diff --git a/groups/nts/ntsa/ntsa_ipv4address.cpp b/groups/nts/ntsa/ntsa_ipv4address.cpp
index 87c5172c..119d1906 100644
--- a/groups/nts/ntsa/ntsa_ipv4address.cpp
+++ b/groups/nts/ntsa/ntsa_ipv4address.cpp
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@
 BSLS_IDENT_RCSID(ntsa_ipv4address_cpp, "$Id$ $CSID$")
 
 #include <bslim_printer.h>
+#include <bsl_cmath.h>
 #include <bsl_cstdlib.h>
 #include <bsl_cstring.h>
+#include <bsl_limits.h>
 #include <bsl_sstream.h>
 
+
 namespace BloombergLP {
 namespace ntsa {
 
@@ -90,22 +93,25 @@ bool Ipv4Address::parse(const bslstl::StringRef& text) NTSCFG_NOEXCEPT
     Representation newValue;
     newValue.d_asDword = 0;
 
-    bsl::uint32_t byteAtIndex = 0;
+    bsl::uint64_t numAtIndex = 0;
 
     while (current != end) {
         const char ch = *current;
         if (NTSCFG_LIKELY(ch >= '0' && ch <= '9')) {
-            byteAtIndex *= 10;
-            byteAtIndex += ch - '0';
+            numAtIndex *= 10;
+            numAtIndex += ch - '0';
+            if (numAtIndex > bsl::numeric_limits<bsl::uint32_t>::max()) {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
         else {
             if (ch == '.') {
-                if (byteAtIndex > 255) {
+                if (numAtIndex > 255) {
                     return false;
                 }
                 newValue.d_asBytes[index] =
-                    NTSCFG_WARNING_NARROW(bsl::uint8_t, byteAtIndex);
-                byteAtIndex = 0;
+                    NTSCFG_WARNING_NARROW(bsl::uint8_t, numAtIndex);
+                numAtIndex = 0;
                 ++index;
                 if (index > 3) {
                     return false;
@@ -119,17 +125,18 @@ bool Ipv4Address::parse(const bslstl::StringRef& text) NTSCFG_NOEXCEPT
         ++current;
     }
 
-    if (index != 3) {
+    bsl::uint64_t numOctetsLeft = 4 - index;
+    if (numAtIndex >= bsl::pow(256,numOctetsLeft)) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (byteAtIndex > 255) {
-        return false;
+    for (size_t oct = 0; oct < numOctetsLeft; ++oct) {
+        bsl::uint8_t octet = NTSCFG_WARNING_NARROW(bsl::uint8_t,
+                                                   numAtIndex % 256);
+        newValue.d_asBytes[3 - oct] = octet;
+        numAtIndex /= 256;
     }
 
-    newValue.d_asBytes[index] =
-        NTSCFG_WARNING_NARROW(bsl::uint8_t, byteAtIndex);
-
     d_value.d_asDword = newValue.d_asDword;
 
     return true;
diff --git a/groups/nts/ntsa/ntsa_ipv4address.t.cpp b/groups/nts/ntsa/ntsa_ipv4address.t.cpp
index e028ceb1..32f494b3 100644
--- a/groups/nts/ntsa/ntsa_ipv4address.t.cpp
+++ b/groups/nts/ntsa/ntsa_ipv4address.t.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ void Ipv4AddressTest::verifyParsing()
         {          "x.2.3.4.5", {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, false},
         {    "256.256.256.256", {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, false},
         {"9999.9999.9999.9999", {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, false},
+
+        {              "127.1", {0x7F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01},  true},
+        {        "127.168.257", {0x7F, 0xA8, 0x01, 0x01},  true},
+        {            "127.2.1", {0x7F, 0x02, 0x00, 0x01},  true},
+        {       "199.11315476", {0xC7, 0xAC, 0xA9, 0x14},  true},
+        {       "255.16777215", {0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF},  true},
+        {      "255.255.65535", {0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF},  true},
+        {                  "1", {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01},  true},
+        {         "4294967295", {0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF},  true},
+        {         "4294967296", {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, false},
+        {              "256.1", {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, false},
+        {       "255.16777216", {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, false},
+        {      "255.255.65536", {0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF}, false},
+        {  "99999999999999999", {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, false},
     };
 
     enum { NUM_DATA = sizeof(DATA) / sizeof(DATA[0]) };