diff --git a/contrib/cube/cube.c b/contrib/cube/cube.c
index d835fe1f87..8074caadb7 100644
--- a/contrib/cube/cube.c
+++ b/contrib/cube/cube.c
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ cube_a_f8_f8(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				 errmsg("cannot work with arrays containing NULLs")));
 
 	dim = ARRNELEMS(ur);
+	if (dim > CUBE_MAX_DIM)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
+				 errmsg("can't extend cube"),
+				 errdetail("A cube cannot have more than %d dimensions.",
+							   CUBE_MAX_DIM)));
+
 	if (ARRNELEMS(ll) != dim)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_ARRAY_ELEMENT_ERROR),
@@ -209,6 +216,12 @@ cube_a_f8(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				 errmsg("cannot work with arrays containing NULLs")));
 
 	dim = ARRNELEMS(ur);
+	if (dim > CUBE_MAX_DIM)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
+				 errmsg("array is too long"),
+				 errdetail("A cube cannot have more than %d dimensions.",
+							   CUBE_MAX_DIM)));
 
 	dur = ARRPTR(ur);
 
@@ -243,6 +256,13 @@ cube_subset(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	dx = (int32 *) ARR_DATA_PTR(idx);
 
 	dim = ARRNELEMS(idx);
+	if (dim > CUBE_MAX_DIM)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
+				 errmsg("array is too long"),
+				 errdetail("A cube cannot have more than %d dimensions.",
+							   CUBE_MAX_DIM)));
+
 	size = IS_POINT(c) ? POINT_SIZE(dim) : CUBE_SIZE(dim);
 	result = (NDBOX *) palloc0(size);
 	SET_VARSIZE(result, size);
@@ -1752,6 +1772,13 @@ cube_c_f8(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	int			size;
 	int			i;
 
+	if (DIM(cube) + 1 > CUBE_MAX_DIM)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
+				 errmsg("can't extend cube"),
+				 errdetail("A cube cannot have more than %d dimensions.",
+							   CUBE_MAX_DIM)));
+
 	if (IS_POINT(cube))
 	{
 		size = POINT_SIZE((DIM(cube) + 1));
@@ -1793,6 +1820,13 @@ cube_c_f8_f8(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	int			size;
 	int			i;
 
+	if (DIM(cube) + 1 > CUBE_MAX_DIM)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
+				 errmsg("can't extend cube"),
+				 errdetail("A cube cannot have more than %d dimensions.",
+							   CUBE_MAX_DIM)));
+
 	if (IS_POINT(cube) && (x1 == x2))
 	{
 		size = POINT_SIZE((DIM(cube) + 1));
diff --git a/contrib/cube/expected/cube.out b/contrib/cube/expected/cube.out
index 67ca1990ac..b5f278cfa3 100644
--- a/contrib/cube/expected/cube.out
+++ b/contrib/cube/expected/cube.out
@@ -381,6 +381,17 @@ SELECT cube_subset(cube('(1,3,5),(6,7,8)'), ARRAY[4,0]);
 ERROR:  Index out of bounds
 SELECT cube_subset(cube('(6,7,8),(6,7,8)'), ARRAY[4,0]);
 ERROR:  Index out of bounds
+-- test for limits: this should pass
+SELECT cube_subset(cube('(6,7,8),(6,7,8)'), array(SELECT 1 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)));
+                                                                                                                                                 cube_subset                                                                                                                                                  
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6)
+(1 row)
+
+-- and this should fail
+SELECT cube_subset(cube('(6,7,8),(6,7,8)'), array(SELECT 1 as a FROM generate_series(1,101)));
+ERROR:  array is too long
+DETAIL:  A cube cannot have more than 100 dimensions.
 --
 -- Test point processing
 --
@@ -453,6 +464,7 @@ SELECT cube(cube(1,2), 42, 24); -- cube_c_f8_f8
 --
 -- Testing limit of CUBE_MAX_DIM dimensions check in cube_in.
 --
+-- create too big cube from literal
 select '(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)'::cube;
 ERROR:  bad cube representation
 LINE 1: select '(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0...
@@ -463,6 +475,34 @@ ERROR:  bad cube representation
 LINE 1: select '(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0...
                ^
 DETAIL:  A cube cannot have more than 100 dimensions.
+-- from an array
+select cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,101)));
+ERROR:  array is too long
+DETAIL:  A cube cannot have more than 100 dimensions.
+select cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,101)),array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,101)));
+ERROR:  can't extend cube
+DETAIL:  A cube cannot have more than 100 dimensions.
+-- extend cube beyond limit
+-- this should work
+select cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)));
+                                                                                                                                                     cube                                                                                                                                                     
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+(1 row)
+
+select cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)),array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)));
+                                                                                                                                                     cube                                                                                                                                                     
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+(1 row)
+
+-- this should fail
+select cube(cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100))), 0);
+ERROR:  can't extend cube
+DETAIL:  A cube cannot have more than 100 dimensions.
+select cube(cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)),array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100))), 0, 0);
+ERROR:  can't extend cube
+DETAIL:  A cube cannot have more than 100 dimensions.
 --
 -- testing the  operators
 --
diff --git a/contrib/cube/sql/cube.sql b/contrib/cube/sql/cube.sql
index 57805ad996..31d1f03c50 100644
--- a/contrib/cube/sql/cube.sql
+++ b/contrib/cube/sql/cube.sql
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ SELECT cube_subset(cube('(1,3,5),(6,7,8)'), ARRAY[3,2,1,1]);
 SELECT cube_subset(cube('(1,3,5),(1,3,5)'), ARRAY[3,2,1,1]);
 SELECT cube_subset(cube('(1,3,5),(6,7,8)'), ARRAY[4,0]);
 SELECT cube_subset(cube('(6,7,8),(6,7,8)'), ARRAY[4,0]);
+-- test for limits: this should pass
+SELECT cube_subset(cube('(6,7,8),(6,7,8)'), array(SELECT 1 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)));
+-- and this should fail
+SELECT cube_subset(cube('(6,7,8),(6,7,8)'), array(SELECT 1 as a FROM generate_series(1,101)));
+
+
 
 --
 -- Test point processing
@@ -117,9 +123,21 @@ SELECT cube(cube(1,2), 42, 24); -- cube_c_f8_f8
 --
 -- Testing limit of CUBE_MAX_DIM dimensions check in cube_in.
 --
-
+-- create too big cube from literal
 select '(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)'::cube;
 select '(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0),(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)'::cube;
+-- from an array
+select cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,101)));
+select cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,101)),array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,101)));
+
+-- extend cube beyond limit
+-- this should work
+select cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)));
+select cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)),array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)));
+-- this should fail
+select cube(cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100))), 0);
+select cube(cube(array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100)),array(SELECT 0 as a FROM generate_series(1,100))), 0, 0);
+
 
 --
 -- testing the  operators