diff --git a/schemars/Cargo.toml b/schemars/Cargo.toml
index 993f1263..013c0d64 100644
--- a/schemars/Cargo.toml
+++ b/schemars/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ smallvec = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 arrayvec = { version = "0.5", default-features = false, optional = true }
 url = { version = "2.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 bytes = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
+rust_decimal = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
+bigdecimal = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
 enumset = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/schemars/src/json_schema_impls/decimal.rs b/schemars/src/json_schema_impls/decimal.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6058a7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemars/src/json_schema_impls/decimal.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use crate::gen::SchemaGenerator;
+use crate::schema::*;
+use crate::JsonSchema;
+
+macro_rules! decimal_impl {
+    ($type:ty) => {
+        decimal_impl!($type => Number, "Number");
+    };
+    ($type:ty => $instance_type:ident, $name:expr) => {
+        impl JsonSchema for $type {
+            no_ref_schema!();
+
+            fn schema_name() -> String {
+                $name.to_owned()
+            }
+
+            fn json_schema(_: &mut SchemaGenerator) -> Schema {
+                SchemaObject {
+                    instance_type: Some(InstanceType::$instance_type.into()),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }
+                .into()
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature="rust_decimal")]
+decimal_impl!(rust_decimal::Decimal);
+#[cfg(feature="bigdecimal")]
+decimal_impl!(bigdecimal::BigDecimal);
diff --git a/schemars/src/json_schema_impls/mod.rs b/schemars/src/json_schema_impls/mod.rs
index d9c81c85..950f0f7c 100644
--- a/schemars/src/json_schema_impls/mod.rs
+++ b/schemars/src/json_schema_impls/mod.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ mod bytes;
 #[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
 mod chrono;
 mod core;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "rust_decimal", feature="bigdecimal"))]
+mod decimal;
 #[cfg(feature = "either")]
 mod either;
 #[cfg(feature = "enumset")]