diff --git a/lib/base/application.cpp b/lib/base/application.cpp
index 2d956a3ee..cb04a3b6f 100644
--- a/lib/base/application.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/application.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ void Application::SetResourceLimits(void)
 	Log(LogDebug, "base", "System does not support adjusting the resource limit for number of processes (RLIMIT_NPROC)");
 #	endif /* RLIMIT_NPROC */
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
+
+#	ifdef RLIMIT_STACK
+	rl.rlim_cur = 128 * 1024;
+	rl.rlim_max = rl.rlim_cur;
+
+	if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rl) < 0)
+		Log(LogDebug, "base", "Could not adjust resource limit for stack size (RLIMIT_STACK)");
+#	endif /* RLIMIT_STACK */
 }
 
 int Application::GetArgC(void)