diff --git a/doc/langref.html.in b/doc/langref.html.in
index d1814ad9a..3be313184 100644
--- a/doc/langref.html.in
+++ b/doc/langref.html.in
@@ -6699,7 +6699,7 @@ async fn func(y: *i32) void {
       This builtin function atomically dereferences a pointer and returns the value.
       </p>
       <p>
-      {#syntax#}T{#endsyntax#} must be a pointer type, a {#syntax#}bool{#endsyntax#}
+      {#syntax#}T{#endsyntax#} must be a pointer type, a {#syntax#}bool{#endsyntax#}, a float,
       an integer whose bit count meets these requirements:
       </p>
       <ul>
@@ -6734,7 +6734,7 @@ async fn func(y: *i32) void {
       Supported operations:
       </p>
       <ul>
-        <li>{#syntax#}.Xchg{#endsyntax#} - stores the operand unmodified.</li>
+        <li>{#syntax#}.Xchg{#endsyntax#} - stores the operand unmodified. Supports enums, integers and floats.</li>
         <li>{#syntax#}.Add{#endsyntax#} - for integers, twos complement wraparound addition.
             Also supports {#link|Floats#}.</li>
         <li>{#syntax#}.Sub{#endsyntax#} - for integers, twos complement wraparound subtraction.
@@ -6753,7 +6753,7 @@ async fn func(y: *i32) void {
       This builtin function atomically stores a value.
       </p>
       <p>
-      {#syntax#}T{#endsyntax#} must be a pointer type, a {#syntax#}bool{#endsyntax#}
+      {#syntax#}T{#endsyntax#} must be a pointer type, a {#syntax#}bool{#endsyntax#}, a float,
       an integer whose bit count meets these requirements:
       </p>
       <ul>
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 01cda22cd..320d5c75d 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -5132,19 +5132,21 @@ static LLVMAtomicOrdering to_LLVMAtomicOrdering(AtomicOrder atomic_order) {
     zig_unreachable();
 }
 
-static LLVMAtomicRMWBinOp to_LLVMAtomicRMWBinOp(AtomicRmwOp op, bool is_signed) {
+static enum ZigLLVM_AtomicRMWBinOp to_ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOp(AtomicRmwOp op, bool is_signed, bool is_float) {
     switch (op) {
-        case AtomicRmwOp_xchg: return LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpXchg;
-        case AtomicRmwOp_add: return LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpAdd;
-        case AtomicRmwOp_sub: return LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpSub;
-        case AtomicRmwOp_and: return LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpAnd;
-        case AtomicRmwOp_nand: return LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpNand;
-        case AtomicRmwOp_or: return LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpOr;
-        case AtomicRmwOp_xor: return LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpXor;
+        case AtomicRmwOp_xchg: return ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpXchg;
+        case AtomicRmwOp_add:
+            return is_float ? ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpFAdd : ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpAdd;
+        case AtomicRmwOp_sub:
+            return is_float ? ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpFSub : ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpSub;
+        case AtomicRmwOp_and: return ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpAnd;
+        case AtomicRmwOp_nand: return ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpNand;
+        case AtomicRmwOp_or: return ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpOr;
+        case AtomicRmwOp_xor: return ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpXor;
         case AtomicRmwOp_max:
-            return is_signed ? LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpMax : LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpUMax;
+            return is_signed ? ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpMax : ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpUMax;
         case AtomicRmwOp_min:
-            return is_signed ? LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpMin : LLVMAtomicRMWBinOpUMin;
+            return is_signed ? ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpMin : ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpUMin;
     }
     zig_unreachable();
 }
@@ -5738,25 +5740,26 @@ static LLVMValueRef ir_render_atomic_rmw(CodeGen *g, IrExecutable *executable,
 {
     bool is_signed;
     ZigType *operand_type = instruction->operand->value->type;
+    bool is_float = operand_type->id == ZigTypeIdFloat;
     if (operand_type->id == ZigTypeIdInt) {
         is_signed = operand_type->data.integral.is_signed;
     } else {
         is_signed = false;
     }
-    LLVMAtomicRMWBinOp op = to_LLVMAtomicRMWBinOp(instruction->resolved_op, is_signed);
+    enum ZigLLVM_AtomicRMWBinOp op = to_ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOp(instruction->resolved_op, is_signed, is_float);
     LLVMAtomicOrdering ordering = to_LLVMAtomicOrdering(instruction->resolved_ordering);
     LLVMValueRef ptr = ir_llvm_value(g, instruction->ptr);
     LLVMValueRef operand = ir_llvm_value(g, instruction->operand);
 
