diff --git a/jtag/ChangeLog b/jtag/ChangeLog
index da656874..11bead17 100644
--- a/jtag/ChangeLog
+++ b/jtag/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-05-13  Kolja Waschk <kawk>
+
+   * src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c: Read VID/PID as hexadecimal, fixes 
+	 Bug [1962628] VID/PID for usbconn cables are parsed as decimal
+
 2008-05-12  Kolja Waschk <kawk>
 
    * doc/jtag.1: Explanation of [file] argument, correct location
diff --git a/jtag/src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c b/jtag/src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c
index 4e62dbe2..8fd2b70f 100644
--- a/jtag/src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c
+++ b/jtag/src/tap/cable/generic_usbconn.c
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ generic_usbconn_connect( char *params[], cable_t *cable )
 	{
 		if(strncasecmp("pid=", params[i], 4) == 0)
 		{
-			user_specified.pid = strtol( params[i] + 4, NULL, 10 );
+			user_specified.pid = strtol( params[i] + 4, NULL, 16 );
 		}
 		else if(strncasecmp("vid=", params[i], 4) == 0)
 		{
-			user_specified.vid = strtol( params[i] + 4, NULL, 10 );
+			user_specified.vid = strtol( params[i] + 4, NULL, 16 );
 		}
 		else if(strncasecmp("desc=", params[i], 5) == 0)
 		{