diff --git a/urls.go b/urls.go
index 01f179f..70e9a5c 100644
--- a/urls.go
+++ b/urls.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Max length of the scpUrl to prevent reDOS attacks
+const maxLen = 1000
+
 var (
 	// scpSyntax was modified from https://golang.org/src/cmd/go/vcs.go.
 	scpSyntax = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9-._~]+@)?([a-zA-Z0-9._-]+):([a-zA-Z0-9./._-]+)(?:\?||$)(.*)$`)
@@ -90,6 +93,9 @@ func ParseTransport(rawurl string) (*url.URL, error) {
 // ParseScp parses rawurl into a URL object. The rawurl must be
 // an SCP-like URL, otherwise ParseScp returns an error.
 func ParseScp(rawurl string) (*url.URL, error) {
+	if len(rawurl) > maxLen {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("URL too long: %q", rawurl)
+	}
 	match := scpSyntax.FindAllStringSubmatch(rawurl, -1)
 	if len(match) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no scp URL found in %q", rawurl)
diff --git a/urls_test.go b/urls_test.go
index d4f1f72..f882add 100644
--- a/urls_test.go
+++ b/urls_test.go
@@ -218,3 +218,11 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTooLong(t *testing.T) {
+	longUrl := "https://example.com/" + strings.Repeat("a", 2048)
+	_, err := ParseScp(longUrl)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Parse(%q) = nil, want error", longUrl)
+	}
+}