diff --git a/json/lex_number.mbt b/json/lex_number.mbt
index 1155b74c8..aa03bc365 100644
--- a/json/lex_number.mbt
+++ b/json/lex_number.mbt
@@ -399,12 +399,16 @@ fn ParseContext::lex_number_end(
     // returned Double lossless. `reinterpret_as_uint64` / `reinterpret_as_int64`
     // are value-preserving here because both operands sit in [0, 2^53), well
     // inside the overlap of Int64+ and UInt64.
+    //
+    // The sign is applied after the Int64 -> Double conversion so that `-0`
+    // parses to the IEEE-754 negative zero (`-(0L)` is still `0L`, but
+    // `-(0.0)` is `-0.0`), matching the `-0.0` / `-0e0` paths below.
     if !scan.many_digits &&
       scan.exponent == 0L &&
       scan.mantissa <= SAFE_INTEGER_LIMIT.reinterpret_as_uint64() {
-      let v = scan.mantissa.reinterpret_as_int64()
-      let signed = if scan.negative { -v } else { v }
-      return { value: signed.to_double(), repr: None }
+      let v = scan.mantissa.reinterpret_as_int64().to_double()
+      let value = if scan.negative { -v } else { v }
+      return { value, repr: None }
     }
     return ctx.lex_integer_end(start, end)
   }
diff --git a/json/lex_number_test.mbt b/json/lex_number_test.mbt
index a0e261103..8d14be2a7 100644
--- a/json/lex_number_test.mbt
+++ b/json/lex_number_test.mbt
@@ -170,3 +170,27 @@ test "parse number with huge exponent" {
     ),
   )
 }
+
+///|
+/// Every spelling of a negative zero — including values that underflow to
+/// zero — must keep the IEEE-754 sign bit. The integer spelling `-0` used to
+/// lose it: the integer fast path negated an `Int64` (where `-0 == 0`)
+/// before converting to `Double`.
+test "parse preserves the sign of negative zero" {
+  fn is_negative(text : String) -> Bool raise {
+    guard @json.parse(text) is Number(n, ..) else { fail("not a number") }
+    n.reinterpret_as_int64() < 0L
+  }
+
+  // Zero literals.
+  assert_true(is_negative("-0"))
+  assert_true(is_negative("-0.0"))
+  assert_true(is_negative("-0e0"))
+  assert_true(is_negative("-0.00E-7"))
+  assert_false(is_negative("0"))
+  assert_false(is_negative("0.0"))
+  // Negative values that underflow to zero.
+  assert_true(is_negative("-1e-400"))
+  assert_true(is_negative("-4.9e-325"))
+  assert_true(is_negative("-1e-999999999999999999999999999999999999"))
+}