diff --git a/src/long.ts b/src/long.ts
index 9a0d9959..cd2ba6a4 100644
--- a/src/long.ts
+++ b/src/long.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import type { Timestamp } from './timestamp';
 import type { EJSONOptions } from './extended_json';
 import { isObjectLike } from './parser/utils';
+import type { Timestamp } from './timestamp';
 
 interface LongWASMHelpers {
   /** Gets the high bits of the last operation performed */
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ export class Long {
     return Long.fromBits(value % TWO_PWR_32_DBL | 0, (value / TWO_PWR_32_DBL) | 0, unsigned);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a Long representing the given value, provided that it is a finite number. Otherwise, zero is returned.
+   * @param value - The number in question
+   * @param unsigned - Whether unsigned or not, defaults to signed
+   * @returns The corresponding Long value
+   */
+  static fromBigInt(value: bigint, unsigned?: boolean): Long {
+    return Long.fromString(value.toString(), unsigned);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a Long representation of the given string, written using the specified radix.
    * @param str - The textual representation of the Long
@@ -793,6 +803,11 @@ export class Long {
     return this.high * TWO_PWR_32_DBL + (this.low >>> 0);
   }
 
+  /** Converts the Long to a BigInt (arbitrary precision). */
+  toBigInt(): bigint {
+    return BigInt(this.toString());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Converts this Long to its byte representation.
    * @param le - Whether little or big endian, defaults to big endian
diff --git a/src/parser/serializer.ts b/src/parser/serializer.ts
index 0bfdde6b..b3f7a7d0 100644
--- a/src/parser/serializer.ts
+++ b/src/parser/serializer.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ import { Map } from '../map';
 import type { MinKey } from '../min_key';
 import type { ObjectId } from '../objectid';
 import type { BSONRegExp } from '../regexp';
-import { isDate, isUint8Array, normalizedFunctionString } from './utils';
+import {
+  isBigInt64Array,
+  isBigUInt64Array,
+  isDate,
+  isUint8Array,
+  normalizedFunctionString
+} from './utils';
 
 export interface SerializeOptions {
   /** the serializer will check if keys are valid. */
@@ -807,6 +813,8 @@ export function serializeInto(
         index = serializeString(buffer, key, value, index, true);
       } else if (typeof value === 'number') {
         index = serializeNumber(buffer, key, value, index, true);
+      } else if (typeof value === 'bigint') {
+        throw new TypeError('Unsupported type BigInt, please use Decimal128');
       } else if (typeof value === 'boolean') {
         index = serializeBoolean(buffer, key, value, index, true);
       } else if (value instanceof Date || isDate(value)) {
@@ -913,6 +921,8 @@ export function serializeInto(
         index = serializeString(buffer, key, value, index);
       } else if (type === 'number') {
         index = serializeNumber(buffer, key, value, index);
+      } else if (type === 'bigint' || isBigInt64Array(value) || isBigUInt64Array(value)) {
+        throw new TypeError('Unsupported type BigInt, please use Decimal128');
       } else if (type === 'boolean') {
         index = serializeBoolean(buffer, key, value, index);
       } else if (value instanceof Date || isDate(value)) {
@@ -1015,6 +1025,8 @@ export function serializeInto(
         index = serializeString(buffer, key, value, index);
       } else if (type === 'number') {
         index = serializeNumber(buffer, key, value, index);
+      } else if (type === 'bigint') {
+        throw new TypeError('Unsupported type BigInt, please use Decimal128');
       } else if (type === 'boolean') {
         index = serializeBoolean(buffer, key, value, index);
       } else if (value instanceof Date || isDate(value)) {
diff --git a/src/parser/utils.ts b/src/parser/utils.ts
index b7ee7aba..00befef8 100644
--- a/src/parser/utils.ts
+++ b/src/parser/utils.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ function insecureRandomBytes(size: number): Uint8Array {
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 declare let window: any;
 declare let require: Function;
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+declare let global: any;
 
 export let randomBytes = insecureRandomBytes;
 if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.crypto && window.crypto.getRandomValues) {
@@ -40,6 +42,24 @@ export function isUint8Array(value: unknown): value is Uint8Array {
   return Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === '[object Uint8Array]';
 }
 
