diff --git a/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnViewJni.cpp b/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnViewJni.cpp
index bce330ea4a3..4efac307627 100644
--- a/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnViewJni.cpp
+++ b/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnViewJni.cpp
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_ColumnView_castTo(JNIEnv *env, jclas
           break;
         case cudf::type_id::DECIMAL32:
         case cudf::type_id::DECIMAL64:
+        case cudf::type_id::DECIMAL128:
           result = cudf::strings::to_fixed_point(*column, n_data_type);
           break;
         default: JNI_THROW_NEW(env, "java/lang/IllegalArgumentException", "Invalid data type", 0);
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
index f332661dc19..a582541a0d4 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
@@ -3370,6 +3370,22 @@ void testFixedWidthCast() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testCastStringToBigDecimal() {
+    String[] bigValues = {"923121331938210123.321",
+        "9223372036854775808.191",
+       "9328323982309091029831.002"
+    };
+
+    try (ColumnVector cv = ColumnVector.fromStrings(bigValues);
+        ColumnVector values = cv.castTo(DType.create(DType.DTypeEnum.DECIMAL128, -3));
+        ColumnVector expected = ColumnVector.fromDecimals(new BigDecimal("923121331938210123.321"),
+            new BigDecimal("9223372036854775808.191"),
+            new BigDecimal("9328323982309091029831.002"))) {
+      assertColumnsAreEqual(expected, values);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testCastByteToString() {