diff --git a/src/fmtcore.jl b/src/fmtcore.jl
index 19501a5..c54a641 100644
--- a/src/fmtcore.jl
+++ b/src/fmtcore.jl
@@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ function _pfmt_i(out::IO, fs::FormatSpec, x::Integer, op::Op) where {Op}
     postpad == 0 || _repprint(out, fs.fill, postpad)
 end
 
+function _truncval(v)
+    try
+        return trunc(Integer, v)
+    catch e
+        e isa InexactError || rethrow(e)
+    end
+    try
+        return trunc(Int128, v)
+    catch e
+        e isa InexactError || rethrow(e)
+    end
+    trunc(BigInt, v)
+end
 
 ### print floating point numbers
 
@@ -162,7 +175,7 @@ function _pfmt_f(out::IO, fs::FormatSpec, x::AbstractFloat)
     prec = fs.prec
     rax = round(abs(x); digits = prec)
     sch = _signchar(x, fs.sign)
-    intv = trunc(Integer, rax)
+    intv = _truncval(rax)
     decv = rax - intv
 
     # calculate length
diff --git a/test/fmtspec.jl b/test/fmtspec.jl
index 95035a7..90b52a7 100644
--- a/test/fmtspec.jl
+++ b/test/fmtspec.jl
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ end
     # Floating point error can upset this one (i.e. 0.99500000 or 0.994999999)
     @test (pyfmt(".2f", 0.995) == "1.00" || pyfmt(".2f", 0.995) == "0.99")
     @test pyfmt(".2f", 0.994) == "0.99"
+
+    # issue #102 (from Formatting.jl)
+    @test pyfmt("15.6f", 1e20) == "100000000000000000000.000000"
 end
 
 @testset "Format floating point (e)" begin