diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index b73eae1..084f6c9 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -256,6 +256,17 @@
 .IR yes .
 .RE
 .PP
+.B LASTLOG_UID_MAX
+(unsigned number)
+.RS 4
+Highest user ID number for which the lastlog entries should be
+updated.  As higher user IDs are usually tracked by remote user
+identity and authentication services there is no need to create
+a huge sparse lastlog file for them.  No LASTLOG_UID_MAX option
+present in the configuration means that there is no user ID limit
+for writing lastlog entries.
+.RE
+.PP
 .B LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB
 (boolean)
 .RS 4
diff --git a/login-utils/login.c b/login-utils/login.c
index 23b62b8..ab819f1 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.c
+++ b/login-utils/login.c
@@ -503,6 +503,9 @@
 	if (!cxt->pwd)
 		return;
 
+	if (cxt->pwd->pw_uid > (uid_t) getlogindefs_num("LASTLOG_UID_MAX", ULONG_MAX))
+		return;
+
 	/* lastlog is huge on systems with large UIDs, ignore SIGXFSZ */
 	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
 	sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;