diff --git a/msgpack-jackson/src/main/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackGenerator.java b/msgpack-jackson/src/main/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackGenerator.java
index 9ba9a5ac3..189197209 100644
--- a/msgpack-jackson/src/main/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackGenerator.java
+++ b/msgpack-jackson/src/main/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackGenerator.java
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ private void packBigDecimal(BigDecimal decimal)
         if (failedToPackAsBI) {
             double doubleValue = decimal.doubleValue();
             //Check to make sure this BigDecimal can be represented as a double
-            if (!decimal.toEngineeringString().equals(BigDecimal.valueOf(doubleValue).toEngineeringString())) {
+            if (!decimal.stripTrailingZeros().toEngineeringString().equals(BigDecimal.valueOf(doubleValue).toEngineeringString())) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("MessagePack cannot serialize a BigDecimal that can't be represented as double. " + decimal);
             }
             messagePacker.packDouble(doubleValue);
diff --git a/msgpack-jackson/src/test/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackGeneratorTest.java b/msgpack-jackson/src/test/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackGeneratorTest.java
index 68eaa4557..b88d0d645 100644
--- a/msgpack-jackson/src/test/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/msgpack-jackson/src/test/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackGeneratorTest.java
@@ -285,9 +285,11 @@ public void testBigDecimal()
         {
             double d0 = 1.23456789;
             double d1 = 1.23450000000000000000006789;
+            String d2 = "12.30";
             List<BigDecimal> bigDecimals = Arrays.asList(
                     BigDecimal.valueOf(d0),
                     BigDecimal.valueOf(d1),
+                    new BigDecimal(d2),
                     BigDecimal.valueOf(Double.MIN_VALUE),
                     BigDecimal.valueOf(Double.MAX_VALUE),
                     BigDecimal.valueOf(Double.MIN_NORMAL)
@@ -296,9 +298,10 @@ public void testBigDecimal()
             byte[] bytes = mapper.writeValueAsBytes(bigDecimals);
             MessageUnpacker unpacker = MessagePack.newDefaultUnpacker(bytes);
 
-            assertEquals(5, unpacker.unpackArrayHeader());
+            assertEquals(bigDecimals.size(), unpacker.unpackArrayHeader());
             assertEquals(d0, unpacker.unpackDouble(), 0.000000000000001);
             assertEquals(d1, unpacker.unpackDouble(), 0.000000000000001);
+            assertEquals(Double.valueOf(d2), unpacker.unpackDouble(), 0.000000000000001);
             assertEquals(Double.MIN_VALUE, unpacker.unpackDouble(), 0.000000000000001);
             assertEquals(Double.MAX_VALUE, unpacker.unpackDouble(), 0.000000000000001);
             assertEquals(Double.MIN_NORMAL, unpacker.unpackDouble(), 0.000000000000001);