diff --git a/ibm_db_sa/base.py b/ibm_db_sa/base.py
index b0169ce..27bf088 100644
--- a/ibm_db_sa/base.py
+++ b/ibm_db_sa/base.py
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ class BOOLEAN(sa_types.Boolean):
     __visit_name__ = 'BOOLEAN'
 
 
-class DOUBLE(sa_types.Numeric):
+# DOUBLE is a binary floating-point type and the DBAPI returns float for it,
+# so declare it as a Float (asdecimal=False), not a Numeric.
+class DOUBLE(sa_types.Float):
     __visit_name__ = 'DOUBLE'
 
 
diff --git a/ibm_db_sa/ibm_db.py b/ibm_db_sa/ibm_db.py
index 9ddb9ae..22af71c 100644
--- a/ibm_db_sa/ibm_db.py
+++ b/ibm_db_sa/ibm_db.py
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ class DB2Dialect_ibm_db(DB2Dialect):
     colspecs = util.update_copy(
         DB2Dialect.colspecs,
         {
-            sa_types.Numeric: _IBM_Numeric_ibm_db
+            sa_types.Numeric: _IBM_Numeric_ibm_db,
+            # Float subclasses Numeric; without its own entry it would be
+            # adapted to _IBM_Numeric_ibm_db, which ignores Float's
+            # asdecimal result conversion.
+            sa_types.Float: sa_types.Float,
         }
     )
 
diff --git a/test/test_float.py b/test/test_float.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2cf0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_float.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+"""Float result conversion with the ibm_db DBAPI."""
+
+from decimal import Decimal
+
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Float, Integer, MetaData, REAL, Table, inspect, select
+from sqlalchemy.testing import fixtures
+from sqlalchemy.testing.assertions import eq_
+
+from ibm_db_sa.base import DOUBLE
+from ibm_db_sa.ibm_db import DB2Dialect_ibm_db
+
+
+VALUES = (1.25, -2.5, 0.0, None)
+
+
+def _expected(value, asdecimal):
+    if value is None or not asdecimal:
+        return value
+    return Decimal(str(value))
+
+
+class TestFloatResults(fixtures.TestBase):
+    def _check(self, type_, asdecimal):
+        dialect = DB2Dialect_ibm_db()
+        impl = type_.dialect_impl(dialect)
+        processor = impl.result_processor(dialect, None)
+        for value in VALUES:
+            result = processor(value) if processor else value
+            expected = _expected(value, asdecimal)
+            eq_(result, expected)
+            eq_(type(result), type(expected))
+
+    def test_float_asdecimal(self):
+        self._check(Float(asdecimal=True), True)
+
+    def test_real_asdecimal(self):
+        self._check(REAL(asdecimal=True), True)
+
+    def test_float_default(self):
+        self._check(Float(), False)
+
+    def test_double_is_float(self):
+        type_ = DOUBLE()
+        eq_(isinstance(type_, Float), True)
+        eq_(type_.asdecimal, False)
+        eq_(type_.python_type, float)
+        eq_(str(type_.compile(dialect=DB2Dialect_ibm_db())), "DOUBLE")
+        self._check(type_, False)
+
+
+class TestFloatRoundTrip(fixtures.TestBase):
+    __only_on__ = "ibm_db_sa+ibm_db_sa"
+    __backend__ = True
+
+    def _round_trip(self, metadata, connection, asdecimal):
+        table = Table(
+            "float_results",
+            metadata,
+            Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=False),
+            Column("amount", Float(asdecimal=asdecimal)),
+        )
+        table.create(connection)
+        connection.execute(
+            table.insert(),
+            [{"id": i, "amount": value} for i, value in enumerate(VALUES)],
+        )
+        actual = (
+            connection.execute(select(table.c.amount).order_by(table.c.id))
+            .scalars()
+            .all()
+        )
+        expected = [_expected(value, asdecimal) for value in VALUES]
+        eq_(actual, expected)
+        for value, result in zip(expected, actual):
+            eq_(type(result), type(value))
+
+    def test_float_asdecimal_round_trip(self, metadata, connection):
+        self._round_trip(metadata, connection, True)
+
+    def test_float_round_trip(self, metadata, connection):
+        self._round_trip(metadata, connection, False)
+
+    def test_reflected_double(self, metadata, connection):
+        table = Table(
+            "float_reflect",
+            metadata,
+            Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=False),
+            Column("amount", DOUBLE()),
+        )
+        table.create(connection)
+        connection.execute(
+            table.insert(),
+            [{"id": i, "amount": value} for i, value in enumerate(VALUES)],
+        )
+        inspector = inspect(connection)
+        schema = connection.dialect.normalize_name(
+            connection.exec_driver_sql("VALUES CURRENT SCHEMA").scalar().strip()
+        )
+        columns = inspector.get_columns("float_reflect", schema=schema)
+        type_ = next(c["type"] for c in columns if c["name"] == "amount")
+        eq_(isinstance(type_, DOUBLE), True)
+        eq_(type_.asdecimal, False)
+        eq_(type_.python_type, float)
+        reflected = Table(
+            "float_reflect", MetaData(), schema=schema, autoload_with=connection
+        )
+        actual = (
+            connection.execute(select(reflected.c.amount).order_by(reflected.c.id))
+            .scalars()
+            .all()
+        )
+        eq_(actual, list(VALUES))
+        for value, result in zip(VALUES, actual):
+            eq_(type(result), type(value))