diff --git a/Lib/test/test_math.py b/Lib/test/test_math.py
index af84d2a614d..6d6bc449538 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_math.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_math.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 
 from test_support import *
 
-eps=1e-5
-print 'math module, testing with eps', eps
+seps='1e-05'
+eps = eval(seps)
+print 'math module, testing with eps', seps
 import math
 
 def testit(name, value, expected):