diff --git a/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts b/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts
index ae5952f726af9..af7f124664ab2 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-backend-shared/src/env.ts
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ const variables: Record<string, (...args: any) => any> = {
   nestedFoldersDelimiter: () => get('CUBEJS_NESTED_FOLDERS_DELIMITER')
     .default('')
     .asString(),
+  preciseDecimalInCubestore: () => get('CUBEJS_DB_PRECISE_DECIMAL_IN_CUBESTORE')
+    .default('false')
+    .asBoolStrict(),
 
   /** ****************************************************************
    * Common db options                                               *
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-base-driver/src/BaseDriver.ts b/packages/cubejs-base-driver/src/BaseDriver.ts
index c89b1637eb13f..d566111d76a1f 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-base-driver/src/BaseDriver.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-base-driver/src/BaseDriver.ts
@@ -640,14 +640,16 @@ export abstract class BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
       `SELECT columns.column_name as ${this.quoteIdentifier('column_name')},
              columns.table_name as ${this.quoteIdentifier('table_name')},
              columns.table_schema as ${this.quoteIdentifier('table_schema')},
-             columns.data_type  as ${this.quoteIdentifier('data_type')}
+             columns.data_type  as ${this.quoteIdentifier('data_type')},
+             columns.numeric_precision as ${this.quoteIdentifier('numeric_precision')},
+             columns.numeric_scale as ${this.quoteIdentifier('numeric_scale')}
       FROM information_schema.columns
       WHERE table_name = ${this.param(0)} AND table_schema = ${this.param(1)}
       ${getEnv('fetchColumnsByOrdinalPosition') ? 'ORDER BY columns.ordinal_position' : ''}`,
       [name, schema]
     );
 
-    return columns.map(c => ({ name: c.column_name, type: this.toGenericType(c.data_type) }));
+    return columns.map(c => ({ name: c.column_name, type: this.toGenericType(c.data_type, c.numeric_precision, c.numeric_scale) }));
   }
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
@@ -673,8 +675,14 @@ export abstract class BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
     return `CREATE TABLE ${quotedTableName} (${columnNames.join(', ')})`;
   }
 
-  protected toGenericType(columnType: string): string {
-    return DbTypeToGenericType[columnType.toLowerCase()] || columnType;
+  protected toGenericType(columnType: string, precision?: number | null, scale?: number | null): string {
+    const genericType = DbTypeToGenericType[columnType.toLowerCase()] || columnType;
+
+    if (genericType === 'decimal' && precision && scale && getEnv('CUBEJS_DB_PRECISE_DECIMAL_IN_CUBESTORE')) {
+      return `decimal(${precision}, ${scale})`;
+    }
+
+    return genericType;
   }
 
   protected fromGenericType(columnType: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-base-driver/src/driver.interface.ts b/packages/cubejs-base-driver/src/driver.interface.ts
index 213774ebe000a..5fa35e06b3e7d 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-base-driver/src/driver.interface.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-base-driver/src/driver.interface.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export interface TableColumnQueryResult {
   column_name: string;
   // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
   data_type: GenericDataBaseType;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+  numeric_precision?: number | null;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+  numeric_scale?: number | null;
   attributes?: string[]
   // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
   foreign_keys?: ForeignKey[]
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-snowflake-driver/src/SnowflakeDriver.ts b/packages/cubejs-snowflake-driver/src/SnowflakeDriver.ts
index 395da8d5f98cb..df6b9b6154616 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-snowflake-driver/src/SnowflakeDriver.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-snowflake-driver/src/SnowflakeDriver.ts
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ export class SnowflakeDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
         return emptyKeys.filter(key => key !== 'keyId' && key !== 'secretKey');
       }
     }
-    
+
     return emptyKeys;
   }
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export class SnowflakeDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
       const emptyKeys = Object.keys(exportBucket)
         .filter((key: string) => exportBucket[<keyof SnowflakeDriverExportBucket>key] === undefined);
       const keysToValidate = this.getRequiredExportBucketKeys(exportBucket, emptyKeys);
-      
+
       if (keysToValidate.length) {
         throw new Error(
           `Unsupported configuration exportBucket, some configuration keys are empty: ${keysToValidate.join(',')}`
@@ -695,11 +695,13 @@ export class SnowflakeDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
   /**
    * Returns an array of table fields meta info.
    */
-  public async tableColumnTypes(table: string) {
+  public override async tableColumnTypes(table: string) {
     const [schema, name] = table.split('.');
     const columns = await this.query<{
       COLUMN_NAME: string,
-      DATA_TYPE: string
+      DATA_TYPE: string,
+      NUMERIC_PRECISION: number | null,
+      NUMERIC_SCALE: number | null
     }[]>(
       `SELECT COLUMNS.COLUMN_NAME,
         CASE
@@ -708,7 +710,9 @@ export class SnowflakeDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
             COLUMNS.DATA_TYPE = 'NUMBER'
           THEN 'int'
           ELSE COLUMNS.DATA_TYPE
-        END as DATA_TYPE
+        END as DATA_TYPE,
+        COLUMNS.NUMERIC_PRECISION,
+        COLUMNS.NUMERIC_SCALE
       FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
       WHERE
         TABLE_NAME = ${this.param(0)} AND
@@ -718,7 +722,7 @@ export class SnowflakeDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
     );
     return columns.map(c => ({
       name: c.COLUMN_NAME,
-      type: this.toGenericType(c.DATA_TYPE),
+      type: this.toGenericType(c.DATA_TYPE, c.NUMERIC_PRECISION, c.NUMERIC_SCALE),
     }));
   }
 
@@ -941,13 +945,15 @@ export class SnowflakeDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
         type: '',
       };
       if (column.isNumber()) {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        if (column.getScale() === 0) {
+        const precision = column.getPrecision();
+        const scale = column.getScale();
+
+        if (scale === 0) {
           type.type = 'int';
-        } else if (column.getScale() && column.getScale() <= 10) {
+        } else if (precision && scale && scale <= 10) {
           type.type = 'decimal';
         } else {
-          type.type = this.toGenericType(column.getType());
+          type.type = this.toGenericType(column.getType(), precision, scale);
         }
       } else {
         type.type = this.toGenericType(column.getType());
@@ -1026,8 +1032,14 @@ export class SnowflakeDriver extends BaseDriver implements DriverInterface {
     }
   }
 
-  public toGenericType(columnType: string) {
-    return SnowflakeToGenericType[columnType.toLowerCase()] || super.toGenericType(columnType);
+  public override toGenericType(columnType: string, precision?: number | null, scale?: number | null) {
+    const genericType = SnowflakeToGenericType[columnType.toLowerCase()] || super.toGenericType(columnType);
+
+    if (genericType === 'decimal' && precision && scale && getEnv('CUBEJS_DB_PRECISE_DECIMAL_IN_CUBESTORE')) {
+      return `decimal(${precision}, ${scale})`;
+    }
+
+    return genericType;
   }
 
   public async getTablesQuery(schemaName: string) {