(!V_ARRAY(v))
+            return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+
+        for(i=0; i<len; i++)
+            ((BYTE*)V_ARRAY(v)->pvData)[i] = (hex_to_byte(str[2*i])<<4)
+                + hex_to_byte(str[2*i+1]);
+    }
     else
     {
         VARIANT src;
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
index 3f02ff56756..d2203564d4b 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static const CHAR szTypeValueXML[] =
 "   <r8 dt:dt=\"r8\">0.412</r8>\n"
 "   <float dt:dt=\"float\">41221.421</float>\n"
 "   <uuid dt:dt=\"uuid\">333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055a83</uuid>\n"
+"   <binhex dt:dt=\"bin.hex\">fffca012003c</binhex>\n"
 "</root>";
 
 static const CHAR szBasicTransformSSXMLPart1[] =
@@ -4290,6 +4291,23 @@ static void test_NodeTypeValue(void)
 
             IXMLDOMNode_Release(pNode);
         }
+
+        hr = IXMLDOMDocument2_selectSingleNode(doc, _bstr_("root/binhex"), &pNode);
+        ok(hr == S_OK, "ret %08x\n", hr );
+        if(hr == S_OK)
+        {
+            BYTE bytes[] = {0xff,0xfc,0xa0,0x12,0x00,0x3c};
+
+            hr = IXMLDOMNode_get_nodeTypedValue(pNode, &v);
+            ok(hr == S_OK, "ret %08x\n", hr );
+            ok(V_VT(&v) == (VT_ARRAY|VT_UI1), "incorrect type\n");
+            ok(V_ARRAY(&v)->rgsabound[0].cElements == 6, "incorrect array size\n");
+            if(V_ARRAY(&v)->rgsabound[0].cElements == 6)
+                ok(!memcmp(bytes, V_ARRAY(&v)->pvData, sizeof(bytes)), "incorrect value\n");
+            VariantClear(&v);
+
+            IXMLDOMNode_Release(pNode);
+        }
     }
 
     IXMLDOMDocument2_Release(doc);