diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b2274db0..0c0270af5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.hubspot.jinjava</groupId>
   <artifactId>jinjava</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Jinja templating engine implemented in Java</description>
   <url>https://github.com/HubSpot/jinjava</url>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/FloatFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/FloatFilter.java
index 866b19a7d..f5bf4e7db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/FloatFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/FloatFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.filter;
 
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
 
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaDoc;
@@ -37,11 +40,22 @@ public Object filter(Object var, JinjavaInterpreter interpreter, String... args)
       return defaultVal;
     }
 
+    if (Float.class.isAssignableFrom(var.getClass())) {
+      return var;
+    }
     if (Number.class.isAssignableFrom(var.getClass())) {
       return ((Number) var).floatValue();
     }
 
-    return NumberUtils.toFloat(var.toString(), defaultVal);
+    Locale locale = interpreter.getConfig().getLocale();
+    NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale);
+    float result;
+    try {
+      result = numberFormat.parse(var.toString()).floatValue();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      result = defaultVal;
+    }
+    return result;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/IntFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/IntFilter.java
index 1b5f7b7d6..49e55c646 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/IntFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/IntFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.filter;
 
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
 
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaDoc;
@@ -8,7 +11,7 @@
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter;
 
 /**
- * int(value, default=0) Convert the value into an integer. If the conversion doesn’t work it will return 0. You can override this default using the first parameter.
+ * int(value, default=0) Convert the value into an integer. If the conversion doesn't work it will return 0. You can override this default using the first parameter.
  */
 @JinjavaDoc(
     value = "Convert the value into an integer.",
@@ -46,7 +49,16 @@ public Object filter(Object var, JinjavaInterpreter interpreter,
       return ((Number) var).intValue();
     }
 
-    return NumberUtils.toInt(var.toString(), defaultVal);
+    Locale locale = interpreter.getConfig().getLocale();
+    NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale);
+    numberFormat.setParseIntegerOnly(true);
+    int result;
+    try {
+      result = numberFormat.parse(var.toString()).intValue();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      result = defaultVal;
+    }
+    return result;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/FloatFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/FloatFilterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df9503db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/FloatFilterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+ Copyright (c) 2018 HubSpot Inc.
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ **********************************************************************/
+package com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.filter;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.Jinjava;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.JinjavaConfig;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter;
+
+public class FloatFilterTest {
+
+  private static final Locale FRENCH_LOCALE = new Locale("fr", "FR");
+  private static final JinjavaConfig FRENCH_LOCALE_CONFIG = new JinjavaConfig(StandardCharsets.UTF_8, FRENCH_LOCALE, ZoneOffset.UTC, 10);
+
+  FloatFilter filter;
+  JinjavaInterpreter interpreter;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    interpreter = new Jinjava().newInterpreter();
+    filter = new FloatFilter();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itReturnsSameWhenVarIsNumber() {
+    Float var = 123.4f;
+    assertThat(filter.filter(var, interpreter)).isSameAs(var);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itReturnsDefaultWhenVarIsNull() {
+    assertThat(filter.filter(null, interpreter)).isEqualTo(0.0f);
+    assertThat(filter.filter(null, interpreter, "123.45")).isEqualTo(123.45f);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itIgnoresGivenDefaultIfNaN() {
+    assertThat(filter.filter(null, interpreter, "foo")).isEqualTo(0.0f);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itReturnsVarAsFloat() {
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123.45", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123.45f);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itInterpretsUsCommasAndPeriodsWithUsLocale() {
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123,123.45", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123123.45f);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itInterpretsFrenchCommasAndPeriodsWithUsLocale() {
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123.123,45", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123.123f);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itReturnsDefaultWhenUnableToParseVar() {
+    assertThat(filter.filter("foo", interpreter)).isEqualTo(0.0f);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itInterpretsUsCommasAndPeriodsWithFrenchLocale() {
+    interpreter = new Jinjava(FRENCH_LOCALE_CONFIG).newInterpreter();
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123,123.12", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123.123f);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itInterpretsFrenchCommasAndPeriodsWithFrenchLocale() {
+    interpreter = new Jinjava(FRENCH_LOCALE_CONFIG).newInterpreter();
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123\u00A0123,45", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123123.45f);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/IntFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/IntFilterTest.java
index 62fd7f55f..e0a3874f1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/IntFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/IntFilterTest.java
@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.Jinjava;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.JinjavaConfig;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter;
 
 public class IntFilterTest {
 
+  private static final Locale FRENCH_LOCALE = new Locale("fr", "FR");
+  private static final JinjavaConfig FRENCH_LOCALE_CONFIG = new JinjavaConfig(StandardCharsets.UTF_8, FRENCH_LOCALE, ZoneOffset.UTC, 10);
+
   IntFilter filter;
   JinjavaInterpreter interpreter;
 
@@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ public void setup() {
 
   @Test
   public void itReturnsSameWhenVarIsNumber() {
-    Integer var = Integer.valueOf(123);
+    Integer var = 123;
     assertThat(filter.filter(var, interpreter)).isSameAs(var);
   }
 
@@ -41,9 +49,31 @@ public void itReturnsVarAsInt() {
     assertThat(filter.filter("123", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void itInterpretsUsCommasAndPeriodsWithUsLocale() {
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123,123.12", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123123);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itInterpretsFrenchCommasAndPeriodsWithUsLocale() {
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123.123,12", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void itReturnsDefaultWhenUnableToParseVar() {
     assertThat(filter.filter("foo", interpreter)).isEqualTo(0);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void itInterpretsUsCommasAndPeriodsWithFrenchLocale() {
+    interpreter = new Jinjava(FRENCH_LOCALE_CONFIG).newInterpreter();
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123,123.12", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itInterpretsFrenchCommasAndPeriodsWithFrenchLocale() {
+    interpreter = new Jinjava(FRENCH_LOCALE_CONFIG).newInterpreter();
+    assertThat(filter.filter("123\u00A0123,12", interpreter)).isEqualTo(123123);
+  }
+
 }