diff --git a/doc/apiref.rst b/doc/apiref.rst
index 198c0c2..a868202 100644
--- a/doc/apiref.rst
+++ b/doc/apiref.rst
@@ -950,6 +950,14 @@ macros can be ORed together to obtain *flags*.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.1
 
+``JSON_DECODE_INT_AS_REAL``
+   JSON defines only one number type. Jansson distinguishes between
+   ints and reals. For more information see :ref:`real-vs-integer`.
+   With this flag enabled the decoder interprets all numbers as real
+   values.
+
+  .. versionadded:: 2.4.1
+
 Each function also takes an optional :type:`json_error_t` parameter
 that is filled with error information if decoding fails. It's also
 updated on success; the number of bytes of input read is written to
diff --git a/doc/conformance.rst b/doc/conformance.rst
index 6f4c929..19f603d 100644
--- a/doc/conformance.rst
+++ b/doc/conformance.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ strings.
 Numbers
 =======
 
+.. _real-vs-integer:
+
 Real vs. Integer
 ----------------
 
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ A JSON number is considered to be a real number if its lexical
 representation includes one of ``e``, ``E``, or ``.``; regardless if
 its actual numeric value is a true integer (e.g., all of ``1E6``,
 ``3.0``, ``400E-2``, and ``3.14E3`` are mathematical integers, but
-will be treated as real values).
+will be treated as real values). With the ``JSON_DECODE_INT_AS_REAL``
+decoder flag set all numbers are interpreted as real.
 
 All other JSON numbers are considered integers.
 
diff --git a/src/jansson.h b/src/jansson.h
index 3661e33..d441fcf 100644
--- a/src/jansson.h
+++ b/src/jansson.h
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ json_t *json_deep_copy(json_t *value);
 
 /* decoding */
 
-#define JSON_REJECT_DUPLICATES 0x1
-#define JSON_DISABLE_EOF_CHECK 0x2
-#define JSON_DECODE_ANY        0x4
-#define JSON_DECODE_NO_INT     0x8
+#define JSON_REJECT_DUPLICATES  0x1
+#define JSON_DISABLE_EOF_CHECK  0x2
+#define JSON_DECODE_ANY         0x4
+#define JSON_DECODE_INT_AS_REAL 0x8
 
 typedef size_t (*json_load_callback_t)(void *buffer, size_t buflen, void *data);
 
diff --git a/src/load.c b/src/load.c
index 467d067..235c1e2 100644
--- a/src/load.c
+++ b/src/load.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static json_t *parse_value(lex_t *lex, size_t flags, json_error_t *error)
         }
 
         case TOKEN_INTEGER: {
-            if (flags & JSON_DECODE_NO_INT) {
+            if (flags & JSON_DECODE_INT_AS_REAL) {
                 json = json_real(lex->value.integer);
             } else {
                 json = json_integer(lex->value.integer);
diff --git a/test/suites/api/test_load.c b/test/suites/api/test_load.c
index 328462f..72667cb 100644
--- a/test/suites/api/test_load.c
+++ b/test/suites/api/test_load.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void decode_no_int()
     json_t *json;
     json_error_t error;
 
-    json = json_loads("42", JSON_DECODE_NO_INT | JSON_DECODE_ANY, &error);
+    json = json_loads("42", JSON_DECODE_INT_AS_REAL | JSON_DECODE_ANY, &error);
     if (!json || !json_is_real(json) || json_real_value(json) != 42.0)
         fail("json_load decode no int failed - int");
     json_decref(json);