diff --git a/tests/test-jackson2-config/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/jackson2config/Jackson2ConfigTest.java b/tests/test-jackson2-config/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/jackson2config/Jackson2ConfigTest.java
index cd15840c3..b92bf5aac 100644
--- a/tests/test-jackson2-config/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/jackson2config/Jackson2ConfigTest.java
+++ b/tests/test-jackson2-config/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/jackson2config/Jackson2ConfigTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 
+import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.JsonAssert.assertJsonEquals;
 import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.assertj.JsonAssertions.assertThatJson;
 
 class Jackson2ConfigTest {
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@ void testSerializeTime2() {
         assertThatJson(new Bean()).isEqualTo(new Bean());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void assertSame() {
+        String s = "{ \"a\": 0.0 }";
+        assertJsonEquals(s, s);
+    }
+
     public static class Bean {
         private final Instant time = Instant.parse("2019-01-11T18:12:00Z");
 
diff --git a/tests/test-jackson2-config/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/jackson2config/Java8ObjectMapperProvider.java b/tests/test-jackson2-config/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/jackson2config/Java8ObjectMapperProvider.java
index da8598c3e..1f2357baa 100644
--- a/tests/test-jackson2-config/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/jackson2config/Java8ObjectMapperProvider.java
+++ b/tests/test-jackson2-config/src/test/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/jackson2config/Java8ObjectMapperProvider.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.test.jackson2config;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
@@ -30,11 +31,13 @@ public class Java8ObjectMapperProvider implements Jackson2ObjectMapperProvider {
     public Java8ObjectMapperProvider() {
         mapper = new ObjectMapper().registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
         mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
+        mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS, true);
 
         lenientMapper = new ObjectMapper().registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
         lenientMapper.configure(JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES, true);
         lenientMapper.configure(JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_COMMENTS, true);
         lenientMapper.configure(JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_SINGLE_QUOTES, true);
+        lenientMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS, true);
     }
 
     @Override