diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41e6e432f61..ce78c723a04 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -741,6 +741,8 @@ elseif(WIN32)
 			set(PYTHON_LIBPATH ${PYTHON}/lib)
 		endif()
 
+		set(PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS "--stack,2097152")
+
 	endif()
 
 	# used in many places so include globally, like OpenGL
diff --git a/build_files/scons/config/linuxcross-config.py b/build_files/scons/config/linuxcross-config.py
index 8ba82f795a5..d8150a2c1be 100644
--- a/build_files/scons/config/linuxcross-config.py
+++ b/build_files/scons/config/linuxcross-config.py
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ CC_WARN = [ '-Wall' ]
 
 LLIBS = [ '-ldxguid', '-lgdi32', '-lmsvcrt', '-lwinmm', '-lmingw32', '-lm', '-lws2_32', '-lz', '-lstdc++', '-luuid', '-lole32'] #'-lutil', '-lc', '-lm', '-ldl', '-lpthread' ]
 
+PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS = ['--stack,2097152']
+
 BF_DEBUG = False
 BF_DEBUG_CCFLAGS = ['-g', '-D_DEBUG']
 
diff --git a/build_files/scons/config/win32-mingw-config.py b/build_files/scons/config/win32-mingw-config.py
index 4a6d9e06ad1..288d58d1ada 100644
--- a/build_files/scons/config/win32-mingw-config.py
+++ b/build_files/scons/config/win32-mingw-config.py
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ CC_WARN = [ '-Wall' ]
 
 LLIBS = ['-lshell32', '-lshfolder', '-lgdi32', '-lmsvcrt', '-lwinmm', '-lmingw32', '-lm', '-lws2_32', '-lz', '-lstdc++','-lole32','-luuid']
 
+PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS = ['--stack,2097152']
+
 BF_DEBUG = False
 BF_DEBUG_CCFLAGS= ['-g', '-D_DEBUG']