diff --git a/javascript/test.js b/javascript/test.js
index 22f23be8708..5b8e17d08cc 100644
--- a/javascript/test.js
+++ b/javascript/test.js
@@ -103,3 +103,8 @@ test("integer (3 nodes)", () => {
   const result = parse("18446744073709552000");
   assert(result.value.statements.body[0].value == 18446744073709552000n);
 });
+
+test("double", () => {
+  const result = parse("1.0");
+  assert(result.value.statements.body[0].value == 1.0);
+});
diff --git a/templates/javascript/src/deserialize.js.erb b/templates/javascript/src/deserialize.js.erb
index 060a1a804bf..71105ea6efe 100644
--- a/templates/javascript/src/deserialize.js.erb
+++ b/templates/javascript/src/deserialize.js.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ const MAJOR_VERSION = 0;
 const MINOR_VERSION = 24;
 const PATCH_VERSION = 0;
 
+// The DataView getFloat64 function takes an optional second argument that
+// specifies whether the number is little-endian or big-endian. It does not
+// appear to have a native endian mode, so we need to determine the endianness
+// of the system at runtime.
+const LITTLE_ENDIAN = (() => {
+  let uint32 = new Uint32Array([0x11223344]);
+  let uint8 = new Uint8Array(uint32.buffer);
+
+  if (uint8[0] === 0x44) {
+    return true;
+  } else if (uInt8[0] === 0x11) {
+    return false;
+  } else {
+    throw new Error("Mixed endianness");
+  }
+})();
+
 class SerializationBuffer {
   constructor(source, array) {
     this.source = source;
@@ -103,7 +120,7 @@ class SerializationBuffer {
       view.setUint8(index, this.readByte());
     }
 
-    return view.getFloat64(0);
+    return view.getFloat64(0, LITTLE_ENDIAN);
   }
 }