diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91b6beef..44528a58 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ tmp
 /quality/
 db.duckdb
 .soda/
+.vscode/
+.duckdb/
 
 
 ### JetBrains template
diff --git a/datacontract/export/sql_type_converter.py b/datacontract/export/sql_type_converter.py
index 4e7ca3c0..2525c11f 100644
--- a/datacontract/export/sql_type_converter.py
+++ b/datacontract/export/sql_type_converter.py
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ def convert_to_duckdb(field: Field) -> None | str:
     if type.lower() in ["time"]:
         return "TIME"  # TIME WITHOUT TIME ZONE
     if type.lower() in ["number", "decimal", "numeric"]:
-        # precision and scale not supported by data contract
-        return "DECIMAL"
+        return f"DECIMAL({field.precision},{field.scale})"
     if type.lower() in ["float"]:
         return "FLOAT"
     if type.lower() in ["double"]:
diff --git a/datacontract/imports/glue_importer.py b/datacontract/imports/glue_importer.py
index c17d6795..94464700 100644
--- a/datacontract/imports/glue_importer.py
+++ b/datacontract/imports/glue_importer.py
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ def import_glue(data_contract_specification: DataContractSpecification, source:
 
             fields[column["Name"]] = field
 
+            if "decimal" in column["Type"]:
+                # Extract precision and scale from the string
+                perc_scale = column["Type"][8:-1].split(',')
+                print(perc_scale)
+                field.precision = int(perc_scale[0])
+                field.scale = int(perc_scale[1])
+
         data_contract_specification.models[table_name] = Model(
             type="table",
             fields=fields,
@@ -180,5 +187,7 @@ def map_type_from_sql(sql_type: str):
         return "timestamp"
     elif sql_type.lower().startswith("date"):
         return "date"
+    elif sql_type.lower().startswith("decimal"):
+        return "decimal"
     else:
         return "variant"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/glue/datacontract.yaml b/tests/fixtures/glue/datacontract.yaml
index 5696fd49..7778e5f7 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/glue/datacontract.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/glue/datacontract.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ models:
                 type: integer
             field_three:
                 type: timestamp
+            field_four:
+                type: decimal
+                precision: 6
+                scale: 2
             part_one:
                 description: Partition Key
                 required: True
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/parquet/data/decimal.parquet b/tests/fixtures/parquet/data/decimal.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50cc2a2b
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/fixtures/parquet/data/decimal.parquet differ
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/parquet/datacontract_decimal.yaml b/tests/fixtures/parquet/datacontract_decimal.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb0f8ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/parquet/datacontract_decimal.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+dataContractSpecification: 0.9.2
+id: orders-unit-test
+info:
+  title: Orders Unit Test
+  version: 1.0.0
+servers:
+  production:
+    type: local
+    path: ./fixtures/parquet/data/decimal.parquet
+    format: parquet
+    dataProductId: orders
+    outputPortId: parquet
+models:
+  orders:
+    fields:
+      id:
+        type: varchar
+      price:
+        type: decimal
+        precision: 6
+        scale: 2
+        description: price
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_import_glue.py b/tests/test_import_glue.py
index 3fbf6fd9..3d82ffad 100644
--- a/tests/test_import_glue.py
+++ b/tests/test_import_glue.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ def setup_mock_glue(aws_credentials):
                             "Name": "field_three",
                             "Type": "timestamp",
                         },
+                        {   "Name": "field_four",
+                            "Type": "decimal(6,2)"}
                     ]
                 },
                 "PartitionKeys": [
diff --git a/tests/test_test_parquet.py b/tests/test_test_parquet.py
index 966a742c..f170fbea 100644
--- a/tests/test_test_parquet.py
+++ b/tests/test_test_parquet.py
@@ -48,3 +48,12 @@ def test_timestamp():
     run = data_contract.test()
     print(run.pretty())
     assert run.result == "passed"
+
+
+def test_decimal():
+    data_contract = DataContract(
+        data_contract_file="fixtures/parquet/datacontract_decimal.yaml",
+    )
+    run = data_contract.test()
+    print(run.pretty())
+    assert run.result == "passed"