diff -r cadef389fdbc Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py	Fri Jun 27 13:55:28 2014 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py	Fri Jun 27 22:15:01 2014 +0200
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ class AbstractMemoryTests:
         # Bounds checking
         self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: m[6])
         self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: m[-7])
-        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: m[sys.maxsize])
-        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: m[-sys.maxsize])
+        # indexes larger than the C type Py_ssize_t
+        for index in (-sys.maxsize*2, sys.maxsize*2):
+            self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: m[index])
         # Type checking
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: m[None])
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: m[0.0])
@@ -99,8 +100,9 @@ class AbstractMemoryTests:
         # Bounds checking
         self.assertRaises(IndexError, setitem, 6, b"a")
         self.assertRaises(IndexError, setitem, -7, b"a")
-        self.assertRaises(IndexError, setitem, sys.maxsize, b"a")
-        self.assertRaises(IndexError, setitem, -sys.maxsize, b"a")
+        # indexes larger than the C type Py_ssize_t
+        for index in (-sys.maxsize*2, sys.maxsize*2):
+            self.assertRaises(IndexError, setitem, index, b"a")
         # Wrong index/slice types
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, setitem, 0.0, b"a")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, setitem, (0,), b"a")
@@ -360,6 +362,15 @@ class AbstractMemoryTests:
             self.assertEqual(list(reversed(m)), aslist)
             self.assertEqual(list(reversed(m)), list(m[::-1]))
 
+    def test_large_slice(self):
+        for tp in self._types:
+            b = tp(self._source)
+            m = self._view(b)
+            # index larger than the C type Py_ssize_t
+            index = sys.maxsize * 2
+            self.assertEqual(list(m[index:]), [])
+            self.assertEqual(list(m[index::2]), [])
+
 
 # Variations on source objects for the buffer: bytes-like objects, then arrays
 # with itemsize > 1.