diff --git a/src/build_settings.cpp b/src/build_settings.cpp
index 0aa9977a5..ac033df71 100644
--- a/src/build_settings.cpp
+++ b/src/build_settings.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 // #define DEFAULT_TO_THREADED_CHECKER
 // #endif
 
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT (36)
+
 enum TargetOsKind : u16 {
 	TargetOs_Invalid,
 
@@ -313,6 +315,8 @@ struct BuildContext {
 	RelocMode reloc_mode;
 	bool   disable_red_zone;
 
+	isize max_error_count;
+
 
 	u32 cmd_doc_flags;
 	Array<String> extra_packages;
@@ -344,6 +348,14 @@ gb_internal bool global_ignore_warnings(void) {
 	return build_context.ignore_warnings;
 }
 
+gb_internal isize MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT(void) {
+	if (build_context.max_error_count <= 0) {
+		return DEFAULT_MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT;
+	}
+	return build_context.max_error_count;
+}
+
+
 
 gb_global TargetMetrics target_windows_i386 = {
 	TargetOs_windows,
@@ -1081,6 +1093,10 @@ gb_internal void init_build_context(TargetMetrics *cross_target) {
 	bc->ODIN_VERSION = ODIN_VERSION;
 	bc->ODIN_ROOT    = odin_root_dir();
 
+	if (bc->max_error_count <= 0) {
+		bc->max_error_count = DEFAULT_MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT;
+	}
+
 	{
 		char const *found = gb_get_env("ODIN_ERROR_POS_STYLE", permanent_allocator());
 		if (found) {
diff --git a/src/error.cpp b/src/error.cpp
index 2974dc039..e3e1381f4 100644
--- a/src/error.cpp
+++ b/src/error.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ struct ErrorCollector {
 
 gb_global ErrorCollector global_error_collector;
 
-#define MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT (36)
-
 
 gb_internal bool any_errors(void) {
 	return global_error_collector.count.load() != 0;
@@ -28,6 +26,8 @@ gb_internal void init_global_error_collector(void) {
 	array_init(&global_files,             heap_allocator(), 1, 4096);
 }
 
+gb_internal isize MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT(void);
+
 
 // temporary
 // defined in build_settings.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ gb_internal void error_va(TokenPos const &pos, TokenPos end, char const *fmt, va
 		show_error_on_line(pos, end);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&global_error_collector.mutex);
-	if (global_error_collector.count > MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT) {
+	if (global_error_collector.count > MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT()) {
 		gb_exit(1);
 	}
 }
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ gb_internal void error_no_newline_va(TokenPos const &pos, char const *fmt, va_li
 		error_out_va(fmt, va);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&global_error_collector.mutex);
-	if (global_error_collector.count > MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT) {
+	if (global_error_collector.count > MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT()) {
 		gb_exit(1);
 	}
 }
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ gb_internal void syntax_error_va(TokenPos const &pos, TokenPos end, char const *
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&global_error_collector.mutex);
-	if (global_error_collector.count > MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT) {
+	if (global_error_collector.count > MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT()) {
 		gb_exit(1);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 5ab6ed66c..33ee65c6b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ enum BuildFlagKind {
 	BuildFlag_TerseErrors,
 	BuildFlag_VerboseErrors,
 	BuildFlag_ErrorPosStyle,
+	BuildFlag_MaxErrorCount,
 
 	// internal use only
 	BuildFlag_InternalIgnoreLazy,
@@ -866,6 +867,7 @@ gb_internal bool parse_build_flags(Array<String> args) {
 	add_flag(&build_flags, BuildFlag_TerseErrors,             str_lit("terse-errors"),              BuildFlagParam_None,    Command_all);
 	add_flag(&build_flags, BuildFlag_VerboseErrors,           str_lit("verbose-errors"),            BuildFlagParam_None,    Command_all);
 	add_flag(&build_flags, BuildFlag_ErrorPosStyle,           str_lit("error-pos-style"),           BuildFlagParam_String,  Command_all);
+	add_flag(&build_flags, BuildFlag_MaxErrorCount,           str_lit("max-error-count"),           BuildFlagParam_Integer, Command_all);
 
 	add_flag(&build_flags, BuildFlag_InternalIgnoreLazy,      str_lit("internal-ignore-lazy"),      BuildFlagParam_None,    Command_all);
 	add_flag(&build_flags, BuildFlag_InternalIgnoreLLVMBuild, str_lit("internal-ignore-llvm-build"),BuildFlagParam_None,    Command_all);
@@ -1522,6 +1524,17 @@ gb_internal bool parse_build_flags(Array<String> args) {
 							}
 							break;
 
+						case BuildFlag_MaxErrorCount: {
+							i64 count = big_int_to_i64(&value.value_integer);
+							if (count <= 0) {
+								gb_printf_err("-%.*s must be greater than 0", LIT(bf.name));
+								bad_flags = true;
+							} else {
+								build_context.max_error_count = cast(isize)count;
+							}
+							break;
+						}
+
 						case BuildFlag_InternalIgnoreLazy:
 							build_context.ignore_lazy = true;
 							break;
@@ -2212,8 +2225,21 @@ gb_internal void print_show_help(String const arg0, String const &command) {
 		print_usage_line(2, "Treats warning messages as error messages");
 		print_usage_line(0, "");
 
-		print_usage_line(1, "-verbose-errors");
-		print_usage_line(2, "Prints verbose error messages showing the code on that line and the location in that line");
+		print_usage_line(1, "-terse-errors");
+		print_usage_line(2, "Prints a terse error message without showing the code on that line and the location in that line");
+		print_usage_line(0, "");
+
+		print_usage_line(1, "-error-pos-style:<string>");
+		print_usage_line(2, "Options are 'unix', 'odin' and 'default' (odin)");
+		print_usage_line(2, "'odin'    file/path(45:3)");
+		print_usage_line(2, "'unix'    file/path:45:3:");
+		print_usage_line(0, "");
+
+
+		print_usage_line(1, "-max-error-count:<integer>");
+		print_usage_line(2, "Set the maximum number of errors that can be displayed before the compiler terminates");
+		print_usage_line(2, "Must be an integer >0");
+		print_usage_line(2, "If not set, the default max error count is %d", DEFAULT_MAX_ERROR_COLLECTOR_COUNT);
 		print_usage_line(0, "");
 
 		print_usage_line(1, "-foreign-error-procedures");