diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 30e18b1a..4f615683 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-11-25  Federico Di Gregorio  <fog@initd.org>
+
+	* tests/types_basic.py: fixed test broken by float precision fix.
+
 2009-11-09  Federico Di Gregorio  <fog@initd.org>
 
 	* psycopg/adapter_pfloat.c: applied patch from Remy Blankto fix float
diff --git a/tests/types_basic.py b/tests/types_basic.py
index 180bb2ae..72d1f414 100755
--- a/tests/types_basic.py
+++ b/tests/types_basic.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ class TypesBasicTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.failUnless(s == 1971, "wrong integer quoting: " + str(s))
         s = self.execute("SELECT %s AS foo", (1971L,))
         self.failUnless(s == 1971L, "wrong integer quoting: " + str(s))
-        # Python 2.4 defaults to Decimal?
+        # Python 2.4 defaults to Decimal? (Apparently it does not.)
         if sys.version_info[0] >= 2 and sys.version_info[1] >= 4:
-            s = self.execute("SELECT %s AS foo", (19.10,))
+            s = self.execute("SELECT %s AS foo", (decimal.Decimal("19.10"),))
             self.failUnless(s - decimal.Decimal("19.10") == 0,
                             "wrong decimal quoting: " + str(s))
         else: