diff --git a/http/request_parser_test.go b/http/request_parser_test.go
index 249486ad..f3dfc6a6 100644
--- a/http/request_parser_test.go
+++ b/http/request_parser_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -172,6 +173,12 @@ func Test_SingleParameterizedRequestNull(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_SingleNamedParameterizedRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := strconv.ParseInt(string("1.23"), 10, 64); err == nil {
+		// Just be sure that strconv.ParseInt fails on float, since
+		// the internal implementation of ParseRequest relies on it.
+		t.Fatal("strconv.ParseInt should fail on float")
+	}
+
 	s := "SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar=:bar AND qux=:qux"
 	b := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`[["%s", %s]]`, s, mustJSONMarshal(map[string]interface{}{"bar": 3, "qux": "some string", "baz": 3.1457})))