diff --git a/sandbox/grist/imports/fixtures/test_excel_numeric_gs.xlsx b/sandbox/grist/imports/fixtures/test_excel_numeric_gs.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09c03225
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diff --git a/sandbox/grist/imports/import_xls_test.py b/sandbox/grist/imports/import_xls_test.py
index b176f0ad..aa0e9027 100644
--- a/sandbox/grist/imports/import_xls_test.py
+++ b/sandbox/grist/imports/import_xls_test.py
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ class TestImportXLS(unittest.TestCase):
                     [-10.25, -8.00, -5.75, -3.50, "n/a", '  1.  ', "   ???   ", 5.50, None, "-",
                      12.25, 0.00, None, 0.00, "--", 23.50, "NA", 28.00, 30.25, 32.50])
 
+  def test_excel_numeric_gs(self):
+    # openpyxl sometimes sees floats for int values when those values come from Google Sheets (if
+    # saved via Excel, they'll look like ints). Check that they don't get imported with ".0" suffix.
+    parsed_file = import_xls.parse_file(*_get_fixture('test_excel_numeric_gs.xlsx'))
+    sheet = parsed_file[1][0]
+    self._check_col(sheet, 0, "TagId", "Numeric", [10, 20, 30, 40.5])
+    self._check_col(sheet, 1, "TagName", "Any", ["foo", "300", "bar", "300.1"])
+
   def test_excel_single_merged_cell(self):
     # An older version had a bug where a single cell marked as 'merged' would cause an exception.
     parsed_file = import_xls.parse_file(*_get_fixture('test_single_merged_cell.xlsx'))
diff --git a/sandbox/grist/parse_data.py b/sandbox/grist/parse_data.py
index f0168623..133d091a 100644
--- a/sandbox/grist/parse_data.py
+++ b/sandbox/grist/parse_data.py
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ class ColumnConverter(object):
     # For some reason, we get 'str' type rather than 'unicode' for empty strings.
     # Correct this, since all text should be unicode.
     value = u"" if value == "" else value
+
+    # Integer values sometimes show up as ints (from Excel), sometimes as floats (from Google).
+    # Make them consistently ints; this avoid addition of ".0" suffix when converting to text.
+    if type(value) == float and value.is_integer():
+      value = int(value)
+
     try:
       conv = self._converter.convert(value)
       self._converted_values.append(conv)