diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/avatica/util/AbstractCursor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/avatica/util/AbstractCursor.java
index fb88dddc3a..f05cbcc6d3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/avatica/util/AbstractCursor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/avatica/util/AbstractCursor.java
@@ -682,6 +682,32 @@ public boolean getBoolean() throws SQLException {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Accessor that assumes that the underlying value is a {@link BigDecimal};
+   * corresponds to {@link java.sql.Types#DECIMAL}.
+   */
+  private static class BigDecimalAccessor extends BigNumberAccessor {
+    private BigDecimalAccessor(Getter getter) {
+      super(getter);
+    }
+
+    protected Number getNumber() throws SQLException {
+      return (Number) getObject();
+    }
+
+    public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(int scale) throws SQLException {
+      Number number = getNumber();
+      return number == null || number instanceof BigDecimal
+          ? (BigDecimal) number : BigDecimal.valueOf(number.longValue());
+    }
+
+    public BigDecimal getBigDecimal() throws SQLException {
+      Number number = getNumber();
+      return number == null || number instanceof BigDecimal
+          ? (BigDecimal) number : BigDecimal.valueOf(number.longValue());
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Accessor that assumes that the underlying value is a {@link Number};
    * corresponds to {@link java.sql.Types#NUMERIC}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/calcite/avatica/AvaticaResultSetConversionsTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/calcite/avatica/AvaticaResultSetConversionsTest.java
index b61d9e5e43..b8df74e0ad 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/calcite/avatica/AvaticaResultSetConversionsTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/calcite/avatica/AvaticaResultSetConversionsTest.java
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ public TestMetaImpl(AvaticaConnection connection) {
                       ColumnMetaData.Rep.NUMBER),
                   "ARRAY",
                   ColumnMetaData.Rep.ARRAY),
+              DatabaseMetaData.columnNoNulls),
+          columnMetaData("decimal_array", 18,
+              ColumnMetaData.array(
+                  ColumnMetaData.scalar(Types.DECIMAL, "DECIMAL",
+                      ColumnMetaData.Rep.PRIMITIVE_DOUBLE),
+                  "ARRAY",
+                  ColumnMetaData.Rep.ARRAY),
               DatabaseMetaData.columnNoNulls));
 
       List<Object> row = Collections.<Object>singletonList(
@@ -216,7 +223,8 @@ public TestMetaImpl(AvaticaConnection connection) {
               null,
               Arrays.asList(123, 18234),
               Arrays.asList(1476130718123L, 1479123123242L),
-              Arrays.asList(1476123L, 147912242L)
+              Arrays.asList(1476123L, 147912242L),
+              Arrays.asList(1, 1.1)
           });
 
       CursorFactory factory = CursorFactory.deduce(columns, null);
@@ -596,6 +604,24 @@ private ArrayAccessorTestHelper(Getter g) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Accessor test helper for decimal array column.
+   */
+  private static final class DecimalArrayAccessorTestHelper extends AccessorTestHelper {
+    private DecimalArrayAccessorTestHelper(Getter g) {
+      super(g);
+    }
+
+    @Override public void testGetArray(ResultSet resultSet) throws SQLException {
+      ColumnMetaData.ScalarType intType =
+          ColumnMetaData.scalar(Types.DECIMAL, "DECIMAL", ColumnMetaData.Rep.PRIMITIVE_DOUBLE);
+      Array expectedArray =
+          new ArrayFactoryImpl(Unsafe.localCalendar().getTimeZone()).createArray(
+              intType, Arrays.asList(1, 1.1));
+      assertTrue(ArrayImpl.equalContents(expectedArray, g.getArray(resultSet)));
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Accessor test helper for date array column.
    */
@@ -1150,7 +1176,9 @@ public static Collection<AccessorTestHelper> data() {
         new TimestampArrayAccessorTestHelper(new OrdinalGetter(17)),
         new TimestampArrayAccessorTestHelper(new LabelGetter("timestamp_array")),
         new TimeArrayAccessorTestHelper(new OrdinalGetter(18)),
-        new TimeArrayAccessorTestHelper(new LabelGetter("time_array")));
+        new TimeArrayAccessorTestHelper(new LabelGetter("time_array")),
+        new DecimalArrayAccessorTestHelper(new OrdinalGetter(19)),
+        new DecimalArrayAccessorTestHelper(new LabelGetter("decimal_array")));
   }
 
   private final AccessorTestHelper testHelper;