diff --git a/ext/posix/posix.c b/ext/posix/posix.c
index 512776d3ced20..a418a65338616 100644
--- a/ext/posix/posix.c
+++ b/ext/posix/posix.c
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@
 # include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #endif
 
+#if (defined(__sun) && !defined(_LP64)) || defined(_AIX)
+#define POSIX_PID_MIN LONG_MIN
+#define POSIX_PID_MAX LONG_MAX
+#else
+#define POSIX_PID_MIN INT_MIN
+#define POSIX_PID_MAX INT_MAX
+#endif
+
 #include "posix_arginfo.h"
 
 ZEND_DECLARE_MODULE_GLOBALS(posix)
@@ -118,6 +126,12 @@ ZEND_GET_MODULE(posix)
 	}	\
 	RETURN_TRUE;
 
+#define PHP_POSIX_CHECK_PID(pid, lower, upper)										\
+	if (pid < lower || pid > upper) {										\
+		zend_argument_value_error(1, "must be between " ZEND_LONG_FMT " and " ZEND_LONG_FMT, lower, upper);	\
+		RETURN_THROWS();											\
+	}
+
 /* {{{ Send a signal to a process (POSIX.1, 3.3.2) */
 
 PHP_FUNCTION(posix_kill)
@@ -129,6 +143,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(posix_kill)
 		Z_PARAM_LONG(sig)
 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_END();
 
+	PHP_POSIX_CHECK_PID(pid, POSIX_PID_MIN, POSIX_PID_MAX)
+
 	if (kill(pid, sig) < 0) {
 		POSIX_G(last_error) = errno;
 		RETURN_FALSE;
@@ -291,6 +307,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(posix_setpgid)
 		Z_PARAM_LONG(pgid)
 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_END();
 
+	PHP_POSIX_CHECK_PID(pid, 0, POSIX_PID_MAX)
+
 	if (setpgid(pid, pgid) < 0) {
 		POSIX_G(last_error) = errno;
 		RETURN_FALSE;
diff --git a/ext/posix/tests/posix_kill_pidoverflow.phpt b/ext/posix/tests/posix_kill_pidoverflow.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d86b8c4da3bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/posix/tests/posix_kill_pidoverflow.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--TEST--
+posix_kill() with large pid
+--EXTENSIONS--
+posix
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (PHP_INT_SIZE != 8) die("skip this test is for 64bit platform only"); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+// with pid overflow, it ends up being -1 which means all permissible processes are affected
+try {
+	posix_kill(PHP_INT_MAX, SIGTERM);
+} catch (\ValueError $e) {
+	echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
+}
+
+try {
+	posix_kill(PHP_INT_MIN, SIGTERM);
+} catch (\ValueError $e) {
+	echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
+}
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+posix_kill(): Argument #1 ($process_id) must be between %i and %d
+posix_kill(): Argument #1 ($process_id) must be between %i and %d
diff --git a/ext/posix/tests/posix_setpgid_error.phpt b/ext/posix/tests/posix_setpgid_error.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..89cc45306e12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/posix/tests/posix_setpgid_error.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--TEST--
+posix_setpgid() with wrong pid values
+--EXTENSIONS--
+posix
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (PHP_INT_SIZE != 8) die("skip this test is for 64bit platform only"); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+try {
+	posix_setpgid(PHP_INT_MAX, 1);
+} catch (\ValueError $e) {
+	echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
+}
+try {
+	posix_setpgid(-2, 1);
+} catch (\ValueError $e) {
+	echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
+}
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+posix_setpgid(): Argument #1 ($process_id) must be between 0 and %d
+posix_setpgid(): Argument #1 ($process_id) must be between 0 and %d