diff --git a/dlls/webservices/reader.c b/dlls/webservices/reader.c
index 6d1d68f4d2b..0028334d517 100644
--- a/dlls/webservices/reader.c
+++ b/dlls/webservices/reader.c
@@ -851,6 +851,16 @@ WS_XML_UINT64_TEXT *alloc_uint64_text( UINT64 value )
     return ret;
 }
 
+WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT *alloc_float_text( float value )
+{
+    WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT *ret;
+
+    if (!(ret = heap_alloc( sizeof(*ret) ))) return NULL;
+    ret->text.textType = WS_XML_TEXT_TYPE_FLOAT;
+    ret->value         = value;
+    return ret;
+}
+
 WS_XML_DOUBLE_TEXT *alloc_double_text( double value )
 {
     WS_XML_DOUBLE_TEXT *ret;
@@ -1465,6 +1475,16 @@ static HRESULT read_attribute_value_bin( struct reader *reader, WS_XML_ATTRIBUTE
         attr->value = &text_int64->text;
         return S_OK;
     }
+    case RECORD_FLOAT_TEXT:
+    {
+        WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT *text_float;
+        float val_float;
+
+        if ((hr = read_bytes( reader, (unsigned char *)&val_float, sizeof(val_float) )) != S_OK) return hr;
+        if (!(text_float = alloc_float_text( val_float ))) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+        attr->value = &text_float->text;
+        return S_OK;
+    }
     case RECORD_DOUBLE_TEXT:
     {
         WS_XML_DOUBLE_TEXT *text_double;
@@ -2145,6 +2165,23 @@ static struct node *alloc_int64_text_node( INT64 value )
     return node;
 }
 
+static struct node *alloc_float_text_node( float value )
+{
+    struct node *node;
+    WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT *text_float;
+    WS_XML_TEXT_NODE *text;
+
+    if (!(node = alloc_node( WS_XML_NODE_TYPE_TEXT ))) return NULL;
+    if (!(text_float = alloc_float_text( value )))
+    {
+        heap_free( node );
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    text = (WS_XML_TEXT_NODE *)node;
+    text->text = &text_float->text;
+    return node;
+}
+
 static struct node *alloc_double_text_node( double value )
 {
     struct node *node;
@@ -2384,6 +2421,14 @@ static HRESULT read_text_bin( struct reader *reader )
         if (!(node = alloc_int64_text_node( val_int64 ))) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
         break;
     }
+    case RECORD_FLOAT_TEXT:
+    case RECORD_FLOAT_TEXT_WITH_ENDELEMENT:
+    {
+        float val_float;
+        if ((hr = read_bytes( reader, (unsigned char *)&val_float, sizeof(val_float) )) != S_OK) return hr;
+        if (!(node = alloc_float_text_node( val_float ))) return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+        break;
+    }
     case RECORD_DOUBLE_TEXT:
     case RECORD_DOUBLE_TEXT_WITH_ENDELEMENT:
     {
@@ -3608,12 +3653,12 @@ static HRESULT str_to_double( const unsigned char *str, ULONG len, double *ret )
         *(unsigned __int64 *)ret = nan;
         return S_OK;
     }
-    else if (len == 3 && !memcmp( p, "INF", 3 ))
+    if (len == 3 && !memcmp( p, "INF", 3 ))
     {
         *(unsigned __int64 *)ret = inf;
         return S_OK;
     }
-    else if (len == 4 && !memcmp( p, "-INF", 4 ))
+    if (len == 4 && !memcmp( p, "-INF", 4 ))
     {
         *(unsigned __int64 *)ret = inf_min;
         return S_OK;
@@ -3703,6 +3748,34 @@ done:
     return hr;
 }
 
