diff --git a/mopidy/backends/gstreamer.py b/mopidy/backends/gstreamer.py
index 00d140fd..77dbc306 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/gstreamer.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/gstreamer.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class GStreamerPlaybackController(BasePlaybackController):
 
     @property
     def volume(self):
-        return self.bin.get_property('volume') * 100
+        return int(self.bin.get_property('volume') * 100)
 
     @volume.setter
     def volume(self, value):
diff --git a/tests/backends/basetests.py b/tests/backends/basetests.py
index 60e9f328..6c1f4bc2 100644
--- a/tests/backends/basetests.py
+++ b/tests/backends/basetests.py
@@ -431,6 +431,13 @@ class BasePlaybackControllerTest(object):
             self.playback.volume = 0
             self.assertEqual(self.playback.volume, 0)
 
+    def test_volume_is_not_float(self):
+        if not self.supports_volume:
+            return
+
+        self.playback.volume = 1.0 / 3 * 100
+        self.assertEqual(self.playback.volume, 33)
+
     def test_play_with_consume(self):
         raise NotImplementedError