diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
index a8785595c2f9b..42e57b60b44c5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions
 
+import java.math.{BigDecimal => JavaBigDecimal}
 import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
 import java.text.{DateFormat, SimpleDateFormat}
 
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ case class Cast(child: Expression, dataType: DataType) extends UnaryExpression w
   private[this] def castToDecimal(from: DataType, target: DecimalType): Any => Any = from match {
     case StringType =>
       buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => try {
-        changePrecision(Decimal(s.toString.toDouble), target)
+        changePrecision(Decimal(new JavaBigDecimal(s.toString)), target)
       } catch {
         case _: NumberFormatException => null
       })
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 3fcb39d9c155a..e302f8b249356 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -851,6 +851,10 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
     }
   }
 
+  test("Cast STRING to BIGINT") {
+    checkAnswer(sql("SELECT CAST('775983671874188101' as BIGINT)"), Row(775983671874188101L))
+  }
+
   // `Math.exp(1.0)` has different result for different jdk version, so not use createQueryTest
   test("udf_java_method") {
     checkAnswer(sql(