An internal combustion engine having a supercharger system and a system for adjusting the control times of at least one intake valve of a cylinder within a predefined adjustment range, in which the control times are adjustable between starting from a zero position up to a maximum adjustment position, adjusting it by a defined maximum possible crank angle range in the direction of advanced ignition, and the intake length of the intake cam assigned to the intake valve is designed so that the control time for closing the intake valve is at or before bottom dead center when the zero position prevails in the system for adjusting the control times.