diff --git a/stew/rlimits.nim b/stew/rlimits.nim
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+# This module should be globally imported from a top-level "config.nims":
+#
+# const stack_size {.intdefine.}: int = 0
+# when defined(stack_size):
+#   when defined(posix):
+#     switch("import", "stew/rlimits")
+
+{.used.}
+
+const
+  RLIMIT_STACK = 3 # from "/usr/include/bits/resource.h"
+  stack_size {.intdefine.}: int = 0
+
+## Set the stack size limit on POSIX systems (the Windows one should be set at
+## compile time, using GCC options, elsewhere).
+when defined(stack_size) and defined(posix) and not (defined(nimscript) or defined(js)):
+  import os, posix
+
+  var rlimit: RLimit
+
+  if getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, rlimit) == -1:
+    stderr.writeLine("getrlimit() error: ", osErrorMsg(osLastError()))
+  else:
+    rlimit.rlim_cur = stack_size
+    if setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, rlimit) == -1:
+      stderr.writeLine("setrlimit() error: ", osErrorMsg(osLastError()))
+    else:
+      echo "Stack size successfully limited to ", stack_size, " bytes."
+