diff --git a/src/main/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala b/src/main/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
index 52e1b343..6652a63e 100644
--- a/src/main/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
+++ b/src/main/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
@@ -227,7 +227,13 @@ 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/src/main/pre-2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala b/src/main/pre-2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
index 4d63adaf..752836a6 100644
--- a/src/main/pre-2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
+++ b/src/main/pre-2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DataFrameSuiteBase.scala
@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ 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 _ =>
               if (o1 != o2) return false
diff --git a/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDataFrameTest.scala b/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDataFrameTest.scala
index c7b2d92d..6f4b9a4b 100644
--- a/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDataFrameTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDataFrameTest.scala
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ class SampleDataFrameTest extends FunSuite with DataFrameSuiteBase {
     val row6 = Row("1")
     val row6a = Row("2")
     val row7 = Row(1.toFloat)
+    val row8 = Row(new java.math.BigDecimal(1.0))
+    val row8a = Row(new java.math.BigDecimal(1.0 + 1.0E-6))
+    val row9 = Row(scala.math.BigDecimal(1.0))
+    val row9a = 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))
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ class SampleDataFrameTest extends FunSuite with DataFrameSuiteBase {
     assert(false === approxEquals(row6, row4, 1E-5))
     assert(false === approxEquals(row6, row7, 1E-5))
     assert(false === approxEquals(row6, row6a, 1E-5))
+    assert(true === approxEquals(row8, row8a, 1.0E-6))
+    assert(true === approxEquals(row9, row9a, 1.0E-6))
   }
 
   test("verify hive function support") {