diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ndb_index_ordered.result b/mysql-test/r/ndb_index_ordered.result
index 9aa7559d660..212c843cc44 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ndb_index_ordered.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ndb_index_ordered.result
@@ -554,6 +554,89 @@ select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ts) where ts <= '2001-01-01 23:59:59';
 count(*)-9
 0
 drop table t1;
+create table t1 (
+a int primary key,
+s decimal(12),
+t decimal(12, 5),
+u decimal(12) unsigned,
+v decimal(12, 5) unsigned,
+key (s),
+key (t),
+key (u),
+key (v)
+) engine=ndb;
+insert into t1 values
+( 0, -000000000007, -0000061.00003,  000000000061,  0000965.00042),
+( 1, -000000000007, -0000061.00042,  000000000061,  0000965.00003),
+( 2, -071006035767,  4210253.00024,  000000000001,  0000001.84488),
+( 3,  000000007115,  0000000.77607,  000077350625,  0000018.00013),
+( 4, -000000068391, -0346486.00000,  000000005071,  0005334.00002),
+( 5, -521579890459, -1936874.00001,  000000000154,  0000003.00018),
+( 6, -521579890459, -1936874.00018,  000000000154,  0000003.00001),
+( 7,  000000000333,  0000051.39140,  000000907958,  0788643.08374),
+( 8,  000042731229,  0000009.00000,  000000000009,  6428667.00000),
+( 9, -000008159769,  0000918.00004,  000096951421,  7607730.00008);
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (s) where s  < -000000000007;
+count(*)- 5
+0
+select count(*)- 7 from t1 use index (s) where s <= -000000000007;
+count(*)- 7
+0
+select count(*)- 2 from t1 use index (s) where s  = -000000000007;
+count(*)- 2
+0
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (s) where s >= -000000000007;
+count(*)- 5
+0
+select count(*)- 3 from t1 use index (s) where s  > -000000000007;
+count(*)- 3
+0
+select count(*)- 4 from t1 use index (t) where t  < -0000061.00003;
+count(*)- 4
+0
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (t) where t <= -0000061.00003;
+count(*)- 5
+0
+select count(*)- 1 from t1 use index (t) where t  = -0000061.00003;
+count(*)- 1
+0
+select count(*)- 6 from t1 use index (t) where t >= -0000061.00003;
+count(*)- 6
+0
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (t) where t  > -0000061.00003;
+count(*)- 5
+0
+select count(*)- 2 from t1 use index (u) where u  <  000000000061;
+count(*)- 2
+0
+select count(*)- 4 from t1 use index (u) where u <=  000000000061;
+count(*)- 4
+0
+select count(*)- 2 from t1 use index (u) where u  =  000000000061;
+count(*)- 2
+0
+select count(*)- 8 from t1 use index (u) where u >=  000000000061;
+count(*)- 8
+0
+select count(*)- 6 from t1 use index (u) where u  >  000000000061;
+count(*)- 6
+0
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (v) where v  <  0000965.00042;
+count(*)- 5
+0
+select count(*)- 6 from t1 use index (v) where v <=  0000965.00042;
+count(*)- 6
+0
+select count(*)- 1 from t1 use index (v) where v  =  0000965.00042;
+count(*)- 1
+0
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (v) where v >=  0000965.00042;
+count(*)- 5
+0
+select count(*)- 4 from t1 use index (v) where v  >  0000965.00042;
+count(*)- 4
+0
+drop table t1;
 create table t1(a int primary key, b int not null, index(b));
 insert into t1 values (1,1), (2,2);
 set autocommit=0;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ndb_index_ordered.test b/mysql-test/t/ndb_index_ordered.test
index bea21f65381..2ebf06b78a8 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ndb_index_ordered.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ndb_index_ordered.test
@@ -280,6 +280,58 @@ select count(*)-9 from t1 use index (ts) where ts <= '2001-01-01 23:59:59';
 
 drop table t1;
 
