diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sqlite/jdbc3/JDBC3ResultSet.java b/src/main/java/org/sqlite/jdbc3/JDBC3ResultSet.java
index c483995fd..764711289 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sqlite/jdbc3/JDBC3ResultSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sqlite/jdbc3/JDBC3ResultSet.java
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(int col) throws SQLException {
         switch (safeGetColumnType(checkCol(col))) {
             case SQLITE_NULL:
                 return null;
-            case SQLITE_FLOAT:
-                return BigDecimal.valueOf(safeGetDoubleCol(col));
             case SQLITE_INTEGER:
                 return BigDecimal.valueOf(safeGetLongCol(col));
+            case SQLITE_FLOAT:
+                // avoid double precision
             default:
                 final String stringValue = safeGetColumnText(col);
                 try {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/sqlite/PrepStmtTest.java b/src/test/java/org/sqlite/PrepStmtTest.java
index 393f237b4..403603cb0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/sqlite/PrepStmtTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/sqlite/PrepStmtTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.data.Offset.offset;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.Date;
@@ -830,4 +831,46 @@ public void gh914_reuseExecute() throws SQLException {
             assertThat(rs2).isNotNull();
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void gh1002_pi() throws SQLException {
+        BigDecimal pi = new BigDecimal("3.14");
+        stat.executeUpdate("create table gh1002(nr number(10,2))");
+
+        try (PreparedStatement ps = conn.prepareStatement("insert into gh1002 values (?)")) {
+            ps.setBigDecimal(1, pi);
+            ps.execute();
+        }
+
+        ResultSet rs = stat.executeQuery("select nr from gh1002");
+        assertThat(rs.getBigDecimal(1)).isEqualTo(pi);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void gh1002_pi_real() throws SQLException {
+        BigDecimal pi = new BigDecimal("3.14");
+        stat.executeUpdate("create table gh1002(nr REAL)");
+
+        try (PreparedStatement ps = conn.prepareStatement("insert into gh1002 values (?)")) {
+            ps.setBigDecimal(1, pi);
+            ps.execute();
+        }
+
+        ResultSet rs = stat.executeQuery("select nr from gh1002");
+        assertThat(rs.getBigDecimal(1)).isEqualTo(pi);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void gh1002_pi_text() throws SQLException {
+        BigDecimal pi = new BigDecimal("3.14");
+        stat.executeUpdate("create table gh1002(nr TEXT)");
+
+        try (PreparedStatement ps = conn.prepareStatement("insert into gh1002 values (?)")) {
+            ps.setBigDecimal(1, pi);
+            ps.execute();
+        }
+
+        ResultSet rs = stat.executeQuery("select nr from gh1002");
+        assertThat(rs.getBigDecimal(1)).isEqualTo(pi);
+    }
 }