diff --git a/test/objects.js b/test/objects.js
index 8e86aac27..651cd3e0e 100644
--- a/test/objects.js
+++ b/test/objects.js
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@
     assert.ok(!_.isEqual(-0, 0), 'Commutative equality is implemented for `0` and `-0`');
     assert.ok(!_.isEqual(null, void 0), '`null` is not equal to `undefined`');
     assert.ok(!_.isEqual(void 0, null), 'Commutative equality is implemented for `null` and `undefined`');
+    assert.ok(!_.isEqual(0, new Number(Number.MIN_VALUE)), '`0` is not equal to `new Number(Number.MIN_VALUE)`');
+    assert.ok(!_.isEqual(new Number(Number.MIN_VALUE), 0), '`new Number(Number.MIN_VALUE)` is not equal to `0`');
 
     // String object and primitive comparisons.
     assert.ok(_.isEqual('Curly', 'Curly'), 'Identical string primitives are equal');
diff --git a/underscore.js b/underscore.js
index 8219dc508..46acc5a70 100644
--- a/underscore.js
+++ b/underscore.js
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@
         // Object(NaN) is equivalent to NaN.
         if (+a !== +a) return +b !== +b;
         // An `egal` comparison is performed for other numeric values.
-        return +a === 0 ? 1 / +a === 1 / b : +a === +b;
+        return +a === 0 && +b === 0 ? 1 / +a === 1 / b : +a === +b;
       case '[object Date]':
       case '[object Boolean]':
         // Coerce dates and booleans to numeric primitive values. Dates are compared by their