diff --git a/src/util/decimal.rs b/src/util/decimal.rs
index 48d89d3c..6436f783 100644
--- a/src/util/decimal.rs
+++ b/src/util/decimal.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ pub struct Decimal {
     exponent: usize,
 }
 
+/// Unsigned fixed-point decimal type
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, Ord)]
+pub struct UDecimal {
+    mantissa: u64,
+    exponent: usize,
+}
+
 impl PartialEq<Decimal> for Decimal {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Decimal) -> bool {
         use std::cmp::max;
@@ -166,6 +173,123 @@ impl de::Deserialize for Decimal {
     }
 }
 
+
+impl PartialEq<UDecimal> for UDecimal {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &UDecimal) -> bool {
+        use std::cmp::max;
+        let exp = max(self.exponent(), other.exponent());
+        self.integer_value(exp) == other.integer_value(exp)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd<UDecimal> for UDecimal {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &UDecimal) -> Option<::std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        use std::cmp::max;
+        let exp = max(self.exponent(), other.exponent());
+        self.integer_value(exp).partial_cmp(&other.integer_value(exp))
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for UDecimal {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        let ten = 10u64.pow(self.exponent as u32);
+        let int_part = self.mantissa / ten;
+        let dec_part = self.mantissa % ten;
+        write!(f, "{}.{:02$}", int_part, dec_part, self.exponent)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Add for UDecimal {
+    type Output = UDecimal;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn add(self, other: UDecimal) -> UDecimal {
+        if self.exponent > other.exponent {
+            UDecimal {
+                mantissa: other.mantissa * 10u64.pow((self.exponent - other.exponent) as u32) + self.mantissa,
+                exponent: self.exponent
+            }
+        } else {
+            UDecimal {
+                mantissa: self.mantissa * 10u64.pow((other.exponent - self.exponent) as u32) + other.mantissa,
+                exponent: other.exponent
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl UDecimal {
+    /// Creates a new Decimal
+    pub fn new(mantissa: u64, exponent: usize) -> UDecimal {
+        UDecimal {
+            mantissa: mantissa,
+            exponent: exponent
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the mantissa
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn mantissa(&self) -> u64 { self.mantissa }
+    /// Returns the exponent
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn exponent(&self) -> usize { self.exponent }
+
+    /// Get the decimal's value in an integer type, by multiplying
+    /// by some power of ten to ensure the returned value is 10 **
+    /// `exponent` types the actual value.
+    pub fn integer_value(&self, exponent: usize) -> u64 {
+        if exponent < self.exponent {
+            self.mantissa / 10u64.pow((self.exponent - exponent) as u32)
+        } else {
+            self.mantissa * 10u64.pow((exponent - self.exponent) as u32)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ser::Serialize for UDecimal {
+    // Serialize through strason since it will not lose precision (when serializing
+    // to strason itself, the value will be passed through; otherwise it will be
+    // encoded as a string)
+    fn serialize<S: ser::Serializer>(&self, s: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> {
+        let json = Json::from_str(&self.to_string()).unwrap();
+        ser::Serialize::serialize(&json, s)
+    }
+}
+
+impl de::Deserialize for UDecimal {
+    // Deserialize through strason for the same reason as in `Serialize`
+    fn deserialize<D: de::Deserializer>(d: &mut D) -> Result<UDecimal, D::Error> {
+        let json: Json = try!(de::Deserialize::deserialize(d));
+        match json.num() {
+            Some(s) => {
+                 // We know this will be a well-formed Json number, so we can
+                 // be pretty lax about parsing
+                 let mut past_dec = false;
+                 let mut exponent = 0;
+                 let mut mantissa = 0u64;
+
+                 for b in s.as_bytes() {
+                     match *b {
+                         b'0'...b'9' => {
+                             mantissa = 10 * mantissa + (b - b'0') as u64;
+                             if past_dec { exponent += 1; }
+                         }
+                         b'.' => { past_dec = true; }
+                         _ => { /* whitespace or something, just ignore it */ }
+                     }
+                 }
+                 Ok(UDecimal {
+                     mantissa: mantissa,
+                     exponent: exponent,
+                 })
+            }
+            None => Err(de::Error::syntax("expected decimal, got non-numeric"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -186,6 +310,20 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(d.integer_value(6), 1234567800);
         assert_eq!(d.integer_value(7), 12345678000);
         assert_eq!(d.integer_value(8), 123456780000);
+
+        let u = UDecimal::new(12345678, 4);
+        assert_eq!(u.mantissa(), 12345678);
+        assert_eq!(u.exponent(), 4);
+
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(0), 1234);
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(1), 12345);
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(2), 123456);
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(3), 1234567);
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(4), 12345678);
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(5), 123456780);
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(6), 1234567800);
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(7), 12345678000);
+        assert_eq!(u.integer_value(8), 123456780000);
     }
 
