diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 6bf4cf61d8659d48df9cd3cd41a42792f88f0810..b7d7d80028708c39e1dcc49e428fbeddae765e73 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ SELECT E'\\xDEADBEEF';
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><type>interval [ <replaceable>fields</replaceable> ] [ (<replaceable>p</replaceable>) ]</type></entry>
-        <entry>12 bytes</entry>
+        <entry>16 bytes</entry>
         <entry>time interval</entry>
         <entry>-178000000 years</entry>
         <entry>178000000 years</entry>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/datetime.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/datetime.c
index a61b40e17f949c9f90cbf126351bd75910d39709..946adfad997976fd823b144f8ca4a4cc31571af9 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/datetime.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/datetime.c
@@ -2976,6 +2976,9 @@ DecodeInterval(char **field, int *ftype, int nf, int range,
 					type = DTK_MONTH;
 					if (*field[i] == '-')
 						val2 = -val2;
+					if (((double)val * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + val2) > INT_MAX ||
+						((double)val * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + val2) < INT_MIN)
+						return DTERR_FIELD_OVERFLOW;
 					val = val * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + val2;
 					fval = 0;
 				}
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/timestamp.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/timestamp.c
index 4581862a3fee836d7e8e92281194b8b78483e23f..cf6982b95dd835e9da93b04107cdf08675efc8af 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/timestamp.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/timestamp.c
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
 #error -ffast-math is known to break this code
 #endif
 
+#define SAMESIGN(a,b)   (((a) < 0) == ((b) < 0))
+
+#ifndef INT64_MAX
+#define INT64_MAX	INT64CONST(0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef INT64_MIN
+#define INT64_MIN	(-INT64CONST(0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF) - 1)
+#endif
 
 /* Set at postmaster start */
 TimestampTz PgStartTime;
@@ -1694,7 +1703,11 @@ interval2tm(Interval span, struct pg_tm * tm, fsec_t *fsec)
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
 	tfrac = time / USECS_PER_HOUR;
 	time -= tfrac * USECS_PER_HOUR;
-	tm->tm_hour = tfrac;		/* could overflow ... */
+	tm->tm_hour = tfrac;
+	if (!SAMESIGN(tm->tm_hour, tfrac))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
 	tfrac = time / USECS_PER_MINUTE;
 	time -= tfrac * USECS_PER_MINUTE;
 	tm->tm_min = tfrac;
@@ -1725,7 +1738,11 @@ recalc:
 int
 tm2interval(struct pg_tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, Interval *span)
 {
-	span->month = tm->tm_year * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + tm->tm_mon;
+	double total_months = (double)tm->tm_year * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + tm->tm_mon;
+
+	if (total_months > INT_MAX || total_months < INT_MIN)
+		return -1;
+	span->month = total_months;
 	span->day = tm->tm_mday;
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
 	span->time = (((((tm->tm_hour * INT64CONST(60)) +
@@ -2826,8 +2843,21 @@ interval_um(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	result = (Interval *) palloc(sizeof(Interval));
 
 	result->time = -interval->time;
+	/* overflow check copied from int4um */
+	if (interval->time != 0 && SAMESIGN(result->time, interval->time))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
 	result->day = -interval->day;
+	if (interval->day != 0 && SAMESIGN(result->day, interval->day))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
 	result->month = -interval->month;
+	if (interval->month != 0 && SAMESIGN(result->month, interval->month))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
 
 	PG_RETURN_INTERVAL_P(result);
 }
@@ -2872,8 +2902,26 @@ interval_pl(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	result = (Interval *) palloc(sizeof(Interval));
 
 	result->month = span1->month + span2->month;
+	/* overflow check copied from int4pl */
+	if (SAMESIGN(span1->month, span2->month) &&
+		!SAMESIGN(result->month, span1->month))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
+
 	result->day = span1->day + span2->day;
+	if (SAMESIGN(span1->day, span2->day) &&
+		!SAMESIGN(result->day, span1->day))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
+
 	result->time = span1->time + span2->time;
+	if (SAMESIGN(span1->time, span2->time) &&
+		!SAMESIGN(result->time, span1->time))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
 
 	PG_RETURN_INTERVAL_P(result);
 }
@@ -2888,8 +2936,27 @@ interval_mi(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	result = (Interval *) palloc(sizeof(Interval));
 
 	result->month = span1->month - span2->month;
+	/* overflow check copied from int4mi */
+	if (!SAMESIGN(span1->month, span2->month) &&
+		!SAMESIGN(result->month, span1->month))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
+
 	result->day = span1->day - span2->day;
+	if (!SAMESIGN(span1->day, span2->day) &&
+		!SAMESIGN(result->day, span1->day))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
+
 	result->time = span1->time - span2->time;
+	if (!SAMESIGN(span1->time, span2->time) &&
+		!SAMESIGN(result->time, span1->time))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
+
 
 	PG_RETURN_INTERVAL_P(result);
 }
@@ -2906,15 +2973,27 @@ interval_mul(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	Interval   *span = PG_GETARG_INTERVAL_P(0);
 	float8		factor = PG_GETARG_FLOAT8(1);
 	double		month_remainder_days,
-				sec_remainder;
+				sec_remainder,
+				result_double;
 	int32		orig_month = span->month,
 				orig_day = span->day;
 	Interval   *result;
 
 	result = (Interval *) palloc(sizeof(Interval));
 
-	result->month = (int32) (span->month * factor);
-	result->day = (int32) (span->day * factor);
+	result_double = span->month * factor;
+	if (result_double > INT_MAX || result_double < INT_MIN)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
+	result->month = (int32) result_double;
+
+	result_double = span->day * factor;
+	if (result_double > INT_MAX || result_double < INT_MIN)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
+	result->day = (int32) result_double;
 
 	/*
 	 * The above correctly handles the whole-number part of the month and day
@@ -2954,7 +3033,12 @@ interval_mul(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	/* cascade units down */
 	result->day += (int32) month_remainder_days;
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
-	result->time = rint(span->time * factor + sec_remainder * USECS_PER_SEC);
+	result_double = rint(span->time * factor + sec_remainder * USECS_PER_SEC);
+	if (result_double > INT64_MAX || result_double < INT64_MIN)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+				 errmsg("interval out of range")));
+	result->time = (int64) result_double;
 #else
 	result->time = span->time * factor + sec_remainder;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
index efa775de15aafe6d75191580c4717db203766c8a..6d0926882e87b9ee471ee7c2042a267e615626e1 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
@@ -1036,6 +1036,9 @@ recalc:
 static int
 tm2interval(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, interval * span)
 {
+	if ((double)tm->tm_year * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + tm->tm_mon > INT_MAX ||
+		(double)tm->tm_year * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + tm->tm_mon < INT_MIN)
+		return -1;
 	span->month = tm->tm_year * MONTHS_PER_YEAR + tm->tm_mon;
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
 	span->time = (((((((tm->tm_mday * INT64CONST(24)) +