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diff --git a/lightning/src/ln/wire.rs b/lightning/src/ln/wire.rs
index 15a21806..dc09bbe2 100644
--- a/lightning/src/ln/wire.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/ln/wire.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 use ln::msgs;
 use util::ser::{Readable, Writeable, Writer};
 
+/// Maximum Lightning message data length according to
+/// [BOLT-8](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/v1.0/08-transport.md#lightning-message-specification):
+/// "The maximum size of any Lightning message MUST NOT exceed 65535 bytes.
+/// A maximum size of 65535 simplifies testing, makes memory management easier,
+/// and helps mitigate memory-exhaustion attacks."
+pub const LN_MAX_MSG_LEN: usize = std::u16::MAX as usize; // Must be equal to 65535
+
 /// A Lightning message returned by [`read`] when decoding bytes received over the wire. Each
 /// variant contains a message from [`ln::msgs`] or otherwise the message type if unknown.
 ///
@@ -311,6 +318,12 @@ mod tests {
 	// Big-endian wire encoding of Pong message (type = 19, byteslen = 2).
 	const ENCODED_PONG: [u8; 6] = [0u8, 19u8, 0u8, 2u8, 0u8, 0u8];
 
+	#[test]
+	fn max_msg_len() {
+		assert_eq!(LN_MAX_MSG_LEN, 65535);
+		assert_eq!(LN_MAX_MSG_LEN, std::u16::MAX as usize);
+	}
+
 	#[test]
 	fn read_empty_buffer() {
 		let buffer = [];