diff --git a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.cpp b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.cpp
index df832949058..83623af5b3b 100644
--- a/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/mssql/qgsmssqlprovider.cpp
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ void QgsMssqlProvider::loadFields()
             QgsField(
               query.value( 3 ).toString(), sqlType,
               sqlTypeName,
-              query.value( 7 ).toInt(),
-              query.value( 8 ).toInt() ) );
+              query.value( 6 ).toInt(),
+              sqlTypeName == QLatin1String( "decimal" ) ? query.value( 8 ).toInt() : -1 ) );
         }
         else if ( sqlType == QVariant::Date || sqlType == QVariant::DateTime || sqlType == QVariant::Time )
         {
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_provider_mssql.py b/tests/src/python/test_provider_mssql.py
index 0c633fdfefa..6b309e64ec8 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_provider_mssql.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_provider_mssql.py
@@ -176,6 +176,35 @@ class TestPyQgsMssqlProvider(unittest.TestCase, ProviderTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(f.attributes()[datetime_idx], QDateTime(
             QDate(2004, 3, 4), QTime(13, 41, 52)))
 
+    def testFloatDecimalFields(self):
+        vl = QgsVectorLayer('%s table="qgis_test"."float_dec" sql=' %
+                            (self.dbconn), "testprec", "mssql")
+        self.assertTrue(vl.isValid())
+
+        fields = vl.dataProvider().fields()
+        self.assertEqual(fields.at(fields.indexFromName(
+            'float_field')).type(), QVariant.Double)
+        self.assertEqual(fields.at(fields.indexFromName(
+            'float_field')).length(), 15)
+        self.assertEqual(fields.at(fields.indexFromName(
+            'float_field')).precision(), -1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(fields.at(fields.indexFromName(
+            'dec_field')).type(), QVariant.Double)
+        self.assertEqual(fields.at(fields.indexFromName(
+            'dec_field')).length(), 7)
+        self.assertEqual(fields.at(fields.indexFromName(
+            'dec_field')).precision(), 3)
+
+        f = next(vl.getFeatures(QgsFeatureRequest()))
+
+        float_idx = vl.fields().lookupField('float_field')
+        self.assertIsInstance(f.attributes()[float_idx], float)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(f.attributes()[float_idx], 1.1111111111, 5)
+        dec_idx = vl.fields().lookupField('dec_field')
+        self.assertIsInstance(f.attributes()[dec_idx], float)
+        self.assertEqual(f.attributes()[dec_idx], 1.123)
+
     def testCreateLayer(self):
         layer = QgsVectorLayer("Point?field=id:integer&field=fldtxt:string&field=fldint:integer",
                                "addfeat", "memory")
diff --git a/tests/testdata/provider/testdata_mssql.sql b/tests/testdata/provider/testdata_mssql.sql
index 2b2cfd9d02d..80fc771960e 100644
--- a/tests/testdata/provider/testdata_mssql.sql
+++ b/tests/testdata/provider/testdata_mssql.sql
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ GO
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS qgis_test.[new_table_multipolygon];
 GO
 
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS qgis_test.[float_dec];
+GO
+
 DROP SCHEMA qgis_test;
 GO
 
@@ -49,6 +52,13 @@ CREATE TABLE qgis_test.[date_times] (
 );
 GO
 
+CREATE TABLE qgis_test.[float_dec] (
+       id integer PRIMARY KEY,
+       float_field float,
+       dec_field decimal(7,3)
+);
+GO
+
 INSERT INTO qgis_test.[someData] (pk, cnt, name, name2, num_char, geom) VALUES
 (5, -200, NULL, 'NuLl', '5', geometry::STGeomFromText( 'Point(-71.123 78.23)', 4326 )),
 (3,  300, 'Pear', 'PEaR', '3', NULL),
@@ -69,6 +79,9 @@ GO
 INSERT INTO qgis_test.[date_times] (id, date_field, time_field, datetime_field ) VALUES
  (1, '2004-03-04', '13:41:52', '2004-03-04 13:41:52' );
 
+INSERT INTO qgis_test.[float_dec] (id, float_field, dec_field ) VALUES
+ (1, 1.1111111111, 1.123 );
+GO