4 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim b/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim
index f3230f71d..6ac0279fc 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ const MAP_POPULATE* = cint(32768)
 
 # <sys/resource.h>
 const RLIMIT_NOFILE* = cint(7)
+const RLIMIT_STACK* = cint(3)
 
 # <sys/select.h>
 const FD_SETSIZE* = cint(1024)
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim b/lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim
index 08069fe9a..f4809a9c2 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ var POSIX_TYPED_MEM_MAP_ALLOCATABLE* {.importc: "POSIX_TYPED_MEM_MAP_ALLOCATABLE
 
 # <sys/resource.h>
 var RLIMIT_NOFILE* {.importc: "RLIMIT_NOFILE", header: "<sys/resource.h>".}: cint
+var RLIMIT_STACK* {.importc: "RLIMIT_STACK", header: "<sys/resource.h>".}: cint
 
 # <sys/select.h>
 var FD_SETSIZE* {.importc: "FD_SETSIZE", header: "<sys/select.h>".}: cint
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tposix.nim b/tests/stdlib/tposix.nim
index c5e820836..060482229 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/tposix.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tposix.nim
@@ -62,3 +62,27 @@ when not defined(windows):
         )
         doAssert buffer == sent
         doAssert bytesRead == int(MQ_MESSAGE_SIZE)
+
+  block:
+    var rl: RLimit
+    var res = getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, rl)
+    doAssert res == 0
+
+    # save old value
+    let oldrlim = rl.rlim_cur
+
+    # set new value
+    rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max - 1
+    res = setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, rl)
+    doAssert res == 0
+
+    # get new value
+    var rl1: RLimit
+    res = getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, rl1)
+    doAssert res == 0
+    doAssert rl1.rlim_cur == rl.rlim_max - 1
+
+    # restore old value
+    rl.rlim_cur = oldrlim
+    res = setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, rl)
+    doAssert res == 0
diff --git a/tools/detect/detect.nim b/tools/detect/detect.nim
index ed1caf78c..fe233420b 100644
--- a/tools/detect/detect.nim
+++ b/tools/detect/detect.nim
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ v("MAP_POPULATE", no_other = true)
 
 header("<sys/resource.h>")
 v("RLIMIT_NOFILE")
+v("RLIMIT_STACK")
 
 header("<sys/select.h>")
 v("FD_SETSIZE")