diff --git a/lib/splunk_logging.rb b/lib/splunk_logging.rb
index 91a891040..39f58763f 100644
--- a/lib/splunk_logging.rb
+++ b/lib/splunk_logging.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module SplunkLogging
     if hash.respond_to?(:keys)
       string = ''
       hash.each_pair do |key, value|
-        if(value.instance_of?(Symbol)||value.instance_of?(Fixnum))
+        if(value.instance_of?(Symbol)||value.instance_of?(Fixnum)||value.instance_of?(Float))
            string << "#{key}=#{value} "
         else
            string << "#{key}='#{value}' "
diff --git a/spec/lib/splunk_logging_spec.rb b/spec/lib/splunk_logging_spec.rb
index f724ab641..f2fa5204f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/splunk_logging_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/splunk_logging_spec.rb
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@ describe SplunkLogging do
     it 'does not quote numbers' do
       format_hash({:key => 500 }).should =~ /=500/
     end
+    it 'does not quote floats' do
+      format_hash({:key => 2.324}).should =~ /=2.324/
+    end
   end
 end