diff --git a/roaring64/bsi64.go b/roaring64/bsi64.go
index 89b9bc6d..b9e9cc98 100644
--- a/roaring64/bsi64.go
+++ b/roaring64/bsi64.go
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ type task struct {
 	op           Operation
 	valueOrStart *big.Int
 	end          *big.Int
-	values       map[int64]struct{}
+	values       map[string]struct{}
 	bits         *Bitmap
 }
 
@@ -897,10 +897,21 @@ func (b *BSI) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err error) {
 
 // BatchEqual returns a bitmap containing the column IDs where the values are contained within the list of values provided.
 func (b *BSI) BatchEqual(parallelism int, values []int64) *Bitmap {
+	//convert list of int64 values to big.Int(s)
+	bigValues := make([]*big.Int, len(values))
+	for i, v := range values {
+	    bigValues[i] = big.NewInt(v)
+	}
+	return b.BatchEqualBig(parallelism, bigValues)
+}
+
 
-	valMap := make(map[int64]struct{}, len(values))
+// BatchEqual returns a bitmap containing the column IDs where the values are contained within the list of values provided.
+func (b *BSI) BatchEqualBig(parallelism int, values []*big.Int) *Bitmap {
+
+	valMap := make(map[string]struct{}, len(values))
 	for i := 0; i < len(values); i++ {
-		valMap[values[i]] = struct{}{}
+		valMap[string(values[i].Bytes())] = struct{}{}
 	}
 	comp := &task{bsi: b, values: valMap}
 	return parallelExecutor(parallelism, comp, batchEqual, &b.eBM)
@@ -918,8 +929,8 @@ func batchEqual(e *task, batch []uint64, resultsChan chan *Bitmap,
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(batch); i++ {
 		cID := batch[i]
-		if value, ok := e.bsi.GetValue(uint64(cID)); ok {
-			if _, yes := e.values[int64(value)]; yes {
+		if value, ok := e.bsi.GetBigValue(uint64(cID)); ok {
+			if _, yes := e.values[string(value.Bytes())]; yes {
 				results.Add(cID)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/roaring64/bsi64_test.go b/roaring64/bsi64_test.go
index 03615a64..a04482e4 100644
--- a/roaring64/bsi64_test.go
+++ b/roaring64/bsi64_test.go
@@ -502,6 +502,21 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestBatchValueBig(t *testing.T) {
+	bsi := NewDefaultBSI()
+
+	// create a big value
+	bv := big.NewInt(Max64BitSigned)
+	bv.Mul(bv, big.NewInt(100))
+
+	// Populate large timestamp values
+	for i := 0; i <= 100; i++ {
+		bsi.SetBigValue(uint64(i), bv)
+	}
+	result := bsi.BatchEqualBig(0, []*big.Int{bv})
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(101), result.GetCardinality())
+}
+
 func TestIncrementSimple(t *testing.T) {
 	bsi := setup()
 	bsi.IncrementAll()