diff --git a/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/ColumnType.kt b/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/ColumnType.kt
index 702ffaab6d..31b3de778d 100644
--- a/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/ColumnType.kt
+++ b/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/ColumnType.kt
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ class DoubleColumnType : ColumnType<Double>() {
     override fun sqlType(): String = currentDialect.dataTypeProvider.doubleType()
     override fun valueFromDB(value: Any): Double = when (value) {
         is Double -> value
+        // Cast as string to prevent precision loss
+        is Float -> value.toString().toDouble()
         is Number -> value.toDouble()
         is String -> value.toDouble()
         else -> error("Unexpected value of type Double: $value of ${value::class.qualifiedName}")
diff --git a/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/types/DoubleColumnTypeTests.kt b/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/types/DoubleColumnTypeTests.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16f2b141b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exposed-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/shared/types/DoubleColumnTypeTests.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.tests.shared.types
+
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.dao.id.IntIdTable
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.*
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.tests.DatabaseTestsBase
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.tests.shared.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class DoubleColumnTypeTests : DatabaseTestsBase() {
+    object TestTable : IntIdTable("double_table") {
+        val amount = double("amount")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testInsertAndSelectFromDoubleColumn() {
+        withTables(TestTable) {
+            val id = TestTable.insertAndGetId {
+                it[amount] = 9.23
+            }
+
+            TestTable.selectAll().where { TestTable.id eq id }.singleOrNull()?.let {
+                assertEquals(9.23, it[TestTable.amount])
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testInsertAndSelectFromRealColumn() {
+        withDb {
+            val originalColumnDDL = TestTable.amount.descriptionDdl()
+            val realColumnDDL = originalColumnDDL.replace(" DOUBLE PRECISION ", " REAL ")
+
+            // create table with double() column that uses SQL type REAL
+            TestTable.ddl
+                .map { it.replace(originalColumnDDL, realColumnDDL) }
+                .forEach { exec(it) }
+
+            val id = TestTable.insertAndGetId {
+                it[amount] = 9.23
+            }
+
+            TestTable.selectAll().where { TestTable.id eq id }.singleOrNull()?.let {
+                assertEquals(9.23, it[TestTable.amount])
+            }
+
+            SchemaUtils.drop(TestTable)
+        }
+    }
+}