diff --git a/src/parsing/letterSpacing.js b/src/parsing/letterSpacing.js
index df40f04..23ec1ef 100644
--- a/src/parsing/letterSpacing.js
+++ b/src/parsing/letterSpacing.js
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ export const parseLetterSpacing = (letterSpacing: string): number => {
     if (letterSpacing === 'normal') {
         return 0;
     }
-    const value = parseInt(letterSpacing, 10);
+    const value = parseFloat(letterSpacing);
     return isNaN(value) ? 0 : value;
 };
diff --git a/tests/reftests/text/text.html b/tests/reftests/text/text.html
index f6d4194..b9fcf38 100644
--- a/tests/reftests/text/text.html
+++ b/tests/reftests/text/text.html
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
             <li style="word-spacing:5px;">word-spacing:5px; (as each letter is rendered individually, the bounds will always be correct)</li>
             <li style="line-height:35px;">line-height:35px; <br />(same goes for line-height)</li>
             <li style="letter-spacing:5px;">letter-spacing:5px;</li>
+            <li style="letter-spacing:0.9px;">letter-spacing:0.9px;</li>
             <li style="text-align:right;width:300px;">text-align:right;width:300px;</li>
             <li style="font-variant:small-caps;">font-variant:small-caps; </li>
         </ul>