diff --git a/src/ng/filter/filters.js b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
index 91cb588aff75..8c80ed5a092f 100644
--- a/src/ng/filter/filters.js
+++ b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ function numberFilter($locale) {
   };
 }
 
+function getExponentString(numberString,fractionSize) {
+  var numberArray = numberString.split('e'),
+  fractionUsed = +fractionSize;
+  return (numberArray[0] + 'e' + (numberArray[1] ? (+numberArray[1] + fractionUsed) : fractionUsed));
+}
+
 var DECIMAL_SEP = '.';
 function formatNumber(number, pattern, groupSep, decimalSep, fractionSize) {
   if (number == null || !isFinite(number) || isObject(number)) return '';
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ function formatNumber(number, pattern, groupSep, decimalSep, fractionSize) {
     // safely round numbers in JS without hitting imprecisions of floating-point arithmetics
     // inspired by:
     // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Math/round
-    number = +(Math.round(+(number.toString() + 'e' + fractionSize)).toString() + 'e' + -fractionSize);
+    number = +(getExponentString(Math.round(+(getExponentString(number.toString(),fractionSize))).toString(),-fractionSize));
 
     var fraction = ('' + number).split(DECIMAL_SEP);
     var whole = fraction[0];
diff --git a/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js b/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
index af0cdba6d96d..bee7cf6c40c8 100644
--- a/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ describe('filters', function() {
       expect(num).toBe('1.1112');
     });
 
+    it('should format large number',function() {
+      pattern.gsize = 2;
+      var num = formatNumber(12345868059685210000, pattern, ',', '.', 2);
+      expect(num).toBe('12,345,868,059,685,210,000.00');
+    });
+
     it('should format according different separators', function() {
       var num = formatNumber(1234567.1, pattern, '.', ',', 2);
       expect(num).toBe('1.234.567,10');