diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 045d57213b..9103aa0aed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 ### Added
 
 - cosmwasm-std: Add `Uint{64,128,256,512}::one`.
+- cosmwasm-std: Add `Uint{64,128,256,512}::abs_diff` and
+  `Decimal{,256}::abs_diff` ([#1334]).
+
+[#1334]: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm/pull/1334
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2022-05-14
 
diff --git a/packages/std/src/math/decimal.rs b/packages/std/src/math/decimal.rs
index f426030711..497b29c926 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/math/decimal.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/math/decimal.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ impl Decimal {
             Decimal(inner.isqrt().checked_mul(Uint128::from(outer_mul)).unwrap())
         })
     }
+
+    pub const fn abs_diff(self, other: Self) -> Self {
+        Self(self.0.abs_diff(other.0))
+    }
 }
 
 impl Fraction<Uint128> for Decimal {
@@ -1664,4 +1668,13 @@ mod tests {
             Decimal::percent(8765)
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decimal_abs_diff_works() {
+        let a = Decimal::percent(285);
+        let b = Decimal::percent(200);
+        let expected = Decimal::percent(85);
+        assert_eq!(a.abs_diff(b), expected);
+        assert_eq!(b.abs_diff(a), expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/std/src/math/decimal256.rs b/packages/std/src/math/decimal256.rs
index 67d216b3e7..5b4804f5f1 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/math/decimal256.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/math/decimal256.rs
@@ -270,6 +270,14 @@ impl Decimal256 {
             Self(inner.isqrt().checked_mul(outer_mul).unwrap())
         })
     }
+
+    pub fn abs_diff(self, other: Self) -> Self {
+        if self < other {
+            other - self
+        } else {
+            self - other
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Fraction<Uint256> for Decimal256 {
@@ -1783,4 +1791,13 @@ mod tests {
             Decimal256::percent(8765)
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decimal256_abs_diff_works() {
+        let a = Decimal256::percent(285);
+        let b = Decimal256::percent(200);
+        let expected = Decimal256::percent(85);
+        assert_eq!(a.abs_diff(b), expected);
+        assert_eq!(b.abs_diff(a), expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/std/src/math/uint128.rs b/packages/std/src/math/uint128.rs
index 11d214bddd..5aee2fc8f6 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/math/uint128.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/math/uint128.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,14 @@ impl Uint128 {
     pub fn saturating_pow(self, other: u32) -> Self {
         Self(self.0.saturating_pow(other))
     }
+
+    pub const fn abs_diff(self, other: Self) -> Self {
+        Self(if self.0 < other.0 {
+            other.0 - self.0
+        } else {
+            self.0 - other.0
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 // `From<u{128,64,32,16,8}>` is implemented manually instead of
@@ -965,4 +973,13 @@ mod tests {
         a %= &b;
         assert_eq!(a, Uint128::from(1u32));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn uint128_abs_diff_works() {
+        let a = Uint128::from(42u32);
+        let b = Uint128::from(5u32);
+        let expected = Uint128::from(37u32);
+        assert_eq!(a.abs_diff(b), expected);
+        assert_eq!(b.abs_diff(a), expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/std/src/math/uint256.rs b/packages/std/src/math/uint256.rs
index a4b7c4b002..9150bed567 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/math/uint256.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/math/uint256.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ impl Uint256 {
     pub fn saturating_mul(self, other: Self) -> Self {
         Self(self.0.saturating_mul(other.0))
     }
+
+    pub fn abs_diff(self, other: Self) -> Self {
+        if self < other {
+            other - self
+        } else {
+            self - other
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<Uint128> for Uint256 {
@@ -1516,4 +1524,13 @@ mod tests {
         a %= &b;
         assert_eq!(a, Uint256::from(1u32));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn uint256_abs_diff_works() {
+        let a = Uint256::from(42u32);
+        let b = Uint256::from(5u32);
+        let expected = Uint256::from(37u32);
+        assert_eq!(a.abs_diff(b), expected);
+        assert_eq!(b.abs_diff(a), expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/std/src/math/uint512.rs b/packages/std/src/math/uint512.rs
index a8779b7c91..ceeb7b8694 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/math/uint512.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/math/uint512.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ impl Uint512 {
     pub fn saturating_mul(self, other: Self) -> Self {
         Self(self.0.saturating_mul(other.0))
     }
+
+    pub fn abs_diff(self, other: Self) -> Self {
+        if self < other {
+            other - self
+        } else {
+            self - other
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<Uint256> for Uint512 {
@@ -1151,4 +1159,13 @@ mod tests {
         a %= &b;
         assert_eq!(a, Uint512::from(1u32));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn uint512_abs_diff_works() {
+        let a = Uint512::from(42u32);
+        let b = Uint512::from(5u32);
+        let expected = Uint512::from(37u32);
+        assert_eq!(a.abs_diff(b), expected);
+        assert_eq!(b.abs_diff(a), expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/std/src/math/uint64.rs b/packages/std/src/math/uint64.rs
index cfe437f995..6bf19b2c3e 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/math/uint64.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/math/uint64.rs
@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ impl Uint64 {
     pub fn saturating_pow(self, other: u32) -> Self {
         Self(self.0.saturating_pow(other))
     }
+
+    pub const fn abs_diff(self, other: Self) -> Self {
+        Self(if self.0 < other.0 {
+            other.0 - self.0
+        } else {
+            self.0 - other.0
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 // `From<u{128,64,32,16,8}>` is implemented manually instead of
@@ -878,4 +886,13 @@ mod tests {
         a %= &b;
         assert_eq!(a, Uint64::from(1u32));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn uint64_abs_diff_works() {
+        let a = Uint64::from(42u32);
+        let b = Uint64::from(5u32);
+        let expected = Uint64::from(37u32);
+        assert_eq!(a.abs_diff(b), expected);
+        assert_eq!(b.abs_diff(a), expected);
+    }
 }