diff --git a/src/lib/Imlib2.h b/src/lib/Imlib2.h
index e4008df..3e2c5f2 100644
--- a/src/lib/Imlib2.h
+++ b/src/lib/Imlib2.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #  define DATA8  unsigned char
 # endif
 
+/* Maximum image dimension */
+#define IMLIB_MAX_DIM (2 << 20)
+
 /* opaque data types */
 typedef void *Imlib_Context;
 typedef void *Imlib_Image;
diff --git a/src/lib/rend.c b/src/lib/rend.c
index b008f6d..bef019c 100644
--- a/src/lib/rend.c
+++ b/src/lib/rend.c
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #include "rend.h"
 #include "rotate.h"
 
+/* Maximum pixmap dimension (65535) */
+#define X_MAX_DIM ((2 << 16) - 1)
+
 /* size of the lines per segment we scale / render at a time */
 #define LINESIZE 16
 
@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ __imlib_RenderImage(Display * d, ImlibImage * im,
    if ((sw <= 0) || (sh <= 0))
       return;
    /* if the output is too big (8k arbitary limit here) dont bother */
-   if ((abs(dw) > 8192) || (abs(dh) > 8192))
+   if ((abs(dw) > X_MAX_DIM) || (abs(dh) > X_MAX_DIM))
       return;
    /* clip the source rect to be within the actual image */
    psx = sx;
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ __imlib_RenderImage(Display * d, ImlibImage * im,
    if ((sw <= 0) || (sh <= 0))
       return;
    /* if the output is too big (8k arbitary limit here) dont bother */
-   if ((abs(dw) > 8192) || (abs(dh) > 8192))
+   if ((abs(dw) > X_MAX_DIM) || (abs(dh) > X_MAX_DIM))
       return;
    /* if we are scaling the image at all make a scaling buffer */
    if (!((sw == dw) && (sh == dh)))
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_argb.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_argb.c
index 2300a32..709c60b 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_argb.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_argb.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress,
            fclose(f);
            return 0;
         }
-      if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > 8192) || (h > 8192))
+      if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
 	{
            fclose(f);
            return 0;
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_bmp.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_bmp.c
index 41faeeb..98a3b5e 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_bmp.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_bmp.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress,
            return 0;
         }
 
-      if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > 8192) || (h > 8192))
+      if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
         {
            fclose(f);
            return 0;
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_gif.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_gif.c
index b462aec..10245ce 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_gif.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_gif.c
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress, char progress_granularity,
                }
              w = gif->Image.Width;
              h = gif->Image.Height;
-	     if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > 8192) || (h > 8192))
+	     if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) ||
+                 (w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
 	       {
                   DGifCloseFile(gif);
                   return 0;
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_jpeg.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_jpeg.c
index 152af04..c7cc0b8 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_jpeg.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_jpeg.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress,
      {
         im->w = w = cinfo.output_width;
         im->h = h = cinfo.output_height;
-	if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > 8192) || (h > 8192))
+	if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
 	  {
              im->w = im->h = 0;
              jpeg_destroy_decompress(&cinfo);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress,
         im->h = h = cinfo.output_height;
 
         if ((cinfo.rec_outbuf_height > 16) || (cinfo.output_components <= 0) ||
-            (w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > 8192) || (h > 8192))
+            (w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
           {
              im->w = im->h = 0;
              jpeg_destroy_decompress(&cinfo);
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_lbm.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_lbm.c
index 170db89..878e4b1 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_lbm.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_lbm.c
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ ILBM    ilbm;
 
         im->w = L2RWORD(ilbm.bmhd.data);
         im->h = L2RWORD(ilbm.bmhd.data + 2);
-	if ((im->w < 1) || (im->h < 1) || (im->w > 8192) || (im->h > 8192))
+	if ((im->w < 1) || (im->h < 1) ||
+            (im->w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (im->h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
 	  {
 	     ok = 0;
 	  }
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_png.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_png.c
index 3928f95..60d32dd 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_png.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_png.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress,
                      &interlace_type, NULL, NULL);
         im->w = (int)w32;
         im->h = (int)h32;
-        if ((w32 < 1) || (h32 < 1) || (w32 > 8192) || (h32 > 8192))
+        if ((w32 < 1) || (h32 < 1) || (w32 > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (h32 > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
           {
              png_read_end(png_ptr, info_ptr);
              png_destroy_read_struct(&png_ptr, &info_ptr, (png_infopp) NULL);
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_pnm.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_pnm.c
index da4cd03..b29b2f7 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_pnm.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_pnm.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress,
 
    im->w = w;
    im->h = h;
-   if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > 8192) || (h > 8192))
+   if ((w < 1) || (h < 1) || (w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
      {
 	fclose(f);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_tga.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_tga.c
index 8230d53..6228d01 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_tga.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_tga.c
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress,
    im->w = (header->widthHi << 8) | header->widthLo;
    im->h = (header->heightHi << 8) | header->heightLo;
 
-   if ((im->w < 1) || (im->h < 1) || (im->w > 8192) || (im->h > 8192))
+   if ((im->w < 1) || (im->h < 1) ||
+       (im->w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (im->h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
      {
 	munmap(seg, ss.st_size);
         close(fd);
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_tiff.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_tiff.c
index 8aa3d15..799c360 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_tiff.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_tiff.c
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress,
    rgba_image.image = im;
    im->w = width = rgba_image.rgba.width;
    im->h = height = rgba_image.rgba.height;
-   if ((width < 1) || (height < 1) || (width > 8192) || (height > 8192))
+   if ((width < 1) || (height < 1) ||
+       (width > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (height > IMLIB_MAX_DIM))
      {
         TIFFRGBAImageEnd((TIFFRGBAImage *) & rgba_image);
         TIFFClose(tif);
diff --git a/src/modules/loaders/loader_xpm.c b/src/modules/loaders/loader_xpm.c
index a3e5eb2..73ddbcc 100644
--- a/src/modules/loaders/loader_xpm.c
+++ b/src/modules/loaders/loader_xpm.c
@@ -204,19 +204,21 @@ load(ImlibImage * im, ImlibProgressFunction progress, char progress_granularity,
                             xpm_parse_done();
                             return 0;
                          }
-                       if ((w > 8192) || (w < 1))
+                       if ((w > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (w < 1))
                          {
                             fprintf(stderr,
-                                    "IMLIB ERROR: Image width > 8192 or < 1 pixels for file\n");
+                                    "IMLIB ERROR: Image width > %d or < 1 pixels for file\n",
+                                    IMLIB_MAX_DIM);
                             free(line);
                             fclose(f);
                             xpm_parse_done();
                             return 0;
                          }
-                       if ((h > 8192) || (h < 1))
+                       if ((h > IMLIB_MAX_DIM) || (h < 1))
                          {
                             fprintf(stderr,
-                                    "IMLIB ERROR: Image height > 8192 or < 1 pixels for file\n");
+                                    "IMLIB ERROR: Image height > %d or < 1 pixels for file\n",
+                                    IMLIB_MAX_DIM);
                             free(line);
                             fclose(f);
                             xpm_parse_done();