diff --git a/src/link.cpp b/src/link.cpp
index 72997b4156..0f27cee9ab 100644
--- a/src/link.cpp
+++ b/src/link.cpp
@@ -2101,9 +2101,10 @@ static void construct_linker_job_wasm(LinkJob *lj) {
 
     lj->args.append("-error-limit=0");
     // Increase the default stack size to a more reasonable value of 1MB instead of
-    // the default of 1 Wasm page being 64KB.
+    // the default of 1 Wasm page being 64KB, unless overriden by the user.
+    size_t stack_size = (g->stack_size_override == 0) ? 1048576 : g->stack_size_override;
     lj->args.append("-z");
-    lj->args.append("stack-size=1048576");
+    lj->args.append(buf_ptr(buf_sprintf("stack-size=%" ZIG_PRI_usize, stack_size)));
 
     if (g->out_type != OutTypeExe) {
         lj->args.append("--no-entry"); // So lld doesn't look for _start.
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 41aade9431..6d5f1f3f76 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static int print_full_usage(const char *arg0, FILE *file, int return_code) {
         "  -l[lib]                      alias for --library\n"
         "  -rdynamic                    add all symbols to the dynamic symbol table\n"
         "  -rpath [path]                add directory to the runtime library search path\n"
+        "  --stack [size]               (linux, windows, Wasm) override default stack size\n"
         "  --subsystem [subsystem]      (windows) /SUBSYSTEM:<subsystem> to the linker\n"
         "  -F[dir]                      (darwin) add search path for frameworks\n"
         "  -framework [name]            (darwin) link against framework\n"
@@ -1231,6 +1232,8 @@ static int main0(int argc, char **argv) {
                     ver_patch = atoi(argv[i]);
                 } else if (strcmp(arg, "--test-cmd") == 0) {
                     test_exec_args.append(argv[i]);
+                } else if (strcmp(arg, "--stack") == 0) {
+                    stack_size_override = atoi(argv[i]);
                 } else if (strcmp(arg, "--subsystem") == 0) {
                     if (strcmp(argv[i], "console") == 0) {
                         subsystem = TargetSubsystemConsole;