diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/engines/StructToXmlBytes.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/engines/StructToXmlBytes.java
index 2efc6b7..cb5853a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/engines/StructToXmlBytes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/engines/StructToXmlBytes.java
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
  */
 package com.ibm.eventstreams.kafkaconnect.plugins.xml.engines;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Decimal;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Field;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Schema;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Schema.Type;
@@ -233,19 +235,21 @@ private void processStruct(Document doc, Element parentElement, Struct source) {
 
                 case BYTES:
                     final Element bytesElement = doc.createElement(field.name());
-                    if (source.getBytes(field.name()) != null) {
-                        final byte[] bytes = source.getBytes(field.name());
-
-                        String strRepresentation;
-                        if (bytes.length == 1 && "xs:byte".equals(fieldSchema.doc())) {
-                            strRepresentation = Byte.toString(bytes[0]);
-                        }
-                        else {
-                            strRepresentation = new String(Base64.getEncoder().encode(bytes));
-                        }
-
-                        bytesElement.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(strRepresentation));
+                    final byte[] bytes ;
+                    String strRepresentation;
+
+                    if (Decimal.LOGICAL_NAME.equals(fieldSchema.name())){
+                        strRepresentation = source.get(field.name()).toString();
+                    } else {
+                       bytes =  source.getBytes(field.name());
+                       if (bytes.length == 1 && "xs:byte".equals(fieldSchema.doc())) {
+                           strRepresentation = Byte.toString(bytes[0]);
+                       } else {
+                           strRepresentation = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(bytes);
+                       }
                     }
+                    bytesElement.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(strRepresentation));
+
                     parentElement.appendChild(bytesElement);
                     break;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/XmlConverterSourceTest.java b/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/XmlConverterSourceTest.java
index a7bc0ec..a866ab7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/XmlConverterSourceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/XmlConverterSourceTest.java
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ public static Collection<Object[]> testCases() {
 //            { "040", true, true }
 //            { "043", true, true },
             { "044", false, false },
-            { "049", false, false }
+            { "049", false, false },
+            { "055", false, false }
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/testutils/MapGenerators.java b/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/testutils/MapGenerators.java
index 95838d0..efb20b9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/testutils/MapGenerators.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/testutils/MapGenerators.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.ibm.eventstreams.kafkaconnect.plugins.xml.testutils;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Decimal;
+
 public class MapGenerators {
 
     public static Map<?, ?> get(String testCaseId) {
@@ -1028,6 +1031,13 @@ public class MapGenerators {
                 value.put("data", data);
                 break;
             }
+            case "055":{
+                value.put("ProductID", 1);
+                value.put("ProductName", "TestProductName");
+                value.put("Price",new BigDecimal("10.000"));
+                break;
+
+            }
         }
         return value;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/testutils/StructGenerators.java b/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/testutils/StructGenerators.java
index b849cc4..f7c2f28 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/testutils/StructGenerators.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/kafkaconnect/plugins/xml/testutils/StructGenerators.java
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
  */
 package com.ibm.eventstreams.kafkaconnect.plugins.xml.testutils;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Decimal;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Schema;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.SchemaAndValue;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.SchemaBuilder;
@@ -1809,6 +1811,25 @@ public static SchemaAndValue get(String testCaseId) {
                 value.put("version", "7.0.1001.2");
                 value.put("data", data);
 
+                return new SchemaAndValue(schema, value);
+            }
+            case "055":{
+
+                final Schema decimalSchema = Decimal.builder(3).build();
+                final Schema schema = SchemaBuilder.struct()
+                    .name("root")
+                    .field("ProductID", Schema.INT32_SCHEMA)
+                    .field("ProductName", Schema.STRING_SCHEMA)
+                    .field("Price", decimalSchema)
+                    .build();
+                final Struct value = new Struct(schema);
+
+                BigDecimal bigDecimal = new BigDecimal(10).setScale(3);
+
+                value.put("ProductID", 1);
+                value.put("ProductName", "TestProductName");
+                value.put("Price", bigDecimal);
+
                 return new SchemaAndValue(schema, value);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/055.xml b/src/test/resources/055.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe4ea94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/055.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<root>
+    <ProductID>1</ProductID>
+    <ProductName>TestProductName</ProductName>
+    <Price>10.000</Price>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/055.xsd b/src/test/resources/055.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0316edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/055.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version = "1.0"?>
+<xs:schema xmlns:xs = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+    <xs:element name="root">
+        <xs:complexType> 
+            <xs:sequence>
+                <xs:element type="xs:integer" name="ProductID"/>
+                <xs:element type="xs:string" name="ProductName"/>
+                <xs:element name="Price">
+                    <xs:simpleType>
+                        <xs:restriction base="xs:decimal">
+                            <xs:fractionDigits value="3"/>
+                        </xs:restriction>
+                    </xs:simpleType>
+                </xs:element>
+            </xs:sequence>
+        </xs:complexType> 
+    </xs:element>    
+</xs:schema>
\ No newline at end of file