diff --git a/django/core/template/__init__.py b/django/core/template/__init__.py
index e498fda00c..60bb5e0888 100644
--- a/django/core/template/__init__.py
+++ b/django/core/template/__init__.py
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ def resolve_variable(path, context):
     """
     Returns the resolved variable, which may contain attribute syntax, within
     the given context. The variable may be a hard-coded string (if it begins
-    and ends with single or double quote marks).
+    and ends with single or double quote marks), or an integer or float literal.
 
     >>> c = {'article': {'section':'News'}}
     >>> resolve_variable('article.section', c)
@@ -645,7 +645,13 @@ def resolve_variable(path, context):
 
     (The example assumes VARIABLE_ATTRIBUTE_SEPARATOR is '.')
     """
-    if path[0] in ('"', "'") and path[0] == path[-1]:
+    if path[0] in '0123456789':
+        number_type = '.' in path and float or int
+        try:
+           current = number_type(path)
+        except ValueError:
+           current = ''
+    elif path[0] in ('"', "'") and path[0] == path[-1]:
         current = path[1:-1]
     else:
         current = context
diff --git a/tests/othertests/templates.py b/tests/othertests/templates.py
index a92fc5ef00..7063720c31 100644
--- a/tests/othertests/templates.py
+++ b/tests/othertests/templates.py
@@ -164,6 +164,20 @@ TEMPLATE_TESTS = {
     'ifequal09': ('{% ifequal a "test" %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {}, "no"),
     'ifequal10': ('{% ifequal a b %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {}, "yes"),
 
+    # Integers
+    'ifequal11': ('{% ifequal a 1 %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {}, "no"),
+    'ifequal12': ('{% ifequal a 1 %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {"a": 1}, "yes"),
+    'ifequal13': ('{% ifequal a 1 %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {"a": "1"}, "no"),
+    'ifequal14': ('{% ifequal a "1" %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {"a": 1}, "no"),
+    'ifequal15': ('{% ifequal a "1" %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {"a": "1"}, "yes"),
+
+    # Floats
+    'ifequal16': ('{% ifequal a 1.2 %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {}, "no"),
+    'ifequal17': ('{% ifequal a 1.2 %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {"a": 1.2}, "yes"),
+    'ifequal18': ('{% ifequal a 1.2 %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {"a": "1.2"}, "no"),
+    'ifequal19': ('{% ifequal a "1.2" %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {"a": 1.2}, "no"),
+    'ifequal20': ('{% ifequal a "1.2" %}yes{% else %}no{% endifequal %}', {"a": "1.2"}, "yes"),
+
     ### IFNOTEQUAL TAG ########################################################
     'ifnotequal01': ("{% ifnotequal a b %}yes{% endifnotequal %}", {"a": 1, "b": 2}, "yes"),
     'ifnotequal02': ("{% ifnotequal a b %}yes{% endifnotequal %}", {"a": 1, "b": 1}, ""),