diff --git a/beets/library.py b/beets/library.py
index ac101c33c..9b1055793 100644
--- a/beets/library.py
+++ b/beets/library.py
@@ -471,7 +471,12 @@ class Item(LibModel):
                                        traceback.format_exc())
 
         for key in ITEM_KEYS_META:
-            setattr(self, key, getattr(f, key))
+            value = getattr(f, key)
+            if isinstance(value, (int, long)) and value.bit_length() > 63:
+                # Filter values wider than 64 bits (in signed
+                # representation). SQLite cannot store them.
+                value = 0
+            setattr(self, key, value)
 
         # Database's mtime should now reflect the on-disk value.
         if read_path == self.path:
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index f4edd00a5..c5b5f3dd1 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ And some fixes:
   directory.
 * :doc:`/plugins/echonest_tempo`: Fix an issue where the plugin could use the
   tempo from the wrong song when the API did not contain the requested song.
+* Fix a crash when a file's metadata included a very large number (one wider
+  than 64 bits). These huge numbers are now replaced with zeroes in the
+  database.
 
 .. _Opus: http://www.opus-codec.org/