diff --git a/HARDHAT_README.md b/HARDHAT_README.md
index e5d97157..2420f1e7 100644
--- a/HARDHAT_README.md
+++ b/HARDHAT_README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ module.exports = {
 | onCompileComplete[<sup>*</sup>][14] | *Function* |  | Hook run *after* compilation completes, *before* tests are run. Useful if you have secondary compilation steps or need to modify built artifacts. [More...][23]|
 | onTestsComplete[<sup>*</sup>][14] | *Function* |  | Hook run *after* the tests complete, *before* Istanbul reports are generated. [More...][23]|
 | onIstanbulComplete[<sup>*</sup>][14] | *Function* |  | Hook run *after* the Istanbul reports are generated, *before* the ganache server is shut down. Useful if you need to clean resources up. [More...][23]|
+| configureYulOptimizer | *Boolean* | false | (Experimental) Setting to `true` should resolve "stack too deep" compiler errrors in large projects using ABIEncoderV2 |
 
 [<sup>*</sup> Advanced use][14]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2e76f1c..2231a8c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ module.exports = {
 | onCompileComplete[<sup>*</sup>][14] | *Function* |  | Hook run *after* compilation completes, *before* tests are run. Useful if you have secondary compilation steps or need to modify built artifacts. [More...][23]|
 | onTestsComplete[<sup>*</sup>][14] | *Function* |  | Hook run *after* the tests complete, *before* Istanbul reports are generated. [More...][23]|
 | onIstanbulComplete[<sup>*</sup>][14] | *Function* |  | Hook run *after* the Istanbul reports are generated, *before* the ganache server is shut down. Useful if you need to clean resources up. [More...][23]|
+| configureYulOptimizer | *Boolean* | false | (Experimental) Setting to `true` should resolve "stack too deep" compiler errrors in large projects using ABIEncoderV2 |
 
 [<sup>*</sup> Advanced use][14]
 
diff --git a/plugins/hardhat.plugin.js b/plugins/hardhat.plugin.js
index c5fe1d30..574e7abf 100644
--- a/plugins/hardhat.plugin.js
+++ b/plugins/hardhat.plugin.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const {
 
 // Toggled true for `coverage` task only.
 let measureCoverage = false;
+let configureYulOptimizer = false;
 let instrumentedSources
 
 // UI for the task flags...
@@ -58,6 +59,17 @@ subtask(TASK_COMPILE_SOLIDITY_GET_COMPILATION_JOB_FOR_FILE).setAction(async (_,
     settings.metadata.useLiteralContent = false;
     // Override optimizer settings for all compilers
     settings.optimizer.enabled = false;
+
+    // This is fixes a stack too deep bug in ABIEncoderV2
+    // Experimental because not sure this works as expected across versions....
+    if (configureYulOptimizer) {
+      settings.optimizer.details = {
+        yul: true,
+        yulDetails: {
+          stackAllocation: true,
+        },
+      }
+    }
   }
   return compilationJob;
 });
@@ -127,6 +139,7 @@ task("coverage", "Generates a code coverage report for tests")
     ui.report('compilation', []);
 
     config.temp = args.temp;
+    configureYulOptimizer = api.config.configureYulOptimizer;
 
     // With Hardhat >= 2.0.4, everything should automatically recompile
     // after solidity-coverage corrupts the artifacts.
diff --git a/test/integration/projects/solc-7/.solcover.js b/test/integration/projects/solc-7/.solcover.js
index 4be0bbdb..fc5a56be 100644
--- a/test/integration/projects/solc-7/.solcover.js
+++ b/test/integration/projects/solc-7/.solcover.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = {
   silent: process.env.SILENT ? true : false,
   skipFiles: ['skipped-folder'],
-  istanbulReporter: ['json-summary', 'text']
+  istanbulReporter: ['json-summary', 'text'],
+  configureYulOptimizer: true
 }