diff --git a/tools/generate_tables_sql.php b/tools/generate_tables_sql.php
index 18b1c39d8d9..d58e45d7c1a 100755
--- a/tools/generate_tables_sql.php
+++ b/tools/generate_tables_sql.php
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@
             case "radio":
                 $bits[0] = enumizeOptions($bits[3], $table = [], $bits[1]);
                 break;
+            case "numeric":
+                // without this option, default MySQL is simply numeric
+                // which is traduced to "decimal(10,0)"
+                // which truncates the floating point part.
+                $bits[0] = "decimal(14,4)";
+                break;
             case "select":
                 $bits[0]   = enumizeOptions(
                     $bits[3] ?? null,
diff --git a/tools/generate_tables_sql_and_testNames.php b/tools/generate_tables_sql_and_testNames.php
index 3f529a11702..186a1014a87 100755
--- a/tools/generate_tables_sql_and_testNames.php
+++ b/tools/generate_tables_sql_and_testNames.php
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
                 $bits[0] = "varchar(255)";
             } elseif ($bits[0] == "static") {
                 $bits[0] = "varchar(255)";
+            } elseif ($bits[0] == "numeric") {
+                // without this option, default MySQL is simply numeric
+                // which is traduced to "decimal(10,0)"
+                // which truncates the floating point part.
+                $bits[0] = "decimal(14,4)";
             }
 
             $output .= "`$bits[1]` $bits[0] default NULL,\n";