diff --git a/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/__init__.py b/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/__init__.py
index 3438db67a941f..700e3af65b99e 100644
--- a/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/__init__.py
+++ b/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/__init__.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 """Source that loads tables form any SQLAlchemy supported database, supports batching requests and incremental loads."""
 
 from datetime import datetime, date
-from typing import Any, Optional, Union, List  # noqa: UP035
+from typing import Any, Optional, Union, List, cast  # noqa: UP035
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Table
-from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
+from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine, CursorResult
 
 import dlt
 from dlt.sources import DltResource, DltSource
+from dlt.common.schema.typing import TColumnSchema
 
 
 from dlt.sources.credentials import ConnectionStringCredentials
@@ -139,8 +140,37 @@ def sql_database(
             write_disposition="merge" if incremental else "replace",
             spec=SqlDatabaseTableConfiguration,
             table_format="delta",
+            columns=get_column_hints(engine, schema or "", table.name),
         )(
             engine=engine,
             table=table,
             incremental=incremental,
         )
+
+
+def get_column_hints(engine: Engine, schema_name: str, table_name: str) -> dict[str, TColumnSchema]:
+    with engine.connect() as conn:
+        execute_result: CursorResult | None = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT column_name, data_type, numeric_precision, numeric_scale FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_schema = %(schema_name)s AND table_name = %(table_name)s",
+            {"schema_name": schema_name, "table_name": table_name},
+        )
+
+        if execute_result is None:
+            return {}
+
+        cursor_result = cast(CursorResult, execute_result)
+        results = cursor_result.fetchall()
+
+    columns: dict[str, TColumnSchema] = {}
+
+    for column_name, data_type, numeric_precision, numeric_scale in results:
+        if data_type != "numeric":
+            continue
+
+        columns[column_name] = {
+            "data_type": "decimal",
+            "precision": numeric_precision or 76,
+            "scale": numeric_scale or 16,
+        }
+
+    return columns
diff --git a/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/test/test_sql_database.py b/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/test/test_sql_database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d604d1e38c35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/test/test_sql_database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from posthog.temporal.data_imports.pipelines.sql_database import get_column_hints
+
+
+def _setup(return_value):
+    mock_engine = MagicMock()
+    mock_engine_enter = MagicMock()
+    mock_connection = MagicMock()
+    mock_result = MagicMock()
+
+    mock_engine.configure_mock(**{"connect.return_value": mock_engine_enter})
+    mock_engine_enter.configure_mock(**{"__enter__.return_value": mock_connection})
+    mock_connection.configure_mock(**{"execute.return_value": mock_result})
+    mock_result.configure_mock(**{"fetchall.return_value": return_value})
+
+    return mock_engine
+
+
+def test_get_column_hints_numeric_no_results():
+    mock_engine = _setup([])
+
+    assert get_column_hints(mock_engine, "some_schema", "some_table") == {}
+
+
+def test_get_column_hints_numeric_with_scale_and_precision():
+    mock_engine = _setup([("column", "numeric", 10, 2)])
+
+    assert get_column_hints(mock_engine, "some_schema", "some_table") == {
+        "column": {"data_type": "decimal", "precision": 10, "scale": 2}
+    }
+
+
+def test_get_column_hints_numeric_with_missing_scale_and_precision():
+    mock_engine = _setup([("column", "numeric", None, None)])
+
+    assert get_column_hints(mock_engine, "some_schema", "some_table") == {
+        "column": {"data_type": "decimal", "precision": 76, "scale": 16}
+    }
+
+
+def test_get_column_hints_numeric_with_no_numeric():
+    mock_engine = _setup([("column", "bigint", None, None)])
+
+    assert get_column_hints(mock_engine, "some_schema", "some_table") == {}