+# decimal (not the new 5.0 thing)
+
+create table t1 (
+  a int primary key,
+  s decimal(12),
+  t decimal(12, 5),
+  u decimal(12) unsigned,
+  v decimal(12, 5) unsigned,
+  key (s),
+  key (t),
+  key (u),
+  key (v)
+) engine=ndb;
+#
+insert into t1 values
+  ( 0, -000000000007, -0000061.00003,  000000000061,  0000965.00042),
+  ( 1, -000000000007, -0000061.00042,  000000000061,  0000965.00003),
+  ( 2, -071006035767,  4210253.00024,  000000000001,  0000001.84488),
+  ( 3,  000000007115,  0000000.77607,  000077350625,  0000018.00013),
+  ( 4, -000000068391, -0346486.00000,  000000005071,  0005334.00002),
+  ( 5, -521579890459, -1936874.00001,  000000000154,  0000003.00018),
+  ( 6, -521579890459, -1936874.00018,  000000000154,  0000003.00001),
+  ( 7,  000000000333,  0000051.39140,  000000907958,  0788643.08374),
+  ( 8,  000042731229,  0000009.00000,  000000000009,  6428667.00000),
+  ( 9, -000008159769,  0000918.00004,  000096951421,  7607730.00008);
+#
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (s) where s  < -000000000007;
+select count(*)- 7 from t1 use index (s) where s <= -000000000007;
+select count(*)- 2 from t1 use index (s) where s  = -000000000007;
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (s) where s >= -000000000007;
+select count(*)- 3 from t1 use index (s) where s  > -000000000007;
+#
+select count(*)- 4 from t1 use index (t) where t  < -0000061.00003;
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (t) where t <= -0000061.00003;
+select count(*)- 1 from t1 use index (t) where t  = -0000061.00003;
+select count(*)- 6 from t1 use index (t) where t >= -0000061.00003;
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (t) where t  > -0000061.00003;
+#
+select count(*)- 2 from t1 use index (u) where u  <  000000000061;
+select count(*)- 4 from t1 use index (u) where u <=  000000000061;
+select count(*)- 2 from t1 use index (u) where u  =  000000000061;
+select count(*)- 8 from t1 use index (u) where u >=  000000000061;
+select count(*)- 6 from t1 use index (u) where u  >  000000000061;
+#
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (v) where v  <  0000965.00042;
+select count(*)- 6 from t1 use index (v) where v <=  0000965.00042;
+select count(*)- 1 from t1 use index (v) where v  =  0000965.00042;
+select count(*)- 5 from t1 use index (v) where v >=  0000965.00042;
+select count(*)- 4 from t1 use index (v) where v  >  0000965.00042;
+
+drop table t1;
+
 # bug#7798
 create table t1(a int primary key, b int not null, index(b));
 insert into t1 values (1,1), (2,2);
diff --git a/ndb/include/kernel/signaldata/DictTabInfo.hpp b/ndb/include/kernel/signaldata/DictTabInfo.hpp
index 61c043f2998..23926374dd6 100644
--- a/ndb/include/kernel/signaldata/DictTabInfo.hpp
+++ b/ndb/include/kernel/signaldata/DictTabInfo.hpp
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ public:
     ExtBigunsigned = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Bigunsigned,
     ExtFloat = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Float,
     ExtDouble = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Double,
-    ExtDecimal = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Decimal,
+    ExtOlddecimal = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Olddecimal,
+    ExtOlddecimalunsigned = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Olddecimalunsigned,
     ExtChar = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Char,
     ExtVarchar = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Varchar,
     ExtBinary = NdbSqlUtil::Type::Binary,
@@ -345,9 +346,18 @@ public:
         AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::a64Bit;
         AttributeArraySize = AttributeExtLength;
         break;
-      case DictTabInfo::ExtDecimal:
-        // not yet implemented anywhere
-        return false;
+      case DictTabInfo::ExtOlddecimal:
+        AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::an8Bit;
+        AttributeArraySize =
+          (1 + AttributeExtPrecision + (int(AttributeExtScale) > 0)) *
+          AttributeExtLength;
+        break;
+      case DictTabInfo::ExtOlddecimalunsigned:
+        AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::an8Bit;
+        AttributeArraySize =
+          (0 + AttributeExtPrecision + (int(AttributeExtScale) > 0)) *
+          AttributeExtLength;
+        break;
       case DictTabInfo::ExtChar:
       case DictTabInfo::ExtBinary:
         AttributeSize = DictTabInfo::an8Bit;
diff --git a/ndb/include/ndb_constants.h b/ndb/include/ndb_constants.h
index da3fc2cbdd8..36d7ec95b3e 100644
--- a/ndb/include/ndb_constants.h
+++ b/ndb/include/ndb_constants.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #define NDB_TYPE_BIGUNSIGNED            10
 #define NDB_TYPE_FLOAT                  11
 #define NDB_TYPE_DOUBLE                 12
-#define NDB_TYPE_DECIMAL                13      /* not used */
+#define NDB_TYPE_OLDDECIMAL             13
 #define NDB_TYPE_CHAR                   14
 #define NDB_TYPE_VARCHAR                15
 #define NDB_TYPE_BINARY                 16
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
 #define NDB_TYPE_TIME                   25
 #define NDB_TYPE_YEAR                   26
 #define NDB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP              27
+#define NDB_TYPE_OLDDECIMALUNSIGNED     28
 
