diff --git a/lib/handsoap.rb b/lib/handsoap.rb
index b4ad636..2093108 100644
--- a/lib/handsoap.rb
+++ b/lib/handsoap.rb
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 require 'handsoap/xml_mason'
 require 'handsoap/xml_query_front'
 require 'handsoap/service'
+require 'bigdecimal'
diff --git a/lib/handsoap/xml_query_front.rb b/lib/handsoap/xml_query_front.rb
index 3df435c..cc7c84c 100644
--- a/lib/handsoap/xml_query_front.rb
+++ b/lib/handsoap/xml_query_front.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ def to_boolean
       def to_date
         self.first.to_date if self.any?
       end
+      def to_big_decimal(decimal_places = 2)
+        self.first.to_big_decimal(decimal_places) if self.any?
+      end
       def to_s
         self.first.to_s if self.any?
       end
@@ -159,6 +162,14 @@ def to_date
         return if t.nil?
         Time.iso8601(t)
       end
+      # Returns the value of the element as an instance of BigDecimal
+      #
+      # See +to_s+
+      def to_big_decimal(decimal_places = 2)
+        t = self.to_s
+        return if t.nil?
+        BigDecimal.new t, decimal_places
+      end
       # Returns the inner text content of this element, or the value (if it's an attr or textnode).
       #
       # The output is a UTF-8 encoded string, without xml-entities.
diff --git a/tests/account_test.rb b/tests/account_test.rb
index a1c12db..e06b0b8 100644
--- a/tests/account_test.rb
+++ b/tests/account_test.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ def parse_account(node)
                 :blacklisted => (node/"@blacklisted").to_boolean,
                 :application_id => (node/"@application-id").to_i,
                 :amount_used => (node/"@amount-used").to_i,
-                :account_id => (node/"@account-id").to_i
+                :account_id => (node/"@account-id").to_i,
+                :credit => (node/"@credit").to_big_decimal
   end
 end
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ def initialize(values = {})
     @buy_attempts = values[:buy_attempts]
     @blacklisted = values[:blacklisted] || false
     @amount_used = values[:amount_used]
+    @credit = values[:credit]
   end
   def blacklisted?
     !! @blacklisted
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ def setup
 <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soap:Body>
     <ns1:GetAccountByIdResponse xmlns:ns1="http://schema.example.org/AccountService">
-      <account msisdn="12345678" account-id="1" created="2009-08-03T11:28:26+02:00" buy-attempts="42" blacklisted="true" application-id="1" amount-used="123456"/>
+      <account msisdn="12345678" account-id="1" created="2009-08-03T11:28:26+02:00" buy-attempts="42" blacklisted="true" application-id="1" amount-used="123456" credit="24.95"/>
     </ns1:GetAccountByIdResponse>
   </soap:Body>
 </soap:Envelope>'