diff --git a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py
index 1900e3a..e72cf01 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/constants/FIELD_TYPE.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ TIME = 11
 DATETIME = 12
 YEAR = 13
 NEWDATE = 14
+NEWDECIMAL = 246
 ENUM = 247
 SET = 248
 TINY_BLOB = 249
diff --git a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
index dc2bdad..51182f4 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ conversions = {
     FIELD_TYPE.FLOAT: float,
     FIELD_TYPE.DOUBLE: float,
     FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL: float,
+    FIELD_TYPE.NEWDECIMAL: float,
     FIELD_TYPE.LONGLONG: long,
     FIELD_TYPE.INT24: int,
     FIELD_TYPE.YEAR: int,
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ conversions = {
 try:
     from decimal import Decimal
     conversions[FIELD_TYPE.DECIMAL] = Decimal
+    conversions[FIELD_TYPE.NEWDECIMAL] = Decimal
 except ImportError:
     pass