diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b20d34e1f6..9b2a69cb77 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ for f in ${srcdir}/lib/srfi/srfi-*.scm
 do
   srfi=`echo $f | sed 's%.*/%%' | sed 's/.scm//'`
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(if guile needs our copy of ${srfi})
-  if ${GUILE} -c "(use-modules (srfi ${srfi}))" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  if ${GUILE} -c "(debug-set! stack    200000) (use-modules (srfi ${srfi}))" > /dev/null 2>&1
   then
     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
   else
diff --git a/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c b/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
index 7592302918..22d3b337df 100644
--- a/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
+++ b/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ inner_main (void *closure, int argc, char **argv)
     char* fn;
     GError *error = NULL;
 
+    scm_c_eval_string("(debug-set! stack 200000)");
+    
     main_mod = scm_c_resolve_module("gnucash main");
     scm_set_current_module(main_mod);