diff --git a/lslopt/lslbasefuncs.py b/lslopt/lslbasefuncs.py
index e79e845..fe9afe9 100644
--- a/lslopt/lslbasefuncs.py
+++ b/lslopt/lslbasefuncs.py
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ def div(a, b, f32=True):
                     return a # this could be handled by using S32 but it's probably faster this way
                 if (a < 0) ^ (b < 0):
                     # signs differ - Python rounds towards -inf, we need rounding towards 0
-                    return - a//-b # that's -(a//-b) not (-a)//-b
+                    return -(a//-b)
                 return a//b
             ret = F32(ff(a)/ff(b), f32)
             if math.isnan(ret): # A NaN result gives a math error.
diff --git a/testfuncs.py b/testfuncs.py
index 7a10eb2..6f6653d 100644
--- a/testfuncs.py
+++ b/testfuncs.py
@@ -516,6 +516,15 @@ def do_tests():
     shouldexcept('div(1, NaN)', ELSLMathError)
     shouldexcept('div(F32(1e40), F32(1e40))', ELSLMathError)
     shouldexcept('zstr("blah")', ELSLInvalidType)
+    test('div(1, 9)', 0)
+    test('div(8, 9)', 0)
+    test('div(9, 9)', 1)
+    test('div(-1,9)', 0)
+    test('div(-8,9)', 0)
+    test('div(-9,9)', -1)
+    test('div(1,-9)', 0)
+    test('div(8,-9)', 0)
+    test('div(9,-9)', -1)
     test(r'zstr(Key(u"xy\0zzy"))', Key(u'xy'))
     test('typecast(Infinity, unicode)', u'Infinity')
     test('typecast(NaN, unicode)', u'NaN')