+export function isBigInt64Array(value: unknown): value is BigInt64Array {
+  return Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === '[object BigInt64Array]';
+}
+
+export function isBigUInt64Array(value: unknown): value is BigUint64Array {
+  return Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === '[object BigUint64Array]';
+}
+
+/** Call to check if your environment has `Buffer` */
+export function haveBuffer(): boolean {
+  return typeof global !== 'undefined' && typeof global.Buffer !== 'undefined';
+}
+
+/** Callable in any environment to check if value is a Buffer */
+export function isBuffer(value: unknown): value is Buffer {
+  return haveBuffer() && Buffer.isBuffer(value);
+}
+
 // To ensure that 0.4 of node works correctly
 export function isDate(d: unknown): d is Date {
   return isObjectLike(d) && Object.prototype.toString.call(d) === '[object Date]';
diff --git a/test/node/bigint_tests.js b/test/node/bigint_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8d17bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/node/bigint_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* globals BigInt */
+'use strict';
+
+const BSON = require('../register-bson');
+
+describe('BSON BigInt Support', function () {
+  before(function () {
+    try {
+      BigInt(0);
+    } catch (_) {
+      this.skip('JS VM does not support BigInt');
+    }
+  });
+  it('Should serialize an int that fits in int32', function () {
+    const testDoc = { b: BigInt(32) };
+    expect(() => BSON.serialize(testDoc)).to.throw(TypeError);
+
+    // const serializedDoc = BSON.serialize(testDoc);
+    // // prettier-ignore
+    // const resultBuffer = Buffer.from([0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x62, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
+    // const resultDoc = BSON.deserialize(serializedDoc);
+    // expect(Array.from(serializedDoc)).to.have.members(Array.from(resultBuffer));
+    // expect(BigInt(resultDoc.b)).to.equal(testDoc.b);
+  });
+
+  it('Should serialize an int that fits in int64', function () {
+    const testDoc = { b: BigInt(0x1ffffffff) };
+    expect(() => BSON.serialize(testDoc)).to.throw(TypeError);
+
+    // const serializedDoc = BSON.serialize(testDoc);
+    // // prettier-ignore
+    // const resultBuffer = Buffer.from([0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x12, 0x62, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
+    // const resultDoc = BSON.deserialize(serializedDoc);
+    // expect(Array.from(serializedDoc)).to.have.members(Array.from(resultBuffer));
+    // expect(BigInt(resultDoc.b)).to.equal(testDoc.b);
+  });
+
+  it('Should serialize an int that fits in decimal128', function () {
+    const testDoc = { b: BigInt('9223372036854776001') }; // int64 max + 1
+    expect(() => BSON.serialize(testDoc)).to.throw(TypeError);
+
+    // const serializedDoc = BSON.serialize(testDoc);
+    // // prettier-ignore
+    // const resultBuffer = Buffer.from([0x18, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x13, 0x62, 0x00, 0xC1, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x30, 0x00]);
+    // const resultDoc = BSON.deserialize(serializedDoc);
+    // expect(Array.from(serializedDoc)).to.have.members(Array.from(resultBuffer));
+    // expect(resultDoc.b._bsontype).to.equal('Decimal128');
+    // expect(BigInt(resultDoc.b.toString())).to.equal(testDoc.b);
+  });
+
+  it('Should throw if BigInt is too large to serialize', function () {
+    const testDoc = {
+      b: BigInt('9'.repeat(35))
+    }; // decimal 128 can only encode 34 digits of precision
+    expect(() => BSON.serialize(testDoc)).to.throw(TypeError);
+    // expect(() => BSON.serialize(testDoc)).to.throw();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 020252b3..4752a1f9 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     "module": "commonjs",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "lib": [
-      "ES2017"
+      "ES2017",
+      "ES2020.BigInt",
+      "ES2017.TypedArrays"
     ],
     "outDir": "lib",
     // We don't make use of tslib helpers