diff --git a/src/common/types/value/value.cpp b/src/common/types/value/value.cpp
index 9ff18a2ad05..ada46d2b2a7 100644
--- a/src/common/types/value/value.cpp
+++ b/src/common/types/value/value.cpp
@@ -264,6 +264,26 @@ Value::Value(double val_) : isNull_{false}, childrenSize{0} {
     val.doubleVal = val_;
 }
 
+Value::Value(decimal_t val_) : isNull_{false}, childrenSize{0} {
+    dataType = LogicalType::DECIMAL(val_.precision, val_.scale);
+    switch (dataType.getPhysicalType()) {
+    case PhysicalTypeID::INT16:
+        val.int16Val = (int16_t)(val_.val);
+        break;
+    case PhysicalTypeID::INT32:
+        val.int32Val = (int32_t)(val_.val);
+        break;
+    case PhysicalTypeID::INT64:
+        val.int64Val = (int64_t)(val_.val);
+        break;
+    case PhysicalTypeID::INT128:
+        val.int128Val = val_.val;
+        break;
+    default:
+        KU_UNREACHABLE;
+    }
+}
+
 Value::Value(date_t val_) : isNull_{false}, childrenSize{0} {
     dataType = LogicalType::DATE();
     val.int32Val = val_.days;
diff --git a/src/include/common/types/decimal_t.h b/src/include/common/types/decimal_t.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f0aee2a83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/common/types/decimal_t.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "int128_t.h"
+
+namespace kuzu {
+namespace common {
+
+struct KUZU_API decimal_t {
+
+    int128_t val = 0;
+    uint32_t precision = 18;
+    uint32_t scale = 3;
+
+    decimal_t() {}
+    decimal_t(int128_t val, uint32_t prec, uint32_t scale)
+        : val(val), precision(prec), scale(scale) {}
+};
+
+} // namespace common
+} // namespace kuzu
diff --git a/src/include/common/types/value/value.h b/src/include/common/types/value/value.h
index 46fa717e2bc..bdb9b05ed25 100644
--- a/src/include/common/types/value/value.h
+++ b/src/include/common/types/value/value.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "common/api.h"
 #include "common/types/date_t.h"
+#include "common/types/decimal_t.h"
 #include "common/types/int128_t.h"
 #include "common/types/internal_id_t.h"
 #include "common/types/interval_t.h"
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ class Value {
      * @param val_ the float value to set.
      */
     KUZU_API explicit Value(float val_);
+    /**
+     * @param val_ the decimal_t value to set
+     */
+    KUZU_API explicit Value(decimal_t val_);
     /**
      * @param val_ the date value to set.
      */
diff --git a/src/parser/transform/transform_expression.cpp b/src/parser/transform/transform_expression.cpp
index ad557ca3203..cfe21179a53 100644
--- a/src/parser/transform/transform_expression.cpp
+++ b/src/parser/transform/transform_expression.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "function/aggregate/count_star.h"
 #include "function/arithmetic/vector_arithmetic_functions.h"
 #include "function/cast/functions/cast_from_string_functions.h"
+#include "function/cast/functions/cast_string_non_nested_functions.h"
 #include "function/list/vector_list_functions.h"
 #include "function/string/vector_string_functions.h"
 #include "function/struct/vector_struct_functions.h"
@@ -641,10 +642,27 @@ std::unique_ptr<ParsedExpression> Transformer::transformIntegerLiteral(
 std::unique_ptr<ParsedExpression> Transformer::transformDoubleLiteral(
     CypherParser::OC_DoubleLiteralContext& ctx) {
     auto text = ctx.RegularDecimalReal()->getText();
-    ku_string_t literal{text.c_str(), text.length()};
-    double result;
-    function::CastString::operation(literal, result);
-    return std::make_unique<ParsedLiteralExpression>(Value(result), ctx.getText());
+    if (text[0] == '-') {
+        text.erase(text.begin());
+    }
+    auto type = LogicalType::DOUBLE();
+    if (text.size() - 1 <= DECIMAL_PRECISION_LIMIT) {
+        auto decimalPoint = text.find('.');
+        KU_ASSERT(decimalPoint != std::string::npos);
+        type = LogicalType::DECIMAL(text.size() - 1, text.size() - decimalPoint - 1);
+    }
+    text = ctx.RegularDecimalReal()->getText(); // undo changes
+    if (type.getLogicalTypeID() == LogicalTypeID::DECIMAL) {
+        int128_t val;
+        decimalCast(text.c_str(), text.length(), val, type);
+        decimal_t result(val, DecimalType::getPrecision(type), DecimalType::getScale(type));
+        return std::make_unique<ParsedLiteralExpression>(Value(result), ctx.getText());
+    } else {
+        ku_string_t literal{text.c_str(), text.length()};
+        double result;
+        function::CastString::operation(literal, result);
+        return std::make_unique<ParsedLiteralExpression>(Value(result), ctx.getText());
+    }
 }
 
 } // namespace parser