diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.cpp b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.cpp
index d19d2edb95e..468bc82649c 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 #include <unicode/listformatter.h>
 #include <unicode/rbnf.h>
 
+#include <numeric>
+
 #include "qof.h"
 #include "gnc-prefs.h"
 #include "Account.h"
@@ -1498,19 +1500,24 @@ gnc_wrap_text_with_bidi_ltr_isolate (const char* text)
  ********************************************************************/
 
 static std::string
-number_to_words(double val)
+number_to_words(double val, int64_t denom)
 {
     UErrorCode status{U_ZERO_ERROR};
     icu::RuleBasedNumberFormat formatter{icu::URBNF_SPELLOUT, icu::Locale{}, status};
     icu::UnicodeString result;
     std::string words;
+    double int_part;
     if (U_FAILURE(status))
     {
         PERR("Error creating formatter: %s", u_errorName(status));
         return "";
     }
 
-    formatter.format (std::fabs(val), result, status);
+    const int frac_part = std::round(std::modf (std::fabs(val), &int_part) * denom);
+    const std::vector<std::string> tail =
+        { " ", _("and"), " ", std::to_string (frac_part), "/", std::to_string (denom) };
+
+    formatter.format (int_part, result, status);
     if (U_FAILURE(status))
     {
         PERR("Error formatting number: %s", u_errorName(status));
@@ -1518,6 +1525,8 @@ number_to_words(double val)
     }
 
     result.toUTF8String(words);
+
+    words = std::accumulate (tail.begin(), tail.end(), words);
     DEBUG ("Number %f in words: %s", val, words.c_str());
 
     return words;
@@ -1534,7 +1543,7 @@ static double round(double x)
 char*
 numeric_to_words(gnc_numeric val)
 {
-    return g_strdup(number_to_words (gnc_numeric_to_double(val)).c_str());
+    return g_strdup(number_to_words (gnc_numeric_to_double(val), gnc_numeric_denom(val)).c_str());
 }
 
 const char*