2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index 92721d18f..c7246ea1a 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -1465,7 +1465,10 @@ static ssize_t bc_num_cmp(BcNum *a, BcNum *b)
         b_int = BC_NUM_INT(b);
         a_int -= b_int;
 
-        if (a_int != 0) return (ssize_t) a_int;
+        if (a_int != 0) {
+                if (neg) return - (ssize_t) a_int;
+                return (ssize_t) a_int;
+        }
 
         a_max = (a->rdx > b->rdx);
         if (a_max) {
diff --git a/testsuite/bc.tests b/testsuite/bc.tests
index 3fde60a2c..179d5d2a2 100755
--- a/testsuite/bc.tests
+++ b/testsuite/bc.tests
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ testing "bc { print 1 }" \
         "1" \
         "" "{ print 1 }"
 
+testing "bc comparison 1" \
+        "bc" \
+        "1\n" \
+        "" "-10 < -9"
+
 testing "bc nested loops and breaks" \
         "bc" \
         "\