diff --git a/src/Header/SetCookie.php b/src/Header/SetCookie.php
index 1c946c2fb9..51bbb64512 100644
--- a/src/Header/SetCookie.php
+++ b/src/Header/SetCookie.php
@@ -354,15 +354,24 @@ public function setExpires($expires)
             return $this;
         }
 
+        $tsExpires = $expires;
         if (is_string($expires)) {
-            $expires = strtotime($expires);
+            $tsExpires = strtotime($expires);
+
+            // if $tsExpires is invalid and PHP is compiled as 32bit. Check if it fail reason is the 2038 bug
+            if (!is_int($tsExpires) && PHP_INT_SIZE === 4) {
+                $dateTime = new \DateTime($expires);
+                if ( $dateTime->format('Y') > 2038) {
+                    $tsExpires = PHP_INT_MAX;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
-        if (!is_int($expires) || $expires < 0) {
+        if (!is_int($tsExpires) || $tsExpires < 0) {
             throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException('Invalid expires time specified');
         }
 
-        $this->expires = $expires;
+        $this->expires = $tsExpires;
         return $this;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/Header/SetCookieTest.php b/test/Header/SetCookieTest.php
index d958cd587e..27c6f64e62 100644
--- a/test/Header/SetCookieTest.php
+++ b/test/Header/SetCookieTest.php
@@ -254,6 +254,19 @@ public function testSetCookieSetExpiresWithUnixEpochString()
         $this->assertSame($target, $setCookieHeader->getFieldValue());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check that setCookie does not fail when an expiry date which is bigger then 2038 is supplied (effect only 32bit systems)
+     */
+    public function testSetCookieSetExpiresWithStringDateBiggerThen2038()
+    {
+        if ( PHP_INT_SIZE !== 4 ) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Testing set cookie expiry which is over 2038 is only relevant on 32bit systems');
+            return;
+        }
+        $setCookieHeader = new SetCookie('myname', 'myvalue', 'Thu, 01-Jan-2040 00:00:00 GMT');
+        $this->assertSame(2147483647, $setCookieHeader->getExpires(true));
+    }
+
     public function testIsValidForRequestSubdomainMatch()
     {
         $setCookieHeader = new SetCookie(