diff --git a/include/io/read.h b/include/io/read.h
index 29b607f..a83a71a 100644
--- a/include/io/read.h
+++ b/include/io/read.h
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ namespace io {
 		return value;
 	}
 
+	template <>
+	float read(std::istream& is) {
+		union {
+			uint32_t a;
+			float b;
+		} u;
+
+		u.a = read_bytes<uint32_t>(is, sizeof(uint32_t));
+
+		return u.b;
+	}
+
 	template<>
 	size_t read(std::istream& is) {
 		size_t value = 0;
diff --git a/include/io/write.h b/include/io/write.h
index aa96804..3ed511b 100644
--- a/include/io/write.h
+++ b/include/io/write.h
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ namespace io {
 		write_bytes(os, value, sizeof(T));
 	}
 
+	template <>
+	void write(std::ostream& os, float value) {
+		union {
+			uint32_t a;
+			float b;
+		} u;
+
+		u.b = value;
+		write_bytes(os, u.a, sizeof(uint32_t));
+	}
+
 	// Special implementation for size_t (also uint64_t, so maybe this is not that smart)
 	template <>
 	void write(std::ostream& os, size_t value) {
diff --git a/test/src/test.cpp b/test/src/test.cpp
index bb67435..dce3c62 100644
--- a/test/src/test.cpp
+++ b/test/src/test.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,24 @@ int main() {
 		return io::read<int>(f) == 80085;
 	}());
 
+	Test("Write for float", [] {
+		std::fstream f("test.bin", std::ios::trunc | std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
+		io::write<float>(f, 123.654f);
+
+		bool succes = 4 == f.tellg(); f.seekg(0); char c;
+		f.read(&c,1); succes &= (c & 0xff) == 0x42;
+		f.read(&c,1); succes &= (c & 0xff) == 0xf7;
+		f.read(&c,1); succes &= (c & 0xff) == 0x4e;
+		f.read(&c,1); succes &= (c & 0xff) == 0xd9;
+		return succes;
+	}());
+
+	Test("Read for float", [] {
+		std::ifstream f("test.bin");
+		return io::read<float>(f) == 123.654f;
+	}());
+
+
 	Test("Write for short size_t", [] {
 		std::fstream f("test.bin", std::ios::trunc | std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
 		io::write<size_t>(f, 12);