diff --git a/tests/functional/eval.sh b/tests/functional/eval.sh
index 6c19e22c977..586c413c961 100755
--- a/tests/functional/eval.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/eval.sh
@@ -43,24 +43,24 @@ ln -sfn cycle.nix "$TEST_ROOT/cycle.nix"
 # The expression creates a non-cyclic but infinitely deep structure:
 # f returns immediately with a thunk, so Nix call depth stays at 1,
 # but Printer::print recurses on the C++ stack.
-expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'let f = n: { inner = f (n + 1); }; in f 0' \
+expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'let f = n: { inner = f (n + 1); }; in f 0' --max-call-depth 100 \
   | grepQuiet "stack overflow; max-call-depth exceeded"
 
 # Same for builtins.toXML
-expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'builtins.toXML (let f = n: { inner = f (n + 1); }; in f 0)' \
+expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'builtins.toXML (let f = n: { inner = f (n + 1); }; in f 0)' --max-call-depth 100 \
   | grepQuiet "stack overflow; max-call-depth exceeded"
 
 # Same for equality comparison (n is not observable, so structures are equal)
-expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'let f = n: { inner = f (n + 1); }; in f 0 == f 1' \
+expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'let f = n: { inner = f (n + 1); }; in f 0 == f 1' --max-call-depth 100 \
   | grepQuiet "stack overflow; max-call-depth exceeded"
 
 # Same for assert with equality (uses assertEqValues)
-expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'let f = n: { inner = f (n + 1); }; in assert f 0 == f 1; true' \
+expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'let f = n: { inner = f (n + 1); }; in assert f 0 == f 1; true' --max-call-depth 100 \
   | grepQuiet "stack overflow; max-call-depth exceeded"
 
 # Same for string coercion with __toString
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
-expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'let f = n: { __toString = _: f (n + 1); }; in "${f 0}"' \
+expectStderr 1 nix eval --expr 'let f = n: { __toString = _: f (n + 1); }; in "${f 0}"' --max-call-depth 100 \
   | grepQuiet "stack overflow; max-call-depth exceeded"
 
 # --file and --pure-eval don't mix.