diff --git a/crates/capi/src/floatobject.rs b/crates/capi/src/floatobject.rs
index f1bb078106d..831ca32af1e 100644
--- a/crates/capi/src/floatobject.rs
+++ b/crates/capi/src/floatobject.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use crate::object::define_py_check;
 use crate::{PyObject, pystate::with_vm};
 use core::ffi::c_double;
+use core::ptr::NonNull;
+use rustpython_vm::AsObject;
 use rustpython_vm::builtins::PyFloat;
 
 define_py_check!(fn PyFloat_Check, types.float_type);
@@ -24,6 +26,37 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn PyFloat_AsDouble(obj: *mut PyObject) -> c_double {
     })
 }
 
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub extern "C" fn PyFloat_GetMax() -> c_double {
+    c_double::MAX
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub extern "C" fn PyFloat_GetMin() -> c_double {
+    c_double::MIN_POSITIVE
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub extern "C" fn PyFloat_GetInfo() -> *mut PyObject {
+    with_vm(|vm| {
+        vm.sys_module
+            .as_object()
+            .get_attr("float_info", vm)
+            .map(|obj| obj.into_raw().as_ptr())
+    })
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn PyFloat_FromString(obj: *mut PyObject) -> *mut PyObject {
+    with_vm(|vm| {
+        let obj = NonNull::new(obj)
+            .ok_or_else(|| vm.new_type_error("float() argument must be a string or a number"))?;
+        let obj = unsafe { obj.as_ref() }.to_owned();
+        let float = rustpython_vm::builtins::parse_float_from_string(obj, vm)?;
+        Ok(vm.ctx.new_float(float))
+    })
+}
+
 #[cfg(false)]
 mod tests {
     use core::f64::consts::PI;
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/builtins/float.rs b/crates/vm/src/builtins/float.rs
index 5a12c4cbf31..36846640e59 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/builtins/float.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/builtins/float.rs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ impl Constructor for PyFloat {
     }
 }
 
-fn float_from_string(val: PyObjectRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<f64> {
+pub fn float_from_string(val: PyObjectRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<f64> {
     let (bytearray, buffer, buffer_lock, mapped_string);
     let b = if let Some(s) = val.downcast_ref::<PyStr>() {
         use crate::common::str::PyKindStr;
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/builtins/mod.rs b/crates/vm/src/builtins/mod.rs
index 27b52dacb15..eba5af36686 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/builtins/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/builtins/mod.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ pub(crate) mod union_;
 pub use union_::{PyUnion, make_union};
 pub(crate) mod descriptor;
 
+pub use float::float_from_string as parse_float_from_string;
 pub use float::try_to_bigint as try_f64_to_bigint;
 pub use int::try_to_float as try_bigint_to_f64;