diff --git a/lib/timers.js b/lib/timers.js
index 1c41d5d0f3a44f..5727de159a4643 100644
--- a/lib/timers.js
+++ b/lib/timers.js
@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ exports.enroll = function(item, msecs) {
 
   // Ensure that msecs fits into signed int32
   if (msecs > TIMEOUT_MAX) {
+    process.emitWarning(`${msecs} does not fit into a 32-bit signed integer.` +
+                        `\nTimer duration was truncated to ${TIMEOUT_MAX}.`,
+                        'TimeoutOverflowWarning');
     msecs = TIMEOUT_MAX;
   }
 
@@ -442,8 +445,15 @@ exports.setTimeout = setTimeout;
 
 function createSingleTimeout(callback, after, args) {
   after *= 1; // coalesce to number or NaN
-  if (!(after >= 1 && after <= TIMEOUT_MAX))
+  if (!(after >= 1 && after <= TIMEOUT_MAX)) {
+    if (after > TIMEOUT_MAX) {
+      process.emitWarning(`${after} does not fit into` +
+                          ' a 32-bit signed integer.' +
+                          '\nTimeout duration was set to 1.',
+                          'TimeoutOverflowWarning');
+    }
     after = 1; // schedule on next tick, follows browser behavior
+  }
 
   var timer = new Timeout(after, callback, args);
   if (process.domain)
@@ -531,8 +541,15 @@ exports.setInterval = function(callback, repeat, arg1, arg2, arg3) {
 
 function createRepeatTimeout(callback, repeat, args) {
   repeat *= 1; // coalesce to number or NaN
-  if (!(repeat >= 1 && repeat <= TIMEOUT_MAX))
+  if (!(repeat >= 1 && repeat <= TIMEOUT_MAX)) {
+    if (repeat > TIMEOUT_MAX) {
+      process.emitWarning(`${repeat} does not fit into` +
+                          ' a 32-bit signed integer.' +
+                          '\nInterval duration was set to 1.',
+                          'TimeoutOverflowWarning');
+    }
     repeat = 1; // schedule on next tick, follows browser behavior
+  }
 
   var timer = new Timeout(repeat, callback, args);
   timer._repeat = repeat;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-timers-max-duration-warning.js b/test/parallel/test-timers-max-duration-warning.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b352b745c504de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-timers-max-duration-warning.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const timers = require('timers');
+
+const OVERFLOW = Math.pow(2, 31); // TIMEOUT_MAX is 2^31-1
+
+function timerNotCanceled() {
+  common.fail('Timer should be canceled');
+}
+
+process.on('warning', common.mustCall((warning) => {
+  const lines = warning.message.split('\n');
+
+  assert.strictEqual(warning.name, 'TimeoutOverflowWarning');
+  assert.strictEqual(lines[0], `${OVERFLOW} does not fit into a 32-bit signed` +
+                               ' integer.');
+  assert.strictEqual(lines.length, 2);
+}, 3));
+
+
+{
+  const timeout = setTimeout(timerNotCanceled, OVERFLOW);
+  clearTimeout(timeout);
+}
+
+{
+  const interval = setInterval(timerNotCanceled, OVERFLOW);
+  clearInterval(interval);
+}
+
+{
+  const timer = {
+    _onTimeout: timerNotCanceled
+  };
+  timers.enroll(timer, OVERFLOW);
+  timers.active(timer);
+  timers.unenroll(timer);
+}