diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py
index 39c9bf5b61143d..b5a17564623f06 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py
@@ -229,6 +229,23 @@ def test_execute_too_much_sql3(self):
             */
             """)
 
+    def test_execute_too_long_string(self):
+        # The default value of SQLITE_MAX_LENGTH is 1_000_000_000, but it may
+        # be up to 2_147_483_647.
+        res = self.cu.execute("pragma compile_options")
+        opts = {k: v for k, v in [o[0].split("=") for o in res if "=" in o[0]]}
+        try:
+            max_length = int(opts['MAX_LENGTH'])
+        except (KeyError, TypeError):
+            max_length = 1_000_000_000
+        try:
+            too_long = " " * (max_length + 1)
+        except OverflowError:
+            self.skipTest("Unable to create too large SQL string")
+        regex = "query string is too large"
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(sqlite.DataError, regex, self.cx, too_long)
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(sqlite.DataError, regex, self.cu.executescript, too_long)
+
     def test_execute_wrong_sql_arg(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             self.cu.execute(42)