diff --git a/lib/appsignal/utils/data_encoder.ex b/lib/appsignal/utils/data_encoder.ex
index 18feb6078..3688b5d61 100644
--- a/lib/appsignal/utils/data_encoder.ex
+++ b/lib/appsignal/utils/data_encoder.ex
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ defmodule Appsignal.Utils.DataEncoder do
   def encode(resource, {key, value}) when is_binary(value) do
     Nif.data_set_string(resource, key, value)
   end
+  def encode(resource, {key, value}) when is_integer(value) and value >= 9223372036854775808 do
+    Nif.data_set_string(resource, key, "bigint:#{value}")
+  end
   def encode(resource, {key, value}) when is_integer(value) do
     Nif.data_set_integer(resource, key, value)
   end
@@ -58,6 +61,9 @@ defmodule Appsignal.Utils.DataEncoder do
   def encode(resource, value) when is_binary(value) do
     Nif.data_set_string(resource, value)
   end
+  def encode(resource, value) when is_integer(value) and value >= 9223372036854775808 do
+    Nif.data_set_string(resource, "bigint:#{value}")
+  end
   def encode(resource, value) when is_integer(value) do
     Nif.data_set_integer(resource, value)
   end
diff --git a/test/appsignal/utils/data_encoder_test.exs b/test/appsignal/utils/data_encoder_test.exs
index 8ba4e88d4..7781d5fe9 100644
--- a/test/appsignal/utils/data_encoder_test.exs
+++ b/test/appsignal/utils/data_encoder_test.exs
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ defmodule Appsignal.Utils.DataEncoderTest do
   end
 
   test "encode a map with an integer value" do
-    resource = DataEncoder.encode(%{foo: 1})
-    assert {:ok, '{"foo":1}'} == Nif.data_to_json(resource)
+    resource = DataEncoder.encode(%{foo: 9223372036854775807})
+    assert {:ok, '{"foo":9223372036854775807}'} == Nif.data_to_json(resource)
+  end
+
+  test "encode a map with an integer too big for C-lang longs to fit" do
+    resource = DataEncoder.encode(%{foo: 9223372036854775808})
+    assert {:ok, '{"foo":"bigint:9223372036854775808"}'} == Nif.data_to_json(resource)
+    resource = DataEncoder.encode(%{foo: 9223372036854775809})
+    assert {:ok, '{"foo":"bigint:9223372036854775809"}'} == Nif.data_to_json(resource)
   end
 
   test "encode a map with a float value" do
@@ -102,8 +109,15 @@ defmodule Appsignal.Utils.DataEncoderTest do
   end
 
   test "encode a list with an integer item" do
-    resource = DataEncoder.encode([1])
-    assert {:ok, '[1]'} == Nif.data_to_json(resource)
+    resource = DataEncoder.encode([9223372036854775807])
+    assert {:ok, '[9223372036854775807]'} == Nif.data_to_json(resource)
+  end
+
+  test "encode a list with an integer item too big for C-lang longs to fit" do
+    resource = DataEncoder.encode([9223372036854775808])
+    assert {:ok, '["bigint:9223372036854775808"]'} == Nif.data_to_json(resource)
+    resource = DataEncoder.encode([9223372036854775809])
+    assert {:ok, '["bigint:9223372036854775809"]'} == Nif.data_to_json(resource)
   end
 
   test "encode a list with an float item" do