diff --git a/lib/isc/pthreads/condition.c b/lib/isc/pthreads/condition.c
index 50281a2..ca33e66 100644
--- a/lib/isc/pthreads/condition.c
+++ b/lib/isc/pthreads/condition.c
@@ -43,7 +43,14 @@ isc_condition_waituntil(isc_condition_t *c, isc_mutex_t *m, isc_time_t *t) {
 	 * POSIX defines a timespec's tv_sec as time_t.
 	 */
 	result = isc_time_secondsastimet(t, &ts.tv_sec);
-	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have a range error ts.tv_sec is most probably a signed
+	 * 32 bit value.  Set ts.tv_sec to INT_MAX.  This is a kludge.
+	 */
+	if (result == ISC_R_RANGE)
+		ts.tv_sec = INT_MAX;
+	else if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
 		return (result);
 
 	/*!