diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 1b41935..f0ee5b3 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// the requested Rust type.
     FromSqlConversionFailure(usize, Type, Box<error::Error + Send + Sync>),
 
+    /// Error when SQLite gives us an integral value outside the range of the requested type (e.g.,
+    /// trying to get the value 1000 into a `u8`).  The associated `c_int` is the column index, and
+    /// the associated `i64` is the value returned by SQLite.
+    IntegralValueOutOfRange(c_int, i64),
+
     /// Error converting a string to UTF-8.
     Utf8Error(str::Utf8Error),
 
@@ -99,6 +104,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
                        i,
                        err)
             }
+            Error::IntegralValueOutOfRange(col, val) => {
+                write!(f, "Integer {} out of range at index {}", val, col)
+            }
             Error::Utf8Error(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
             Error::NulError(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
             Error::InvalidParameterName(ref name) => write!(f, "Invalid parameter name: {}", name),
@@ -133,6 +141,9 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
                 "SQLite was compiled or configured for single-threaded use only"
             }
             Error::FromSqlConversionFailure(_, _, ref err) => err.description(),
+            Error::IntegralValueOutOfRange(_, _) => {
+                "integral value out of range of requested type"
+            }
             Error::Utf8Error(ref err) => err.description(),
             Error::InvalidParameterName(_) => "invalid parameter name",
             Error::NulError(ref err) => err.description(),
@@ -160,6 +171,7 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
             Error::Utf8Error(ref err) => Some(err),
             Error::NulError(ref err) => Some(err),
 
+            Error::IntegralValueOutOfRange(_, _) |
             Error::SqliteSingleThreadedMode |
             Error::InvalidParameterName(_) |
             Error::ExecuteReturnedResults |
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b23d19c..d7016e1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ impl<'a, 'stmt> Row<'a, 'stmt> {
         let value = unsafe { ValueRef::new(&self.stmt.stmt, idx) };
         FromSql::column_result(value).map_err(|err| match err {
             FromSqlError::InvalidType => Error::InvalidColumnType(idx, value.data_type()),
+            FromSqlError::OutOfRange(i) => Error::IntegralValueOutOfRange(idx, i),
             FromSqlError::Other(err) => {
                 Error::FromSqlConversionFailure(idx as usize, value.data_type(), err)
             }
diff --git a/src/types/from_sql.rs b/src/types/from_sql.rs
index 3c78d7c..da4588f 100644
--- a/src/types/from_sql.rs
+++ b/src/types/from_sql.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ use std::fmt;
 /// Enum listing possible errors from `FromSql` trait.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum FromSqlError {
-    /// Error when an SQLite value is requested, but the type of the result cannot be converted to the
-    /// requested Rust type.
+    /// Error when an SQLite value is requested, but the type of the result cannot be converted to
+    /// the requested Rust type.
     InvalidType,
+
+    /// Error when the i64 value returned by SQLite cannot be stored into the requested type.
+    OutOfRange(i64),
+
     /// An error case available for implementors of the `FromSql` trait.
     Other(Box<Error + Send + Sync>),
 }
@@ -16,6 +20,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for FromSqlError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match *self {
             FromSqlError::InvalidType => write!(f, "Invalid type"),
+            FromSqlError::OutOfRange(i) => write!(f, "Value {} out of range", i),
             FromSqlError::Other(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
         }
     }
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ impl Error for FromSqlError {
     fn description(&self) -> &str {
         match *self {
             FromSqlError::InvalidType => "invalid type",
+            FromSqlError::OutOfRange(_) => "value out of range",
             FromSqlError::Other(ref err) => err.description(),
         }
     }
@@ -33,6 +39,7 @@ impl Error for FromSqlError {
     fn cause(&self) -> Option<&Error> {
         match *self {
             FromSqlError::InvalidType => None,
+            FromSqlError::OutOfRange(_) => None,
             FromSqlError::Other(ref err) => err.cause(),
         }
     }
@@ -48,7 +55,13 @@ pub trait FromSql: Sized {
 
 impl FromSql for i32 {
     fn column_result(value: ValueRef) -> FromSqlResult<Self> {
-        i64::column_result(value).map(|i| i as i32)
+        i64::column_result(value).and_then(|i| {
+            if i < i32::min_value() as i64 || i > i32::max_value() as i64 {
+                Err(FromSqlError::OutOfRange(i))
+            } else {
+                Ok(i as i32)
+            }
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -103,3 +116,36 @@ impl FromSql for Value {
         Ok(value.into())
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use {Connection, Error};
+
+    fn checked_memory_handle() -> Connection {
+        Connection::open_in_memory().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_integral_ranges() {
+        let db = checked_memory_handle();
+
+        fn assert_out_of_range_error(err: Error, value: i64) {
+            match err {
+                Error::IntegralValueOutOfRange(_, bad) => assert_eq!(bad, value),
+                _ => panic!("unexpected error {}", err),
+            }
+        }
+
+        // i32
+        for bad in &[-2147483649, 2147483648] {
+            let err = db.query_row("SELECT ?", &[bad], |r| r.get_checked::<_, i32>(0))
+                .unwrap()
+                .unwrap_err();
+            assert_out_of_range_error(err, *bad);
+        }
+        for good in &[-2147483648, 2147483647] {
+            assert_eq!(*good,
+                       db.query_row("SELECT ?", &[good], |r| r.get::<_, i32>(0)).unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+}