diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d21c106..7ff9b54 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pycpio"
-version = "1.5.4"
+version = "1.5.5"
 
 authors = [
   { name="Desultory", email="dev@pyl.onl" },
diff --git a/src/pycpio/header/cpioheader.py b/src/pycpio/header/cpioheader.py
index 7545a3f..c437f0d 100644
--- a/src/pycpio/header/cpioheader.py
+++ b/src/pycpio/header/cpioheader.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ def __setattr__(self, key, value):
         If the filesize changes, log a warning.
 
         Check the mode and set the mode_type and permissions attributes accordingly.
+        Check that the inode is < 0xFFFFFFFF, if not, set to 0 and log a warning.
+            When used in an archive, the inode will be set to a unique value.
         If setting the name, add a null byte to the end and set the namesize attribute.
         """
         if key in ["uid", "gid"] and not isinstance(value, bytes):
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@ def __setattr__(self, key, value):
         elif key == "filesize" and value == b"00000000":
             if getattr(self, "filesize", b"00000000") != b"00000000":
                 self.logger.warning("[%s] Setting filesize to 0" % self.name)
+        elif key == "ino":
+            if int(value, 16) > 0xFFFFFFFF:
+                self.logger.warning("Inode too large, setting to 0: %s" % value)
+                value = b"00000000"
 
         super().__setattr__(key, value)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cpio.py b/tests/test_cpio.py
index 483f811..052ceed 100644
--- a/tests/test_cpio.py
+++ b/tests/test_cpio.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from pycpio import PyCPIO
 from pycpio.header import CPIOHeader
+from pycpio.cpio import CPIOData
 from zenlib.logging import loggify
 
 from cpio_test_headers import newc_test_headers, build_newc_header
@@ -145,5 +146,11 @@ def test_invalid_symlink_target(self):
         test_symlink.symlink_to('/a/totally/nonexistent/path')
         self.cpio.append_recursive(self.workdir.name)
 
+    def test_large_inode(self):
+        """ Tests handling of inode numbers larger than 0xFFFFFFFF """
+        entry = CPIOData.create_entry('large_inode_test', inode=0x1FFFFFFFF, logger=self.logger)
+        # Should be reset to 0
+        self.assertEqual(entry.header.ino, b'00000000')
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()