diff --git a/pkg/runtime/converter.go b/pkg/runtime/converter.go
index 871e4c8c4..4a6cc6857 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/converter.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/converter.go
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ func fromUnstructured(sv, dv reflect.Value) error {
 					reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
 					dv.Set(sv.Convert(dt))
 					return nil
+				case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+					dv.Set(sv.Convert(dt))
+					return nil
 				}
 			case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
 				switch dt.Kind() {
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/converter_test.go b/pkg/runtime/converter_test.go
index 0e0ccfc9a..224b2838b 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/converter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/converter_test.go
@@ -544,6 +544,28 @@ func TestFloatIntConversion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIntFloatConversion(t *testing.T) {
+	unstr := map[string]interface{}{"ch": int64(3)}
+
+	var obj C
+	if err := runtime.NewTestUnstructuredConverter(simpleEquality).FromUnstructured(unstr, &obj); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error in FromUnstructured: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	data, err := json.Marshal(unstr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error when marshaling unstructured: %v", err)
+	}
+	var unmarshalled C
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &unmarshalled); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error when unmarshaling to object: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(obj, unmarshalled) {
+		t.Errorf("Incorrect conversion, diff: %v", diff.ObjectReflectDiff(obj, unmarshalled))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCustomToUnstructured(t *testing.T) {
 	testcases := []struct {
 		Data     string