     macro_rules! deserialize_round_trip(
@@ -195,7 +333,10 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(encoded, Json::from_reader(&$s[..]).unwrap());
             assert_eq!(encoded.to_bytes(), &$s[..]);
 
-            let decoded: Decimal = encoded.into_deserialize().unwrap();
+            // hack to force type inference
+            let mut decoded_res = encoded.into_deserialize();
+            if false { decoded_res = Ok($dec); }
+            let decoded = decoded_res.unwrap();
             assert_eq!(decoded, d);
         })
     );
@@ -203,15 +344,20 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn deserialize() {
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(0, 0), b"0.0");
+        deserialize_round_trip!(UDecimal::new(0, 0), b"0.0");
 
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(123456789001, 8), b"1234.56789001");
+        deserialize_round_trip!(UDecimal::new(123456789001, 8), b"1234.56789001");
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(-123456789001, 8), b"-1234.56789001");
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(123456789001, 1), b"12345678900.1");
+        deserialize_round_trip!(UDecimal::new(123456789001, 1), b"12345678900.1");
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(-123456789001, 1), b"-12345678900.1");
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(123456789001, 0), b"123456789001.0");
+        deserialize_round_trip!(UDecimal::new(123456789001, 0), b"123456789001.0");
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(-123456789001, 0), b"-123456789001.0");
 
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(123400000001, 8), b"1234.00000001");
+        deserialize_round_trip!(UDecimal::new(123400000001, 8), b"1234.00000001");
         deserialize_round_trip!(Decimal::new(-123400000001, 8), b"-1234.00000001");
     }
 
@@ -240,6 +386,9 @@ mod tests {
         let d2 = Decimal::new(-2, 2);  // -0.02
         let d3 = Decimal::new(3, 0);   //  3.0
         let d4 = Decimal::new(0, 5);  //   0.00000
+        let u1 = UDecimal::new(5, 1);   //  0.5
+        let u3 = UDecimal::new(3, 0);   //  3.0
+        let u4 = UDecimal::new(0, 5);  //   0.00000
 
         assert!(d1.nonnegative());
         assert!(!d2.nonnegative());
@@ -249,14 +398,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(d1 + d2, Decimal::new(48, 2));
         assert_eq!(d1 - d2, Decimal::new(52, 2));
         assert_eq!(d1 + d3, Decimal::new(35, 1));
+        assert_eq!(u1 + u3, UDecimal::new(35, 1));
         assert_eq!(d1 - d3, Decimal::new(-25, 1));
         assert_eq!(d2 + d3, Decimal::new(298, 2));
         assert_eq!(d2 - d3, Decimal::new(-302, 2));
 
         assert_eq!(d1 + d4, d1);
+        assert_eq!(u1 + u4, u1);
         assert_eq!(d1 - d4, d1);
         assert_eq!(d1 + d4, d1 - d4);
         assert_eq!(d4 + d4, d4);
+        assert_eq!(u4 + u4, u4);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -266,10 +418,20 @@ mod tests {
         let dec: Decimal = json.into_deserialize().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(dec, Decimal::new(980000, 8));
 
+        let json = Json::from_str("0.00980000").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(json.to_bytes(), b"0.00980000");
+        let dec: UDecimal = json.into_deserialize().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(dec, UDecimal::new(980000, 8));
+
         let json = Json::from_str("0.00980").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(json.to_bytes(), b"0.00980");
         let dec: Decimal = json.into_deserialize().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(dec, Decimal::new(98000, 7));
+
+        let json = Json::from_str("0.00980").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(json.to_bytes(), b"0.00980");
+        let dec: UDecimal = json.into_deserialize().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(dec, UDecimal::new(98000, 7));
     }
 }