diff --git a/src/Serilog/Parsing/MessageTemplateParser.cs b/src/Serilog/Parsing/MessageTemplateParser.cs
index 81481a0..b3d934e 100644
--- a/src/Serilog/Parsing/MessageTemplateParser.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog/Parsing/MessageTemplateParser.cs
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ public class MessageTemplateParser : IMessageTemplateParser
             if (!int.TryParse(alignment, NumberStyles.AllowLeadingSign, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var width))
                 return new TextToken(rawText);
 
+            // int.MinValue has no positive counterpart, so it cannot be an alignment
+            // width; treat it as text rather than overflowing below.
+            if (width == int.MinValue)
+                return new TextToken(rawText);
+
             var hasDash = alignment[0] == '-';
             var direction = hasDash ? AlignmentDirection.Left : AlignmentDirection.Right;
 
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Tests/Parsing/MessageTemplateParserTests.cs b/test/Serilog.Tests/Parsing/MessageTemplateParserTests.cs
index f56fb60..ccf6b65 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Tests/Parsing/MessageTemplateParserTests.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.Tests/Parsing/MessageTemplateParserTests.cs
@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ public class MessageTemplateParserTests
             new TextToken("{Hello,10-1}"));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void AlignmentOfIntMinValueIsParsedAsText()
+    {
+        AssertParsedAs("{Hello,-2147483648}",
+            new TextToken("{Hello,-2147483648}"));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void EmptyAlignmentIsParsedAsText()
     {