diff --git a/src/legendre.jl b/src/legendre.jl
index 3f631b9..d9301b1 100644
--- a/src/legendre.jl
+++ b/src/legendre.jl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct Legendre{T, LT} <: Basis{T}
 
     function Legendre{T}(n::Integer) where {T}
         p = n-1
-        b = OffsetArray([y -> _legendre(i, 2y-1) for i in 0:p], 0:p)
+        b = OffsetArray([y -> _legendre(i, 2y-1) * sqrt(T(2i+1)) for i in 0:p], 0:p)
         new{T, typeof(b)}(b, n)
     end
 
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ end
 Legendre(::Type{T}, n::Integer) where {T} = Legendre{T}(n)
 Legendre(n::Integer) = Legendre(Float64, n)
 
-function _eval(l::Legendre{LT}, x::DT, j::Int) where {LT,DT}
-    @assert j ≥ 0 && j < l.n
-    _legendre(j, 2x-1)
+function _eval(L::Legendre{LT}, x::DT, j::Int) where {LT,DT}
+    local T = promote_type(LT, DT)
+    @assert j ≥ 0 && j < L.n
+    _legendre(j, 2x-1) * sqrt(T(2j+1))
 end
 
 (L::Legendre)(x::Number, j::Integer) = L.b[j](x)
diff --git a/test/legendre_tests.jl b/test/legendre_tests.jl
index 269dd8b..59ac6b3 100644
--- a/test/legendre_tests.jl
+++ b/test/legendre_tests.jl
@@ -54,26 +54,26 @@ import ContinuumArrays: apply, MulQuasiMatrix
     @test l(0.5, 0) ==  1.0
     @test l(1.0, 0) ==  1.0
 
-    @test l(0.0, 1) == -1.0
+    @test l(0.0, 1) == -sqrt(3)
     @test l(0.5, 1) ==  0.0
-    @test l(1.0, 1) == +1.0
+    @test l(1.0, 1) == +sqrt(3)
 
 
     @test l[0.0, 0] ==  1.0
     @test l[0.5, 0] ==  1.0
     @test l[1.0, 0] ==  1.0
 
-    @test l[0.0, 1] == -1.0
+    @test l[0.0, 1] == -sqrt(3)
     @test l[0.5, 1] ==  0.0
-    @test l[1.0, 1] == +1.0
+    @test l[1.0, 1] == +sqrt(3)
 
     @test l[0, 0] ==  1.0
     @test l[1, 0] ==  1.0
     @test l[2, 0] ==  1.0
 
-    @test l[0, 1] == -1.0
-    @test l[1, 1] == +1.0
-    @test l[2, 1] == +3.0
+    @test l[0, 1] == -sqrt(3)
+    @test l[1, 1] == +sqrt(3)
+    @test l[2, 1] == +sqrt(27)
 
 
     @test (d*l)[0.0, 0] == 0.0
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ import ContinuumArrays: apply, MulQuasiMatrix
     @test l[0.5, 0] == 1.0
     @test l[1.0, 0] == 1.0
 
-    @test l(0.0, 1) == -1.0
+    @test l(0.0, 1) == -sqrt(3)
     @test l(0.5, 1) ==  0.0
-    @test l(1.0, 1) == +1.0
+    @test l(1.0, 1) == +sqrt(3)
 
-    @test l[0.0, 2] == +1.0
-    @test l[0.5, 2] == -0.5
-    @test l[1.0, 2] == +1.0
+    @test l[0.0, 2] == +1.0 * sqrt(5)
+    @test l[0.5, 2] == -0.5 * sqrt(5)
+    @test l[1.0, 2] == +1.0 * sqrt(5)
 
     @test (d*l)[0.0, 0] ==  0.0
     @test (d*l)[0.5, 0] ==  0.0