diff --git a/man/remind.1 b/man/remind.1
index 7df72b76..a7398e76 100644
--- a/man/remind.1
+++ b/man/remind.1
@@ -2065,6 +2065,14 @@ then \fBONCE\fR directives will be ignored.
 .B $InfDelta (read-only)
 If non-zero, then the \fB\-t\fR option was supplied on the command line.
 .TP
+.B $IntMax (read-only)
+The largest representable \fBINT\fR.  On a machine with 32-bit signed integers
+using twos-complement representation, this will be 2147483647.
+.TP
+.B $IntMin (read-only)
+The smallest representable \fBINT\fR.  On a machine with 32-bit signed integers
+using twos-complement representation, this will be -2147483648.
+.TP
 .B $LatDeg, $LatMin, $LatSec
 These specify the latitude of your location.  \fB$LatDeg\fR can
 range from \-90 to 90, and the others from \-59 to 59.  Northern latitudes
diff --git a/src/var.c b/src/var.c
index dcc9dcd6..6b2629dc 100644
--- a/src/var.c
+++ b/src/var.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include "types.h"
 #include "expr.h"
 #include "globals.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@
 #define VALUE    ErrMsg[E_VAL]
 #define UNDEF	 ErrMsg[E_UNDEF]
 
+static int IntMin = INT_MIN;
+static int IntMax = INT_MAX;
+
 static Var *VHashTbl[VAR_HASH_SIZE];
 
 typedef int (*SysVarFunc)(int, Value *);
@@ -661,6 +665,8 @@ static SysVar SysVarArr[] = {
     {"HushMode",       0,  INT_TYPE,     &Hush,               0,      0   },
     {"IgnoreOnce",     0,  INT_TYPE,     &IgnoreOnce,         0,      0   },
     {"InfDelta",       0,  INT_TYPE,     &InfiniteDelta,      0,      0   },
+    {"IntMax",         0,  INT_TYPE,     &IntMax,             0,      0   },
+    {"IntMin",         0,  INT_TYPE,     &IntMin,             0,      0   },
     {"LatDeg",         1,  INT_TYPE,     &LatDeg,             -90,    90  },
     {"LatMin",         1,  INT_TYPE,     &LatMin,             -59,    59  },
     {"LatSec",         1,  INT_TYPE,     &LatSec,             -59,    59  },