diff --git a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
index 2509f7e..802e145 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ conversions = {
     FIELD_TYPE.LONG: long,
     FIELD_TYPE.FLOAT: float,
     FIELD_TYPE.DOUBLE: float,
+    FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL: float,
     FIELD_TYPE.LONGLONG: long,
     FIELD_TYPE.INT24: int,
     FIELD_TYPE.YEAR: int,