diff --git a/internal/proto/reader.go b/internal/proto/reader.go
index da3f5af6..8d23817f 100644
--- a/internal/proto/reader.go
+++ b/internal/proto/reader.go
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ func (r *Reader) readFloat(line []byte) (float64, error) {
 		return math.Inf(1), nil
 	case "-inf":
 		return math.Inf(-1), nil
+	case "nan", "-nan":
+		return math.NaN(), nil
 	}
 	return strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64)
 }