diff --git a/src/Database/PostgreSQL/Simple/ToField.hs b/src/Database/PostgreSQL/Simple/ToField.hs
index e663624..ef203ba 100644
--- a/src/Database/PostgreSQL/Simple/ToField.hs
+++ b/src/Database/PostgreSQL/Simple/ToField.hs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ module Database.PostgreSQL.Simple.ToField
     , ToField(..)
     , toJSONField
     , inQuotes
+    , inParens
+    , parenNegatives
     ) where
 
 import Control.Applicative (Const(Const))
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ import           Data.ByteString.Builder
                    , wordDec, word8Dec, word16Dec, word32Dec, word64Dec
                    , floatDec, doubleDec
                    )
+import           Data.ByteString.Builder.Scientific (scientificBuilder)
 import Data.Functor.Identity (Identity(Identity))
 import Data.Int (Int8, Int16, Int32, Int64)
 import Data.List (intersperse)
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ import qualified Data.CaseInsensitive as CI
 import qualified Data.Text as ST
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as ST
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
-import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder as LT
 import           Data.UUID.Types   (UUID)
 import qualified Data.UUID.Types as UUID
 import           Data.Vector (Vector)
@@ -59,7 +61,6 @@ import qualified Data.Vector as V
 import qualified Database.PostgreSQL.LibPQ as PQ
 import           Database.PostgreSQL.Simple.Time
 import           Data.Scientific (Scientific)
-import           Data.Text.Lazy.Builder.Scientific (scientificBuilder)
 import           Foreign.C.Types (CUInt(..))
 
 -- | How to render an element when substituting it into a query.
@@ -137,65 +138,65 @@ instance ToField Bool where
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Int8 where
-    toField = Plain . int8Dec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives int8Dec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Int16 where
-    toField = Plain . int16Dec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives int16Dec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Int32 where
-    toField = Plain . int32Dec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives int32Dec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Int where
-    toField = Plain . intDec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives intDec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Int64 where
-    toField = Plain . int64Dec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives int64Dec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Integer where
-    toField = Plain . integerDec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives integerDec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Word8 where
-    toField = Plain . word8Dec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives word8Dec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Word16 where
-    toField = Plain . word16Dec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives word16Dec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Word32 where
-    toField = Plain . word32Dec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives word32Dec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Word where
-    toField = Plain . wordDec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives wordDec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Word64 where
-    toField = Plain . word64Dec
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives word64Dec
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField PQ.Oid where
-    toField = Plain . \(PQ.Oid (CUInt x)) -> word32Dec x
+    toField = Plain . \(PQ.Oid (CUInt x)) -> parenNegatives word32Dec x
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Float where
     toField v | isNaN v || isInfinite v = Plain (inQuotes (floatDec v))
-              | otherwise               = Plain (floatDec v)
+              | otherwise               = Plain (parenNegatives floatDec v)
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Double where
     toField v | isNaN v || isInfinite v = Plain (inQuotes (doubleDec v))
-              | otherwise               = Plain (doubleDec v)
+              | otherwise               = Plain (parenNegatives doubleDec v)
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField Scientific where
-    toField x = toField (LT.toLazyText (scientificBuilder x))
+    toField = Plain . parenNegatives scientificBuilder
     {-# INLINE toField #-}
 
 instance ToField (Binary SB.ByteString) where
@@ -329,6 +330,26 @@ inQuotes :: Builder -> Builder
 inQuotes b = quote `mappend` b `mappend` quote
   where quote = char8 '\''
 
+-- | Surround a string with parentheses: \"@( )@\".
+--
+-- This function /does not/ perform any other escaping.
+inParens :: Builder -> Builder
+inParens b = char8 '(' `mappend` b `mappend` char8 ')'
+
+-- | If @n@ is negative, surround its rendered value in parentheses: \"@(-3)@\".
+--
+-- This is necessary because in PostgreSQL, @-@ is a unary operator that has
+-- lower precedence than the @::@ operator, and that can cause problems at the
+-- edge of allowed ranges.
+--
+-- For example, @-32768::int2@ is parsed as @-(32768::int2)@, which throws an
+-- "out of range" error, even though @(-32768)::int2@ is accepted.
+--
+-- For types with signed zeros, @-0@ is not parenthesized.
+parenNegatives :: (Num a, Ord a) => (a -> Builder) -> a -> Builder
+parenNegatives f n | n < 0     = inParens (f n)
+                   | otherwise = f n
+
 interleaveFoldr :: (a -> [b] -> [b]) -> b -> [b] -> [a] -> [b]
 interleaveFoldr f b bs' as = foldr (\a bs -> b : f a bs) bs' as
 {-# INLINE interleaveFoldr #-}
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
index 32eb230..df3209e 100644
--- a/test/Main.hs
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ tests env = testGroup "tests"
     , testCase "3-ary generic"        . testGeneric3
     , testCase "Timeout"              . testTimeout
     , testCase "Exceptions"           . testExceptions
+    , testCase "Paren negatives"      . testParenNegatives
     ]
 
 testBytea :: TestEnv -> TestTree
@@ -536,6 +537,19 @@ testDouble TestEnv{..} = do
     [Only (x :: Double)] <- query_ conn "SELECT '-Infinity'::float8"
     x @?= (-1 / 0)
 
+testParenNegatives :: TestEnv -> Assertion
+testParenNegatives TestEnv{..} = do
+    [Only (x :: Int)] <- query conn "SELECT ?::int2" (Only (-32768 :: Int))
+    x @?= -32768
+    [Only (x :: Int)] <- query conn "SELECT ?::int2" (Only (-32768.4 :: Double))
+    x @?= -32768
+    [(x :: Int, y :: Int)] <-
+      query conn "SELECT * FROM ? tbl"
+        (Only $ Values ["int2", "int2"]
+                       [(-32768 :: Integer, -32768.4 :: Float)]
+        )
+    x @?= -32768
+    y @?= -32768
 
 testGeneric1 :: TestEnv -> Assertion
 testGeneric1 TestEnv{..} = do