diff --git a/src/threading.cpp b/src/threading.cpp
index bc92ad3f2..524c70e29 100644
--- a/src/threading.cpp
+++ b/src/threading.cpp
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ gb_internal void thread_init(ThreadPool *pool, Thread *t, isize idx) {
 
 gb_internal void thread_init_and_start(ThreadPool *pool, Thread *t, isize idx) {
 	thread_init(pool, t, idx);
-	isize stack_size = 0;
+	isize stack_size = 1 * 1024 * 1024; // 1 MiB (LLVM takes a lot of stack space)
 
 #if defined(GB_SYSTEM_WINDOWS)
 	t->win32_handle = CreateThread(NULL, stack_size, internal_thread_proc, t, 0, NULL);
@@ -1067,4 +1067,4 @@ void atomic_freelist_put(std::atomic<AtomicFreelist<T> *> &head_list, AtomicFree
 		}
 
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}