diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index bd220a008c9e8..d389d8c93cd2c 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -2025,6 +2025,11 @@ def xs(self, key, axis=0, level=None, copy=True):
                 indexer = tuple(indexer)
             else:
                 indexer = loc
+                lev_num = labels._get_level_number(level)
+                lev = labels.levels[lev_num]
+                is_int_type = com.is_integer_dtype(lev)
+                if is_int_type:
+                    indexer = self.index[loc]
 
             result = self.ix[indexer]
             setattr(result, result._get_axis_name(axis), new_ax)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py b/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
index 34872ea572f81..acd1e3251e64c 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py
@@ -359,6 +359,18 @@ def test_xs_level_multiple(self):
         expected = df.xs('a').xs(4, level='four')
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+        #GH2107
+        import itertools
+        from string import letters
+        dates = range(20111201, 20111205)
+        ids = letters[:5]
+        idx = MultiIndex.from_tuples([x for x in itertools.product(dates, ids)])
+        idx.names = ['date', 'secid']
+        df = DataFrame(np.random.randn(len(idx), 3), idx, ['X', 'Y', 'Z'])
+        rs = df.xs(20111201, level='date')
+        xp = df.ix[20111201, :]
+        assert_frame_equal(rs, xp)
+
     def test_xs_level0(self):
         from pandas import read_table
         from StringIO import StringIO