diff --git a/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/ops.hpp b/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/ops.hpp
index e103c8d8..fa351d21 100644
--- a/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/ops.hpp
+++ b/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/ops.hpp
@@ -40,7 +40,16 @@ quad_absolute(const Sleef_quad *op)
 static inline Sleef_quad
 quad_rint(const Sleef_quad *op)
 {
-    return Sleef_rintq1(*op);
+    Sleef_quad halfway = Sleef_addq1_u05(
+        Sleef_truncq1(*op),
+        Sleef_copysignq1(Sleef_cast_from_doubleq1(0.5), *op)
+    );
+
+    // Sleef_rintq1 does not handle some near-halfway cases correctly, so we
+    // manually round up or down when x is not exactly halfway
+    return Sleef_icmpeqq1(*op, halfway) ? Sleef_rintq1(*op) : (
+        Sleef_icmpleq1(*op, halfway) ? Sleef_floorq1(*op) : Sleef_ceilq1(*op)
+    );
 }
 
 static inline Sleef_quad
diff --git a/quaddtype/tests/test_quaddtype.py b/quaddtype/tests/test_quaddtype.py
index 25550db8..0a2cf3ff 100644
--- a/quaddtype/tests/test_quaddtype.py
+++ b/quaddtype/tests/test_quaddtype.py
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ def test_rounding_functions(op, val):
             quad_result), f"Zero sign mismatch for {op}({val})"
 
 
+def test_rint_near_halfway():
+    assert np.rint(QuadPrecision("7.4999999999999999")) == 7
+    assert np.rint(QuadPrecision("7.49999999999999999")) == 7
+    assert np.rint(QuadPrecision("7.5")) == 8
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("op", ["exp", "exp2"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("val", [
     # Basic cases