diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/MySql/v2/actions/common.descriptions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/MySql/v2/actions/common.descriptions.ts
index 67a1eda87eb5f..12f8ffd2427ef 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/MySql/v2/actions/common.descriptions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/MySql/v2/actions/common.descriptions.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ export const optionsCollection: INodeProperties = {
 				show: { '/operation': ['select', 'executeQuery'] },
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			displayName: 'Output Decimals as Numbers',
+			name: 'decimalNumbers',
+			type: 'boolean',
+			default: false,
+			description: 'Whether to output DECIMAL types as numbers instead of strings',
+			displayOptions: {
+				show: { '/operation': ['select', 'executeQuery'] },
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			displayName: 'Priority',
 			name: 'priority',
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/MySql/v2/transport/index.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/MySql/v2/transport/index.ts
index cbb373a52436e..f9e50fcb8f6e2 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/MySql/v2/transport/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/MySql/v2/transport/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export async function createPool(
 		password: credentials.password,
 		multipleStatements: true,
 		supportBigNumbers: true,
+		decimalNumbers: false,
 	};
 
 	if (credentials.ssl) {
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ export async function createPool(
 		connectionOptions.bigNumberStrings = true;
 	}
 
+	if (options?.decimalNumbers === true) {
+		connectionOptions.decimalNumbers = true;
+	}
+
 	if (!credentials.sshTunnel) {
 		return mysql2.createPool(connectionOptions);
 	} else {