+static HRESULT str_to_float( const unsigned char *str, ULONG len, float *ret )
+{
+    static const unsigned int inf = 0x7f800000;
+    static const unsigned int inf_min = 0xff800000;
+    const unsigned char *p = str;
+    double val;
+    HRESULT hr;
+
+    while (len && read_isspace( *p )) { p++; len--; }
+    while (len && read_isspace( p[len - 1] )) { len--; }
+    if (!len) return WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT;
+
+    if (len == 3 && !memcmp( p, "INF", 3 ))
+    {
+        *(unsigned int *)ret = inf;
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+    if (len == 4 && !memcmp( p, "-INF", 4 ))
+    {
+        *(unsigned int *)ret = inf_min;
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+
+    if ((hr = str_to_double( p, len, &val )) != S_OK) return hr;
+    *ret = val;
+    return S_OK;
+}
+
 static HRESULT str_to_guid( const unsigned char *str, ULONG len, GUID *ret )
 {
     static const unsigned char hex[] =
@@ -5008,6 +5081,84 @@ static HRESULT read_type_uint64( struct reader *reader, WS_TYPE_MAPPING mapping,
     return S_OK;
 }
 
+static HRESULT text_to_float( const WS_XML_TEXT *text, float *val )
+{
+    HRESULT hr;
+
+    switch (text->textType)
+    {
+    case WS_XML_TEXT_TYPE_UTF8:
+    {
+        const WS_XML_UTF8_TEXT *text_utf8 = (const WS_XML_UTF8_TEXT *)text;
+        hr = str_to_float( text_utf8->value.bytes, text_utf8->value.length, val );
+        break;
+    }
+    case WS_XML_TEXT_TYPE_FLOAT:
+    {
+        const WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT *text_float = (const WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT *)text;
+        *val = text_float->value;
+        hr = S_OK;
+        break;
+    }
+    default:
+        FIXME( "unhandled text type %u\n", text->textType );
+        return E_NOTIMPL;
+    }
+
+    return hr;
+}
+
+static HRESULT read_type_float( struct reader *reader, WS_TYPE_MAPPING mapping,
+                                const WS_XML_STRING *localname, const WS_XML_STRING *ns,
+                                const WS_FLOAT_DESCRIPTION *desc, WS_READ_OPTION option,
+                                WS_HEAP *heap, void *ret, ULONG size )
+{
+    const WS_XML_TEXT *text;
+    HRESULT hr;
+    float val = 0.0;
+    BOOL found;
+
+    if (desc) FIXME( "ignoring description\n" );
+
+    if ((hr = get_text( reader, mapping, localname, ns, &text, &found )) != S_OK) return hr;
+    if (found && (hr = text_to_float( text, &val )) != S_OK) return hr;
+
+    switch (option)
+    {
+    case WS_READ_REQUIRED_VALUE:
+        if (!found) return WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT;
+        /* fall through */
+
+    case WS_READ_NILLABLE_VALUE:
+        if (size != sizeof(val)) return E_INVALIDARG;
+        *(float *)ret = val;
+        break;
+
+    case WS_READ_REQUIRED_POINTER:
+        if (!found) return WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT;
+        /* fall through */
+
+    case WS_READ_OPTIONAL_POINTER:
+    case WS_READ_NILLABLE_POINTER:
+    {
+        float *heap_val = NULL;
+        if (size != sizeof(heap_val)) return E_INVALIDARG;
+        if (found)
+        {
+            if (!(heap_val = ws_alloc( heap, sizeof(*heap_val) ))) return WS_E_QUOTA_EXCEEDED;
+            *heap_val = val;
+        }
+        *(float **)ret = heap_val;
+        break;
+    }
+    default:
+        FIXME( "read option %u not supported\n", option );
+        return E_NOTIMPL;
+    }
+
+    return S_OK;
+}
+
 static HRESULT text_to_double( const WS_XML_TEXT *text, double *val )
 {
     HRESULT hr;
@@ -5843,6 +5994,9 @@ ULONG get_type_size( WS_TYPE type, const void *desc )
     case WS_UINT64_TYPE:
         return sizeof(INT64);
 
+    case WS_FLOAT_TYPE:
+        return sizeof(float);
+
     case WS_DOUBLE_TYPE:
         return sizeof(double);
 
@@ -5909,6 +6063,7 @@ static WS_READ_OPTION get_field_read_option( WS_TYPE type, ULONG options )
     case WS_UINT16_TYPE:
     case WS_UINT32_TYPE:
     case WS_UINT64_TYPE:
+    case WS_FLOAT_TYPE:
     case WS_DOUBLE_TYPE:
     case WS_DATETIME_TYPE:
     case WS_GUID_TYPE:
@@ -6365,6 +6520,11 @@ static HRESULT read_type( struct reader *reader, WS_TYPE_MAPPING mapping, WS_TYP
             return hr;
         break;
 
