diff --git a/test/config.sh b/test/config.sh
index 385e7e0977..05b567ad9f 100644
--- a/test/config.sh
+++ b/test/config.sh
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ imageTests+=(
 		python-imports
 		python-pip-requests-ssl
 		python-sqlite3
+		python-stack-size
 	'
 	[rabbitmq]='
 		rabbitmq-basics
diff --git a/test/tests/python-stack-size/container.py b/test/tests/python-stack-size/container.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8d01ed6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/python-stack-size/container.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import threading
+import sys
+
+
+def fun(i):
+    try:
+        fun(i+1)
+    except:
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+
+t = threading.Thread(target=fun, args=[1])
+t.start()
diff --git a/test/tests/python-stack-size/run.sh b/test/tests/python-stack-size/run.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..545a6779f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/python-stack-size/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../run-python-in-container.sh
\ No newline at end of file