diff --git a/src/path/Path.js b/src/path/Path.js
index 4377f343..2dca56fe 100644
--- a/src/path/Path.js
+++ b/src/path/Path.js
@@ -404,8 +404,15 @@ var Path = PathItem.extend(/** @lends Path# */{
                 this._updateSelection(segment, 0, segment._selection);
         }
         if (append) {
-            // Append them all at the end by using push
-            segments.push.apply(segments, segs);
+            // Append them all at the end.
+            // Use a loop as the best way to handle big arrays (see #1493).
+            // Set future array length before the loop for better performances.
+            var originalLength = segments.length;
+            var offsetLength = segs.length;
+            segments.length += offsetLength;
+            for (var i = 0; i < offsetLength; i++) {
+                segments[originalLength + i] = segs[i];
+            }
         } else {
             // Insert somewhere else
             segments.splice.apply(segments, [index, 0].concat(segs));
diff --git a/test/tests/Path.js b/test/tests/Path.js
index 91a1eacf..ae190b10 100644
--- a/test/tests/Path.js
+++ b/test/tests/Path.js
@@ -611,3 +611,12 @@ test('Path#arcTo(from, through, to); where from, through and to all share the sa
     }
     equals(error != null, true, 'We expect this arcTo() command to throw an error');
 });
+
+test('#1493 Path#add with 1000000 segments', function() {
+    var path = new Path();
+    for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
+        path.add(new Point(0, 0));
+    }
+    path.clone();
+    expect(0);
+});