diff --git a/sds.c b/sds.c
index d386140..01b00f3 100644
--- a/sds.c
+++ b/sds.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ sds sdsnewlen(const void *init, size_t initlen) {
     int hdrlen = sdsHdrSize(type);
     unsigned char *fp; /* flags pointer. */
 
+    assert(initlen + hdrlen + 1 > initlen); /* Catch size_t overflow */
     sh = s_malloc(hdrlen+initlen+1);
     if (sh == NULL) return NULL;
     if (!init)
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ void sdsclear(sds s) {
 sds sdsMakeRoomFor(sds s, size_t addlen) {
     void *sh, *newsh;
     size_t avail = sdsavail(s);
-    size_t len, newlen;
+    size_t len, newlen, reqlen;
     char type, oldtype = s[-1] & SDS_TYPE_MASK;
     int hdrlen;
 
@@ -205,7 +206,8 @@ sds sdsMakeRoomFor(sds s, size_t addlen) {
 
     len = sdslen(s);
     sh = (char*)s-sdsHdrSize(oldtype);
-    newlen = (len+addlen);
+    reqlen = newlen = (len+addlen);
+    assert(newlen > len);   /* Catch size_t overflow */
     if (newlen < SDS_MAX_PREALLOC)
         newlen *= 2;
     else
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ sds sdsMakeRoomFor(sds s, size_t addlen) {
     if (type == SDS_TYPE_5) type = SDS_TYPE_8;
 
     hdrlen = sdsHdrSize(type);
+    assert(hdrlen + newlen + 1 > reqlen);  /* Catch size_t overflow */
     if (oldtype==type) {
         newsh = s_realloc(sh, hdrlen+newlen+1);
         if (newsh == NULL) return NULL;