diff --git a/tests/rules/test_quoted_strings.py b/tests/rules/test_quoted_strings.py
index 1ee86a1..79f36bc 100644
--- a/tests/rules/test_quoted_strings.py
+++ b/tests/rules/test_quoted_strings.py
@@ -436,3 +436,21 @@ class QuotedTestCase(RuleTestCase):
                    '- foo bar\n'
                    '- "foo bar"\n',
                    conf, problem1=(3, 3), problem2=(7, 3), problem3=(11, 3))
+
+    def test_octal_values(self):
+        conf = 'quoted-strings: {required: true}\n'
+
+        self.check('---\n'
+                   '- 100\n'
+                   '- 0100\n'
+                   '- 0o100\n'
+                   '- 777\n'
+                   '- 0777\n'
+                   '- 0o777\n'
+                   '- 800\n'
+                   '- 0800\n'
+                   '- 0o800\n'
+                   '- "0800"\n'
+                   '- "0o800"\n',
+                   conf,
+                   problem1=(9, 3), problem2=(10, 3))
diff --git a/yamllint/rules/quoted_strings.py b/yamllint/rules/quoted_strings.py
index 279cd6a..1ef18db 100644
--- a/yamllint/rules/quoted_strings.py
+++ b/yamllint/rules/quoted_strings.py
@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ def VALIDATE(conf):
 
 DEFAULT_SCALAR_TAG = u'tag:yaml.org,2002:str'
 
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/36514274
+yaml.resolver.Resolver.add_implicit_resolver(
+    'tag:yaml.org,2002:int',
+    re.compile(r'''^(?:[-+]?0b[0-1_]+
+               |[-+]?0o?[0-7_]+
+               |[-+]?0[0-7_]+
+               |[-+]?(?:0|[1-9][0-9_]*)
+               |[-+]?0x[0-9a-fA-F_]+
+               |[-+]?[1-9][0-9_]*(?::[0-5]?[0-9])+)$''', re.X),
+    list('-+0123456789'))
+
 
 def _quote_match(quote_type, token_style):
     return ((quote_type == 'any') or