diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/command/core/to_df.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/command/core/to_df.rs
index 84fe8ea2ba..7fe33a9cfd 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/command/core/to_df.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/command/core/to_df.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ impl PluginCommand for ToDataFrame {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Convert to a dataframe and provide a schema",
-                example: "[[a b c]; [1 {d: [1 2 3]} [10 11 12] ]]| polars into-df -s {a: u8, b: {d: list<u64>}, c: list<u8>}",
+                example: "[[a b c e]; [1 {d: [1 2 3]} [10 11 12] 1.618]]| polars into-df -s {a: u8, b: {d: list<u64>}, c: list<u8>, e: 'decimal<4,3>'}",
                 result: Some(
                     NuDataFrame::try_from_series_vec(vec![
                     Series::new("a".into(), &[1u8]),
@@ -172,11 +172,12 @@ impl PluginCommand for ToDataFrame {
                             .expect("Struct series should not fail")
                     },
                     {
-                        let dtype = DataType::List(Box::new(DataType::String));
+                        let dtype = DataType::List(Box::new(DataType::UInt8));
                         let vals = vec![AnyValue::List(Series::new("c".into(), &[10, 11, 12]))];
                         Series::from_any_values_and_dtype("c".into(), &vals, &dtype, false)
                             .expect("List series should not fail")
-                    }
+                    },
+                    Series::new("e".into(), &[1.618]),
                      ], Span::test_data())
                      .expect("simple df for test should not fail")
                      .into_value(Span::test_data()),
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/conversion.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/conversion.rs
index 8b061b3945..2ba8526794 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/conversion.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_dataframe/conversion.rs
@@ -320,6 +320,34 @@ fn typed_column_to_series(name: PlSmallStr, column: TypedColumn) -> Result<Serie
                 .collect();
             Ok(Series::new(name, series_values?))
         }
+        DataType::Decimal(precision, scale) => {
+            let series_values: Result<Vec<_>, _> = column
+                .values
+                .iter()
+                .map(|v| {
+                    value_to_option(v, |v| match v {
+                        Value::Float { val, .. } => Ok(*val),
+                        Value::Int { val, .. } => Ok(*val as f64),
+                        x => Err(ShellError::GenericError {
+                            error: "Error converting to decimal".into(),
+                            msg: "".into(),
+                            span: None,
+                            help: Some(format!("Unexpected type: {x:?}")),
+                            inner: vec![],
+                        }),
+                    })
+                })
+                .collect();
+            Series::new(name, series_values?)
+                .cast_with_options(&DataType::Decimal(*precision, *scale), Default::default())
+                .map_err(|e| ShellError::GenericError {
+                    error: "Error parsing decimal".into(),
+                    msg: "".into(),
+                    span: None,
+                    help: Some(e.to_string()),
+                    inner: vec![],
+                })
+        }
         DataType::UInt8 => {
             let series_values: Result<Vec<_>, _> = column
                 .values