diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/DefaultValueHandlingTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/DefaultValueHandlingTests.cs
index 94be042a..9d14e336 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/DefaultValueHandlingTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/DefaultValueHandlingTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.TestObjects;
@@ -67,5 +68,41 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
         Formatting.None, new JsonSerializerSettings { DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Ignore });
       Assert.AreEqual(@"{}", json);
     }
+
+    [JsonObject]
+    public class NetworkUser
+    {
+      [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "userId")]
+      [DefaultValue(-1)]
+      public long GlobalId { get; set; }
+
+      [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "floatUserId")]
+      [DefaultValue(-1.0d)]
+      public float FloatGlobalId { get; set; }
+
+      [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "firstName")]
+      public string Firstname { get; set; }
+      [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "lastName")]
+      public string Lastname { get; set; }
+
+      public NetworkUser()
+      {
+        GlobalId = -1;
+        FloatGlobalId = -1.0f;
+      }
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void IgnoreNumberTypeDifferencesWithDefaultValue()
+    {
+      NetworkUser user = new NetworkUser
+      {
+        Firstname = "blub"
+      };
+
+      string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(user, Formatting.None, new JsonSerializerSettings { DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Ignore, NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore });
+
+      Assert.AreEqual(@"{""firstName"":""blub""}", json);
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
index 9c612d18..bee8774b 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ using System.Linq.Expressions;
 #endif
 #if !(NET35 || NET20 || WINDOWS_PHONE)
 using System.Dynamic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 #endif
 
 namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
index d917918e..97b41b52 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
       if (property.NullValueHandling.GetValueOrDefault(Serializer.NullValueHandling) == NullValueHandling.Ignore && value == null)
         return false;
 
-      if (property.DefaultValueHandling.GetValueOrDefault(Serializer.DefaultValueHandling) == DefaultValueHandling.Ignore && Equals(value, property.DefaultValue))
+      if (property.DefaultValueHandling.GetValueOrDefault(Serializer.DefaultValueHandling) == DefaultValueHandling.Ignore && MiscellaneousUtils.ValueEquals(value, property.DefaultValue))
         return false;
 
       if (!property.Writable)
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalWriter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalWriter.cs
index c25e995e..2c89c2f4 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalWriter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalWriter.cs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
         return;
 
       if (property.DefaultValueHandling.GetValueOrDefault(Serializer.DefaultValueHandling) ==
-          DefaultValueHandling.Ignore && Equals(memberValue, defaultValue))
+          DefaultValueHandling.Ignore && MiscellaneousUtils.ValueEquals(memberValue, defaultValue))
         return;
 
       if (ShouldWriteReference(memberValue, property, contract))
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/MiscellaneousUtils.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/MiscellaneousUtils.cs
index f0fa2dda..84375eb7 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/MiscellaneousUtils.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/MiscellaneousUtils.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,28 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Utilities
 
   internal static class MiscellaneousUtils
   {
+    public static bool ValueEquals(object objA, object objB)
+    {
+      if (objA == null && objB == null)
+        return true;
+      if (objA != null && objB == null)
+        return false;
+      if (objA == null && objB != null)
+        return false;
+
+      if (objA.GetType() != objB.GetType())
+      {
+        if (ConvertUtils.IsInteger(objA) && ConvertUtils.IsInteger(objB))
+          return Convert.ToDecimal(objA).Equals(Convert.ToDecimal(objB));
+        else if ((objA is double || objA is float || objA is decimal) && (objB is double || objB is float || objB is decimal))
+          return MathUtils.ApproxEquals(Convert.ToDouble(objA), Convert.ToDouble(objB));
+        else
+          return false;
+      }
+
+      return objA.Equals(objB);
+    }
+
     public static ArgumentOutOfRangeException CreateArgumentOutOfRangeException(string paramName, object actualValue, string message)
     {
       string newMessage = message + Environment.NewLine + @"Actual value was {0}.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, actualValue);