diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 88c2d95b..4cbdf8b4 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -588,7 +588,17 @@ static void update_offset(printbuffer * const buffer)
 /* securely comparison of floating-point variables */
 static cJSON_bool compare_double(double a, double b)
 {
-    double maxVal = fabs(a) > fabs(b) ? fabs(a) : fabs(b);
+    double maxVal = 0.0;
+
+    /* the epsilon-based comparison below breaks down for infinities: a - b
+     * and maxVal both come out as +/-infinity, so it can't tell +inf from
+     * -inf, or notice that two separately computed +inf values match */
+    if (isinf(a) || isinf(b))
+    {
+        return (a == b);
+    }
+
+    maxVal = fabs(a) > fabs(b) ? fabs(a) : fabs(b);
     return (fabs(a - b) <= maxVal * DBL_EPSILON);
 }
 
diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index 8b38eb25..e957c08f 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
 
 #include "cJSON_Utils.h"
 
+/* define isnan and isinf for ANSI C, if in C99 or above, isnan and isinf has been defined in math.h */
+#ifndef isinf
+#define isinf(d) (isnan((d - d)) && !isnan(d))
+#endif
+#ifndef isnan
+#define isnan(d) (d != d)
+#endif
+
 /* define our own boolean type */
 #ifdef true
 #undef true
@@ -111,7 +119,17 @@ static int compare_strings(const unsigned char *string1, const unsigned char *st
 /* securely comparison of floating-point variables */
 static cJSON_bool compare_double(double a, double b)
 {
-    double maxVal = fabs(a) > fabs(b) ? fabs(a) : fabs(b);
+    double maxVal = 0.0;
+
+    /* the epsilon-based comparison below breaks down for infinities: a - b
+     * and maxVal both come out as +/-infinity, so it can't tell +inf from
+     * -inf, or notice that two separately computed +inf values match */
+    if (isinf(a) || isinf(b))
+    {
+        return (a == b);
+    }
+
+    maxVal = fabs(a) > fabs(b) ? fabs(a) : fabs(b);
     return (fabs(a - b) <= maxVal * DBL_EPSILON);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/compare_tests.c b/tests/compare_tests.c
index 797c7740..47383926 100644
--- a/tests/compare_tests.c
+++ b/tests/compare_tests.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
   THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
+#include <math.h>
+
 #include "unity/examples/unity_config.h"
 #include "unity/src/unity.h"
 #include "common.h"
@@ -189,6 +191,34 @@ static void cjson_compare_should_compare_objects(void)
                 false))
 }
 
+static void cjson_compare_should_compare_infinities_correctly(void)
+{
+    /* JSON text has no way to spell an infinite number, so build these
+     * directly instead of going through compare_from_string. */
+    cJSON *positive_a = cJSON_CreateNumber(INFINITY);
+    cJSON *positive_b = cJSON_CreateNumber(INFINITY);
+    cJSON *negative_a = cJSON_CreateNumber(-INFINITY);
+    cJSON *negative_b = cJSON_CreateNumber(-INFINITY);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(positive_a);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(positive_b);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(negative_a);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(negative_b);
+
+    /* two separately created +Infinity values are equal to each other */
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(cJSON_Compare(positive_a, positive_b, true));
+    /* two separately created -Infinity values are equal to each other */
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(cJSON_Compare(negative_a, negative_b, true));
+    /* +Infinity and -Infinity are not equal */
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(cJSON_Compare(positive_a, negative_a, true));
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(cJSON_Compare(negative_a, positive_a, true));
+
+    cJSON_Delete(positive_a);
+    cJSON_Delete(positive_b);
+    cJSON_Delete(negative_a);
+    cJSON_Delete(negative_b);
+}
+
 int CJSON_CDECL main(void)
 {
     UNITY_BEGIN();
@@ -196,6 +226,7 @@ int CJSON_CDECL main(void)
     RUN_TEST(cjson_compare_should_compare_null_pointer_as_not_equal);
     RUN_TEST(cjson_compare_should_compare_invalid_as_not_equal);
     RUN_TEST(cjson_compare_should_compare_numbers);
+    RUN_TEST(cjson_compare_should_compare_infinities_correctly);
     RUN_TEST(cjson_compare_should_compare_booleans);
     RUN_TEST(cjson_compare_should_compare_null);
     RUN_TEST(cjson_compare_should_not_accept_invalid_types);