diff --git a/agents/agentreq_test.go b/agents/agentreq_test.go
index 7f1a9c03d..a22e02bea 100644
--- a/agents/agentreq_test.go
+++ b/agents/agentreq_test.go
@@ -1691,6 +1691,34 @@ func TestAgReqSetFieldsIp2Hex(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAgReqSetFieldsString2Hex(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, _ := config.NewDefaultCGRConfig()
+	data := engine.NewInternalDB(nil, nil, true, cfg.DataDbCfg().Items)
+	dm := engine.NewDataManager(data, config.CgrConfig().CacheCfg(), nil)
+	filterS := engine.NewFilterS(cfg, nil, dm)
+	agReq := NewAgentRequest(nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, "cgrates.org", "", filterS, nil, nil)
+	agReq.CGRRequest.Set(&utils.FullPath{Path: "CustomField", PathItems: utils.PathItems{{Field: "CustomField"}}}, utils.NewNMData(string([]byte{0x94, 0x71, 0x02, 0x31, 0x01, 0x59})))
+
+	tplFlds := []*config.FCTemplate{
+		{Tag: "CustomField",
+			Path: utils.MetaTmp + utils.NestingSep + "CustomField", Type: utils.MetaVariable,
+			Value: config.NewRSRParsersMustCompile("~*cgreq.CustomField{*string2hex}", utils.INFIELD_SEP)},
+	}
+	for _, v := range tplFlds {
+		v.ComputePath()
+	}
+	eMp := utils.NavigableMap2{}
+	eMp.Set(utils.PathItems{{Field: "CustomField"}}, &utils.NMSlice{
+		&config.NMItem{Data: "0x947102310159", Path: []string{"CustomField"},
+			Config: tplFlds[0]}})
+
+	if err := agReq.SetFields(tplFlds); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(agReq.tmp, eMp) {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %+v,\n received: %+v", eMp, agReq.tmp)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAgReqSetFieldsWithRemove(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg, _ := config.NewDefaultCGRConfig()
 	data := engine.NewInternalDB(nil, nil, true, cfg.DataDbCfg().Items)
diff --git a/packages/debian/changelog b/packages/debian/changelog
index 6cd59c55d..e549385ec 100644
--- a/packages/debian/changelog
+++ b/packages/debian/changelog
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cgrates (0.11.0~dev) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * [DiameterAgent] Using String function from diam.Message instead of
     ToJSON for request String method
   * [DiameterAgent] Updated 3gp_vendor dictionary
-  * [Templates] Added new dataconvertor: *ip2hex
+  * [Templates] Added new dataconverter: *ip2hex
   * [AgentS] Added support for *group type and correctly overwrite
     the values in case of *variable
   * [ERs] Correctly populate ConcurrentRequest from config
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ cgrates (0.11.0~dev) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * [SessionS] Added *chargers flag to ProcessEvent to proccess the events from ChargerS with other subsystems
   * [SessionS] Updated the ids handling in flags by adding *ids as a new flag
   * [SessionS] Added *derived_reply sub flag to ProcessEvent to specify if a subsystem needs to process the events from ChargerS
+  * [Templates] Added new dataconverter: *string2hex
 
  -- DanB <danb@cgrates.org>  Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:25:52 +0200
 
diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index 83c892f96..0c46def0f 100755
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ const (
 	MetaLibPhoneNumber       = "*libphonenumber"
 	MetaTimeString           = "*time_string"
 	MetaIP2Hex               = "*ip2hex"
+	MetaString2Hex           = "*string2hex"
 	MetaSIPURIMethod         = "*sipuri_method"
 	MetaSIPURIHost           = "*sipuri_host"
 	MetaSIPURIUser           = "*sipuri_user"
diff --git a/utils/dataconverter.go b/utils/dataconverter.go
index 29abdb234..cd163f5ff 100644
--- a/utils/dataconverter.go
+++ b/utils/dataconverter.go
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ func NewDataConverter(params string) (conv DataConverter, err error) {
 		return NewDurationConverter("")
 	case params == MetaIP2Hex:
 		return new(IP2HexConverter), nil
+	case params == MetaString2Hex:
+		return new(String2HexConverter), nil
 	case params == MetaSIPURIHost:
 		return new(SIPURIHostConverter), nil
 	case params == MetaSIPURIUser:
@@ -358,3 +360,17 @@ func (tS *TimeStringConverter) Convert(in interface{}) (
 	}
 	return tm.Format(tS.Layout), nil
 }
+
+// String2HexConverter will transform the string to hex
+type String2HexConverter struct{}
+
+// Convert implements DataConverter interface
+func (*String2HexConverter) Convert(in interface{}) (o interface{}, err error) {
+	var out string
+	if out = hex.EncodeToString([]byte(IfaceAsString(in))); len(out) == 0 {
+		o = out
+		return
+	}
+	o = "0x" + out
+	return
+}
diff --git a/utils/dataconverter_test.go b/utils/dataconverter_test.go
index 05a45477a..4cd5eaab0 100644
--- a/utils/dataconverter_test.go
+++ b/utils/dataconverter_test.go
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ func TestNewDataConverter(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := NewDataConverter("unsupported"); err == nil || err.Error() != "unsupported converter definition: <unsupported>" {
 	}
 
+	hex, err := NewDataConverter(MetaString2Hex)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	exp := new(String2HexConverter)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(hex, exp) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %+v received: %+v", exp, hex)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNewDataConverterMustCompile(t *testing.T) {
@@ -789,4 +797,36 @@ func TestNewTimeStringConverter(t *testing.T) {
 	} else if rcv.(string) != exp {
 		t.Errorf("Expecting: %+v, received: %+v", exp, rcv)
 	}
+func TestStringHexConvertor(t *testing.T) {
+	hx := new(String2HexConverter)
+	val := "127.0.0.1"
+	expected := "0x3132372e302e302e31"
+	if rpl, err := hx.Convert(val); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, rpl) {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %+v, received: %+v", expected, rpl)
+	}
+
+	val3 := []byte("127.0.0.1")
+	if rpl, err := hx.Convert(val3); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, rpl) {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %+v, received: %+v", expected, rpl)
+	}
+
+	val = ""
+	expected = ""
+	if rpl, err := hx.Convert(val); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, rpl) {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %+v, received: %+v", expected, rpl)
+	}
+
+	val3 = []byte{0x94, 0x71, 0x02, 0x31, 0x01, 0x59}
+	expected = "0x947102310159"
+	if rpl, err := hx.Convert(val3); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, rpl) {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %+v, received: %+v", expected, rpl)
+	}
 }