diff --git a/mbus/mbus-protocol.c b/mbus/mbus-protocol.c
index c0a4c37..3ee1461 100755
--- a/mbus/mbus-protocol.c
+++ b/mbus/mbus-protocol.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include "mbus-protocol.h"
 
@@ -648,8 +649,52 @@ mbus_data_int_encode(unsigned char *int_data, size_t int_data_size, int value)
 float
 mbus_data_float_decode(unsigned char *float_data)
 {
+#ifdef _HAS_NON_IEEE754_FLOAT
+    float val = 0.0f;
+    long temp = 0, fraction;
+    int sign,exponent;
+    size_t i;
+
     if (float_data)
-        return *(float *) float_data;
+    {
+        for (i = 4; i > 0; i--)
+        {
+            temp = (temp << 8) + float_data[i-1];
+        }
+
+        // first bit = sign bit
+        sign     = (temp >> 31) ? -1 : 1;
+
+        // decode 8 bit exponent
+        exponent = ((temp & 0x7F800000) >> 23) - 127;
+
+        // decode explicit 23 bit fraction
+        fraction = temp & 0x007FFFFF;
+
+        if ((exponent != -127) &&
+            (exponent != 128))
+        {
+            // normalized value, add bit 24
+            fraction |= 0x800000;
+        }
+
+        // calculate float value
+        val = (float) sign * fraction * pow(2.0f, -23.0f + exponent);
+
+        return val;
+    }
+#else
+    if (float_data)
+    {
+        union {
+            uint32_t u32;
+            float f;
+        } data;
+        memcpy(&(data.u32), float_data, sizeof(uint32_t));
+        data.u32 = ntohl(data.u32);
+        return data.f;
+    }
+#endif
 
     return -1.0f;
 }