diff --git a/src/quotes/gnc-fq-helper.in b/src/quotes/gnc-fq-helper.in
index 13dfb3b15e..eb7862e27e 100644
--- a/src/quotes/gnc-fq-helper.in
+++ b/src/quotes/gnc-fq-helper.in
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ sub schemify_num {
 
   if(!$numstr) { return "failed-conversion"; }
 
-  if($numstr =~ /^\s*(\d+(\.\d+)?)$/o) {
+  if($numstr =~ /^\s*(\d+(\.\d+)?([eE][+-]?\d+)?)$/o) {
     return $1;
   } else {
     return "failed-conversion";