diff --git a/base/range.jl b/base/range.jl
index df484c30dd4c5..924c1ac31ec87 100644
--- a/base/range.jl
+++ b/base/range.jl
@@ -66,14 +66,17 @@ StepRange{T,S}(start::T, step::S, stop::T) = StepRange{T,S}(start, step, stop)
 immutable UnitRange{T<:Real} <: OrdinalRange{T,Int}
     start::T
     stop::T
-
-    UnitRange(start, stop) =
-        new(start, ifelse(stop >= start, stop, convert(T,start-one(stop-start))))
-
-    UnitRange(start::Bool, stop::Bool) = new(start, stop)
+    UnitRange(start, stop) = new(start, unitrange_last(start,stop))
 end
 UnitRange{T<:Real}(start::T, stop::T) = UnitRange{T}(start, stop)
 
+unitrange_last(::Bool, stop::Bool) = stop
+unitrange_last{T<:Integer}(start::T, stop::T) =
+    ifelse(stop >= start, stop, convert(T,start-one(stop-start)))
+unitrange_last{T}(start::T, stop::T) =
+    ifelse(stop >= start, convert(T,start+floor(stop-start)),
+                          convert(T,start-one(stop-start)))
+
 colon(a::Real, b::Real) = colon(promote(a,b)...)
 
 colon{T<:Real}(start::T, stop::T) = UnitRange{T}(start, stop)
diff --git a/test/ranges.jl b/test/ranges.jl
index ef931c854b932..e4dcb20ddbd40 100644
--- a/test/ranges.jl
+++ b/test/ranges.jl
@@ -531,3 +531,13 @@ let io = IOBuffer()
     str = takebuf_string(io)
     @test str == "linspace(1.0,2.0,3)"
 end
+
+# issue 10950
+r = 1//2:3
+@test length(r) == 3
+i = 1
+for x in r
+    @test x == i//2
+    i += 2
+end
+@test i == 7