diff --git a/pyfpdb/decimal.py b/pyfpdb/decimal.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5202d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyfpdb/decimal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+try:
+    from cdecimal import *
+except ImportError:
+    from decimal import *