--- a/Python/thread_nt.h	Sun Jun 04 06:19:31 2006 +0000
+++ b/Python/thread_nt.h	Sun Jun 04 12:31:09 2006 +0000
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 	if (obj.done == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	rv = _beginthread(bootstrap, 0, &obj); /* use default stack size */
+	rv = _beginthread(bootstrap, _pythread_stacksize, &obj);
 	if (rv == (Py_uintptr_t)-1) {
 		/* I've seen errno == EAGAIN here, which means "there are
 		 * too many threads".
@@ -313,3 +313,37 @@
 	if (!(aLock && LeaveNonRecursiveMutex((PNRMUTEX) aLock)))
 		dprintf(("%ld: Could not PyThread_release_lock(%p) error: %l\n", PyThread_get_thread_ident(), aLock, GetLastError()));
 }
+
+/* minimum/maximum thread stack sizes supported */
+#define THREAD_MIN_STACKSIZE	0x8000		/* 32kB */
+#define THREAD_MAX_STACKSIZE	0x10000000	/* 256MB */
+
+/* set the thread stack size.
+ * Return 1 if an exception is pending, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int
+_pythread_nt_set_stacksize(size_t size)
+{
+	/* set to default */
+	if (size == 0) {
+		_pythread_stacksize = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* valid range? */
+	if (size >= THREAD_MIN_STACKSIZE && size < THREAD_MAX_STACKSIZE) {
+		_pythread_stacksize = size;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	else {
+		char warning[128];
+		snprintf(warning,
+			 128,
+			 "thread stack size of %#x bytes not supported on Win32",
+			 size);
+		return PyErr_Warn(PyExc_RuntimeWarning, warning);
+	}
+}
+
+#undef THREAD_SET_STACKSIZE
+#define THREAD_SET_STACKSIZE(x)	_pythread_nt_set_stacksize(x)