diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6eaa9cff70..d51de34f05 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun May  9 23:34:51 2004  NAKAMURA, Hiroshi  <nakahiro@sarion.co.jp>
+
+	* test/ruby/test_float.rb: added test_strtod to test Float("0").
+
 Sun May  9 13:24:24 2004  WATANABE Hirofumi  <eban@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/yaml/store.rb: use FileUtils::copy.
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_float.rb b/test/ruby/test_float.rb
index 568c56181a..6fae9bf493 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_float.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_float.rb
@@ -51,4 +51,16 @@ class TestFloat < Test::Unit::TestCase
     b = 100000000000000000000000.0
     assert_equal(a == b, b == a)
   end
+
+  def test_strtod
+    a = Float("0")
+    assert(a.abs < Float::EPSILON)
+    a = Float("0.0")
+    assert(a.abs < Float::EPSILON)
+    a = Float("+0.0")
+    assert(a.abs < Float::EPSILON)
+    a = Float("-0.0")
+    assert(a.abs < Float::EPSILON)
+    # add expected behaviour here.
+  end
 end