diff --git a/api/mraa/aio.h b/api/mraa/aio.h
index ee30fb0..753c907 100644
--- a/api/mraa/aio.h
+++ b/api/mraa/aio.h
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ mraa_aio_context mraa_aio_init(unsigned int pin);
  */
 unsigned int mraa_aio_read(mraa_aio_context dev);
 
+/**
+ * Read the input voltage and return it as a normalized float (0.0f-1.0f).
+ *
+ * @param dev The AIO context
+ * @returns The current input voltage as a normalized float (0.0f-1.0f)
+ */
+float mraa_aio_read_float(mraa_aio_context dev);
+
 /**
  * Close the analog input context, this will free the memory for the context
  *
diff --git a/api/mraa/aio.hpp b/api/mraa/aio.hpp
index 27c6a64..d061f9a 100644
--- a/api/mraa/aio.hpp
+++ b/api/mraa/aio.hpp
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ class Aio {
         int read() {
             return mraa_aio_read(m_aio);
         }
+        /**
+         * Read a value from the AIO pin and return it as a normalized float.
+         *
+         * @returns The current input voltage as a normalized float (0.0f-1.0f)
+         */
+        float readFloat() {
+            return mraa_aio_read_float(m_aio);
+        }
         /**
          * Set the bit value which mraa will shift the raw reading
          * from the ADC to. I.e. 10bits
diff --git a/src/aio/aio.c b/src/aio/aio.c
index 7d08ccc..83914dd 100644
--- a/src/aio/aio.c
+++ b/src/aio/aio.c
@@ -159,6 +159,20 @@ mraa_aio_read(mraa_aio_context dev)
     return analog_value;
 }
 
+float
+mraa_aio_read_float(mraa_aio_context dev)
+{
+    if (dev == NULL) {
+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "aio: Device not valid");
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    float max_analog_value = (1 << dev->value_bit) - 1;
+    unsigned int analog_value_int = mraa_aio_read(dev);
+
+    return analog_value_int / max_analog_value;
+}
+
 mraa_result_t
 mraa_aio_close(mraa_aio_context dev)
 {