diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index 8be7a8d3621..d5773e24c77 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -615,7 +615,11 @@ def load_none(self):
     dispatch[NONE] = load_none
 
     def load_int(self):
-        self.append(int(self.readline()[:-1]))
+        data = self.readline()
+        try:
+            self.append(int(data))
+        except ValueError:
+            self.append(long(data))
     dispatch[INT] = load_int
 
     def load_binint(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/pickletester.py b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
index fa3fb89d33f..fa3ddf43ad7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/pickletester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
@@ -221,3 +221,18 @@ def dotest(pickle):
                                      repr(s),
                                      got))
         n = n >> 1
+
+    # Fake a pickle from a sizeof(long)==8 box.
+    maxint64 = (1L << 63) - 1
+    data = 'I' + str(maxint64) + '\n.'
+    got = pickle.loads(data)
+    if maxint64 != got:
+        raise TestFailed("maxint64 test failed %r %r" % (maxint64, got))
+    # Try too with a bogus literal.
+    data = 'I' + str(maxint64) + 'JUNK\n.'
+    try:
+        got = pickle.loads(data)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise TestFailed("should have raised error on bogus INT literal")