diff --git a/src/Utils.php b/src/Utils.php
index 22e4157..ebfa200 100644
--- a/src/Utils.php
+++ b/src/Utils.php
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ class Utils
         return (strpos($value, '0x') === 0);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * stripZero
+     * 
+     * @param string $value
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function stripZero($value)
+    {
+        if (self::isZeroPrefixed($value)) {
+            $count = 1;
+            return str_replace('0x', '', $value, $count);
+        }
+        return $value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * sha3
      * keccak256
diff --git a/test/unit/UtilsTest.php b/test/unit/UtilsTest.php
index a95d1be..96761ca 100644
--- a/test/unit/UtilsTest.php
+++ b/test/unit/UtilsTest.php
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ class UtilsTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($isPrefixed, true);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * testStripZero
+     * 
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testStripZero()
+    {
+        $str = Utils::stripZero($this->testHex);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($str, $this->testHex);
+
+        $str = Utils::stripZero('0x' . $this->testHex);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($str, $this->testHex);
+    }
+
     /**
      * testSha3
      *