diff --git a/bin/ch/CMakeLists.txt b/bin/ch/CMakeLists.txt
index 7649f8f07d0..330633b9b62 100644
--- a/bin/ch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bin/ch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(ch_source_files 
+set(ch_source_files
   ch.cpp
   ChakraRtInterface.cpp
   CodexAssert.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ if(STATIC_LIBRARY)
       icucore
       "-framework CoreFoundation"
       "-framework Security"
+      # set stack size to 64Mb for stack tests
+      -Wl,-stack_size,0x04000000
       )
   endif() # Linux ?
 else() # // !from shared library
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ else() # // !from shared library
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux)
-  set(lib_target "${lib_target}" 
+  set(lib_target "${lib_target}"
     -Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ch.version
     )
 endif()
diff --git a/test/Error/stack.js b/test/Error/stack.js
index d832c8a6b2c..9ba8908eeb3 100644
--- a/test/Error/stack.js
+++ b/test/Error/stack.js
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ function DoSomething()
 
 try
 {
-    var count = 20000; // Keep this unrealistic number as we do not
-                       // limit stack memory to a particular capacity
+    var count = 200000; // Keep this unrealistic number as we do (osx)
+                        // and do not limit stack memory to a particular capacity
 
     var a = {};
     var b = a;