diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
index 1e7fff2f5313..01def05d0621 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/MySqlConnection.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public function bindValues($statement, $bindings)
         foreach ($bindings as $key => $value) {
             $statement->bindValue(
                 is_string($key) ? $key : $key + 1, $value,
-                is_int($value) || is_float($value) ? PDO::PARAM_INT : PDO::PARAM_STR
+                is_int($value) ? PDO::PARAM_INT : PDO::PARAM_STR
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlConnectionTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlConnectionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b7aab58c975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlConnectionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Tests\Database;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\MySqlConnection;
+use PDO;
+use PDOStatement;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class DatabaseMySqlConnectionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testBindFloatValue()
+    {
+        $connection = new MySqlConnection(
+            function () {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException('Not expecting to really connect to database');
+            }
+        );
+
+        $statement = $this->createMock(PDOStatement::class);
+        $statement
+            ->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('bindValue')
+            ->with(1, 0.5, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+
+        $connection->bindValues($statement, [0 => 0.5]);
+    }
+
+    public function testBindStringValue()
+    {
+        $connection = new MySqlConnection(
+            function () {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException('Not expecting to really connect to database');
+            }
+        );
+
+        $statement = $this->createMock(PDOStatement::class);
+        $statement
+            ->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('bindValue')
+            ->with(1, 'test', PDO::PARAM_STR);
+
+        $connection->bindValues($statement, [0 => 'test']);
+    }
+
+    public function testBindIntegerValue()
+    {
+        $connection = new MySqlConnection(
+            function () {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException('Not expecting to really connect to database');
+            }
+        );
+
+        $statement = $this->createMock(PDOStatement::class);
+        $statement
+            ->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('bindValue')
+            ->with(1, 27, PDO::PARAM_INT);
+
+        $connection->bindValues($statement, [0 => 27]);
+    }
+}