diff --git a/johnzon-jsonb/src/main/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/JohnzonBuilder.java b/johnzon-jsonb/src/main/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/JohnzonBuilder.java
index 460d41c8..22905417 100644
--- a/johnzon-jsonb/src/main/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/JohnzonBuilder.java
+++ b/johnzon-jsonb/src/main/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/JohnzonBuilder.java
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ public Jsonb build() {
         config.getProperty("johnzon.useBigDecimalForFloats")
                 .map(this::toBool)
                 .ifPresent(builder::setUseBigDecimalForFloats);
+        config.getProperty("johnzon.useBigIntegerStringAdapter")
+                .map(this::toBool)
+                .ifPresent(builder::setUseBigIntegerStringAdapter);
+        config.getProperty("johnzon.useBigDecimalStringAdapter")
+                .map(this::toBool)
+                .ifPresent(builder::setUseBigDecimalStringAdapter);
         config.getProperty("johnzon.deduplicateObjects")
                 .map(this::toBool)
                 .ifPresent(builder::setDeduplicateObjects);
diff --git a/johnzon-jsonb/src/test/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/JsonbBigDecimalTest.java b/johnzon-jsonb/src/test/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/JsonbBigDecimalTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98ccaf06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/johnzon-jsonb/src/test/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/JsonbBigDecimalTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.johnzon.jsonb;
+
+import org.apache.johnzon.jsonb.test.JsonbRule;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import jakarta.json.bind.annotation.JsonbProperty;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+
+public class JsonbBigDecimalTest {
+    @Rule
+    public final JsonbRule rule = new JsonbRule()
+            .withProperty("johnzon.useBigIntegerStringAdapter", "false")
+            .withProperty("johnzon.useBigDecimalStringAdapter", "false")
+            ;
+
+    private static class BigNumberWrapper {
+        @JsonbProperty("bd")
+        private BigDecimal bd;
+
+        @JsonbProperty("bi")
+        private BigInteger bi;
+
+        public BigDecimal getBd() {
+            return bd;
+        }
+
+        public void setBd(BigDecimal bd) {
+            this.bd = bd;
+        }
+
+        public BigInteger getBi() {
+            return bi;
+        }
+
+        public void setBi(BigInteger bi) {
+            this.bi = bi;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void jsonValue() {
+        final BigNumberWrapper bnw = new BigNumberWrapper();
+        bnw.setBd(new BigDecimal("0.000000733915"));
+        bnw.setBi(new BigInteger("9223372036854775808"));
+
+        final String json = rule.toJson(bnw);
+        Assert.assertEquals("{\"bd\":7.33915E-7,\"bi\":9223372036854775808}", json);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/johnzon-jsonb/src/test/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/test/JsonbRule.java b/johnzon-jsonb/src/test/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/test/JsonbRule.java
index 855d1593..12fbfa4c 100644
--- a/johnzon-jsonb/src/test/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/test/JsonbRule.java
+++ b/johnzon-jsonb/src/test/java/org/apache/johnzon/jsonb/test/JsonbRule.java
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ public JsonbRule withTypeAdapter(JsonbAdapter<?, ?>... jsonbAdapters) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public JsonbRule withProperty(final String propertyName, final Object value) {
+        config.setProperty(propertyName, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Statement apply(final Statement statement, final Description description) {
         return new Statement() {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5111e9ea..1991b7c9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
                   <property name="ignorePattern" value="@version|@see" />
                 </module>
                 <module name="MethodLength">
-                  <property name="max" value="264" />
+                  <property name="max" value="270" />
                 </module>
                 <module name="ParameterNumber">
                   <property name="max" value="13" />