diff --git a/lib/debezium/decimal.go b/lib/debezium/decimal.go
index e9561e01b..440ac3ba8 100644
--- a/lib/debezium/decimal.go
+++ b/lib/debezium/decimal.go
@@ -69,12 +69,14 @@ func EncodeDecimal(value string, scale uint16) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to use %q as a floating-point number", value)
 	}
 
-	scaledValue := new(big.Int).Exp(big.NewInt(10), big.NewInt(int64(scale)), nil)
-	bigFloatValue.Mul(bigFloatValue, new(big.Float).SetInt(scaledValue))
+	if scale > 0 {
+		scaledValue := new(big.Int).Exp(big.NewInt(10), big.NewInt(int64(scale)), nil)
+		bigFloatValue.Mul(bigFloatValue, new(big.Float).SetInt(scaledValue))
+	}
 
 	// Extract the scaled integer value.
 	bigIntValue := new(big.Int)
-	if _, success := bigIntValue.SetString(bigFloatValue.String(), 10); !success {
+	if _, success := bigIntValue.SetString(bigFloatValue.Text('f', 0), 10); !success {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to use %q as a floating-point number", value)
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/debezium/decimal_test.go b/lib/debezium/decimal_test.go
index 80b6c4588..2a341a13f 100644
--- a/lib/debezium/decimal_test.go
+++ b/lib/debezium/decimal_test.go
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ func TestEncodeDecimal(t *testing.T) {
 			value: "-65535",
 			scale: 0,
 		},
+		{
+			name:  "number with a scale of 15",
+			value: "0.000022998904125",
+			scale: 15,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "number with a scale of 15",
+			value: "145.183000000000000",
+			scale: 15,
+		},
 		{
 			name:        "malformed - empty string",
 			value:       "",