diff --git a/src/libstd/fs.rs b/src/libstd/fs.rs
index f7c32a5c20d3d..5f76875bd66c4 100644
--- a/src/libstd/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/fs.rs
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ impl File {
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// This function will return an error if the file is not opened for writing.
+    /// Also, std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput will be returned if the desired
+    /// length would cause an overflow due to the implementation specifics.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
index cc1f0790d4334..0223957e611fb 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
@@ -554,9 +554,15 @@ impl File {
         return crate::sys::android::ftruncate64(self.0.raw(), size);
 
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
-        return cvt_r(|| unsafe {
-            ftruncate64(self.0.raw(), size as off64_t)
-        }).map(|_| ());
+        {
+            use crate::convert::TryInto;
+            let size: off64_t = size
+                .try_into()
+                .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, e))?;
+            cvt_r(|| unsafe {
+                ftruncate64(self.0.raw(), size)
+            }).map(|_| ())
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn read(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {