diff --git a/decode.go b/decode.go
index e9b1c31..668ffe0 100644
--- a/decode.go
+++ b/decode.go
@@ -258,5 +258,5 @@ func (d *Decoder) InputOffset() int64 {
 // UseNumber causes the Decoder to unmarshal a number into an interface{} as a
 // Number instead of as a float64.
 func (d *Decoder) UseNumber() {
-
+	d.s.useNumber = true
 }
diff --git a/decode_interface.go b/decode_interface.go
index e6af61c..7c3066e 100644
--- a/decode_interface.go
+++ b/decode_interface.go
@@ -11,7 +11,20 @@ type interfaceDecoder struct {
 }
 
 func newInterfaceDecoder(typ *rtype) *interfaceDecoder {
-	return &interfaceDecoder{typ: typ}
+	return &interfaceDecoder{
+		typ: typ,
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *interfaceDecoder) numDecoder(s *stream) decoder {
+	if s.useNumber {
+		return newNumberDecoder(func(p uintptr, v Number) {
+			*(*interface{})(unsafe.Pointer(p)) = v
+		})
+	}
+	return newFloatDecoder(func(p uintptr, v float64) {
+		*(*interface{})(unsafe.Pointer(p)) = v
+	})
 }
 
 var (
@@ -28,7 +41,11 @@ func (d *interfaceDecoder) decodeStream(s *stream, p uintptr) error {
 			var v map[interface{}]interface{}
 			ptr := unsafe.Pointer(&v)
 			d.dummy = ptr
-			dec := newMapDecoder(interfaceMapType, newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ), newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ))
+			dec := newMapDecoder(
+				interfaceMapType,
+				newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ),
+				newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ),
+			)
 			if err := dec.decodeStream(s, uintptr(ptr)); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -38,16 +55,18 @@ func (d *interfaceDecoder) decodeStream(s *stream, p uintptr) error {
 			var v []interface{}
 			ptr := unsafe.Pointer(&v)
 			d.dummy = ptr // escape ptr
-			dec := newSliceDecoder(newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ), d.typ, d.typ.Size())
+			dec := newSliceDecoder(
+				newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ),
+				d.typ,
+				d.typ.Size(),
+			)
 			if err := dec.decodeStream(s, uintptr(ptr)); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			*(*interface{})(unsafe.Pointer(p)) = v
 			return nil
 		case '-', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9':
-			return newFloatDecoder(func(p uintptr, v float64) {
-				*(*interface{})(unsafe.Pointer(p)) = v
-			}).decodeStream(s, p)
+			return d.numDecoder(s).decodeStream(s, p)
 		case '"':
 			s.cursor++
 			start := s.cursor
@@ -104,7 +123,11 @@ func (d *interfaceDecoder) decode(buf []byte, cursor int64, p uintptr) (int64, e
 		var v map[interface{}]interface{}
 		ptr := unsafe.Pointer(&v)
 		d.dummy = ptr
-		dec := newMapDecoder(interfaceMapType, newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ), newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ))
+		dec := newMapDecoder(
+			interfaceMapType,
+			newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ),
+			newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ),
+		)
 		cursor, err := dec.decode(buf, cursor, uintptr(ptr))
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
@@ -115,7 +138,11 @@ func (d *interfaceDecoder) decode(buf []byte, cursor int64, p uintptr) (int64, e
 		var v []interface{}
 		ptr := unsafe.Pointer(&v)
 		d.dummy = ptr // escape ptr
-		dec := newSliceDecoder(newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ), d.typ, d.typ.Size())
+		dec := newSliceDecoder(
+			newInterfaceDecoder(d.typ),
+			d.typ,
+			d.typ.Size(),
+		)
 		cursor, err := dec.decode(buf, cursor, uintptr(ptr))
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
diff --git a/decode_map.go b/decode_map.go
index 6dd2695..a14cc6a 100644
--- a/decode_map.go
+++ b/decode_map.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type mapDecoder struct {
 	mapType      *rtype
 	keyDecoder   decoder
 	valueDecoder decoder
+	dummy        *interfaceHeader
 }
 
 func newMapDecoder(mapType *rtype, keyDec decoder, valueDec decoder) *mapDecoder {
@@ -37,11 +38,13 @@ func (d *mapDecoder) setValue(buf []byte, cursor int64, key interface{}) (int64,
 
 func (d *mapDecoder) setKeyStream(s *stream, key interface{}) error {
 	header := (*interfaceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&key))
+	d.dummy = header
 	return d.keyDecoder.decodeStream(s, uintptr(header.ptr))
 }
 
 func (d *mapDecoder) setValueStream(s *stream, key interface{}) error {
 	header := (*interfaceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&key))
+	d.dummy = header
 	return d.valueDecoder.decodeStream(s, uintptr(header.ptr))
 }
 
diff --git a/decode_number.go b/decode_number.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f1c856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decode_number.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package json
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+type numberDecoder struct {
+	*floatDecoder
+	op func(uintptr, Number)
+}
+
+func newNumberDecoder(op func(uintptr, Number)) *numberDecoder {
+	return &numberDecoder{
+		floatDecoder: newFloatDecoder(nil),
+		op:           op,
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *numberDecoder) decodeStream(s *stream, p uintptr) error {
+	bytes, err := d.floatDecoder.decodeStreamByte(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	str := *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&bytes))
+	d.op(p, Number(str))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *numberDecoder) decode(buf []byte, cursor int64, p uintptr) (int64, error) {
+	bytes, c, err := d.floatDecoder.decodeByte(buf, cursor)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	cursor = c
+	s := *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&bytes))
+	d.op(p, Number(s))
+	return cursor, nil
+}
diff --git a/decode_stream.go b/decode_stream.go
index ed5e889..8f771d3 100644
--- a/decode_stream.go
+++ b/decode_stream.go
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ const (
 )
 
 type stream struct {
-	buf     []byte
-	length  int64
-	r       io.Reader
-	offset  int64
-	cursor  int64
-	allRead bool
+	buf       []byte
+	length    int64
+	r         io.Reader
+	offset    int64
+	cursor    int64
+	allRead   bool
+	useNumber bool
 }
 
 func (s *stream) buffered() io.Reader {
diff --git a/decode_test.go b/decode_test.go
index 28683b8..3ded818 100644
--- a/decode_test.go
+++ b/decode_test.go
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ func Test_Decoder(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func Test_Decoder_UseNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(`{"a": 3.14}`))
+	dec.UseNumber()
+	var v map[string]interface{}
+	assertErr(t, dec.Decode(&v))
+	assertEq(t, "json.Number", "json.Number", fmt.Sprintf("%T", v["a"]))
+}
+
 type unmarshalJSON struct {
 	v int
 }
diff --git a/json.go b/json.go
index a29a061..8675aa5 100644
--- a/json.go
+++ b/json.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package json
 
-import "bytes"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strconv"
+)
 
 // Marshaler is the interface implemented by types that
 // can marshal themselves into valid JSON.
@@ -275,3 +278,19 @@ func UnmarshalNoEscape(data []byte, v interface{}) error {
 //	nil, for JSON null
 //
 type Token interface{}
+
+// A Number represents a JSON number literal.
+type Number string
+
+// String returns the literal text of the number.
+func (n Number) String() string { return string(n) }
+
+// Float64 returns the number as a float64.
+func (n Number) Float64() (float64, error) {
+	return strconv.ParseFloat(string(n), 64)
+}
+
+// Int64 returns the number as an int64.
+func (n Number) Int64() (int64, error) {
+	return strconv.ParseInt(string(n), 10, 64)
+}