     if (get_codegen_ptr_type(operand_type) == nullptr) {
-        return LLVMBuildAtomicRMW(g->builder, op, ptr, operand, ordering, g->is_single_threaded);
+        return ZigLLVMBuildAtomicRMW(g->builder, op, ptr, operand, ordering, g->is_single_threaded);
     }
 
     // it's a pointer but we need to treat it as an int
     LLVMValueRef casted_ptr = LLVMBuildBitCast(g->builder, ptr,
         LLVMPointerType(g->builtin_types.entry_usize->llvm_type, 0), "");
     LLVMValueRef casted_operand = LLVMBuildPtrToInt(g->builder, operand, g->builtin_types.entry_usize->llvm_type, "");
-    LLVMValueRef uncasted_result = LLVMBuildAtomicRMW(g->builder, op, casted_ptr, casted_operand, ordering,
+    LLVMValueRef uncasted_result = ZigLLVMBuildAtomicRMW(g->builder, op, casted_ptr, casted_operand, ordering,
             g->is_single_threaded);
     return LLVMBuildIntToPtr(g->builder, uncasted_result, get_llvm_type(g, operand_type), "");
 }
diff --git a/src/ir.cpp b/src/ir.cpp
index bf5a297a8..7cc182934 100644
--- a/src/ir.cpp
+++ b/src/ir.cpp
@@ -23959,6 +23959,12 @@ static IrInstruction *ir_analyze_instruction_cmpxchg(IrAnalyze *ira, IrInstructi
     if (type_is_invalid(operand_type))
         return ira->codegen->invalid_instruction;
 
+    if (operand_type->id == ZigTypeIdFloat) {
+        ir_add_error(ira, instruction->type_value->child,
+            buf_sprintf("expected integer, enum or pointer type, found '%s'", buf_ptr(&operand_type->name)));
+        return ira->codegen->invalid_instruction;
+    }
+
     IrInstruction *ptr = instruction->ptr->child;
     if (type_is_invalid(ptr->value->type))
         return ira->codegen->invalid_instruction;
@@ -27440,9 +27446,17 @@ static ZigType *ir_resolve_atomic_operand_type(IrAnalyze *ira, IrInstruction *op
                 buf_sprintf("%" PRIu32 "-bit enum tag type is not a power of 2", int_type->data.integral.bit_count));
             return ira->codegen->builtin_types.entry_invalid;
         }
+    } else if (operand_type->id == ZigTypeIdFloat) {
+        uint32_t max_atomic_bits = target_arch_largest_atomic_bits(ira->codegen->zig_target->arch);
+        if (operand_type->data.floating.bit_count > max_atomic_bits) {
+            ir_add_error(ira, op,
+                buf_sprintf("expected %" PRIu32 "-bit float or smaller, found %" PRIu32 "-bit float",
+                    max_atomic_bits, (uint32_t) operand_type->data.floating.bit_count));
+            return ira->codegen->builtin_types.entry_invalid;
+        }
     } else if (get_codegen_ptr_type(operand_type) == nullptr) {
         ir_add_error(ira, op,
-            buf_sprintf("expected integer, enum or pointer type, found '%s'", buf_ptr(&operand_type->name)));
+            buf_sprintf("expected integer, float, enum or pointer type, found '%s'", buf_ptr(&operand_type->name)));
         return ira->codegen->builtin_types.entry_invalid;
     }
 