-#define NDB_TYPE_MAX                    28
+#define NDB_TYPE_MAX                    29
  
 #endif
diff --git a/ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.hpp b/ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.hpp
index 6b9085fbdca..26f0e71b25c 100644
--- a/ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.hpp
+++ b/ndb/include/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.hpp
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ public:
       Bigunsigned = NDB_TYPE_BIGUNSIGNED,   ///< 64 Bit. 8 byte signed integer, can be used in array
       Float = NDB_TYPE_FLOAT,         ///< 32-bit float. 4 bytes float, can be used in array
       Double = NDB_TYPE_DOUBLE,        ///< 64-bit float. 8 byte float, can be used in array
-      Decimal = NDB_TYPE_DECIMAL,       ///< Precision, Scale are applicable
+      Olddecimal = NDB_TYPE_OLDDECIMAL,    ///< MySQL < 5.0 signed decimal,  Precision, Scale
+      Olddecimalunsigned = NDB_TYPE_OLDDECIMALUNSIGNED,
       Char = NDB_TYPE_CHAR,          ///< Len. A fixed array of 1-byte chars
       Varchar = NDB_TYPE_VARCHAR,       ///< Length bytes: 1, Max: 255
       Binary = NDB_TYPE_BINARY,        ///< Len
@@ -248,13 +249,13 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * Get precision of column.
-     * @note Only applicable for builtin type Decimal
+     * @note Only applicable for decimal types
      */
     int getPrecision() const;
 
     /**
      * Get scale of column.
-     * @note Only applicable for builtin type Decimal
+     * @note Only applicable for decimal types
      */
     int getScale() const;
 
@@ -372,13 +373,13 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * Set precision of column.
-     * @note Only applicable for builtin type Decimal
+     * @note Only applicable for decimal types
      */
     void setPrecision(int);
 
     /**
      * Set scale of column.
-     * @note Only applicable for builtin type Decimal
+     * @note Only applicable for decimal types
      */
     void setScale(int);
 
