2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/svg/svg-path-test.h b/src/svg/svg-path-test.h
index ec9536f0f..5247ace83 100644
--- a/src/svg/svg-path-test.h
+++ b/src/svg/svg-path-test.h
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ public:
         bpath = sp_svg_read_path("M .01,.02 L 0.04,0.02 L.04,.08L0.01,0.08 z""M 1e-2,.2e-1 L 0.004e1,0.0002e+2 L04E-2,.08e0L1.0e-2,80e-3 z");
         path_str = sp_svg_write_path(bpath);
         new_bpath = sp_svg_read_path(path_str);
-        TS_ASSERT(bpathEqual(bpath, new_bpath, 1e-16));
+        TS_ASSERT(bpathEqual(bpath, new_bpath, 1e-17));
         g_free(bpath); g_free(path_str); g_free(new_bpath);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/svg/svg-path.cpp b/src/svg/svg-path.cpp
index 61f45d460..bd0d4a4f5 100644
--- a/src/svg/svg-path.cpp
+++ b/src/svg/svg-path.cpp
@@ -471,7 +471,10 @@ static char const* rsvg_parse_unsigned_float(double *val, char const *begin) {
             exp += (int)exponent;
         }
     }
-    *val = (double)intval * pow(10., exp);
+
+    *val = ( exp < 0
+             ? intval / pow(10, -exp)
+             : intval * pow(10, exp) );
     return end_of_num;
 }