diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc
index e33b249242e3e5..b5e83f9fa16496 100644
--- a/src/node_crypto.cc
+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc
@@ -1371,7 +1371,9 @@ static Local<Object> X509ToObject(Environment* env, X509* cert) {
                                     String::kNormalString, mem->length));
       (void) BIO_reset(bio);
 
-      BN_print(bio, rsa->e);
+      unsigned long exponent_word = BN_get_word(rsa->e);
+      BIO_printf(bio, "0x%lx", exponent_word);
+
       BIO_get_mem_ptr(bio, &mem);
       info->Set(env->exponent_string(),
                 String::NewFromUtf8(env->isolate(), mem->data,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-foafssl.js b/test/parallel/test-https-foafssl.js
index d6df5189896298..5e480bf6adc1e5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-https-foafssl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-foafssl.js
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ process.on('exit', function() {
       'FDA7DE954ED56DC7AD9A47EEBC37D771A366FC60A5BCB72373BEC180649B3EFA0E90' +
       '92707210B41B90032BB18BC91F2046EBDAF1191F4A4E26D71879C4C7867B62FCD508' +
       'E8CE66E82D128A71E915809FCF44E8DE774067F1DE5D70B9C03687');
-  assert.equal(exponent, '10001');
+  assert.equal(exponent, '0x10001');
 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-peer-certificate.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-peer-certificate.js
index 4fa1beb6ac644c..3c25af19c87e88 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-peer-certificate.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-peer-certificate.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
     common.debug(util.inspect(peerCert));
     assert.equal(peerCert.subject.emailAddress, 'ry@tinyclouds.org');
     assert.equal(peerCert.serialNumber, '9A84ABCFB8A72AC0');
+    assert.equal(peerCert.exponent, '0x10001');
     assert.deepEqual(peerCert.infoAccess['OCSP - URI'],
                      [ 'http://ocsp.nodejs.org/' ]);