diff --git a/msgpack-jackson/README.md b/msgpack-jackson/README.md
index e91c6f8b..0156453e 100644
--- a/msgpack-jackson/README.md
+++ b/msgpack-jackson/README.md
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ Or more easily:
   ObjectMapper objectMapper = new MessagePackMapper();
 ```
 
-We strongly recommend to call `MessagePackMapper#handleBigDecimalAsString()` if you serialize and/or deserialize BigDecimal values. See [Serialize and deserialize BigDecimal as str type internally in MessagePack format](#serialize-and-deserialize-bigdecimal-as-str-type-internally-in-messagepack-format) for details.
+We strongly recommend to call `MessagePackMapper#handleBigIntegerAndBigDecimalAsString()` if you serialize and/or deserialize BigInteger/BigDecimal values. See [Serialize and deserialize BigDecimal as str type internally in MessagePack format](#serialize-and-deserialize-bigdecimal-as-str-type-internally-in-messagepack-format) for details.
 
 ```java
-  ObjectMapper objectMapper = new MessagePackMapper().handleBigDecimalAsString();
+  ObjectMapper objectMapper = new MessagePackMapper().handleBigIntegerAndBigDecimalAsString();
 ```
 
 ### Serialization/Deserialization of List
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ When you want to use non-String value as a key of Map, use `MessagePackKeySerial
 
 ### Serialize and deserialize BigDecimal as str type internally in MessagePack format
 
-`jackson-dataformat-msgpack` represents BigDecimal values as float type in MessagePack format by default for backward compatibility. But the default behavior could fail when handling too large value for `double` type. So we strongly recommend to call `MessagePackMapper#handleBigDecimalAsString()` to internally handle BigDecimal values as String.
+`jackson-dataformat-msgpack` represents BigDecimal values as float type in MessagePack format by default for backward compatibility. But the default behavior could fail when handling too large value for `double` type. So we strongly recommend to call `MessagePackMapper#handleBigIntegerAndBigDecimalAsString()` to internally handle BigDecimal values as String.
 
 ```java
-  ObjectMapper objectMapper = new MessagePackMapper().handleBigDecimalAsString();
+  ObjectMapper objectMapper = new MessagePackMapper().handleBigIntegerAndBigDecimalAsString();
 
   Pojo obj = new Pojo();
   // This value is too large to be serialized as double
@@ -245,10 +245,11 @@ When you want to use non-String value as a key of Map, use `MessagePackKeySerial
 
   System.out.println(objectMapper.readValue(converted, Pojo.class));   // => Pojo{value=1234567890.98765432100}
 ```
-`MessagePackMapper#handleBigDecimalAsString()` is equivalent to the following configuration.
+`MessagePackMapper#handleBigIntegerAndDecimalAsString()` is equivalent to the following configuration.
 
