diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimExpression.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimExpression.cpp
index f2ec0426be..14b3e9da87 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimExpression.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimExpression.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,21 @@ AnimExpression::Token AnimExpression::consumeIdentifier(const QString& str, QStr
     return Token(QStringRef(const_cast<const QString*>(&str), pos, len));
 }
 
+// TODO: not very efficient or accruate, but it's close enough for now.
+static float computeFractionalPart(int fractionalPart)
+{
+    float frac = (float)fractionalPart;
+    while (fractionalPart) {
+        fractionalPart /= 10;
+        frac /= 10.0f;
+    }
+    return frac;
+}
+
+static float computeFloat(int whole, int fraction) {
+    return (float)whole + computeFractionalPart(fraction);
+}
+
 AnimExpression::Token AnimExpression::consumeNumber(const QString& str, QString::const_iterator& iter) const {
     assert(iter != str.end());
     assert(iter->isDigit());
@@ -158,10 +173,31 @@ AnimExpression::Token AnimExpression::consumeNumber(const QString& str, QString:
     while (iter->isDigit() && iter != str.end()) {
         ++iter;
     }
+
+    // parse whole integer part
     int pos = (int)(begin - str.begin());
     int len = (int)(iter - begin);
     QString sub = QStringRef(const_cast<const QString*>(&str), pos, len).toString();
-    return Token(sub.toInt());
+    int whole = sub.toInt();
+
+    // parse optional fractional part
+    if (iter->unicode() == '.') {
+        iter++;
+        auto begin = iter;
+        while (iter->isDigit() && iter != str.end()) {
+            ++iter;
+        }
+
+        int pos = (int)(begin - str.begin());
+        int len = (int)(iter - begin);
+        QString sub = QStringRef(const_cast<const QString*>(&str), pos, len).toString();
+        int fraction = sub.toInt();
+
+        return Token(computeFloat(whole, fraction));
+
+    } else {
+        return Token(whole);
+    }
 }
 
 AnimExpression::Token AnimExpression::consumeAnd(const QString& str, QString::const_iterator& iter) const {
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimExpression.h b/libraries/animation/src/AnimExpression.h
index a69b13c286..25e1803721 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimExpression.h
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimExpression.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ protected:
         Token(Type type) : type(type) {}
         Token(const QStringRef& strRef) : type(Type::Identifier), strVal(strRef.toString()) {}
         Token(int val) : type(Type::LiteralInt), intVal(val) {}
+        Token(float val) : type(Type::LiteralFloat), floatVal(val) {}
         Type type = End;
         QString strVal;
         int intVal;
diff --git a/tests/animation/src/AnimTests.cpp b/tests/animation/src/AnimTests.cpp
index 08f13b7ec7..5b6806ec09 100644
--- a/tests/animation/src/AnimTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/animation/src/AnimTests.cpp
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ void AnimTests::testAccumulateTimeWithParameters(float startFrame, float endFram
     triggers.clear();
 
 void AnimTests::testTokenizer() {
-    QString str = "(10 +  x) >= 20 && (y != !z)";
+    QString str = "(10 +  x) >= 20.1 && (y != !z)";
     AnimExpression e("");
     auto iter = str.cbegin();
     AnimExpression::Token token = e.consumeToken(str, iter);
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ void AnimTests::testTokenizer() {
     token = e.consumeToken(str, iter);
     QVERIFY(token.type == AnimExpression::Token::GreaterThanEqual);
     token = e.consumeToken(str, iter);
-    QVERIFY(token.type == AnimExpression::Token::LiteralInt);
-    QVERIFY(token.intVal == 20);
+    QVERIFY(token.type == AnimExpression::Token::LiteralFloat);
+    QVERIFY(fabsf(token.floatVal - 20.1f) < 0.0001f);
     token = e.consumeToken(str, iter);
     QVERIFY(token.type == AnimExpression::Token::And);
     token = e.consumeToken(str, iter);