diff --git a/hjson/decoder.py b/hjson/decoder.py
index fbcc2a2..1d16390 100644
--- a/hjson/decoder.py
+++ b/hjson/decoder.py
@@ -253,7 +253,12 @@ def scantfnns(context, s, end):
                 integer, frac, exp = m.groups()
                 if frac or exp:
                     res = context.parse_float(integer + (frac or '') + (exp or ''))
-                    if int(res) == res and abs(res)<1e10: res = int(res)
+                    # Only collapse to int when the exponent is what made the
+                    # value a whole number (e.g. "17.01e2" -> 1701). A plain
+                    # decimal literal like "1.0" or "10.00" was written as a
+                    # float on purpose and should stay one, matching what
+                    # dumps() produces for it and what json.loads() would do.
+                    if exp and int(res) == res and abs(res)<1e10: res = int(res)
                 else:
                     res = context.parse_int(integer)
                 return res, end
diff --git a/hjson/tests/assets/comments_result.hjson b/hjson/tests/assets/comments_result.hjson
index a99ce23..1060d06 100644
--- a/hjson/tests/assets/comments_result.hjson
+++ b/hjson/tests/assets/comments_result.hjson
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   rem2: "// test"
   rem3: "/* test */"
   num1: 0
-  num2: 0
+  num2: 0.0
   num3: 2
   true1: true
   true2: true
diff --git a/hjson/tests/assets/comments_result.json b/hjson/tests/assets/comments_result.json
index e247803..ca4076d 100644
--- a/hjson/tests/assets/comments_result.json
+++ b/hjson/tests/assets/comments_result.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "rem2": "// test",
   "rem3": "/* test */",
   "num1": 0,
-  "num2": 0,
+  "num2": 0.0,
   "num3": 2,
   "true1": true,
   "true2": true,
diff --git a/hjson/tests/test_decode.py b/hjson/tests/test_decode.py
index cdab0ef..14abe8f 100644
--- a/hjson/tests/test_decode.py
+++ b/hjson/tests/test_decode.py
@@ -24,6 +24,30 @@ def test_float(self):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(rval, float))
         self.assertEqual(rval, 1.0)
 
+    def test_decimal_point_is_not_dropped(self):
+        # A literal that was written with a decimal point should stay a
+        # float even when its fractional part is all zeros, since the
+        # author explicitly chose the float form. Silently turning it
+        # into an int both loses that distinction and breaks round
+        # tripping: dumps(1.0) already produces "1.0", so loads("1.0")
+        # ought to hand back a float rather than an int.
+        for text, expected in (
+            ("1.0", 1.0),
+            ("10.00", 10.0),
+            ("-3.0", -3.0),
+        ):
+            rval = json.loads(text)
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(rval, float), (text, rval))
+            self.assertEqual(rval, expected)
+
+    def test_exponent_can_still_collapse_to_int(self):
+        # When it's the exponent that turns the value into a whole
+        # number, keeping it an int is fine: the decimal point in the
+        # source wasn't the last word on the value's magnitude.
+        rval = json.loads("17.01e2")
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(rval, int))
+        self.assertEqual(rval, 1701)
+
     def test_decoder_optimizations(self):
         # Several optimizations were made that skip over calls to
         # the whitespace regex, so this test is designed to try and