diff --git a/ndb/include/util/NdbSqlUtil.hpp b/ndb/include/util/NdbSqlUtil.hpp
index a8a2979558a..8cf1d166aa9 100644
--- a/ndb/include/util/NdbSqlUtil.hpp
+++ b/ndb/include/util/NdbSqlUtil.hpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
       Bigunsigned = NDB_TYPE_BIGUNSIGNED,
       Float = NDB_TYPE_FLOAT,
       Double = NDB_TYPE_DOUBLE,
-      Decimal = NDB_TYPE_DECIMAL,
+      Olddecimal = NDB_TYPE_OLDDECIMAL,
       Char = NDB_TYPE_CHAR,
       Varchar = NDB_TYPE_VARCHAR,
       Binary = NDB_TYPE_BINARY,
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ public:
       Longvarbinary = NDB_TYPE_LONG_VARBINARY,
       Time = NDB_TYPE_TIME,
       Year = NDB_TYPE_YEAR,
-      Timestamp = NDB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP
+      Timestamp = NDB_TYPE_TIMESTAMP,
+      Olddecimalunsigned = NDB_TYPE_OLDDECIMALUNSIGNED
     };
     Enum m_typeId;      // redundant
     Cmp* m_cmp;         // comparison method
@@ -130,6 +131,11 @@ public:
    */
   static int strnxfrm_bug7284(CHARSET_INFO* cs, unsigned char* dst, unsigned dstLen, const unsigned char*src, unsigned srcLen);
 
+  /**
+   * Compare decimal numbers.
+   */
+  static int cmp_olddecimal(const uchar* s1, const uchar* s2, unsigned n);
+
 private:
   /**
    * List of all types.  Must match Type::Enum.
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ private:
   static Cmp cmpBigunsigned;
   static Cmp cmpFloat;
   static Cmp cmpDouble;
-  static Cmp cmpDecimal;
+  static Cmp cmpOlddecimal;
   static Cmp cmpChar;
   static Cmp cmpVarchar;
   static Cmp cmpBinary;
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@ private:
   static Cmp cmpTime;
   static Cmp cmpYear;
   static Cmp cmpTimestamp;
+  static Cmp cmpOlddecimalunsigned;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp b/ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp
index bff829cbaf8..2686ad5c05f 100644
--- a/ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp
+++ b/ndb/src/common/util/NdbSqlUtil.cpp
@@ -77,117 +77,121 @@ NdbSqlUtil::char_like(const char* s1, unsigned n1,
 
 const NdbSqlUtil::Type
 NdbSqlUtil::m_typeList[] = {
-  {
+  { // 0
     Type::Undefined,
     NULL
   },
-  {
+  { // 1
     Type::Tinyint,
     cmpTinyint
   },
-  {
+  { // 2
     Type::Tinyunsigned,
     cmpTinyunsigned
   },
-  {
+  { // 3
     Type::Smallint,
     cmpSmallint
   },
-  {
+  { // 4
     Type::Smallunsigned,
     cmpSmallunsigned
   },
-  {
+  { // 5
     Type::Mediumint,
     cmpMediumint
   },
-  {
+  { // 6
     Type::Mediumunsigned,
     cmpMediumunsigned
   },
-  {
+  { // 7
     Type::Int,
     cmpInt
   },
-  {
+  { // 8
     Type::Unsigned,
     cmpUnsigned
   },
-  {
+  { // 9
     Type::Bigint,
     cmpBigint
   },
-  {
+  { // 10
     Type::Bigunsigned,
     cmpBigunsigned
   },
-  {
+  { // 11
     Type::Float,
     cmpFloat
   },
-  {
+  { // 12
     Type::Double,
     cmpDouble
   },
-  {
-    Type::Decimal,
-    NULL  // cmpDecimal
+  { // 13
+    Type::Olddecimal,
+    cmpOlddecimal
   },
-  {
+  { // 14
     Type::Char,
     cmpChar
   },
-  {
+  { // 15
     Type::Varchar,
     cmpVarchar
   },
-  {
+  { // 16
     Type::Binary,
     cmpBinary
   },
-  {
+  { // 17
     Type::Varbinary,
     cmpVarbinary
   },
-  {
+  { // 18
     Type::Datetime,
     cmpDatetime
   },
-  {
+  { // 19
     Type::Date,
     cmpDate
   },
-  {
+  { // 20
     Type::Blob,
     NULL  // cmpBlob
   },
-  {
+  { // 21
     Type::Text,
     NULL  // cmpText
   },
-  {
+  { // 22
     Type::Bit,
     NULL  // cmpBit
   },
-  {
+  { // 23
     Type::Longvarchar,
     cmpLongvarchar
   },
-  {
+  { // 24
     Type::Longvarbinary,
     cmpLongvarbinary
   },
-  {
+  { // 25
     Type::Time,
     cmpTime
   },
-  {
+  { // 26
     Type::Year,
     cmpYear
   },
-  {
+  { // 27
     Type::Timestamp,
     cmpTimestamp
+  },
+  { // 28
+    Type::Olddecimalunsigned,
+    cmpOlddecimalunsigned
   }
 };
 
