diff --git a/src/common.cc b/src/common.cc
index 30558dc50..c1c02079d 100644
--- a/src/common.cc
+++ b/src/common.cc
@@ -507,9 +507,10 @@ namespace sharp {
         }
       }
     }
+
     // Limit input images to a given number of pixels, where pixels = width * height
     if (descriptor->limitInputPixels > 0 &&
-      static_cast<uint64_t>(image.width() * image.height()) > descriptor->limitInputPixels) {
+      static_cast<uint64_t>(image.width()) * static_cast<uint64_t>(image.height()) > descriptor->limitInputPixels) {
       throw vips::VError("Input image exceeds pixel limit");
     }
     return std::make_tuple(image, imageType);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/65536-uint32-limit.png b/test/fixtures/65536-uint32-limit.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e86f608ed
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/65536-uint32-limit.png differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/index.js b/test/fixtures/index.js
index 6bb712dbb..50a77569c 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/index.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/index.js
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ module.exports = {
   inputPngTrimSpecificColour: getPath('Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png'), // https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg
   inputPngTrimSpecificColour16bit: getPath('Flag_of_the_Netherlands-16bit.png'), // convert Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png -depth 16 Flag_of_the_Netherlands-16bit.png
   inputPngTrimSpecificColourIncludeAlpha: getPath('Flag_of_the_Netherlands-alpha.png'), // convert Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png -alpha set -background none -channel A -evaluate multiply 0.5 +channel Flag_of_the_Netherlands-alpha.png
+  inputPngUint32Limit: getPath('65536-uint32-limit.png'), // https://alexandre.alapetite.fr/doc-alex/large-image/
 
   inputWebP: getPath('4.webp'), // http://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery/4.webp
   inputWebPWithTransparency: getPath('5_webp_a.webp'), // http://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery3/5_webp_a.webp
diff --git a/test/unit/io.js b/test/unit/io.js
index f7b1a1384..dd77dbb35 100644
--- a/test/unit/io.js
+++ b/test/unit/io.js
@@ -745,6 +745,17 @@ describe('Input/output', function () {
         })
     );
 
+    it('Enabling default limit works and fails for an image with highest resolution for uint32', () =>
+      sharp(fixtures.inputPngUint32Limit, { limitInputPixels: true })
+        .toBuffer()
+        .then(() => {
+          assert.fail('Expected to fail');
+        })
+        .catch(err => {
+          assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'Input image exceeds pixel limit');
+        })
+    );
+
     it('Smaller than input fails', () =>
       sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
         .metadata()