diff --git a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Evaluator.scala b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Evaluator.scala
index a0caf1d5..3700c5f5 100644
--- a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Evaluator.scala
+++ b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Evaluator.scala
@@ -1157,10 +1157,11 @@ class Evaluator(
   }
 
   protected def visitSlice(e: Slice)(implicit scope: ValScope): Val = {
-    def extractParam(e: Option[Expr]): Option[Int] = e.flatMap(visitExpr(_) match {
+    // Pass raw doubles through; Util.slice enforces that indices/step are integers (issue #797).
+    def extractParam(e: Option[Expr]): Option[Double] = e.flatMap(visitExpr(_) match {
       case _: Val.Null => None
-      case v: Val.Num  => Some(v.asInt)
-      case v: Val      => Some(v.cast[Val.Num].asInt)
+      case v: Val.Num  => Some(v.rawDouble)
+      case v: Val      => Some(v.cast[Val.Num].rawDouble)
     })
 
     val indexable = visitExpr(e.value) match {
diff --git a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Util.scala b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Util.scala
index d716ca4d..019e7587 100644
--- a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Util.scala
+++ b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Util.scala
@@ -23,26 +23,36 @@ object Util {
       pos: Position,
       ev: EvalScope,
       indexable: Val,
-      index: Option[Int],
-      _end: Option[Int],
-      _step: Option[Int]): Val = {
+      index: Option[Double],
+      _end: Option[Double],
+      _step: Option[Double]): Val = {
     def length0(e: Val): Int = e match {
       case Val.Str(_, s) => s.codePointCount(0, s.length)
       case a: Val.Arr    => a.length
       case x             => Error.fail("Cannot get length of " + x.prettyName, e.pos)(ev)
     }
+    // Slice indices and step must be integers. Official Jsonnet rejects fractional array
+    // indices at manifestation; sjsonnet applies the same strict rule to both array and
+    // string slicing (issue #797) instead of silently truncating fractional values.
+    def asSliceInt(d: Double, name: String): Int = {
+      if (d.isNaN || d.isInfinite || Math.floor(d) != d) {
+        Error.fail(s"slice $name must be an integer, got: $d", pos)(ev)
+      }
+      d.toInt
+    }
     val length = length0(indexable)
     val start = index match {
       case None    => 0
-      case Some(i) => if (i < 0) Math.max(0, length + i) else i
+      case Some(d) => val i = asSliceInt(d, "index"); if (i < 0) Math.max(0, length + i) else i
     }
     val end = _end match {
       case None    => length
-      case Some(e) => if (e < 0) length + e else e
+      case Some(d) => val e = asSliceInt(d, "end"); if (e < 0) length + e else e
     }
     val step = _step match {
       case None    => 1
-      case Some(s) =>
+      case Some(d) =>
+        val s = asSliceInt(d, "step")
         if (s < 0) {
           Error.fail(s"got [$start:$end:$s] but negative steps are not supported", pos)(ev)
         } else if (s == 0) {
diff --git a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/stdlib/SetModule.scala b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/stdlib/SetModule.scala
index 33860698..e17a728b 100644
--- a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/stdlib/SetModule.scala
+++ b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/stdlib/SetModule.scala
@@ -443,7 +443,13 @@ object SetModule extends AbstractFunctionModule {
      * arr[0:4:1] instead of std.slice(arr, 0, 4, 1)).
      */
     builtin("slice", "indexable", "index", "end", "step") {
-      (pos, ev, indexable: Val, index: Option[Int], _end: Option[Int], _step: Option[Int]) =>
+      (
+          pos,
+          ev,
+          indexable: Val,
+          index: Option[Double],
+          _end: Option[Double],
+          _step: Option[Double]) =>
         Util.slice(pos, ev, indexable, index, _end, _step)
     },
     /**
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.slice_fractional_index.jsonnet b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.slice_fractional_index.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b504605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.slice_fractional_index.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+std.slice([0, 1, 2], 0.9, 2.9, 1)
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.slice_fractional_index.jsonnet.golden b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.slice_fractional_index.jsonnet.golden
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dae60e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/error.slice_fractional_index.jsonnet.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sjsonnet.Error: [std.slice] slice index must be an integer, got: 0.9
+    at [<root>].(error.slice_fractional_index.jsonnet:1:10)
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/slice_strict_integer.jsonnet b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/slice_strict_integer.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32b595a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/slice_strict_integer.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Issue #797: std.slice and the [a:b:c] slice operator must reject fractional
+// indices and steps (strict integer semantics) instead of silently truncating.
+// Integer arguments (including negatives and nulls) keep working unchanged.
+std.assertEqual(std.slice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 0, 4, 1), [1, 2, 3, 4]) &&
+std.assertEqual(std.slice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 1, 6, 2), [2, 4, 6]) &&
+std.assertEqual(std.slice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], -3, 99, 1), [4, 5, 6]) &&
+std.assertEqual(std.slice("jsonnet", 0, 4, 1), "json") &&
+std.assertEqual(std.slice([1, 2, 3], null, null, null), [1, 2, 3]) &&
+std.assertEqual([1, 2, 3, 4, 5][1:4:2], [2, 4]) &&
+std.assertEqual([1, 2, 3, 4, 5][-2:], [4, 5]) &&
+// Fractional values that happen to be whole (e.g. 2.0) are still accepted.
+std.assertEqual(std.slice([1, 2, 3], 0.0, 2.0, 1.0), [1, 2]) &&
+true
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/slice_strict_integer.jsonnet.golden b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/slice_strict_integer.jsonnet.golden
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27ba77dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/slice_strict_integer.jsonnet.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+true