diff --git a/src/librustc_plugin_impl/lib.rs b/src/librustc_plugin_impl/lib.rs
index 10712eb60b9e3..1eb65dd96ba57 100644
--- a/src/librustc_plugin_impl/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_plugin_impl/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/")]
 #![feature(nll)]
+#![recursion_limit = "256"]
 
 use rustc_lint::LintStore;