diff --git a/lib/column/decimal.go b/lib/column/decimal.go
index 72dddd5f4e..a24fe1b9dc 100644
--- a/lib/column/decimal.go
+++ b/lib/column/decimal.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (col *Decimal) AppendRow(v interface{}) error {
 func (col *Decimal) Decode(decoder *binary.Decoder, rows int) error {
 	switch col.nobits {
 	case 32:
-		var base UInt32
+		var base Int32
 		if err := base.Decode(decoder, rows); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (col *Decimal) Decode(decoder *binary.Decoder, rows int) error {
 			col.values = append(col.values, decimal.New(int64(v), int32(-col.scale)))
 		}
 	case 64:
-		var base UInt64
+		var base Int64
 		if err := base.Decode(decoder, rows); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/tests/decimal_test.go b/tests/decimal_test.go
index c8a565c27a..ab14844146 100644
--- a/tests/decimal_test.go
+++ b/tests/decimal_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package tests
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2"
@@ -52,11 +53,11 @@ func TestDecimal(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		const ddl = `
 			CREATE TABLE test_decimal (
-				  Col1 Decimal32(5)
-				, Col2 Decimal(18,5)
-				, Col3 Decimal(15,3)
-				, Col4 Decimal128(5)
-				, Col5 Decimal256(5)
+				  Col1 Decimal32(3)
+				, Col2 Decimal(18,6)
+				, Col3 Decimal(15,7)
+				, Col4 Decimal128(8)
+				, Col5 Decimal256(9)
 			) Engine Memory
 		`
 		defer func() {
@@ -65,11 +66,11 @@ func TestDecimal(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := conn.Exec(ctx, ddl); assert.NoError(t, err) {
 			if batch, err := conn.PrepareBatch(ctx, "INSERT INTO test_decimal"); assert.NoError(t, err) {
 				if err := batch.Append(
-					decimal.New(25, 0),
-					decimal.New(30, 0),
-					decimal.New(35, 0),
-					decimal.New(135, 0),
-					decimal.New(256, 0),
+					decimal.New(25, 4),
+					decimal.New(30, 5),
+					decimal.New(35, 6),
+					decimal.New(135, 7),
+					decimal.New(256, 8),
 				); !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 					return
 				}
@@ -82,11 +83,11 @@ func TestDecimal(t *testing.T) {
 						col5 decimal.Decimal
 					)
 					if err := conn.QueryRow(ctx, "SELECT * FROM test_decimal").Scan(&col1, &col2, &col3, &col4, &col5); assert.NoError(t, err) {
-						assert.True(t, decimal.New(25, 0).Equal(col1))
-						assert.True(t, decimal.New(30, 0).Equal(col2))
-						assert.True(t, decimal.New(35, 0).Equal(col3))
-						assert.True(t, decimal.New(135, 0).Equal(col4))
-						assert.True(t, decimal.New(256, 0).Equal(col5))
+						assert.True(t, decimal.New(25, 4).Equal(col1))
+						assert.True(t, decimal.New(30, 5).Equal(col2))
+						assert.True(t, decimal.New(35, 6).Equal(col3))
+						assert.True(t, decimal.New(135, 7).Equal(col4))
+						assert.True(t, decimal.New(256, 8).Equal(col5))
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -94,6 +95,63 @@ func TestDecimal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNegativeDecimal(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		ctx       = context.Background()
+		conn, err = clickhouse.Open(&clickhouse.Options{
+			Addr: []string{"127.0.0.1:9000"},
+			Auth: clickhouse.Auth{
+				Database: "default",
+				Username: "default",
+				Password: "",
+			},
+			Compression: &clickhouse.Compression{
+				Method: clickhouse.CompressionLZ4,
+			},
+			Settings: clickhouse.Settings{
+				"allow_experimental_bigint_types": 1,
+			},
+			//Debug: true,
+		})
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, conn.Exec(ctx, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_decimal"))
+	const ddl = `
+		CREATE TABLE test_decimal (
+			  Col1 Nullable(Decimal(9,4)),
+			  Col2 Nullable(Decimal(18,5)),
+              Col3 Nullable(Decimal(48,7)),
+              Col4 Nullable(Decimal(76,29))
+		) Engine Memory
+		`
+	defer func() {
+		conn.Exec(ctx, "DROP TABLE test_decimal")
+	}()
+	if err := checkMinServerVersion(conn, 21, 1); err != nil {
+		t.Skip(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, conn.Exec(ctx, ddl))
+	batch, err := conn.PrepareBatch(ctx, "INSERT INTO test_decimal")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, batch.Append(decimal.RequireFromString("-0.0171"),
+		decimal.RequireFromString("-0.01171"),
+		decimal.RequireFromString("-3.0111"),
+		decimal.RequireFromString("-21111122.0111111111111111111171")))
+	require.NoError(t, batch.Send())
+	var (
+		col1 decimal.Decimal
+		col2 decimal.Decimal
+		col3 decimal.Decimal
+		col4 decimal.Decimal
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, conn.QueryRow(ctx, "SELECT * FROM test_decimal").Scan(&col1, &col2, &col3, &col4))
+	assert.Equal(t, decimal.RequireFromString("-0.0171").String(), col1.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, decimal.RequireFromString("-0.01171").String(), col2.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, decimal.RequireFromString("-3.0111").String(), col3.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, decimal.RequireFromString("-21111122.0111111111111111111171").String(), col4.String())
+}
+
 func TestNullableDecimal(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		ctx       = context.Background()