diff --git a/tape/build.gradle b/tape/build.gradle
index 2148d0e2..33aecac0 100644
--- a/tape/build.gradle
+++ b/tape/build.gradle
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ checkstyle {
   toolVersion = '7.7'
 }
 
+test {
+  maxHeapSize = '4G' // maximum heap size
+}
+
 apply from: rootProject.file('gradle/gradle-mvn-push.gradle')
diff --git a/tape/src/main/java/com/squareup/tape2/QueueFile.java b/tape/src/main/java/com/squareup/tape2/QueueFile.java
index c1cae7b6..4f8a68b7 100644
--- a/tape/src/main/java/com/squareup/tape2/QueueFile.java
+++ b/tape/src/main/java/com/squareup/tape2/QueueFile.java
@@ -454,13 +454,21 @@ private void expandIfNecessary(long dataLength) throws IOException {
     // Calculate the position of the tail end of the data in the ring buffer
     long endOfLastElement = wrapPosition(last.position + Element.HEADER_LENGTH + last.length);
     long count = 0;
+    long pos = headerLength;
     // If the buffer is split, we need to make it contiguous
     if (endOfLastElement <= first.position) {
       FileChannel channel = raf.getChannel();
       channel.position(fileLength); // destination position
       count = endOfLastElement - headerLength;
-      if (channel.transferTo(headerLength, count, channel) != count) {
-        throw new AssertionError("Copied insufficient number of bytes!");
+      // Transfer data in batches because of the write limitation of 2GB in FileChannelImpl.
+      long remainingToTransfer = count;
+      while (remainingToTransfer > 0) {
+        long sizeToTransfer = min(remainingToTransfer, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+        if (channel.transferTo(pos, sizeToTransfer, channel) != sizeToTransfer) {
+          throw new AssertionError("Copied insufficient number of bytes!");
+        }
+        remainingToTransfer -= sizeToTransfer;
+        pos += sizeToTransfer;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/tape/src/test/java/com/squareup/tape2/QueueFileTest.java b/tape/src/test/java/com/squareup/tape2/QueueFileTest.java
index 669d0beb..73b73a14 100644
--- a/tape/src/test/java/com/squareup/tape2/QueueFileTest.java
+++ b/tape/src/test/java/com/squareup/tape2/QueueFileTest.java
@@ -751,6 +751,51 @@ private QueueFile newQueueFile(boolean zero) throws IOException {
     queue.close();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Exercise a bug where an expanding queue file needs to transfer large data (more than 2GB).
+   */
+  @Test public void testFileExpansionMoveLargeElements() throws IOException {
+    QueueFile queue = newQueueFile();
+
+    // Create test data - (1GB - 4 byte - 4 byte) block
+    // We can mock the large elements transfer as follows:
+    // 1. add four blocks to saturate the queue file;
+    // 2. remove first three blocks;
+    // 3. add three blocks to make the last position smaller than first position;
+    // 4. add one new block which trigger the expansion of queue file
+    // and large data transfer (first three blocks approximately 3GB).
+    int blockSize = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 - headerLength - Element.HEADER_LENGTH;
+    byte[] values = new byte[blockSize];
+    for (int i = 0; i < blockSize; i++) {
+      values[i] = (byte) (i + 1);
+    }
+
+    // Saturate the queue file
+    queue.add(values);
+    queue.add(values);
+    queue.add(values);
+    queue.add(values);
+
+    // Remove first three blocks and add three blocks
+    queue.remove();
+    queue.remove();
+    queue.remove();
+    queue.add(values);
+    queue.add(values);
+    queue.add(values);
+
+    // Cause the queue file to expand and a large data transfer
+    queue.add(values);
+
+    // Make sure values are not corrupted
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      assertThat(queue.peek()).isEqualTo(values);
+      queue.remove();
+    }
+
+    queue.close();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Exercise a bug where opening a queue whose first or last element's header
    * was non contiguous throws an {@link java.io.EOFException}.