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diff --git a/hints/os390.sh b/hints/os390.sh
index bb41e67..02f75ea 100644
--- a/hints/os390.sh
+++ b/hints/os390.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #     Len Johnson <lenjay@ibm.net>
 #     Bud Huff  <BAHUFF@us.oracle.com>
 #     Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
-#     Andy Dougherty  <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
+#     Andy Dougherty  <doughera@lafayette.edu>
 #     Tim Bunce  <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
 #
 #  as well as the authors of the aix.sh file
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ EOWARN
     fi
 fi
 
+# Most of the time gcvt() seems to work fine but
+# sometimes values like 0.1, 0.2, come out as "10", "20",
+# a trivial Perl demonstration snippet is 'print 0.1'.
+# The -W 0,float(ieee) seems to be the switch breaking gcvt().
+# sprintf() seems to get things right(er).
+gconvert_preference=sprintf
+
 cat >config.arch<<'__CONFIG_ARCH__'
 # The '-W 0,float(ieee)' cannot be used during Configure as ldflags.