diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/FileMonitoringTask.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/FileMonitoringTask.java
index a8f7c8ac..0102b2b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/FileMonitoringTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/FileMonitoringTask.java
@@ -393,7 +393,12 @@ public Integer invoke(File f, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException, Interr
                         return null;
                     } else {
                         try {
-                            return Integer.valueOf(text);
+                            long value = Long.parseLong(text);
+                            if (value > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+                                LOGGER.warning("ErrorCode greater than max integer detected, limited to max value");
+                                value = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+                            }
+                            return (Integer) (int) value;
                         } catch (NumberFormatException x) {
                             throw new IOException("corrupted content in " + f + ": " + x, x);
                         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/WindowsBatchScriptTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/WindowsBatchScriptTest.java
index 4691ca91..bd055852 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/WindowsBatchScriptTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/WindowsBatchScriptTest.java
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ private void testWithPath(String path) throws Exception {
         c.cleanup(ws);
     }
 
+    @Test public void exitCommandUnsignedInt() throws Exception {
+        Controller c = new WindowsBatchScript("echo hello world\r\nexit 3221225477").launch(new EnvVars(), ws, launcher, listener);
+        awaitCompletion(c);
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        c.writeLog(ws, baos);
+        if (enableBinary) {
+            assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE), c.exitStatus(ws, launcher, listener));
+        } else {
+            assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(-1073741819), c.exitStatus(ws, launcher, listener));
+        }
+
+        String log = baos.toString();
+        assertTrue(log, log.contains("hello world"));
+        c.cleanup(ws);
+    }
+
     @Test public void exitBCommandAfterError() throws Exception {
         Controller c = new WindowsBatchScript("cmd /c exit 42\r\nexit /b").launch(new EnvVars(), ws, launcher, listener);
         awaitCompletion(c);