diff --git a/src/wsdl/index.ts b/src/wsdl/index.ts
index 5d911d943..35a490166 100644
--- a/src/wsdl/index.ts
+++ b/src/wsdl/index.ts
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ export class WSDL {
       } else {
         if (name === 'int' || name === 'integer') {
           value = parseInt(text, 10);
-        } else if (name === 'double' || name === 'float') {
+        } else if (name === 'double' || name === 'float' || name === 'decimal') {
           value = Number(text);
         } else if (name === 'bool' || name === 'boolean') {
           value = text.toLowerCase() === 'true' || text === '1';
diff --git a/test/server-test.js b/test/server-test.js
index 10edb098c..28dafdc82 100644
--- a/test/server-test.js
+++ b/test/server-test.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ test.service = {
             }
           };
         } else {
-          return { price: 19.56, tax: -1.23 };
+          return { price: 19.56, tax: -1.23, other: 20.001 };
         }
       },
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ describe('SOAP Server', function() {
     soap.createClient(test.baseUrl + '/stockquote?wsdl', function(err, client) {
       assert.ifError(err);
       var description = client.describe(),
-          expected = { input: { tickerSymbol: "string" }, output:{ price: "float", tax: "double" } };
+          expected = { input: { tickerSymbol: "string" }, output:{ price: "float", tax: "double", other: "decimal" } };
       assert.deepEqual(expected , description.StockQuoteService.StockQuotePort.GetLastTradePrice);
       done();
     });
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ describe('SOAP Server', function() {
         assert.ifError(err);
         assert.strictEqual(19.56, result.price); // float
         assert.strictEqual(-1.23, result.tax); // double
+        assert.strictEqual(20.001, result.other); // decimal
         done();
       });
     });
diff --git a/test/wsdl/strict/stockquote.wsdl b/test/wsdl/strict/stockquote.wsdl
index 43e3efaef..d66238270 100644
--- a/test/wsdl/strict/stockquote.wsdl
+++ b/test/wsdl/strict/stockquote.wsdl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
                   <xsd:all>
                       <xsd:element name="price" type="float"/>
                       <xsd:element name="tax" type="double"/>
+                      <xsd:element name="other" type="decimal"/>
                   </xsd:all>
               </xsd:complexType>
            </xsd:element>