diff --git a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/StressProfile.java b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/StressProfile.java
index 272f3c75a1..9c9b9213a1 100644
--- a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/StressProfile.java
+++ b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/StressProfile.java
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ public class StressProfile implements Serializable
                 case BOOLEAN:
                     return new Booleans(name, config);
                 case DECIMAL:
+                    return new BigDecimals(name, config);
                 case DOUBLE:
                     return new Doubles(name, config);
                 case FLOAT:
@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@ public class StressProfile implements Serializable
                 case LIST:
                     return new Lists(name, getGenerator(name, type.getTypeArguments().get(0), config), config);
                 default:
-                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Because of this name: "+name+" if you removed it from the yaml and are still seeing this, make sure to drop table");
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/generate/values/BigDecimals.java b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/generate/values/BigDecimals.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42758edc8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/generate/values/BigDecimals.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.cassandra.stress.generate.values;
+
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.DecimalType;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+public class BigDecimals extends Generator<BigDecimal>
+{
+    public BigDecimals(String name, GeneratorConfig config)
+    {
+        super(DecimalType.instance, config, name, BigDecimal.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BigDecimal generate()
+    {
+        return BigDecimal.valueOf(identityDistribution.next());
+    }
+}