diff --git a/src/Constants.jl b/src/Constants.jl
index 025c7a8..00e5711 100644
--- a/src/Constants.jl
+++ b/src/Constants.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-const zeta2F32 = 1.644934f0      # zeta(2) with Float32 precision
+const zeta2F16 = Float16(1.64493) # zeta(2) with Float16 precision
+const zeta2F32 = 1.644934f0       # zeta(2) with Float32 precision
 const zeta2 = 1.6449340668482264
 const zeta3 = 1.2020569031595943
 const zeta4 = 1.0823232337111382
diff --git a/src/Li2.jl b/src/Li2.jl
index d8b8ae6..41c5e4a 100644
--- a/src/Li2.jl
+++ b/src/Li2.jl
@@ -235,70 +235,35 @@ li2(z::Real) = li2(Complex(z))
 
 _li2(z::ComplexF16) = oftype(z, _li2(ComplexF32(z)))
 
-function _li2(z::ComplexF32)::ComplexF32
-    clog(z) = log(abs(z)) + angle(z)*1.0f0im
+function _li2(z::Complex{T})::Complex{T} where T
+    clog(z) = T == Float64 ? complex(0.5*log(abs2(z)), angle(z)) : complex(log(abs(z)), angle(z))
 
     rz, iz = reim(z)
 
-    if iz == 0.0f0
-        if rz <= 1.0f0
-            reli2(rz)
+    if iszero(iz)
+        if rz <= one(T)
+            complex(reli2(rz))
         else # Re(z) > 1
-            reli2(rz) - pi*clog(rz)*1.0f0im
+            complex(reli2(rz), -convert(T, pi)*log(rz))
         end
     else
         nz = abs2(z)
 
-        if nz < eps(Float32)
-            z*(1.0f0 + 0.25f0*z)
+        if nz < eps(T)
+            z*(one(T) + one(T)/4*z)
         else
-            if rz <= 0.5f0
-                if nz > 1.0f0
-                    -li2_approx(-clog(1.0f0 - inv(z))) - 0.5f0*clog(-z)^2 - zeta2F32
+            if rz <= one(T)/2
+                if nz > one(T)
+                    -li2_approx(-clog(one(T) - inv(z))) - one(T)/2*clog(-z)^2 - zeta_2(T)
                 else # |z|^2 <= 1
-                    li2_approx(-clog(1.0f0 - z))
+                    li2_approx(-clog(one(T) - z))
                 end
             else # Re(z) > 1/2
-                if nz <= 2.0f0*rz
+                if nz <= 2*rz
                     l = -clog(z)
-                    -li2_approx(l) + l*clog(1.0f0 - z) + zeta2F32
+                    -li2_approx(l) + l*clog(one(T) - z) + zeta_2(T)
                 else # |z|^2 > 2*Re(z)
-                    -li2_approx(-clog(1.0f0 - inv(z))) - 0.5f0*clog(-z)^2 - zeta2F32
-                end
-            end
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-function _li2(z::ComplexF64)::ComplexF64
-    clog(z) = 0.5*log(abs2(z)) + angle(z)*1.0im
-
-    rz, iz = reim(z)
-
-    if iz == 0.0
-        if rz <= 1.0
-            reli2(rz)
-        else # Re(z) > 1
-            reli2(rz) - pi*log(rz)*1.0im
-        end
-    else
-        nz = abs2(z)
-
-        if nz < eps(Float64)
-            z*(1.0 + 0.25*z)
-        else
-            if rz <= 0.5
-                if nz > 1.0
-                    -li2_approx(-clog(1.0 - inv(z))) - 0.5*clog(-z)^2 - zeta2
-                else # |z|^2 <= 1
-                    li2_approx(-clog(1.0 - z))
-                end
-            else # Re(z) > 1/2
-                if nz <= 2.0*rz
-                    l = -clog(z)
-                    -li2_approx(l) + l*clog(1.0 - z) + zeta2
-                else # |z|^2 > 2*Re(z)
-                    -li2_approx(-clog(1.0 - inv(z))) - 0.5*clog(-z)^2 - zeta2
+                    -li2_approx(-clog(one(T) - inv(z))) - one(T)/2*clog(-z)^2 - zeta_2(T)
                 end
             end
         end
diff --git a/src/Zeta.jl b/src/Zeta.jl
index adccae4..d1a70ed 100644
--- a/src/Zeta.jl
+++ b/src/Zeta.jl
@@ -99,3 +99,16 @@ function zeta_big(n::Integer)::BigFloat
     ccall((:mpfr_zeta, :libmpfr), Int32, (Ref{BigFloat}, Ref{BigFloat}, Int32), z, x, ROUNDING_MODE[])
     return z
 end
+
+# returns pre-computed value zeta(2) for given type T
+function zeta_2(::Type{T})::T where T
+    if T == Float16
+        zeta2F16
+    elseif T == Float32
+        zeta2F32
+    elseif T == Float64
+        zeta2
+    else
+        zeta(2, T)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/test/Zeta.jl b/test/Zeta.jl
index 52fe4d6..d6cf37c 100644
--- a/test/Zeta.jl
+++ b/test/Zeta.jl
@@ -39,3 +39,12 @@
     @test PolyLog.zeta(   8, BigFloat) ≈ big(pi)^8/9450    rtol=10*eps(BigFloat)
     @test PolyLog.zeta(  10, BigFloat) ≈ big(pi)^10/93555  rtol=10*eps(BigFloat)
 end
+
+@testset "zeta_2" begin
+    zeta2F64 = 1.6449340668482264
+
+    @test PolyLog.zeta_2(Float16) == Float16(zeta2F64)
+    @test PolyLog.zeta_2(Float32) == Float32(zeta2F64)
+    @test PolyLog.zeta_2(Float64) == zeta2F64
+    @test PolyLog.zeta_2(BigFloat) == PolyLog.zeta(2, BigFloat)
+end