diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3d589ac..324ce0b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2682,6 +2682,12 @@
 	# -u libsys_s pulls in all symbols in libsys
 	Darwin/*)
 		LINKFORSHARED="$extra_undefs -framework CoreFoundation"
+
+		# Issue #18075: the default maximum stack size (8MBytes) is too
+		# small for the default recursion limit. Increase the stack size
+		# to ensure that tests don't crash
+		LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-stack_size,1000000 $LINKFORSHARED"
+
 		if test "$enable_framework"
 		then
 			LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'