diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/53289-module-option-int-long.yml b/changelogs/fragments/53289-module-option-int-long.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9492dc8caf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/53289-module-option-int-long.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "If large integers are passed as options to modules under Python 2, module argument
+   parsing will reject them as they are of type ``long`` and not of type ``int``."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 9827fa889e0..d63b61bfe36 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         raise TypeError('%s cannot be converted to a bool' % type(value))
 
     def _check_type_int(self, value):
-        if isinstance(value, int):
+        if isinstance(value, integer_types):
             return value
 
         if isinstance(value, string_types):
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_argument_spec.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_argument_spec.py
index a402eb2aadd..1170b48e887 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_argument_spec.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_argument_spec.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from units.compat.mock import MagicMock, patch
 from ansible.module_utils import basic
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types, integer_types
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import builtins
 
 from units.mock.procenv import ModuleTestCase, swap_stdin_and_argv
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ MOCK_VALIDATOR_FAIL = MagicMock(side_effect=TypeError("bad conversion"))
 VALID_SPECS = (
     # Simple type=int
     ({'arg': {'type': 'int'}}, {'arg': 42}, 42),
+    # Simple type=int with a large value (will be of type long under Python 2)
+    ({'arg': {'type': 'int'}}, {'arg': 18765432109876543210}, 18765432109876543210),
     # Simple type=list, elements=int
     ({'arg': {'type': 'list', 'elements': 'int'}}, {'arg': [42, 32]}, [42, 32]),
     # Type=int with conversion from string
@@ -183,7 +185,10 @@ def test_validator_basic_types(argspec, expected, stdin):
     am = basic.AnsibleModule(argspec)
 
     if 'type' in argspec['arg']:
-        type_ = getattr(builtins, argspec['arg']['type'])
+        if argspec['arg']['type'] == 'int':
+            type_ = integer_types
+        else:
+            type_ = getattr(builtins, argspec['arg']['type'])
     else:
         type_ = str
 
@@ -191,14 +196,14 @@ def test_validator_basic_types(argspec, expected, stdin):
     assert am.params['arg'] == expected
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('stdin', [{'arg': 42}], indirect=['stdin'])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('stdin', [{'arg': 42}, {'arg': 18765432109876543210}], indirect=['stdin'])
 def test_validator_function(mocker, stdin):
     # Type is a callable
     MOCK_VALIDATOR_SUCCESS = mocker.MagicMock(return_value=27)
     argspec = {'arg': {'type': MOCK_VALIDATOR_SUCCESS}}
     am = basic.AnsibleModule(argspec)
 
-    assert isinstance(am.params['arg'], int)
+    assert isinstance(am.params['arg'], integer_types)
     assert am.params['arg'] == 27