diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/extendedbigdecimal.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/extendedbigdecimal.rs
index 8c242be9f..b5762e000 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/extendedbigdecimal.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/extendedbigdecimal.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::ops::Add;
+use std::ops::Neg;
 
 use bigdecimal::BigDecimal;
 use num_traits::FromPrimitive;
@@ -227,6 +228,27 @@ impl PartialOrd for ExtendedBigDecimal {
     }
 }
 
+impl Neg for ExtendedBigDecimal {
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn neg(self) -> Self::Output {
+        match self {
+            Self::BigDecimal(bd) => {
+                if bd.is_zero() {
+                    Self::MinusZero
+                } else {
+                    Self::BigDecimal(bd.neg())
+                }
+            }
+            Self::MinusZero => Self::BigDecimal(BigDecimal::zero()),
+            Self::Infinity => Self::MinusInfinity,
+            Self::MinusInfinity => Self::Infinity,
+            Self::Nan => Self::MinusNan,
+            Self::MinusNan => Self::Nan,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {