diff --git a/include/misc/printk.h b/include/misc/printk.h
index 63746b8dbd..83064e4e06 100644
--- a/include/misc/printk.h
+++ b/include/misc/printk.h
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ extern "C" {
  *   - character: \%c
  *   - percent: \%\%
  *
- * No other conversion specification capabilities are supported, such as flags,
- * field width, precision, or length attributes.
+ * Field width (with or without leading zeroes) are supported.
+ * Length attributes such as 'h' and 'l' are supported. However,
+ * integral values with %lld and %lli are only printed if they fit in 32 bits,
+ * otherwise 'ERR' is printed. Full 64-bit values may be printed with %llx.
+ * Flags and precision attributes are not supported.
  *
  * @param fmt Format string.
  * @param ... Optional list of format arguments.
diff --git a/misc/printk.c b/misc/printk.c
index b6d05e9eab..a774deb6d0 100644
--- a/misc/printk.c
+++ b/misc/printk.c
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ void *__printk_get_hook(void)
 	return _char_out;
 }
 
+static void print_err(out_func_t out, void *ctx)
+{
+	out('E', ctx);
+	out('R', ctx);
+	out('R', ctx);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Printk internals
  *
@@ -141,11 +148,25 @@ void _vprintk(out_func_t out, void *ctx, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 				goto still_might_format;
 			case 'd':
 			case 'i': {
-				long d;
-				if (long_ctr < 2) {
-					d = va_arg(ap, long);
+				s32_t d;
+
+				if (long_ctr == 0) {
+					d = va_arg(ap, int);
+				} else if (long_ctr == 1) {
+					long ld = va_arg(ap, long);
+					if (ld > INT32_MAX || ld < INT32_MIN) {
+						print_err(out, ctx);
+						break;
+					}
+					d = (s32_t)ld;
 				} else {
-					d = (long)va_arg(ap, long long);
+					long long lld = va_arg(ap, long long);
+					if (lld > INT32_MAX ||
+					    lld < INT32_MIN) {
+						print_err(out, ctx);
+						break;
+					}
+					d = (s32_t)lld;
 				}
 
 				if (d < 0) {
@@ -158,14 +179,27 @@ void _vprintk(out_func_t out, void *ctx, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 				break;
 			}
 			case 'u': {
-				unsigned long u;
+				u32_t u;
 
-				if (long_ctr < 2) {
-					u = va_arg(ap, unsigned long);
+				if (long_ctr == 0) {
+					u = va_arg(ap, unsigned int);
+				} else if (long_ctr == 1) {
+					long lu = va_arg(ap, unsigned long);
+					if (lu > INT32_MAX) {
+						print_err(out, ctx);
+						break;
+					}
+					u = (u32_t)lu;
 				} else {
-					u = (unsigned long)va_arg(ap,
-							unsigned long long);
+					unsigned long long llu =
+						va_arg(ap, unsigned long long);
+					if (llu > INT32_MAX) {
+						print_err(out, ctx);
+						break;
+					}
+					u = (u32_t)llu;
 				}
+
 				_printk_dec_ulong(out, ctx, u, padding,
 						  min_width);
 				break;
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/printk.c b/tests/kernel/common/src/printk.c
index bf41dd6233..685397e5b2 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/printk.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/src/printk.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ char *expected = "22 113 10000 32768 40000 22\n"
 		 "42 42   42       42\n"
 		 "42 42 0042 00000042\n"
 		 "255     42    abcdef  0x0000002a      42\n"
-		 "-1 4294967295 ffffffffffffffff\n"
+		 "ERR -1 ERR ffffffffffffffff\n"
 ;
 
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void test_printk(void)
 	printk("%u %2u %4u %8u\n", 42, 42, 42, 42);
 	printk("%u %02u %04u %08u\n", 42, 42, 42, 42);
 	printk("%-8u%-6d%-4x%-2p%8d\n", 0xFF, 42, 0xABCDEF, (char *)42, 42);
-	printk("%lld %llu %llx\n", -1LL, -1ULL, -1ULL);
+	printk("%lld %lld %llu %llx\n", 0xFFFFFFFFFULL, -1LL, -1ULL, -1ULL);
 
 	ram_console[pos] = '\0';
 	zassert_true((strcmp(ram_console, expected) == 0), "printk failed");
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ void test_printk(void)
 			  "%-8u%-6d%-4x%-2p%8d\n",
 			  0xFF, 42, 0xABCDEF, (char *)42, 42);
 	count += snprintk(ram_console + count, sizeof(ram_console) - count,
-			  "%lld %llu %llx\n",
-			  -1LL, -1ULL, -1ULL);
+			  "%lld %lld %llu %llx\n",
+			  0xFFFFFFFFFULL, -1LL, -1ULL, -1ULL);
 	ram_console[count] = '\0';
 	zassert_true((strcmp(ram_console, expected) == 0), "snprintk failed");
 }