---
 Pg.pm | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Pg.pm b/Pg.pm
index 8ca8435c..099678e1 100644
--- a/Pg.pm
+++ b/Pg.pm
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ use 5.008001;
         PG_MAX_SMALLINT => 32767,
         PG_MIN_INTEGER  => -2147483648,
         PG_MAX_INTEGER  => 2147483647,
-        PG_MIN_BIGINT => "-9223372036854775808",
-        PG_MAX_BIGINT => "9223372036854775807",
+        PG_MIN_BIGINT => do { use bigint; -9223372036854775808 },
+        PG_MAX_BIGINT => do { use bigint; 9223372036854775807 }, 
         PG_MIN_SMALLSERIAL => 1,
         PG_MAX_SMALLSERIAL => 32767,
         PG_MIN_SERIAL => 1,
         PG_MAX_SERIAL => 2147483647,
         PG_MIN_BIGSERIAL => 1,
-        PG_MAX_BIGSERIAL => "9223372036854775807",
+        PG_MAX_BIGSERIAL => do { use bigint; 9223372036854775807 },
     };
 
     %EXPORT_TAGS =