diff --git a/src/databricks/sqlalchemy/_parse.py b/src/databricks/sqlalchemy/_parse.py
index 4bc7d65e..55f34f95 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sqlalchemy/_parse.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sqlalchemy/_parse.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def get_pk_strings_from_dte_output(
     return output
 
 
-# The keys of this dictionary are the values we expect to see in a 
+# The keys of this dictionary are the values we expect to see in a
 # TGetColumnsRequest's .TYPE_NAME attribute.
 # These are enumerated in ttypes.py as class TTypeId.
 # TODO: confirm that all types in TTypeId are included here.
@@ -283,17 +283,40 @@ def get_pk_strings_from_dte_output(
 }
 
 
+def parse_numeric_type_precision_and_scale(type_name_str):
+    """Return an intantiated sqlalchemy Numeric() type that preserves the precision and scale indicated
+    in the output from TGetColumnsRequest.
+
+    type_name_str
+      The value of TGetColumnsReq.TYPE_NAME.
+
+    If type_name_str is "DECIMAL(18,5) returns sqlalchemy.types.Numeric(18,5)
+    """
+
+    pattern = re.compile(r"DECIMAL\((\d+,\d+)\)")
+    match = re.search(pattern, type_name_str)
+    precision_and_scale = match.group(1)
+    precision, scale = tuple(precision_and_scale.split(","))
+
+    return sqlalchemy.types.Numeric(int(precision), int(scale))
+
+
 def parse_column_info_from_tgetcolumnsresponse(thrift_resp_row) -> ReflectedColumn:
     """Returns a dictionary of the ReflectedColumn schema parsed from
     a single of the result of a TGetColumnsRequest thrift RPC
-
-    Currently doesn't preserve decimal precision
     """
 
     pat = re.compile(r"^\w+")
     _raw_col_type = re.search(pat, thrift_resp_row.TYPE_NAME).group(0).lower()
     _col_type = GET_COLUMNS_TYPE_MAP[_raw_col_type]
 
+    if _raw_col_type == "decimal":
+        final_col_type = parse_numeric_type_precision_and_scale(
+            thrift_resp_row.TYPE_NAME
+        )
+    else:
+        final_col_type = _col_type
+
     # See comments about autoincrement in test_suite.py
     # Since Databricks SQL doesn't currently support inline AUTOINCREMENT declarations
     # the autoincrement must be manually declared with an Identity() construct in SQLAlchemy
@@ -306,7 +329,7 @@ def parse_column_info_from_tgetcolumnsresponse(thrift_resp_row) -> ReflectedColu
     # key in this dictionary.
     this_column = {
         "name": thrift_resp_row.COLUMN_NAME,
-        "type": _col_type,
+        "type": final_col_type,
         "nullable": bool(thrift_resp_row.NULLABLE),
         "default": thrift_resp_row.COLUMN_DEF,
     }