diff --git a/src/rating/rating.js b/src/rating/rating.js
index 55ed9e0d44..673c3b2a99 100644
--- a/src/rating/rating.js
+++ b/src/rating/rating.js
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.rating', [])
   this.init = function(ngModelCtrl_) {
     ngModelCtrl = ngModelCtrl_;
     ngModelCtrl.$render = this.render;
+    
+    ngModelCtrl.$formatters.push(function(value) {
+      if (angular.isNumber(value) && value << 0 !== value) {
+        value = Math.round(value);
+      }
+      return value;
+    });
 
     this.stateOn = angular.isDefined($attrs.stateOn) ? $scope.$parent.$eval($attrs.stateOn) : ratingConfig.stateOn;
     this.stateOff = angular.isDefined($attrs.stateOff) ? $scope.$parent.$eval($attrs.stateOff) : ratingConfig.stateOff;
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.rating', [])
   this.render = function() {
     $scope.value = ngModelCtrl.$viewValue;
   };
+  
 }])
 
 .directive('rating', function() {
diff --git a/src/rating/test/rating.spec.js b/src/rating/test/rating.spec.js
index c841783944..cd92771ac9 100644
--- a/src/rating/test/rating.spec.js
+++ b/src/rating/test/rating.spec.js
@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ describe('rating directive', function () {
     expect($rootScope.rate).toBe(3);
   });
 
+  it('rounds off the number of stars shown with decimal values', function() {
+    $rootScope.rate = 2.1;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+
+    expect(getState()).toEqual([true, true, false, false, false]);
+    expect(element.attr('aria-valuenow')).toBe('2');
+    
+    $rootScope.rate = 2.5;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+
+    expect(getState()).toEqual([true, true, true, false, false]);
+    expect(element.attr('aria-valuenow')).toBe('3');
+  });
+  
   it('changes the number of selected icons when value changes', function() {
     $rootScope.rate = 2;
     $rootScope.$digest();