diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 2db7027..e155804 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - `Paul Solbach <https://github.com/hansenrum>`_, fixed requirement for oauth_verifier
 - `Greg Nofi <https://github.com/nofeet>`_, fixed using built-in Exception attributes for storing & retrieving error message
 - `Jonathan Vanasco <https://github.com/jvanasco>`_, Debugging support, error_code tracking, Twitter error API tracking, other fixes
+- `DevDave <https://github.com/devdave>`_, quick fix for longs with helper._transparent_params
diff --git a/twython/compat.py b/twython/compat.py
index 79f9c2c..26af6e8 100644
--- a/twython/compat.py
+++ b/twython/compat.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if is_py2:
 
     str = unicode
     basestring = basestring
+    numeric_types = (int, long, float)
 
 
 elif is_py3:
@@ -29,3 +30,4 @@ elif is_py3:
 
     str = str
     basestring = (str, bytes)
+    numeric_types = (int, float)
diff --git a/twython/helpers.py b/twython/helpers.py
index 7b8275b..daa3370 100644
--- a/twython/helpers.py
+++ b/twython/helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .compat import basestring
+from .compat import basestring, numeric_types
 
 
 def _transparent_params(_params):
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def _transparent_params(_params):
                 params[k] = 'true'
             else:
                 params[k] = 'false'
-        elif isinstance(v, basestring) or isinstance(v, int):
+        elif isinstance(v, basestring) or isinstance(v, numeric_types):
             params[k] = v
         else:
             continue