 ```java
   ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper(new MessagePackFactory());
+  objectMapper.configOverride(BigInteger.class).setFormat(JsonFormat.Value.forShape(JsonFormat.Shape.STRING));
   objectMapper.configOverride(BigDecimal.class).setFormat(JsonFormat.Value.forShape(JsonFormat.Shape.STRING));
 ```
 
diff --git a/msgpack-jackson/src/main/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackMapper.java b/msgpack-jackson/src/main/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackMapper.java
index 52af0372..144c8d1a 100644
--- a/msgpack-jackson/src/main/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackMapper.java
+++ b/msgpack-jackson/src/main/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackMapper.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.MapperBuilder;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
 
 public class MessagePackMapper extends ObjectMapper
 {
@@ -43,12 +44,23 @@ public MessagePackMapper(MessagePackFactory f)
         super(f);
     }
 
+    public MessagePackMapper handleBigIntegerAsString()
+    {
+        configOverride(BigInteger.class).setFormat(JsonFormat.Value.forShape(JsonFormat.Shape.STRING));
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public MessagePackMapper handleBigDecimalAsString()
     {
         configOverride(BigDecimal.class).setFormat(JsonFormat.Value.forShape(JsonFormat.Shape.STRING));
         return this;
     }
 
+    public MessagePackMapper handleBigIntegerAndBigDecimalAsString()
+    {
+        return handleBigIntegerAsString().handleBigDecimalAsString();
+    }
+
     public static Builder builder()
     {
         return new Builder(new MessagePackMapper());
diff --git a/msgpack-jackson/src/test/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackMapperTest.java b/msgpack-jackson/src/test/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackMapperTest.java
index 6dfd41cf..68721fce 100644
--- a/msgpack-jackson/src/test/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackMapperTest.java
+++ b/msgpack-jackson/src/test/java/org/msgpack/jackson/dataformat/MessagePackMapperTest.java
@@ -15,30 +15,97 @@
 //
 package org.msgpack.jackson.dataformat;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 public class MessagePackMapperTest
 {
-    static class Pojo
+    static class PojoWithBigInteger
+    {
+        public BigInteger value;
+    }
+
+    static class PojoWithBigDecimal
     {
         public BigDecimal value;
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void handleBigDecimalAsString() throws IOException
+    private void shouldFailToHandleBigInteger(MessagePackMapper messagePackMapper) throws JsonProcessingException
+    {
+        PojoWithBigInteger obj = new PojoWithBigInteger();
+        obj.value = BigInteger.valueOf(Long.MAX_VALUE).multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(10));
+
+        try {
+            messagePackMapper.writeValueAsBytes(obj);
+            fail();
+        }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            // Expected
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void shouldSuccessToHandleBigInteger(MessagePackMapper messagePackMapper) throws IOException
     {
-        MessagePackMapper mapper = new MessagePackMapper().handleBigDecimalAsString();
-        Pojo obj = new Pojo();
+        PojoWithBigInteger obj = new PojoWithBigInteger();
+        obj.value = BigInteger.valueOf(Long.MAX_VALUE).multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(10));
+
+        byte[] converted = messagePackMapper.writeValueAsBytes(obj);
+
+        PojoWithBigInteger deserialized = messagePackMapper.readValue(converted, PojoWithBigInteger.class);
+        assertEquals(obj.value, deserialized.value);
+    }
+
+    private void shouldFailToHandleBigDecimal(MessagePackMapper messagePackMapper) throws JsonProcessingException
+    {
+        PojoWithBigDecimal obj = new PojoWithBigDecimal();
         obj.value = new BigDecimal("1234567890.98765432100");
 
-        byte[] converted = mapper.writeValueAsBytes(obj);
+        try {
+            messagePackMapper.writeValueAsBytes(obj);
+            fail();
+        }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            // Expected
+        }
+    }
 
-        Pojo deserialized = mapper.readValue(converted, Pojo.class);
+    private void shouldSuccessToHandleBigDecimal(MessagePackMapper messagePackMapper) throws IOException
+    {
+        PojoWithBigDecimal obj = new PojoWithBigDecimal();
+        obj.value = new BigDecimal("1234567890.98765432100");
+
+        byte[] converted = messagePackMapper.writeValueAsBytes(obj);
+
+        PojoWithBigDecimal deserialized = messagePackMapper.readValue(converted, PojoWithBigDecimal.class);
         assertEquals(obj.value, deserialized.value);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void handleBigIntegerAsString() throws IOException
+    {
+        shouldFailToHandleBigInteger(new MessagePackMapper());
+        shouldSuccessToHandleBigInteger(new MessagePackMapper().handleBigIntegerAsString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void handleBigDecimalAsString() throws IOException
+    {
+        shouldFailToHandleBigDecimal(new MessagePackMapper());
+        shouldSuccessToHandleBigDecimal(new MessagePackMapper().handleBigDecimalAsString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void handleBigIntegerAndBigDecimalAsString() throws IOException
+    {
+        MessagePackMapper messagePackMapper = new MessagePackMapper().handleBigIntegerAndBigDecimalAsString();
+        shouldSuccessToHandleBigInteger(messagePackMapper);
+        shouldSuccessToHandleBigDecimal(messagePackMapper);
+    }
 }