#include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "walker.h"
        return err;
 }
 
+static curl_off_t xcurl_off_t(ssize_t len) {
+       if (len > maximum_signed_value_of_type(curl_off_t))
+               die("cannot handle pushes this big");
+       return (curl_off_t) len;
+}
+
 static int post_rpc(struct rpc_state *rpc)
 {
        struct active_request_slot *slot;
                 * and we just need to send it.
                 */
                curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, gzip_body);
-               curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, gzip_size);
+               curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE, xcurl_off_t(gzip_size));
 
        } else if (use_gzip && 1024 < rpc->len) {
                /* The client backend isn't giving us compressed data so
 
                headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Encoding: gzip");
                curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, gzip_body);
-               curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, gzip_size);
+               curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE, xcurl_off_t(gzip_size));
 
                if (options.verbosity > 1) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "POST %s (gzip %lu to %lu bytes)\n",
                 * more normal Content-Length approach.
                 */
                curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, rpc->buf);
-               curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, rpc->len);
+               curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE, xcurl_off_t(rpc->len));
                if (options.verbosity > 1) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "POST %s (%lu bytes)\n",
                                rpc->service_name, (unsigned long)rpc->len);