@@ -430,14 +434,55 @@ NdbSqlUtil::cmpDouble(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void*
   return CmpUnknown;
 }
 
-// not used by MySQL or NDB
 int
-NdbSqlUtil::cmpDecimal(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p2, unsigned n2, bool full)
+NdbSqlUtil::cmp_olddecimal(const uchar* s1, const uchar* s2, unsigned n)
 {
-  assert(false);
+  int sgn = +1;
+  unsigned i = 0;
+  while (i < n) {
+    int c1 = s1[i];
+    int c2 = s2[i];
+    if (c1 == c2) {
+      if (c1 == '-')
+        sgn = -1;
+    } else if (c1 == '-') {
+      return -1;
+    } else if (c2 == '-') {
+      return +1;
+    } else if (c1 < c2) {
+      return -1 * sgn;
+    } else {
+      return +1 * sgn;
+    }
+    i++;
+  }
   return 0;
 }
 
+int
+NdbSqlUtil::cmpOlddecimal(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p2, unsigned n2, bool full)
+{
+  if (full) {
+    assert(n1 == n2);
+    const uchar* v1 = (const uchar*)p1;
+    const uchar* v2 = (const uchar*)p2;
+    return cmp_olddecimal(v1, v2, n1);
+  }
+  return CmpUnknown;
+}
+
+int
+NdbSqlUtil::cmpOlddecimalunsigned(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p2, unsigned n2, bool full)
+{
+  if (full) {
+    assert(n1 == n2);
+    const uchar* v1 = (const uchar*)p1;
+    const uchar* v2 = (const uchar*)p2;
+    return cmp_olddecimal(v1, v2, n1);
+  }
+  return CmpUnknown;
+}
+
 int
 NdbSqlUtil::cmpChar(const void* info, const void* p1, unsigned n1, const void* p2, unsigned n2, bool full)
 {
diff --git a/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.cpp b/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.cpp
index 346f5de9eb5..aee0b455b28 100644
--- a/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.cpp
+++ b/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionary.cpp
@@ -948,8 +948,11 @@ operator<<(NdbOut& out, const NdbDictionary::Column& col)
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Double:
     out << "Double";
     break;
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Decimal:
-    out << "Decimal(" << col.getScale() << "," << col.getPrecision() << ")";
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimal:
+    out << "Olddecimal(" << col.getPrecision() << "," << col.getScale() << ")";
+    break;
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimalunsigned:
+    out << "Olddecimalunsigned(" << col.getPrecision() << "," << col.getScale() << ")";
     break;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Char:
     out << "Char(" << col.getLength() << ";" << csname << ")";
diff --git a/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionaryImpl.cpp b/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionaryImpl.cpp
index 9236c3ef321..d67216a9b88 100644
--- a/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionaryImpl.cpp
+++ b/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbDictionaryImpl.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ NdbColumnImpl::init(Type t)
     m_length = 1;
     m_cs = NULL;
     break;
-  case Decimal:
+  case Olddecimal:
+  case Olddecimalunsigned:
     m_precision = 10;
     m_scale = 0;
     m_length = 1;
diff --git a/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbRecAttr.cpp b/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbRecAttr.cpp
index 85b08c0cfa4..51ae14653eb 100644
--- a/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbRecAttr.cpp
+++ b/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbRecAttr.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ NdbOut& operator<<(NdbOut& out, const NdbRecAttr &r)
     return out;
   }
 
-  uint length = r.getColumn()->getLength();
+  const NdbDictionary::Column* c = r.getColumn();
+  uint length = c->getLength();
   if (length > 1)
     out << "[";
 
@@ -237,6 +238,18 @@ NdbOut& operator<<(NdbOut& out, const NdbRecAttr &r)
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Double:
 	out << r.double_value();
 	break;
+      case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimal:
+        {
+          short len = 1 + c->getPrecision() + (c->getScale() > 0);
+          out.print("%.*s", len, r.aRef());
+        }
+        break;
+      case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimalunsigned:
+        {
+          short len = 0 + c->getPrecision() + (c->getScale() > 0);
+          out.print("%.*s", len, r.aRef());
+        }
+	break;
       // for dates cut-and-paste from field.cc
       case NdbDictionary::Column::Datetime:
         {
diff --git a/ndb/test/include/NdbSchemaOp.hpp b/ndb/test/include/NdbSchemaOp.hpp
index 77e704c0e5c..e8ab542b00a 100644
--- a/ndb/test/include/NdbSchemaOp.hpp
+++ b/ndb/test/include/NdbSchemaOp.hpp
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ convertColumnTypeToAttrType(NdbDictionary::Column::Type _type)
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Unsigned:
     return UnSigned;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Float:
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Decimal:
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimal:
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimalunsigned:
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Double:
     return Float;
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Char:
diff --git a/ndb/test/src/HugoCalculator.cpp b/ndb/test/src/HugoCalculator.cpp
index 44edb34295a..0a5b9c342c8 100644
--- a/ndb/test/src/HugoCalculator.cpp
+++ b/ndb/test/src/HugoCalculator.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ HugoCalculator::calcValue(int record,
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Bigunsigned:
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Float:
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Double:
-  case NdbDictionary::Column::Decimal:
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimal:
+  case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimalunsigned:
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Binary:
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Datetime:
   case NdbDictionary::Column::Time:
diff --git a/ndb/tools/restore/consumer.cpp b/ndb/tools/restore/consumer.cpp
index 4d228230423..ecbdbbf8f4e 100644
--- a/ndb/tools/restore/consumer.cpp
+++ b/ndb/tools/restore/consumer.cpp
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ BackupConsumer::create_table_string(const TableS & table,
     case NdbDictionary::Column::Float:
       pos += sprintf(buf+pos, "%s", "float");
       break;
-    case NdbDictionary::Column::Decimal:
+    case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimal:
       pos += sprintf(buf+pos, "%s", "decimal");
       break;
+    case NdbDictionary::Column::Olddecimalunsigned:
+      pos += sprintf(buf+pos, "%s", "decimal unsigned");
+      break;
     case NdbDictionary::Column::Char:
       pos += sprintf(buf+pos, "%s", "char");
       break;
diff --git a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
index 58f744438fc..58a34e21f5f 100644
--- a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
@@ -3430,10 +3430,6 @@ static int create_ndb_column(NDBCOL &col,
   const enum enum_field_types mysql_type= field->real_type();
   switch (mysql_type) {
   // Numeric types
-  case MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL:    
-    col.setType(NDBCOL::Char);
-    col.setLength(field->pack_length());
-    break;
   case MYSQL_TYPE_TINY:        
     if (field->flags & UNSIGNED_FLAG)
       col.setType(NDBCOL::Tinyunsigned);
@@ -3477,6 +3473,26 @@ static int create_ndb_column(NDBCOL &col,
     col.setType(NDBCOL::Double);
     col.setLength(1);
     break;
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL:    
+    {
+      Field_decimal *f= (Field_decimal*)field;
+      uint precision= f->pack_length();
+      uint scale= f->decimals();
+      if (field->flags & UNSIGNED_FLAG)
+      {
+        col.setType(NDBCOL::Olddecimalunsigned);
+        precision-= (scale > 0);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        col.setType(NDBCOL::Olddecimal);
+        precision-= 1 + (scale > 0);
+      }
+      col.setPrecision(precision);
+      col.setScale(scale);
+      col.setLength(1);
+    }
+    break;
   // Date types
   case MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME:    
     col.setType(NDBCOL::Datetime);