diff --git a/core/src/main/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala b/core/src/main/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
index 5ae5998b..cfe59469 100644
--- a/core/src/main/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
@@ -250,7 +250,13 @@ object DataFrameSuiteBase {
               }
 
             case d1: java.math.BigDecimal =>
-              if (d1.compareTo(o2.asInstanceOf[java.math.BigDecimal]) != 0) {
+              if (d1.subtract(o2.asInstanceOf[java.math.BigDecimal]).abs
+                    .compareTo(new java.math.BigDecimal(tol)) > 0) {
+                return false
+              }
+
+            case d1: scala.math.BigDecimal =>
+              if ((d1 - o2.asInstanceOf[scala.math.BigDecimal]).abs > tol) {
                 return false
               }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/pre-2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala b/core/src/main/pre-2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
index 78c5d8de..0c5a7262 100644
--- a/core/src/main/pre-2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/pre-2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ object DataFrameSuiteBase {
               if (abs(d1 - o2.asInstanceOf[Double]) > tol) return false
 
             case d1: java.math.BigDecimal =>
-              if (d1.compareTo(o2.asInstanceOf[java.math.BigDecimal]) != 0) return false
+              if (d1.subtract(o2.asInstanceOf[java.math.BigDecimal]).abs
+                    .compareTo(new java.math.BigDecimal(tol)) > 0) return false
+
+            case d1: scala.math.BigDecimal =>
+              if ((d1 - o2.asInstanceOf[scala.math.BigDecimal]).abs > tol) return false
 
             case t1: Timestamp =>
               if (abs(t1.getTime - o2.asInstanceOf[Timestamp].getTime) > tol) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDataFrameTest.scala b/core/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDataFrameTest.scala
index 8907cd03..e325fc40 100644
--- a/core/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDataFrameTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDataFrameTest.scala
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ class SampleDataFrameTest extends AnyFunSuite with DataFrameSuiteBase {
     val row8 = Row(Timestamp.valueOf("2018-01-12 20:22:13"))
     val row9 = Row(Timestamp.valueOf("2018-01-12 20:22:18"))
     val row10 = Row(Timestamp.valueOf("2018-01-12 20:23:13"))
+    val row11 = Row(new java.math.BigDecimal(1.0))
+    val row11a = Row(new java.math.BigDecimal(1.0 + 1.0E-6))
+    val row12 = Row(scala.math.BigDecimal(1.0))
+    val row12a = Row(scala.math.BigDecimal(1.0 + 1.0E-6))
     assert(false === approxEquals(row, row2, 1E-7))
     assert(true === approxEquals(row, row2, 1E-5))
     assert(true === approxEquals(row3, row3, 1E-5))
@@ -131,6 +135,8 @@ class SampleDataFrameTest extends AnyFunSuite with DataFrameSuiteBase {
     assert(false === approxEquals(row9, row8, 3000))
     assert(true === approxEquals(row9, row10, 60000))
     assert(false === approxEquals(row9, row10, 53000))
+    assert(true === approxEquals(row11, row11a, 1.0E-6))
+    assert(true === approxEquals(row12, row12a, 1.0E-6))
   }
 
   test("verify hive function support") {