diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaTool.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaTool.php
index 75c3e593f..41b4f8795 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaTool.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaTool.php
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ class SchemaTool
         $column['type'] = Type::getType($mapping['type']);
         $column['length'] = isset($mapping['length']) ? $mapping['length'] : null;
         $column['notnull'] = isset($mapping['nullable']) ? ! $mapping['nullable'] : false;
+        if (isset($mapping['precision'])) {
+            $column['precision'] = $mapping['precision'];
+        }
+        if (isset($mapping['scale'])) {
+            $column['scale'] = $mapping['scale'];
+        }
         if (isset($mapping['default'])) {
             $column['default'] = $mapping['default'];
         }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/Generic/DecimalModel.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/Generic/DecimalModel.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ea1d03ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/Generic/DecimalModel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\Generic;
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ * @Table(name="date_time_model")
+ */
+class DecimalModel
+{
+    /**
+     * @Id @Column(type="integer")
+     * @GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
+     */
+    public $id;
+    /**
+     * @Column(type="decimal", scale=5, precision=2)
+     */
+    public $decimal;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaTool/AllTests.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaTool/AllTests.php
index e2ff24c91..d9dd82ae3 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaTool/AllTests.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaTool/AllTests.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class AllTests
         $suite = new \Doctrine\Tests\DoctrineTestSuite('Doctrine Orm Functional Tools');
 
         $suite->addTestSuite('Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\SchemaTool\MySqlSchemaToolTest');
+        //$suite->addTestSuite('Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\SchemaTool\PostgreSqlSchemaToolTest');
 
         return $suite;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaTool/MySqlSchemaToolTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaTool/MySqlSchemaToolTest.php
index 7e57c8e98..86e160d00 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaTool/MySqlSchemaToolTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SchemaTool/MySqlSchemaToolTest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ class MySqlSchemaToolTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertEquals("ALTER TABLE cms_phonenumbers ADD FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES cms_users(id)", $sql[7]);
     }
     
+    public function testGetCreateSchemaSql2()
+    {
+        $classes = array(
+            $this->_em->getClassMetadata('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Generic\DecimalModel')
+        );
+
+        $tool = new SchemaTool($this->_em);
+        $sql = $tool->getCreateSchemaSql($classes);
+        
+        $this->assertEquals(1, count($sql));
+        $this->assertEquals("CREATE TABLE date_time_model (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, decimal NUMERIC(2, 5) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(id)) ENGINE = InnoDB", $sql[0]);
+    }
+    
     public function testGetUpdateSchemaSql()
     {
         $classes = array(