diff --git a/src/api/PDFDocument.ts b/src/api/PDFDocument.ts
index a290cdeb3..3db37b396 100644
--- a/src/api/PDFDocument.ts
+++ b/src/api/PDFDocument.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export interface LoadOptions {
   parseSpeed?: ParseSpeeds | number;
   throwOnInvalidObject?: boolean;
   updateMetadata?: boolean;
+  capNumbers?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface CreateOptions {
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ export default class PDFDocument {
       parseSpeed = ParseSpeeds.Slow,
       throwOnInvalidObject = false,
       updateMetadata = true,
+      capNumbers = false,
     } = options;
 
     assertIs(pdf, 'pdf', ['string', Uint8Array, ArrayBuffer]);
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ export default class PDFDocument {
       bytes,
       parseSpeed,
       throwOnInvalidObject,
+      capNumbers,
     ).parseDocument();
     return new PDFDocument(context, ignoreEncryption, updateMetadata);
   }
diff --git a/src/core/parser/BaseParser.ts b/src/core/parser/BaseParser.ts
index 2b88c5d4c..44e0bce16 100644
--- a/src/core/parser/BaseParser.ts
+++ b/src/core/parser/BaseParser.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ const { Newline, CarriageReturn } = CharCodes;
 // TODO: Throw error if eof is reached before finishing object parse...
 class BaseParser {
   protected readonly bytes: ByteStream;
+  protected readonly capNumbers: boolean;
 
-  constructor(bytes: ByteStream) {
+  constructor(bytes: ByteStream, capNumbers = false) {
     this.bytes = bytes;
+    this.capNumbers = capNumbers;
   }
 
   protected parseRawInt(): number {
@@ -60,9 +62,14 @@ class BaseParser {
     }
 
     if (numberValue > Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) {
-      const msg = `Parsed number that is too large for some PDF readers: ${value}, using Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER instead.`;
-      console.warn(msg);
-      return Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+      if (this.capNumbers) {
+        const msg = `Parsed number that is too large for some PDF readers: ${value}, using Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER instead.`;
+        console.warn(msg);
+        return Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+      } else {
+        const msg = `Parsed number that is too large for some PDF readers: ${value}, not capping.`;
+        console.warn(msg);
+      }
     }
 
     return numberValue;
diff --git a/src/core/parser/PDFObjectParser.ts b/src/core/parser/PDFObjectParser.ts
index ec3e8a772..c51b59fd4 100644
--- a/src/core/parser/PDFObjectParser.ts
+++ b/src/core/parser/PDFObjectParser.ts
@@ -31,16 +31,22 @@ import { charFromCode } from 'src/utils';
 
 // TODO: Throw error if eof is reached before finishing object parse...
 class PDFObjectParser extends BaseParser {
-  static forBytes = (bytes: Uint8Array, context: PDFContext) =>
-    new PDFObjectParser(ByteStream.of(bytes), context);
-
-  static forByteStream = (byteStream: ByteStream, context: PDFContext) =>
-    new PDFObjectParser(byteStream, context);
+  static forBytes = (
+    bytes: Uint8Array,
+    context: PDFContext,
+    capNumbers?: boolean,
+  ) => new PDFObjectParser(ByteStream.of(bytes), context, capNumbers);
+
+  static forByteStream = (
+    byteStream: ByteStream,
+    context: PDFContext,
+    capNumbers = false,
+  ) => new PDFObjectParser(byteStream, context, capNumbers);
 
   protected readonly context: PDFContext;
 
