diff --git a/src/java/arjdbc/jdbc/RubyJdbcConnection.java b/src/java/arjdbc/jdbc/RubyJdbcConnection.java
index f702461af..07bdc6941 100644
--- a/src/java/arjdbc/jdbc/RubyJdbcConnection.java
+++ b/src/java/arjdbc/jdbc/RubyJdbcConnection.java
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ else if ( value instanceof RubyNumeric ) {
         }
         else { // e.g. `BigDecimal '42.00000000000000000001'`
             statement.setBigDecimal(index,
-                    RubyBigDecimal.newInstance(context, context.runtime.getModule("BigDecimal"), value).getValue());
+                    RubyBigDecimal.newInstance(context, context.runtime.getModule("BigDecimal"), value, RubyFixnum.newFixnum(context.runtime, Integer.MAX_VALUE)).getValue());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/arjdbc/sqlite3/SQLite3RubyJdbcConnection.java b/src/java/arjdbc/sqlite3/SQLite3RubyJdbcConnection.java
index 4e14a9156..1d88ebea2 100644
--- a/src/java/arjdbc/sqlite3/SQLite3RubyJdbcConnection.java
+++ b/src/java/arjdbc/sqlite3/SQLite3RubyJdbcConnection.java
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ else if ( value instanceof RubyNumeric ) {
             statement.setDouble(index, ((RubyNumeric) value).getDoubleValue());
         }
         else { // e.g. `BigDecimal '42.00000000000000000001'`
-            RubyBigDecimal val = RubyBigDecimal.newInstance(context, context.runtime.getModule("BigDecimal"), value);
+            RubyBigDecimal val = RubyBigDecimal.newInstance(context, context.runtime.getModule("BigDecimal"), value, RubyFixnum.newFixnum(context.runtime, Integer.MAX_VALUE));
             statement.setString(index, val.getValue().toString());
         }
     }