diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5c9edfa..45e3077 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ If `follow-uncertainty` is false or the number just has no uncertainty, the norm
 ```typ
 #set-round(
   follow-uncertainty:    bool = true,
-  uncertainty-precision: auto | int = auto,
+  uncertainty-precision: auto | int | dictionary = auto,
   mode:                  str = "places",
   precision:             int | auto = auto,
   pad:                   bool = true,
@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ If `follow-uncertainty` is false or the number just has no uncertainty, the norm
 )
 ```
 - `follow-uncertainty: bool = true` : If `true`, round to match the uncertainty (if present) instead of rounding to a fixed precision.
-- `uncertainty-precision: int | auto = auto` : The number of significant figures to round the uncertainty to. 
+- `uncertainty-precision: auto | int | dictionary = auto` : 
+  - `auto` : The uncertainty is left as-is. 
+  - `int` : The number of significant figures to round the uncertainty to. 
+  - `(places: int)` : The number of decimal places to round the uncertainty to.
 - `mode: str = "places"` : Sets the fixed appendrounding mode. The possible options are
   - `"places"` : The number is rounded to the number of decimal places given by the `precision` parameter. 
   - `"figures"` : The number is rounded to a number of significant figures given by the `precision` parameter.
diff --git a/src/rounding.typ b/src/rounding.typ
index 015322d..1ce61c1 100644
--- a/src/rounding.typ
+++ b/src/rounding.typ
@@ -302,8 +302,12 @@
   /// -> "+" | "-"
   sign: "+",
 
-  /// The precision to round the uncertainty to. If `auto`, the uncertainty left as is.
-  /// -> auto | int
+  /// The precision to round the uncertainty to. If `auto`, the uncertainty
+  /// left as is. If given as an int, the precision is interpreted in terms 
+  /// of number of significant figures. Alternatively, a dictionary of the form
+  /// `(places: int)` can be passed to specify the precision in terms of decimal 
+  /// places.
+  /// -> auto | int | dictionary
   precision: auto,
 
   /// Rounding direction.
@@ -333,10 +337,21 @@
     calc.max(
       ..uncertainty.map(((i, f)) => f.len())
     )
-  } else {
+  } else if type(precision) == std.int {
     precision + calc.max(
       ..uncertainty.map(((i, f)) => count-leading-zeros(i + f) - i.len())
     )
+  } else if type(precision) == dictionary {
+    assert(
+      precision.keys() == ("places",), 
+      message: "Expected a dictionary with the key \"places\""
+    )
+    precision.places
+  } else {
+    assert(
+      false,
+      message: "Unexpected argument " + repr(precision) + " for uncertainty-precision"
+    )
   }
 
   uncertainty = uncertainty
diff --git a/tests/num/rounding/test.typ b/tests/num/rounding/test.typ
index 27e85fa..38cdb37 100644
--- a/tests/num/rounding/test.typ
+++ b/tests/num/rounding/test.typ
@@ -255,6 +255,24 @@
   ),
   ("1", "23", (("", "04"), ("", "30"))),
 )
+#assert.eq(
+  round-to-uncertainty(
+    "1",
+    "23",
+    (("0", "04"), ("0", "3")),
+    precision: (places: 5),
+  ),
+  ("1", "23000", (("", "04000"), ("", "30000"))),
+)
+#assert.eq(
+  round-to-uncertainty(
+    "1455",
+    "23",
+    (("47", "04"), ("80", "3")),
+    precision: (places: -1),
+  ),
+  ("1460", "", (("50", ""), ("80", ""))),
+)
 #assert.eq(
   round(
     "0",