@@ -27477,6 +27491,10 @@ static IrInstruction *ir_analyze_instruction_atomic_rmw(IrAnalyze *ira, IrInstru
         ir_add_error(ira, instruction->op,
             buf_sprintf("@atomicRmw on enum only works with .Xchg"));
         return ira->codegen->invalid_instruction;
+    } else if (operand_type->id == ZigTypeIdFloat && op > AtomicRmwOp_sub) {
+        ir_add_error(ira, instruction->op,
+            buf_sprintf("@atomicRmw with float only works with .Xchg, .Add and .Sub"));
+        return ira->codegen->invalid_instruction;
     }
 
     IrInstruction *operand = instruction->operand->child;
diff --git a/src/zig_llvm.cpp b/src/zig_llvm.cpp
index 852475c3c..7ecb71704 100644
--- a/src/zig_llvm.cpp
+++ b/src/zig_llvm.cpp
@@ -1096,6 +1096,56 @@ bool ZigLLDLink(ZigLLVM_ObjectFormatType oformat, const char **args, size_t arg_
     abort();
 }
 
+static AtomicRMWInst::BinOp toLLVMRMWBinOp(enum ZigLLVM_AtomicRMWBinOp BinOp) {
+    switch (BinOp) {
+        default:
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpXchg: return AtomicRMWInst::Xchg;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpAdd: return AtomicRMWInst::Add;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpSub: return AtomicRMWInst::Sub;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpAnd: return AtomicRMWInst::And;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpNand: return AtomicRMWInst::Nand;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpOr: return AtomicRMWInst::Or;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpXor: return AtomicRMWInst::Xor;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpMax: return AtomicRMWInst::Max;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpMin: return AtomicRMWInst::Min;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpUMax: return AtomicRMWInst::UMax;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpUMin: return AtomicRMWInst::UMin;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpFAdd: return AtomicRMWInst::FAdd;
+        case ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpFSub: return AtomicRMWInst::FSub;
+    }
+}
+
+static AtomicOrdering toLLVMOrdering(LLVMAtomicOrdering Ordering) {
+    switch (Ordering) {
+        default:
+        case LLVMAtomicOrderingNotAtomic: return AtomicOrdering::NotAtomic;
+        case LLVMAtomicOrderingUnordered: return AtomicOrdering::Unordered;
+        case LLVMAtomicOrderingMonotonic: return AtomicOrdering::Monotonic;
+        case LLVMAtomicOrderingAcquire: return AtomicOrdering::Acquire;
+        case LLVMAtomicOrderingRelease: return AtomicOrdering::Release;
+        case LLVMAtomicOrderingAcquireRelease: return AtomicOrdering::AcquireRelease;
+        case LLVMAtomicOrderingSequentiallyConsistent: return AtomicOrdering::SequentiallyConsistent;
+    }
+}
+
+inline LLVMAttributeRef wrap(Attribute Attr) {
+    return reinterpret_cast<LLVMAttributeRef>(Attr.getRawPointer());
+}
+
+inline Attribute unwrap(LLVMAttributeRef Attr) {
+    return Attribute::fromRawPointer(Attr);
+}
+
+LLVMValueRef ZigLLVMBuildAtomicRMW(LLVMBuilderRef B, enum ZigLLVM_AtomicRMWBinOp op,
+    LLVMValueRef PTR, LLVMValueRef Val,
+    LLVMAtomicOrdering ordering, LLVMBool singleThread) 
+{
+    AtomicRMWInst::BinOp intop = toLLVMRMWBinOp(op);
+    return wrap(unwrap(B)->CreateAtomicRMW(intop, unwrap(PTR),
+        unwrap(Val), toLLVMOrdering(ordering), 
+        singleThread ? SyncScope::SingleThread : SyncScope::System));
+}
+
 static_assert((Triple::ArchType)ZigLLVM_UnknownArch == Triple::UnknownArch, "");
 static_assert((Triple::ArchType)ZigLLVM_arm == Triple::arm, "");
 static_assert((Triple::ArchType)ZigLLVM_armeb == Triple::armeb, "");
diff --git a/src/zig_llvm.h b/src/zig_llvm.h
index 0fad21a19..4d8a3fa92 100644
--- a/src/zig_llvm.h
+++ b/src/zig_llvm.h
@@ -422,6 +422,26 @@ enum ZigLLVM_ObjectFormatType {
     ZigLLVM_XCOFF,
 };
 
+enum ZigLLVM_AtomicRMWBinOp {
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpXchg,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpAdd,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpSub,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpAnd,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpNand,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpOr,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpXor,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpMax,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpMin,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpUMax,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpUMin,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpFAdd,
+    ZigLLVMAtomicRMWBinOpFSub,
+};
+
+LLVMValueRef ZigLLVMBuildAtomicRMW(LLVMBuilderRef B, enum ZigLLVM_AtomicRMWBinOp op,
+    LLVMValueRef PTR, LLVMValueRef Val,
+    LLVMAtomicOrdering ordering, LLVMBool singleThread);
+
 #define ZigLLVM_DIFlags_Zero 0U
 #define ZigLLVM_DIFlags_Private 1U
 #define ZigLLVM_DIFlags_Protected 2U
diff --git a/test/compile_errors.zig b/test/compile_errors.zig
index 1c09ed9ed..75e88ac91 100644
--- a/test/compile_errors.zig
+++ b/test/compile_errors.zig
@@ -31,6 +31,26 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompileErrorContext) void {
         "tmp.zig:3:12: note: destination pointer requires a terminating '0' sentinel",
     });
 
+    cases.add(
+        "cmpxchg with float",
+        \\export fn entry() void {
+        \\    var x: f32 = 0;
+        \\    _ = @cmpxchgWeak(f32, &x, 1, 2, .SeqCst, .SeqCst);
+        \\}
+    , &[_][]const u8{
+        "tmp.zig:3:22: error: expected integer, enum or pointer type, found 'f32'",
+    });
+
+    cases.add(
+        "atomicrmw with float op not .Xchg, .Add or .Sub",
+        \\export fn entry() void {
+        \\    var x: f32 = 0;
+        \\    _ = @atomicRmw(f32, &x, .And, 2, .SeqCst);
+        \\}
+    , &[_][]const u8{
+        "tmp.zig:3:29: error: @atomicRmw with float only works with .Xchg, .Add and .Sub",
+    });
+
     cases.add("intToPtr with misaligned address",
         \\pub fn main() void {
         \\    var y = @intToPtr([*]align(4) u8, 5);
diff --git a/test/stage1/behavior/atomics.zig b/test/stage1/behavior/atomics.zig
index d76be6ce6..7155e8009 100644
--- a/test/stage1/behavior/atomics.zig
+++ b/test/stage1/behavior/atomics.zig
@@ -144,3 +144,20 @@ fn testAtomicStore() void {
     @atomicStore(u32, &x, 12345678, .SeqCst);
     expect(@atomicLoad(u32, &x, .SeqCst) == 12345678);
 }
+
+test "atomicrmw with floats" {
+    if (builtin.arch == .aarch64 or builtin.arch == .arm)
+        return;
+    testAtomicRmwFloat();
+}
+
+fn testAtomicRmwFloat() void {
+    var x: f32 = 0;
+    expect(x == 0);
+    _ = @atomicRmw(f32, &x, .Xchg, 1, .SeqCst);
+    expect(x == 1);
+    _ = @atomicRmw(f32, &x, .Add, 5, .SeqCst);
+    expect(x == 6);
+    _ = @atomicRmw(f32, &x, .Sub, 2, .SeqCst);
+    expect(x == 4);
+}