diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 70782a6dd5..af0f15b468 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-10-08  Leonardo Sandoval  <leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez@intel.com>
+
+	* benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py (main): set float type on
+	threshold argument.
+
 2018-10-08  Rafal Luzynski  <digitalfreak@lingonborough.com>
 
 	[BZ #23740]
diff --git a/benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py b/benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py
index 88e8911d81..f4b7742f90 100755
--- a/benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py
+++ b/benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser.add_argument('--schema',
                         default=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),'benchout.schema.json'),
                         help='JSON file to validate source/dest files (default: %(default)s)')
-    parser.add_argument('--threshold', default=10.0, help='Only print those with equal or higher threshold (default: %(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument('--threshold', default=10.0, type=float, help='Only print those with equal or higher threshold (default: %(default)s)')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()