+    case WS_FLOAT_TYPE:
+        if ((hr = read_type_float( reader, mapping, localname, ns, desc, option, heap, value, size )) != S_OK)
+            return hr;
+        break;
+
     case WS_DOUBLE_TYPE:
         if ((hr = read_type_double( reader, mapping, localname, ns, desc, option, heap, value, size )) != S_OK)
             return hr;
diff --git a/dlls/webservices/tests/reader.c b/dlls/webservices/tests/reader.c
index 072a46ea033..0eaf350c13b 100644
--- a/dlls/webservices/tests/reader.c
+++ b/dlls/webservices/tests/reader.c
@@ -6174,6 +6174,94 @@ static void test_union_type(void)
     WsFreeHeap( heap );
 }
 
+static void test_float(void)
+{
+    static const struct
+    {
+        const char *str;
+        HRESULT     hr;
+        ULONG       val;
+    }
+    tests[] =
+    {
+        {"<t>0.0</t>", S_OK, 0},
+        {"<t>-0.0</t>", S_OK, 0x80000000},
+        {"<t>+0.0</t>", S_OK, 0},
+        {"<t>-</t>", S_OK, 0},
+        {"<t>+</t>", S_OK, 0},
+        {"<t>.0</t>", S_OK, 0},
+        {"<t>0.</t>", S_OK, 0},
+        {"<t>0</t>", S_OK, 0},
+        {"<t> 0 </t>", S_OK, 0},
+        {"<t></t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>0,1</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>1.1.</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>1</t>", S_OK, 0x3f800000},
+        {"<t>1.0000001</t>", S_OK, 0x3f800001},
+        {"<t>1.0000002</t>", S_OK, 0x3f800002},
+        {"<t>10000000000000000000</t>", S_OK, 0x5f0ac723},
+        {"<t>100000000000000000000</t>", S_OK, 0x60ad78ec},
+        {"<t>2</t>", S_OK, 0x40000000},
+        {"<t>-2</t>", S_OK, 0xc0000000},
+        {"<t>nofloat</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>INF</t>", S_OK, 0x7f800000},
+        {"<t>-INF</t>", S_OK, 0xff800000},
+        {"<t>+INF</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>Infinity</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>-Infinity</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>inf</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>NaN</t>", S_OK, 0xffc00000},
+        {"<t>-NaN</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>NAN</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>0.3</t>", S_OK, 0x3e99999a},
+        {"<t>0.33</t>", S_OK, 0x3ea8f5c3},
+        {"<t>0.333</t>", S_OK, 0x3eaa7efa},
+        {"<t>0.3333</t>", S_OK, 0x3eaaa64c},
+        {"<t>0.33333</t>", S_OK, 0x3eaaaa3b},
+        {"<t>0.333333</t>", S_OK, 0x3eaaaa9f},
+        {"<t>0.3333333</t>", S_OK, 0x3eaaaaaa},
+        {"<t>0.33333333</t>", S_OK, 0x3eaaaaab},
+        {"<t>0.333333333</t>", S_OK, 0x3eaaaaab},
+        {"<t>0.1e10</t>", S_OK, 0x4e6e6b28},
+        {"<t>1e</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>1e0</t>", S_OK, 0x3f800000},
+        {"<t>1e+1</t>", S_OK, 0x41200000},
+        {"<t>1e-1</t>", S_OK, 0x3dcccccd},
+        {"<t>e10</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>1e10.</t>", WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT, 0},
+        {"<t>1E10</t>", S_OK, 0x501502f9},
+        {"<t>1e10</t>", S_OK, 0x501502f9},
+        {"<t>1e-10</t>", S_OK, 0x2edbe6ff},
+        {"<t>3.4028235e38</t>", S_OK, 0x7f7fffff},
+        {"<t>3.4028236e38</t>", S_OK, 0x7f800000},
+        {"<t>1.1754942e-38</t>", S_OK, 0x007fffff},
+        {"<t>1.1754943e-38</t>", S_OK, 0x00800000},
+    };
+    HRESULT hr;
+    WS_XML_READER *reader;
+    WS_HEAP *heap;
