diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 3565dd95..8f165be7 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -455,6 +455,15 @@ void addReplyDouble(client *c, double d) {
     }
 }
 
+/* Add a long double as a bulk reply, but uses a human readable formatting
+ * of the double instead of exposing the crude behavior of doubles to the
+ * dear user. */
+void addReplyHumanLongDouble(client *c, long double d) {
+    robj *o = createStringObjectFromLongDouble(d,1);
+    addReplyBulk(c,o);
+    decrRefCount(o);
+}
+
 /* Add a long long as integer reply or bulk len / multi bulk count.
  * Basically this is used to output <prefix><long long><crlf>. */
 void addReplyLongLongWithPrefix(client *c, long long ll, char prefix) {
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 306568ee..052135b2 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ void addReplyBulkSds(client *c, sds s);
 void addReplyError(client *c, const char *err);
 void addReplyStatus(client *c, const char *status);
 void addReplyDouble(client *c, double d);
+void addReplyHumanLongDouble(client *c, long double d);
 void addReplyLongLong(client *c, long long ll);
 void addReplyMultiBulkLen(client *c, long length);
 void copyClientOutputBuffer(client *dst, client *src);