diff --git a/docs/binary-diagnostics.md b/docs/binary-diagnostics.md
index f2b1da0fd1..e7de578be3 100644
--- a/docs/binary-diagnostics.md
+++ b/docs/binary-diagnostics.md
@@ -321,10 +321,12 @@ The complete Evidence identifies the stable artifact snapshot by path, byte
 count and SHA-256.
 
 - PE rows reproduce the export directory: each used export-address-table slot
-  with its `ordinal`, one row per name (aliases share an ordinal), `address`
+  with its biased `ordinal` (`OrdinalBase` plus the slot index), one row per
+  name (aliases share an ordinal), `address`
   as the preferred-base virtual address, or `forwarder` text when the slot
   forwards to another DLL. Unused zero-address slots are omitted;
-  ordinal-only exports have a null `name`. The
+  ordinal-only exports have a null `name`. The name-ordinal table stores an
+  unbiased 16-bit EAT index; reported biased ordinals may exceed 16 bits. The
   directory's DLL name, ordinal base and timestamp are reported, and an image
   without an export directory is a complete empty inventory.
 - ELF rows list defined `.dynsym` symbols with global, weak or GNU-unique
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeExports.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeExports.ts
index e258c919ff..3790c65f61 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeExports.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeExports.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import { absoluteLocalPathStringSchema } from "../localPath.js";
 
 const uint = z.number().int().min(0).max(0xffffffff);
 const address = z.string().regex(/^0x[0-9a-f]+$/u);
+// PE ordinals are the DWORD OrdinalBase plus an index into the DWORD-sized
+// export address table. The last valid index is one less than its entry count.
+const MAX_PE_EXPORT_ORDINAL = 0xffffffff + 0xfffffffe;
 
 /** Hard ceiling on the caller-selected input read budget. */
 export const MAX_INSPECT_NATIVE_EXPORTS_FILE_BYTES = 536870912;
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ export type InspectNativeExportsInput = z.infer<
  */
 const peExportSchema = z.strictObject({
   name: z.string().min(1).nullable(),
-  ordinal: z.number().int().min(0).max(0xffff),
+  ordinal: z.number().int().min(0).max(MAX_PE_EXPORT_ORDINAL),
   address: address.nullable(),
   forwarder: z.string().min(1).nullable(),
 });
diff --git a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
index 3ac9b67615..151b9666bc 100644
--- a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
+++ b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
@@ -115,16 +115,29 @@ describe("PE export directories", () => {
     expect(result.limitations[0]).toContain("declares no export directory");
   });
 
-  it("refuses ordinals beyond the 16-bit ordinal space", () => {
-    expect(() =>
-      parseNativeExports(
+  it("preserves biased ordinals beyond WORD and DWORD", () => {
+    const cases = [
+      { ordinalBase: 0x10000, index: 0, ordinal: 0x10000 },
+      { ordinalBase: 0xffffffff, index: 0, ordinal: 0xffffffff },
+      {
+        ordinalBase: 0xffffffff,
+        index: 1,
+        ordinal: 0x1_0000_0000,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    for (const { ordinalBase, index, ordinal } of cases) {
+      const result = parse(
         peExportImage({
-          functions: [{ rva: 0x2000 }],
-          ordinalBase: 0xffff + 1,
+          ordinalBase,
+          functions: Array.from({ length: index + 1 }, (_, row) =>
+            row === index ? { rva: 0x2000 } : null,
+          ),
+          names: [{ name: "Named", index }],
         }),
-        artifact,
-      ),
-    ).toThrow("16-bit ordinals");
+      );
+      expect(result.exports).toMatchObject([{ name: "Named", ordinal }]);
+    }
   });
 
   it("ignores a trailing unused slot after the last 16-bit ordinal", () => {
diff --git a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.ts b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.ts
index 87870b1c3e..0c35ab9e45 100644
--- a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.ts
+++ b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.ts
@@ -188,11 +188,6 @@ const parsePeExports = (bytes: Buffer, artifact: Artifact): NativeExports => {
     // A zero slot is an unused ordinal, not an export.
     if (rva === 0) continue;
     const ordinal = ordinalBase + index;
-    if (ordinal > 0xffff)
-      throw new BinaryFormatFailure(
-        "malformed",
-        "PE exported ordinal exceeds 16-bit ordinals",
-      );
     let target: Pick<PeExport, "address" | "forwarder">;
     if (rva >= directory.virtual_address && rva < forwarderEnd) {
       try {
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/nativeExportsOrdinalSlots.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/nativeExportsOrdinalSlots.test.ts
index fd6b6b085f..48dccc8dd9 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/nativeExportsOrdinalSlots.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/nativeExportsOrdinalSlots.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 import { expect } from "vitest";
 import { toolContract } from "../../../src/contracts/toolContracts.js";
 import { nativeExportsSchema } from "../../../src/domain/native/nativeExports.js";
+import { connectLocalToolsMcp } from "../../fixtures/localToolsMcp.js";
 import { peExportImage } from "../../fixtures/binaryDiagnostics/nativeExports.js";
 import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
 import { cliTest } from "../../support/cli/cliFixture.js";
@@ -45,5 +46,73 @@ cliTest(
       },
     );
   },
-  30_000,
+);
+
+cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
+  "preserves biased PE ordinals above the name-table index width through %s",
+  async (surface, { cli }) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-pe-biased-ordinal-");
+    const cases = [
+      { name: "word-base", base: 0x10000, index: 0, ordinal: 0x10000 },
+      {
+        name: "maximum-dword-base",
+        base: 0xffffffff,
+        index: 0,
+        ordinal: 0xffffffff,
+      },
+      {
+        name: "sum-above-dword",
+        base: 0xffffffff,
+        index: 1,
+        ordinal: 0x1_0000_0000,
+      },
+    ];
+    const mcp =
+      surface === "stdio MCP" ? await connectLocalToolsMcp() : undefined;
+
+    for (const fixture of cases) {
+      const path = join(root, `${fixture.name}.dll`);
+      const functions = Array.from({ length: fixture.index + 1 }, (_, row) =>
+        row === fixture.index ? { rva: 0x1300 } : null,
+      );
+      await writeFile(
+        path,
+        peExportImage({
+          ordinalBase: fixture.base,
+          functions,
+          names: [{ name: "Named", index: fixture.index }],
+        }),
+      );
+
+      let document: unknown;
+      if (surface === "CLI") {
+        const response = await cli.run({
+          arguments: ["inspect-native-exports", path, "--json"],
+        });
+        expect(response.exitCode, response.stderr).toBe(0);
+        document = toolContract("inspect_native_exports").outputSchema.parse(
+          response.json,
+        );
+      } else {
+        const response = await mcp!.call("inspect_native_exports", { path });
+        expect(response.isError, JSON.stringify(response)).not.toBe(true);
+        document = response.structuredContent;
+      }
+
+      const evidence = toolContract(
+        "inspect_native_exports",
+      ).outputSchema.parse(document);
+      expect(
+        nativeExportsSchema.parse(evidence.normalized_result),
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        format: "pe",
+        coverage: {
+          status: "complete",
+          examined_entries: fixture.index + 1,
+          exports: 1,
+        },
+        exports: [{ name: "Named", ordinal: fixture.ordinal }],
+      });
+    }
+  },
 );