-  constructor(byteStream: ByteStream, context: PDFContext) {
-    super(byteStream);
+  constructor(byteStream: ByteStream, context: PDFContext, capNumbers = false) {
+    super(byteStream, capNumbers);
     this.context = context;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/parser/PDFParser.ts b/src/core/parser/PDFParser.ts
index 408072b3a..6e2cc538e 100644
--- a/src/core/parser/PDFParser.ts
+++ b/src/core/parser/PDFParser.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class PDFParser extends PDFObjectParser {
     pdfBytes: Uint8Array,
     objectsPerTick?: number,
     throwOnInvalidObject?: boolean,
-  ) => new PDFParser(pdfBytes, objectsPerTick, throwOnInvalidObject);
+    capNumbers?: boolean,
+  ) =>
+    new PDFParser(pdfBytes, objectsPerTick, throwOnInvalidObject, capNumbers);
 
   private readonly objectsPerTick: number;
   private readonly throwOnInvalidObject: boolean;
@@ -38,10 +40,11 @@ class PDFParser extends PDFObjectParser {
 
   constructor(
     pdfBytes: Uint8Array,
-    objectsPerTick: number = Infinity,
+    objectsPerTick = Infinity,
     throwOnInvalidObject = false,
+    capNumbers = false,
   ) {
-    super(ByteStream.of(pdfBytes), PDFContext.create());
+    super(ByteStream.of(pdfBytes), PDFContext.create(), capNumbers);
     this.objectsPerTick = objectsPerTick;
     this.throwOnInvalidObject = throwOnInvalidObject;
   }
diff --git a/tests/core/parser/PDFObjectParser.spec.ts b/tests/core/parser/PDFObjectParser.spec.ts
index f91aadcba..d5de654d7 100644
--- a/tests/core/parser/PDFObjectParser.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/core/parser/PDFObjectParser.spec.ts
@@ -19,16 +19,23 @@ import {
   numberToString,
 } from 'src/index';
 
-const parse = (value: string | Uint8Array) => {
+type ParseOptions = { capNumbers?: boolean };
+
+const parse = (value: string | Uint8Array, options: ParseOptions = {}) => {
   const context = PDFContext.create();
-  const parser = PDFObjectParser.forBytes(typedArrayFor(value), context);
+  const parser = PDFObjectParser.forBytes(
+    typedArrayFor(value),
+    context,
+    options.capNumbers,
+  );
   return parser.parseObject();
 };
 
-const expectParse = (value: string | Uint8Array) => expect(parse(value));
+const expectParse = (value: string | Uint8Array, options?: ParseOptions) =>
+  expect(parse(value, options));
 
-const expectParseStr = (value: string | Uint8Array) =>
-  expect(String(parse(value)));
+const expectParseStr = (value: string | Uint8Array, options?: ParseOptions) =>
+  expect(String(parse(value, options)));
 
 describe(`PDFObjectParser`, () => {
   const origConsoleWarn = console.warn;
@@ -154,7 +161,25 @@ describe(`PDFObjectParser`, () => {
       expect(parser.parseObject().toString()).toBe('-0.1');
     });
 
-    it(`caps numbers at Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`, () => {
+    it(`caps numbers at Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER when capNumbers=true`, () => {
+      expectParseStr(numberToString(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER - 1), {
+        capNumbers: true,
+      }).toBe('9007199254740990');
+      expectParseStr(numberToString(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER), {
+        capNumbers: true,
+      }).toBe('9007199254740991');
+      expectParseStr(numberToString(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1), {
+        capNumbers: true,
+      }).toBe('9007199254740991');
+      expectParseStr('340282346638528900000000000000000000000', {
+        capNumbers: true,
+      }).toBe('9007199254740991');
+      expectParseStr('340282346638528859811704183484516925440', {
+        capNumbers: true,
+      }).toBe('9007199254740991');
+    });
+
+    it(`does not cap numbers at Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER when capNumbers=false`, () => {
       expectParseStr(numberToString(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER - 1)).toBe(
         '9007199254740990',
       );
@@ -162,13 +187,13 @@ describe(`PDFObjectParser`, () => {
         '9007199254740991',
       );
       expectParseStr(numberToString(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1)).toBe(
-        '9007199254740991',
+        '9007199254740992',
       );
       expectParseStr('340282346638528900000000000000000000000').toBe(
-        '9007199254740991',
+        '340282346638528900000000000000000000000',
       );
       expectParseStr('340282346638528859811704183484516925440').toBe(
-        '9007199254740991',
+        '340282346638528900000000000000000000000',
       );
     });
   });