diff --git a/Foundation/NSJSONSerialization.swift b/Foundation/NSJSONSerialization.swift
index d9d5f09bf6..860194206d 100644
--- a/Foundation/NSJSONSerialization.swift
+++ b/Foundation/NSJSONSerialization.swift
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 // See http://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of Swift project authors
 //
 
+import CoreFoundation
+
 #if os(OSX) || os(iOS)
     import Darwin
 #elseif os(Linux)
@@ -253,6 +255,14 @@ private struct JSONWriter {
     let pretty: Bool
     let writer: (String?) -> Void
     
+    private lazy var _numberformatter: CFNumberFormatter = {
+        let formatter: CFNumberFormatter
+        formatter = CFNumberFormatterCreate(nil, CFLocaleCopyCurrent(), kCFNumberFormatterNoStyle)
+        CFNumberFormatterSetProperty(formatter, kCFNumberFormatterMaxFractionDigits, NSNumber(value: 15))
+        CFNumberFormatterSetFormat(formatter, "0.###############"._cfObject)
+        return formatter
+    }()
+
     init(pretty: Bool = false, writer: @escaping (String?) -> Void) {
         self.pretty = pretty
         self.writer = writer
@@ -310,7 +320,7 @@ private struct JSONWriter {
         writer("\"")
     }
 
-    func serializeNumber(_ num: NSNumber) throws {
+    mutating func serializeNumber(_ num: NSNumber) throws {
         if num.doubleValue.isInfinite || num.doubleValue.isNaN {
             throw NSError(domain: NSCocoaErrorDomain, code: NSCocoaError.PropertyListReadCorruptError.rawValue, userInfo: ["NSDebugDescription" : "Number cannot be infinity or NaN"])
         }
@@ -318,7 +328,7 @@ private struct JSONWriter {
         // Cannot detect type information (e.g. bool) as there is no objCType property on NSNumber in Swift
         // So, just print the number
 
-        writer("\(num)")
+        writer(_serializationString(for: num))
     }
 
     mutating func serializeArray(_ array: [Any]) throws {
@@ -402,6 +412,11 @@ private struct JSONWriter {
             writer(" ")
         }
     }
+    
+    //[SR-2151] https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-2151
+    private mutating func _serializationString(for number: NSNumber) -> String {
+        return CFNumberFormatterCreateStringWithNumber(nil, _numberformatter, number._cfObject)._swiftObject
+    }
 }
 
 //MARK: - JSONDeserializer
diff --git a/TestFoundation/TestNSJSONSerialization.swift b/TestFoundation/TestNSJSONSerialization.swift
index 243b490dc1..de12fa6dc4 100644
--- a/TestFoundation/TestNSJSONSerialization.swift
+++ b/TestFoundation/TestNSJSONSerialization.swift
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ extension TestNSJSONSerialization {
             ("test_deserialize_badlyFormedArray", test_deserialize_badlyFormedArray),
             ("test_deserialize_invalidEscapeSequence", test_deserialize_invalidEscapeSequence),
             ("test_deserialize_unicodeMissingTrailingSurrogate", test_deserialize_unicodeMissingTrailingSurrogate),
+            ("test_serialize_dictionaryWithDecimal", test_serialize_dictionaryWithDecimal),
+
         ]
     }
     
@@ -624,6 +626,88 @@ extension TestNSJSONSerialization {
         XCTAssertEqual(try trySerialize(array2), "[]")
     }
     
+    //[SR-2151] https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-2151
+    //NSJSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject:options) produces illegal JSON code
+    func test_serialize_dictionaryWithDecimal() {
+        
+        //test serialize values less than 1 with maxFractionDigits = 15
+        func excecute_testSetLessThanOne() {
+            //expected : input to be serialized
+            let params  = [
+                           ("0.1",0.1),
+                           ("0.2",0.2),
+                           ("0.3",0.3),
+                           ("0.4",0.4),
+                           ("0.5",0.5),
+                           ("0.6",0.6),
+                           ("0.7",0.7),
+                           ("0.8",0.8),
+                           ("0.9",0.9),
+                           ("0.23456789012345",0.23456789012345),
+
+                           ("-0.1",-0.1),
+                           ("-0.2",-0.2),
+                           ("-0.3",-0.3),
+                           ("-0.4",-0.4),
+                           ("-0.5",-0.5),
+                           ("-0.6",-0.6),
+                           ("-0.7",-0.7),
+                           ("-0.8",-0.8),
+                           ("-0.9",-0.9),
+                           ("-0.23456789012345",-0.23456789012345),
+                           ]
+            for param in params {
+                let testDict = [param.0 : param.1]
+                let str = try? trySerialize(testDict)
+                XCTAssertEqual(str!, "{\"\(param.0)\":\(param.1)}", "serialized value should  have a decimal places and leading zero")
+            }
+        }
+        //test serialize values grater than 1 with maxFractionDigits = 15
+        func excecute_testSetGraterThanOne() {
+            let paramsBove1 = [
+                ("1.1",1.1),
+                ("1.2",1.2),
+                ("1.23456789012345",1.23456789012345),
+                ("-1.1",-1.1),
+                ("-1.2",-1.2),
+                ("-1.23456789012345",-1.23456789012345),
+                ]
+            for param in paramsBove1 {
+                let testDict = [param.0 : param.1]
+                let str = try? trySerialize(testDict)
+                XCTAssertEqual(str!, "{\"\(param.0)\":\(param.1)}", "serialized Double should  have a decimal places and leading value")
+            }
+        }
+
+        //test serialize values for whole integer where the input is in Double format
+        func excecute_testWholeNumbersWithDoubleAsInput() {
+            
+            let paramsWholeNumbers = [
+                ("-1"  ,-1.0),
+                ("0"  ,0.0),
+                ("1"  ,1.0),
+                ]
+            for param in paramsWholeNumbers {
+                let testDict = [param.0 : param.1]
+                let str = try? trySerialize(testDict)
+                XCTAssertEqual(str!, "{\"\(param.0)\":\(NSString(string:param.0).intValue)}", "expect that serialized value should not contain trailing zero or decimal as they are whole numbers ")
+            }
+        }
+        
+        func excecute_testWholeNumbersWithIntInput() {
+            for i  in -10..<10 {
+                let iStr = "\(i)"
+                let testDict = [iStr : i]
+                let str = try? trySerialize(testDict)
+                XCTAssertEqual(str!, "{\"\(iStr)\":\(i)}", "expect that serialized value should not contain trailing zero or decimal as they are whole numbers ")
+            }
+        }
+        excecute_testSetLessThanOne()
+        excecute_testSetGraterThanOne()
+        excecute_testWholeNumbersWithDoubleAsInput()
+        excecute_testWholeNumbersWithIntInput()
+    }
+    
     func test_serialize_null() {
         let arr = [NSNull()]
         XCTAssertEqual(try trySerialize(arr), "[null]")