+    ULONG val, i;
+
+    hr = WsCreateHeap( 1 << 16, 0, NULL, 0, &heap, NULL );
+    ok( hr == S_OK, "got %08x\n", hr );
+
+    hr = WsCreateReader( NULL, 0, &reader, NULL );
+    ok( hr == S_OK, "got %08x\n", hr );
+
+    for (i = 0; i < sizeof(tests)/sizeof(tests[0]); i++)
+    {
+        val = 0;
+        prepare_type_test( reader, tests[i].str, strlen(tests[i].str) );
+        hr = WsReadType( reader, WS_ELEMENT_CONTENT_TYPE_MAPPING, WS_FLOAT_TYPE, NULL,
+                         WS_READ_REQUIRED_VALUE, heap, &val, sizeof(val), NULL );
+        ok( hr == tests[i].hr, "%u: got %08x\n", i, hr );
+        if (hr == tests[i].hr) ok( val == tests[i].val, "%u: got %08x\n", i, val );
+    }
+
+    WsFreeReader( reader );
+    WsFreeHeap( heap );
+}
+
 START_TEST(reader)
 {
     test_WsCreateError();
@@ -6220,4 +6308,5 @@ START_TEST(reader)
     test_dictionary();
     test_WsReadXmlBuffer();
     test_union_type();
+    test_float();
 }
diff --git a/dlls/webservices/webservices_private.h b/dlls/webservices/webservices_private.h
index b88a50c0f82..5557d321b23 100644
--- a/dlls/webservices/webservices_private.h
+++ b/dlls/webservices/webservices_private.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ WS_XML_BOOL_TEXT *alloc_bool_text( BOOL ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 WS_XML_INT32_TEXT *alloc_int32_text( INT32 ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 WS_XML_INT64_TEXT *alloc_int64_text( INT64 ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 WS_XML_UINT64_TEXT *alloc_uint64_text( UINT64 ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT *alloc_float_text( float ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 WS_XML_DOUBLE_TEXT *alloc_double_text( double ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 WS_XML_GUID_TEXT *alloc_guid_text( const GUID * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 WS_XML_UNIQUE_ID_TEXT *alloc_unique_id_text( const GUID * ) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
diff --git a/include/webservices.h b/include/webservices.h
index 2af333a588d..1f823ddc273 100644
--- a/include/webservices.h
+++ b/include/webservices.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ typedef struct _WS_OPERATION_DESCRIPTION WS_OPERATION_DESCRIPTION;
 typedef struct _WS_PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION WS_PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION;
 typedef struct _WS_OPERATION_CONTEXT WS_OPERATION_CONTEXT;
 typedef struct _WS_CALL_PROPERTY WS_CALL_PROPERTY;
+typedef struct _WS_FLOAT_DESCRIPTION WS_FLOAT_DESCRIPTION;
 typedef struct _WS_DOUBLE_DESCRIPTION WS_DOUBLE_DESCRIPTION;
 typedef struct _WS_DATETIME WS_DATETIME;
 typedef struct _WS_XML_DATETIME_TEXT WS_XML_DATETIME_TEXT;
@@ -442,6 +443,11 @@ struct _WS_ENUM_DESCRIPTION {
     ULONG *nameIndices;
 };
 
+struct _WS_FLOAT_DESCRIPTION {
+    float minValue;
+    float maxValue;
+};
+
 struct _WS_DOUBLE_DESCRIPTION {
     double DECLSPEC_ALIGN(8) minValue;
     double DECLSPEC_ALIGN(8) maxValue;
@@ -654,6 +660,11 @@ typedef struct _WS_XML_UINT64_TEXT {
     unsigned __int64 DECLSPEC_ALIGN(8) value;
 } WS_XML_UINT64_TEXT;
 
+typedef struct _WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT {
+    WS_XML_TEXT text;
+    float value;
+} WS_XML_FLOAT_TEXT;
+
 typedef struct _WS_XML_DOUBLE_TEXT {
     WS_XML_TEXT text;
     double DECLSPEC_ALIGN(8) value;