diff --git a/src/uu/dd/locales/en-US.ftl b/src/uu/dd/locales/en-US.ftl
index 8a21f1b595f..c2079551b72 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/locales/en-US.ftl
+++ b/src/uu/dd/locales/en-US.ftl
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ dd-error-status-not-recognized = status=LEVEL not recognized -> { $level }
 dd-error-unimplemented = feature not implemented on this system -> { $feature }
 dd-error-bs-out-of-range = { $param }=N cannot fit into memory
 dd-error-invalid-number = invalid number: ‘{ $input }’
+dd-error-invalid-number-too-large = invalid number: { $input }: Value too large for defined data type
 
 # Progress messages
 dd-progress-records-in = { $complete }+{ $partial } records in
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/locales/fr-FR.ftl b/src/uu/dd/locales/fr-FR.ftl
index fb68f809bf8..6931eab9d65 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/locales/fr-FR.ftl
+++ b/src/uu/dd/locales/fr-FR.ftl
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ dd-error-status-not-recognized = status=NIVEAU non reconnu -> { $level }
 dd-error-unimplemented = fonctionnalité non implémentée sur ce système -> { $feature }
 dd-error-bs-out-of-range = { $param }=N ne peut pas tenir en mémoire
 dd-error-invalid-number = nombre invalide : ‘{ $input }‘
+dd-error-invalid-number-too-large = nombre invalide : { $input }: Valeur trop grande pour le type défini de données
 
 # Progress messages
 dd-progress-records-in = { $complete }+{ $partial } enregistrements en entrée
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
index e76b2c09718..9efdbf966ab 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ pub enum ParseError {
     BsOutOfRange(String),
     #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-invalid-number", "input" => .0.clone()))]
     InvalidNumber(String),
+    // Add surrounding quotes in here to get around this bug in Fluent:
+    // https://github.com/projectfluent/fluent-rs/issues/337
+    #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-invalid-number-too-large", "input" => format!("‘{}’", .0.clone())))]
+    InvalidNumberTooLarge(String),
 }
 
 /// Contains a temporary state during parsing of the arguments
@@ -243,11 +247,19 @@ impl Parser {
             .skip
             .force_bytes_if(self.iflag.skip_bytes)
             .to_bytes(ibs as u64);
+        // GNU coreutils has a limit of i64 (intmax_t)
+        if skip > i64::MAX as u64 {
+            return Err(ParseError::InvalidNumberTooLarge(format!("{skip}")));
+        }
 
         let seek = self
             .seek
             .force_bytes_if(self.oflag.seek_bytes)
             .to_bytes(obs as u64);
+        // GNU coreutils has a limit of i64 (intmax_t)
+        if seek > i64::MAX as u64 {
+            return Err(ParseError::InvalidNumberTooLarge(format!("{seek}")));
+        }
 
         let count = self.count.map(|c| c.force_bytes_if(self.iflag.count_bytes));
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
index 0bce976dc80..5b95abdb589 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
@@ -1830,3 +1830,23 @@ fn test_oflag_direct_partial_block() {
     at.remove(input_file);
     at.remove(output_file);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_skip_overflow() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["bs=1", "skip=9223372036854775808", "count=0"])
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains(
+            "dd: invalid number: ‘9223372036854775808’: Value too large for defined data type\n",
+        );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_seek_overflow() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["bs=1", "seek=9223372036854775809", "count=0"])
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains(
+            "dd: invalid number: ‘9223372036854775809’: Value too large for defined data type\n",
+        );
+}