diff --git a/src/ng/filter/filters.js b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
index a3c38014c300..f69f65d372fa 100644
--- a/src/ng/filter/filters.js
+++ b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ function formatNumber(number, pattern, groupSep, decimalSep, fractionSize) {
     }
 
     if (fractionSize && fractionSize !== "0") formatedText += decimalSep + fraction.substr(0, fractionSize);
+  } else {
+
+    if (fractionSize > 0 && number > -1 && number < 1) {
+      formatedText = number.toFixed(fractionSize);
+    }
   }
 
   parts.push(isNegative ? pattern.negPre : pattern.posPre);
diff --git a/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js b/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
index d60db9de0968..abe180df27bd 100644
--- a/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
@@ -145,9 +145,24 @@ describe('filters', function() {
       expect(number(1234.567, 2)).toEqual("1,234.57");
     });
 
-    it('should filter exponential numbers', function() {
-      expect(number(1e50, 0)).toEqual('1e+50');
-      expect(number(-2e50, 2)).toEqual('-2e+50');
+    it('should filter exponentially large numbers', function() {
+      expect(number(1e50)).toEqual('1e+50');
+      expect(number(-2e100)).toEqual('-2e+100');
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore fraction sizes for large numbers', function() {
+      expect(number(1e50, 2)).toEqual('1e+50');
+      expect(number(-2e100, 5)).toEqual('-2e+100');
+    });
+
+    it('should filter exponentially small numbers', function() {
+      expect(number(1e-50, 0)).toEqual('0');
+      expect(number(1e-6, 6)).toEqual('0.000001');
+      expect(number(1e-7, 6)).toEqual('0.000000');
+
+      expect(number(-1e-50, 0)).toEqual('-0');
+      expect(number(-1e-6, 6)).toEqual('-0.000001');
+      expect(number(-1e-7, 6)).toEqual('-0.000000');
     });
   });