diff --git a/base/float.jl b/base/float.jl
index d4b0b97af19d45..b6344ddaf9c7c2 100644
--- a/base/float.jl
+++ b/base/float.jl
@@ -503,15 +503,18 @@ for Ti in (Int64,UInt64,Int128,UInt128)
         end
     end
 end
+for op in (:(==), :<, :<=)
+    @eval begin
+        ($op)(x::Float16, y::Union{Int128,UInt128,Int64,UInt64}) = ($op)(Float64(x), Float64(y))
+        ($op)(x::Union{Int128,UInt128,Int64,UInt64}, y::Float16) = ($op)(Float64(x), Float64(y))
 
-==(x::Float32, y::Union{Int32,UInt32}) = Float64(x)==Float64(y)
-==(x::Union{Int32,UInt32}, y::Float32) = Float64(x)==Float64(y)
-
-<(x::Float32, y::Union{Int32,UInt32}) = Float64(x)<Float64(y)
-<(x::Union{Int32,UInt32}, y::Float32) = Float64(x)<Float64(y)
+        ($op)(x::Union{Float16,Float32}, y::Union{Int32,UInt32}) = ($op)(Float64(x), Float64(y))
+        ($op)(x::Union{Int32,UInt32}, y::Union{Float16,Float32}) = ($op)(Float64(x), Float64(y))
 
-<=(x::Float32, y::Union{Int32,UInt32}) = Float64(x)<=Float64(y)
-<=(x::Union{Int32,UInt32}, y::Float32) = Float64(x)<=Float64(y)
+        ($op)(x::Float16, y::Union{Int16,UInt16}) = ($op)(Float32(x), Float32(y))
+        ($op)(x::Union{Int16,UInt16}, y::Float16) = ($op)(Float32(x), Float32(y))
+    end
+end
 
 
 abs(x::Float16) = reinterpret(Float16, reinterpret(UInt16, x) & 0x7fff)
diff --git a/test/numbers.jl b/test/numbers.jl
index 421616d1a096bd..ea6c84f73b887d 100644
--- a/test/numbers.jl
+++ b/test/numbers.jl
@@ -988,6 +988,16 @@ end
     @test Float64(UInt128(3.7e19)) == 3.7e19
     @test Float64(UInt128(3.7e30)) == 3.7e30
 end
+@testset "Float16 vs Int comparisons" begin
+    @test Inf16 != typemax(Int16)
+    @test Inf16 != typemax(Int32)
+    @test Inf16 != typemax(Int64)
+    @test Inf16 != typemax(Int128)
+    @test Inf16 != typemax(UInt16)
+    @test Inf16 != typemax(UInt32)
+    @test Inf16 != typemax(UInt64)
+    @test Inf16 != typemax(UInt128)
+end
 @testset "NaN comparisons" begin
     @test !(NaN <= 1)
     @test !(NaN >= 1)