diff --git a/__tests__/react/type.js b/__tests__/react/type.js
index ca804e9b..e730d552 100644
--- a/__tests__/react/type.js
+++ b/__tests__/react/type.js
@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ describe("userEvent.type", () => {
     expect(getByTestId("input")).toHaveProperty("value", "hello world");
   });
 
+  it.each(["input", "textarea"])(
+    "includes entire textstring with negative maxlength in <%s>",
+    type => {
+      const onChange = jest.fn();
+      const { getByTestId } = render(
+        React.createElement(type, {
+          "data-testid": "input",
+          onChange: onChange,
+          maxLength: -1
+        })
+      );
+      const text = "Hello, world!";
+      userEvent.type(getByTestId("input"), text);
+      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(text.length);
+      expect(getByTestId("input")).toHaveProperty("value", text);
+    }
+  );
+
   it("should append text all at once", () => {
     const onChange = jest.fn();
     const { getByTestId } = render(
diff --git a/__tests__/vue/type.js b/__tests__/vue/type.js
index 4ce3fe7f..090d3610 100644
--- a/__tests__/vue/type.js
+++ b/__tests__/vue/type.js
@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ describe("userEvent.type", () => {
     expect(getByTestId("input")).toHaveProperty("value", text);
   });
 
+  it.each(["input", "textarea"])(
+    "includes entire textstring with negative maxlength in <%s>",
+    type => {
+      const input = jest.fn();
+
+      const { getByTestId } = renderComponent(
+        type,
+        { input },
+        { maxLength: -1 }
+      );
+
+      const text = "Hello, world!";
+      userEvent.type(getByTestId("input"), text);
+      expect(input).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(text.length);
+      expect(getByTestId("input")).toHaveProperty("value", text);
+    }
+  );
+
   it("should not type when event.preventDefault() is called", () => {
     const input = jest.fn();
     const change = jest.fn();
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 352ce9e0..9b04b3a3 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ const userEvent = {
     };
     const opts = Object.assign(defaultOpts, userOpts);
 
-    const computedText = text.slice(0, element.maxLength || text.length);
+    const maxLength = element.maxLength > 0 ? element.maxLength : text.length;
+    const computedText = text.slice(0, maxLength);
 
     const previousText = element.value;