diff --git a/mingw-cross-env.pri b/mingw-cross-env.pri
index e696b566..07a0fc16 100644
--- a/mingw-cross-env.pri
+++ b/mingw-cross-env.pri
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ CONFIG(mingw-cross-env) {
   LIBS += mingw-cross-env/lib/libgmp.a 
   LIBS += mingw-cross-env/lib/libCGAL.a
   QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -fpermissive
+  WINSTACKSIZE = 8388608 # 8MB # github issue 116
+  QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wl,--stack,$$WINSTACKSIZE
+  LIBS += -Wl,--stack,$$WINSTACKSIZE 
   QMAKE_DEL_FILE = rm -f
   QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON += -Wno-unused-local-typedefs #eigen3
 }