diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1e833899a14..3a026df54f2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ Core and builtins
 Extension modules
 -----------------
 
+- resource.getrlimit() now returns longs instead of ints.
+
 - readline now dynamically adjusts its input/output stream if
   sys.stdin/stdout changes.
 
diff --git a/Modules/resource.c b/Modules/resource.c
index b1dd5d1f35b..8653f038802 100644
--- a/Modules/resource.c
+++ b/Modules/resource.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ resource_getrlimit(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 				     (LONG_LONG) rl.rlim_max);
 	}
 #endif
-	return Py_BuildValue("ii", (long) rl.rlim_cur, (long) rl.rlim_max);
+	return Py_BuildValue("ll", (long) rl.rlim_cur, (long) rl.rlim_max);
 }
 
 static PyObject *