diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/for.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/for.rb
index 2356b14..02ccc90 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/for.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/for.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module Liquid
       end
 
       collection = context.evaluate(@collection_name)
-      collection = collection.to_a if collection.is_a?(Range)
+      collection = collection.step(1).to_a if collection.is_a?(Range)
 
       limit = context.evaluate(@limit)
       to = limit ? limit.to_i + from : nil
diff --git a/test/integration/tags/for_tag_test.rb b/test/integration/tags/for_tag_test.rb
index d9d396f..5f4aebe 100644
--- a/test/integration/tags/for_tag_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/tags/for_tag_test.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ HERE
 
   def test_for_with_variable_range
     assert_template_result(' 1  2  3 ', '{%for item in (1..foobar) %} {{item}} {%endfor%}', "foobar" => 3)
+    assert_template_result(' 1.0  2.0  3.0 ', '{%for item in foobar %} {{item}} {%endfor%}', "foobar" => (1..3.0))
+    assert_template_result(' 1.0  2.0  3.0 ', '{%for item in foobar %} {{item}} {%endfor%}', "foobar" => (1.0..3))
+    assert_template_result(' 1.0  2.0  3.0 ', '{%for item in foobar %} {{item}} {%endfor%}', "foobar" => (1.0..3.0))
+    assert_template_result(' 1.5  2.5 ', '{%for item in foobar %} {{item}} {%endfor%}', "foobar" => (1.5..3))
   end
 
   def test_for_with_hash_value_range