diff --git a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
index 17fe1437cea..891930d9e7c 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ bool AsmParser::ParseStatement() {
       return ParseDirectiveValue(8);
     if (IDVal == ".8byte")
       return ParseDirectiveValue(8);
-    if (IDVal == ".single")
+    if (IDVal == ".single" || IDVal == ".float")
       return ParseDirectiveRealValue(APFloat::IEEEsingle);
     if (IDVal == ".double")
       return ParseDirectiveRealValue(APFloat::IEEEdouble);
diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/floating-literals.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/floating-literals.s
index b8e6e3cc800..bd122a8cf0e 100644
--- a/test/MC/AsmParser/floating-literals.s
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/floating-literals.s
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 # CHECK: .long	1077936128
 # CHECK: .long	1082549862
 .single 1.2455, +2.3, 3, + 4.2
+
+# CHECK: .long  1067928519
+.float 1.307
         
 # CHECK: .quad	4617315517961601024
 # CHECK: .quad	4597526701198935065