diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cbcc6d8839f..3cb8d111747 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #53251 (bindtextdomain with null dir doesn't return old value).
     (cmb)
 
+- MySQLi:
+  . Fixed bug #74779 (x() and y() truncating floats to integers). (cmb)
+
 - Opcache:
   . Fixed bug #80634 (write_property handler of internal classes is skipped on
     preloaded JITted code). (Dmitry)
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/bug74779.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/bug74779.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88e658ef611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/bug74779.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #74779 (x() and y() truncating floats to integers)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+require_once('skipif.inc');
+require_once('skipifconnectfailure.inc');
+if (!setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "de_DE", "de_DE.UTF-8", "de-DE")) die('skip locale not available');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require_once("connect.inc");
+
+if (!$link = my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket)) {
+    printf("[001] Cannot connect to the server using host=%s, user=%s, passwd=***, dbname=%s, port=%s, socket=%s\n",
+        $host, $user, $db, $port, $socket);
+}
+
+if (!setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "de_DE", "de_DE.UTF-8", "de-DE")) {
+    echo "[002] Cannot set locale\n";
+}
+
+if (!$link->options(MYSQLI_OPT_INT_AND_FLOAT_NATIVE, true)) {
+    printf("[003] [%d] %s\n", $link->errno, $link->error);
+}
+
+if (!$result = $link->query("SELECT Y(Point(56.7, 53.34))")) {
+    printf("[004] [%d] %s\n", $link->errno, $link->error);
+}
+
+if (!$array = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
+    printf("[005] [%d] %s\n", $link->errno, $link->error);
+}
+
+var_dump($array);
+
+mysqli_close($link);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+array(1) {
+  ["Y(Point(56.7, 53.34))"]=>
+  float(53,34)
+}
diff --git a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_wireprotocol.c b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_wireprotocol.c
index 1fc2941e663..f98cb6c9711 100644
--- a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_wireprotocol.c
+++ b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_wireprotocol.c
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ php_mysqlnd_rowp_read_text_protocol_aux(MYSQLND_ROW_BUFFER * row_buffer, zval *
 				zend_uchar save = *(p + len);
 				/* We have to make it ASCIIZ temporarily */
 				*(p + len) = '\0';
-				ZVAL_DOUBLE(current_field, atof((char *) p));
+				ZVAL_DOUBLE(current_field, zend_strtod((char *) p, NULL));
 				*(p + len) = save;
 			}
 #endif /* MYSQLND_STRING_TO_INT_CONVERSION */