diff --git a/Lib/test/list_tests.py b/Lib/test/list_tests.py
index 1c799d7..a0011a4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/list_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/list_tests.py
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
         self.assertEqual(str(a2), "[0, 1, 2, [...], 3]")
         self.assertEqual(repr(a2), "[0, 1, 2, [...], 3]")
 
+        l0 = []
+        for i in xrange(sys.getrecursionlimit() + 100):
+            l0 = [l0]
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, repr, l0)
+
     def test_print(self):
         d = self.type2test(xrange(200))
         d.append(d)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 99e4f07..10f2c71 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #1096: Prevent a segfault from getting the repr of a very deeply nested
+  list by using the recursion counter.
+
 - Issue #1202533: Fix infinite recursion calls triggered by calls to
   PyObject_Call() never calling back out to Python code to trigger recursion
   depth updates/checks.  Required the creation of a static RuntimeError
diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
index c0621dc..92bad8c 100644
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -324,7 +324,10 @@
 	   so must refetch the list size on each iteration. */
 	for (i = 0; i < Py_Size(v); ++i) {
 		int status;
+		if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" while getting the repr of a list"))
+			goto Done;
 		s = PyObject_Repr(v->ob_item[i]);
+		Py_LeaveRecursiveCall();
 		if (s == NULL)
 			goto Done;
 		status = PyList_Append(pieces, s);