diff --git a/mach/proto/mcg/data.c b/mach/proto/mcg/data.c
index 0f79cb767..38525b724 100644
--- a/mach/proto/mcg/data.c
+++ b/mach/proto/mcg/data.c
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #include "mcg.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#define IEEEFLOAT
+#define FL_MSL_AT_LOW_ADDRESS 1
+#define FL_MSW_AT_LOW_ADDRESS 1
+#define FL_MSB_AT_LOW_ADDRESS 1
+
+#include "con_float"
+
 static struct symbol* pending;
 
 void data_label(const char* label)
@@ -49,6 +56,24 @@ void data_int(arith data, size_t size, bool is_ro)
     fprintf(outputfile, "\t.data%d 0x%0*lld\n", size, size*2, data);
 }
 
+void data_float(const char* data, size_t size, bool is_ro)
+{
+    unsigned char buffer[8];
+    int i;
+
+	emit_header(is_ro ? SECTION_ROM : SECTION_DATA);
+    assert((size == 4) || (size == 8));
+
+    if (float_cst(data, size, (char*) buffer))
+        fatal("cannot parse floating point constant %s sz %d", data, size);
+
+    fprintf(outputfile, "\t!float %s sz %d\n", data, size);
+    fprintf(outputfile, "\t.data1 0x%02x", buffer[0]);
+    for (i=1; i<size; i++)
+        fprintf(outputfile, ", 0x%02x", buffer[i]);
+    fprintf(outputfile, "\n");
+}
+
 void data_block(const uint8_t* data, size_t size, bool is_ro)
 {
     const uint8_t* start = data;
diff --git a/mach/proto/mcg/mcg.h b/mach/proto/mcg/mcg.h
index 78c7f0456..f76264813 100644
--- a/mach/proto/mcg/mcg.h
+++ b/mach/proto/mcg/mcg.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include "flt_arith.h"
 #include "em_arith.h"
 #include "em_label.h"
 #include "em.h"
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ extern struct symbol* symbol_walk(symbol_walker_t* walker, void* user);
 
 extern void data_label(const char* name);
 extern void data_int(arith data, size_t size, bool is_ro);
+extern void data_float(const char* data, size_t size, bool is_ro);
 extern void data_block(const uint8_t* data, size_t size, bool is_ro);
 extern void data_offset(const char* label, arith offset, bool is_ro);
 extern void data_bss(arith size, int init);
diff --git a/mach/proto/mcg/parse_em.c b/mach/proto/mcg/parse_em.c
index c49922ac8..9551ecd02 100644
--- a/mach/proto/mcg/parse_em.c
+++ b/mach/proto/mcg/parse_em.c
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@ static void parse_pseu(void)
                     break;
                 }
 
+                case fco_ptyp:
+                {
+                    data_float(em.em_string, em.em_size, ro);
+                    break;
+                }
+
 				case str_ptyp:
                     data_block(strdup(em.em_string), em.em_size, ro);
 					break;