diff --git a/Spyc.php b/Spyc.php
index c289bfe..f3d47c2 100644
--- a/Spyc.php
+++ b/Spyc.php
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ private function _toType($value) {
 
     if ( is_numeric($value) && preg_match ('/^(-|)[1-9]+[0-9]*$/', $value) ){
       $intvalue = (int)$value;
-      if ($intvalue != PHP_INT_MAX)
+      if ($intvalue != PHP_INT_MAX && $intvalue != ~PHP_INT_MAX)
         $value = $intvalue;
       return $value;
     }