--- ./src/mongo/platform/stack_locator_pthread_getattr_np.cpp.orig
+++ ./src/mongo/platform/stack_locator_pthread_getattr_np.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
 #include "mongo/util/assert_util.h"
 #include "mongo/util/scopeguard.h"
 
+__attribute__((constructor))
+static void set_default_stack_size(void)
+{
+    pthread_attr_t attr;
+    invariant(pthread_attr_init(&attr) == 0);
+    invariant(pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, 256*1024) == 0);
+    pthread_setattr_default_np(&attr);
+    invariant(pthread_attr_destroy(&attr) == 0);
+}
+
 namespace mongo {
 
 StackLocator::StackLocator() {