diff --git a/src/tools/wasm-interp.cc b/src/tools/wasm-interp.cc
index 239d23f625..1c0ea9b6b2 100644
--- a/src/tools/wasm-interp.cc
+++ b/src/tools/wasm-interp.cc
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ Result ParseWasmValue(std::string argument, Value& val) {
   if (strcmp(ptype, "f32") == 0) {
     uint32_t parsed_value;
     result |= ParseFloat(LiteralType::Float, pval, pval_end, &parsed_value);
-    val.Set(parsed_value);
+    val.Set(Bitcast<f32>(parsed_value));
   }
   if (strcmp(ptype, "f64") == 0) {
     uint64_t parsed_value;
     result |= ParseDouble(LiteralType::Float, pval, pval_end, &parsed_value);
-    val.Set(parsed_value);
+    val.Set(Bitcast<f64>(parsed_value));
   }
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/test/interp/run-export-with-float-arguments.txt b/test/interp/run-export-with-float-arguments.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3464055566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interp/run-export-with-float-arguments.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+;;; TOOL: run-interp
+;;; ARGS1: --run-export=f32_add --argument=f32:1.5 --argument=f32:2.25 --run-export=f64_add --argument=f64:1.5 --argument=f64:2.25
+(module
+  (func (export "f32_add") (param f32 f32) (result f32)
+    local.get 0
+    local.get 1
+    f32.add)
+
+  (func (export "f64_add") (param f64 f64) (result f64)
+    local.get 0
+    local.get 1
+    f64.add)
+)
+(;; STDOUT ;;;
+f32_add(f32:1.500000, f32:2.250000) => f32:3.750000
+f64_add(f64:1.500000, f64:2.250000) => f64:3.750000
+;;; STDOUT ;;)