diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c463259..e19e6f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ By default, all the extra defaults below are applied through the php.ini include
     php_session_save_handler: files
     php_session_save_path: ''
     php_disable_functions: []
+    php_precision: 14
 
 Various defaults for PHP. Only used if `php_use_managed_ini` is set to `true`.
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index d73a6dc..341e8a2 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ php_sendmail_path: "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i"
 php_output_buffering: "4096"
 php_short_open_tag: "Off"
 php_disable_functions: []
+php_precision: 14
 
 php_session_cookie_lifetime: 0
 php_session_gc_probability: 1
diff --git a/templates/php.ini.j2 b/templates/php.ini.j2
index b157df1..cbe5ec2 100644
--- a/templates/php.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/php.ini.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 engine = On
 short_open_tag = {{ php_short_open_tag }}
 asp_tags = Off
-precision = 14
+precision = {{ php_precision }}
 output_buffering = {{ php_output_buffering }}
 
 zlib.output_compression = Off