diff --git a/js/ui/map.js b/js/ui/map.js
index 04ab4f27d6e..a930c72be9f 100755
--- a/js/ui/map.js
+++ b/js/ui/map.js
@@ -346,6 +346,15 @@ class Map extends Camera {
         this.transform.resize(width, height);
         this.painter.resize(width, height);
 
+        const gl = this.painter.gl;
+        const maxSize = gl.getParameter(gl.MAX_RENDERBUFFER_SIZE) / 2;
+        if (this._canvas.width > maxSize || this._canvas.height > maxSize) {
+            util.warnOnce(
+                `Map is larger than maximum size supported by this system ` +
+                `(${maxSize}px by ${maxSize}px).`
+            );
+        }
+
         return this
             .fire('movestart')
             .fire('move')
diff --git a/test/js/ui/map.test.js b/test/js/ui/map.test.js
index 533263ca1fb..787d93ec0a0 100755
--- a/test/js/ui/map.test.js
+++ b/test/js/ui/map.test.js
@@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ test('Map', (t) => {
                 container: 'anElementIdWhichDoesNotExistInTheDocument'
             });
         }, new Error("Container 'anElementIdWhichDoesNotExistInTheDocument' not found"), 'throws on invalid map container id');
+
+        t.end();
+    });
+
+    t.test('constructor, max size detection', (t) => {
+        t.stub(console, 'warn');
+
+        const container = window.document.createElement('div');
+        container.offsetWidth = 10000;
+        container.offsetHeight = 10000;
+        new Map({container});
+
+        t.match(
+            console.warn.getCall(0).args[0],
+            /Map is larger than maximum size supported by this system \([0-9]+px by [0-9]+px\)./
+        );
+
         t.end();
     });