diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 8a6a538b4f3..8ef79792419 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -458,12 +458,20 @@ def ints():
     class C(int):
         def __add__(self, other):
             return NotImplemented
+    vereq(C(5L), 5)
     try:
         C() + ""
     except TypeError:
         pass
     else:
         raise TestFailed, "NotImplemented should have caused TypeError"
+    import sys
+    try:
+        C(sys.maxint+1)
+    except OverflowError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise TestFailed, "should have raised OverflowError"
 
 def longs():
     if verbose: print "Testing long operations..."
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b0683ee8772..24f318c8853 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.3 alpha 2?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- int subclasses can be initialized with longs if the value fits in an int.
+  See SF bug #683467.
+
 - long(string, base) takes time linear in len(string) when base is a power
   of 2 now.  It used to take time quadratic in len(string).
 
diff --git a/Objects/intobject.c b/Objects/intobject.c
index 915ef21cecd..544e663dac4 100644
--- a/Objects/intobject.c
+++ b/Objects/intobject.c
@@ -836,16 +836,30 @@ static PyObject *
 int_subtype_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
 	PyObject *tmp, *new;
+	long ival;
 
 	assert(PyType_IsSubtype(type, &PyInt_Type));
 	tmp = int_new(&PyInt_Type, args, kwds);
 	if (tmp == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	assert(PyInt_Check(tmp));
+	if (!PyInt_Check(tmp)) {
+		if (!PyLong_Check(tmp)) {
+			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+					"value must convertable to an int");
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		ival = PyLong_AsLong(tmp);
+		if (ival == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+			return NULL;
+
+	} else {
+		ival = ((PyIntObject *)tmp)->ob_ival;
+	}
+
 	new = type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
 	if (new == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	((PyIntObject *)new)->ob_ival = ((PyIntObject *)tmp)->ob_ival;
+	((PyIntObject *)new)->ob_ival = ival;
 	Py_DECREF(tmp);
 	return new;
 }