diff --git a/src/compiler.c b/src/compiler.c
index 214d799..db3fc6a 100644
--- a/src/compiler.c
+++ b/src/compiler.c
@@ -800,7 +800,8 @@ static void number(struct GlobalState * state, int exprType, RewindState *rewind
 	invalidTarget(state, exprType, "literal");
 
 	for (size_t j = 0; j < state->parser.previous.length; ++j) {
-		if (state->parser.previous.start[j] == '.') {
+		if (start[j] == 'x' || start[j] == 'X') break;
+		if (start[j] == '.' || start[j] == 'e' || start[j] == 'E') {
 #ifndef KRK_NO_FLOAT
 			emitConstant(krk_parse_float(start, state->parser.previous.length));
 #else
diff --git a/src/scanner.c b/src/scanner.c
index 75e2909..c228bc9 100644
--- a/src/scanner.c
+++ b/src/scanner.c
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ static KrkToken number(KrkScanner * scanner, char c) {
 		while (isDigit(peek(scanner))) advance(scanner);
 	}
 
+	if (peek(scanner) == 'e' || peek(scanner) == 'E') {
+		advance(scanner);
+		if (peek(scanner) == '+' || peek(scanner) == '-') advance(scanner);
+		while (isDigit(peek(scanner))) advance(scanner);
+	}
+
 	return makeToken(scanner, TOKEN_NUMBER);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vendor/rline.c b/src/vendor/rline.c
index f0a369a..9d2de42 100644
--- a/src/vendor/rline.c
+++ b/src/vendor/rline.c
@@ -672,6 +672,11 @@ static int paint_krk_numeral(struct syntax_state * state) {
 			paint(1, FLAG_NUMERAL);
 			while (isdigit(charat())) paint(1, FLAG_NUMERAL);
 		}
+		if (charat() == 'e' || charat() == 'E') {
+			paint(1, FLAG_NUMERAL);
+			if (charat() == '-' || charat() == '+') paint(1, FLAG_NUMERAL);
+			while (isdigit(charat())) paint(1, FLAG_NUMERAL);
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }