diff --git a/Include/floatobject.h b/Include/floatobject.h
index 9f67bc1..bd4a782 100644
--- a/Include/floatobject.h
+++ b/Include/floatobject.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 extern DL_IMPORT(PyTypeObject) PyFloat_Type;
 
 #define PyFloat_Check(op) PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &PyFloat_Type)
+#define PyFloat_CheckExact(op) ((op)->ob_type == &PyFloat_Type)
 
 /* Return Python float from string PyObject.  Second argument ignored on
    input, and, if non-NULL, NULL is stored into *junk (this tried to serve a
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 35544c6..1ff9060 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@
     verify(repr(precfloat(1.1)) == "1.1")
     a = precfloat(12345)
     #XXX verify(float(a) == 12345.0)
-    #XXX verify(float(a).__class__ is float)
+    verify(float(a).__class__ is float)
 
     class madtuple(tuple):
         _rev = None
diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 2bd0fcc..37f7eea 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -909,10 +909,14 @@
 
 	if (o == NULL)
 		return null_error();
-	if (PyFloat_Check(o)) {
+	if (PyFloat_CheckExact(o)) {
 		Py_INCREF(o);
 		return o;
 	}
+	if (PyFloat_Check(o)) {
+		PyFloatObject *po = (PyFloatObject *)o;
+		return PyFloat_FromDouble(po->ob_fval);
+	}
 	if (!PyString_Check(o)) {
 		m = o->ob_type->tp_as_number;
 		if (m && m->nb_float)