diff --git a/cmake/compiler_flags_override.cmake b/cmake/compiler_flags_override.cmake
index d78b90601..26785a614 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler_flags_override.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler_flags_override.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ elseif ("x${CMAKE_${_lang}_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC")
   set(CMAKE_${_lang}_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT     "/MT /O1 /Ob1")
   set(CMAKE_${_lang}_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT        "/MT /O2 /Ob2")
   set(CMAKE_${_lang}_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT "/MT /Zi /O2 /Ob1")
+  # Override linker flags (see Windows-MSVC.cmake for CMake's defaults)
+  # The stack size comes from the Python build system.
+  set(_msvc_stack_size "8388608")
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT "/debug /INCREMENTAL:NO /STACK:${_msvc_stack_size}")
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT "/debug /INCREMENTAL:NO /STACK:${_msvc_stack_size}")
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT "/INCREMENTAL:NO /STACK:${_msvc_stack_size}")
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT "/INCREMENTAL:NO /STACK:${_msvc_stack_size}")
+  unset(_msvc_stack_size)
 else()
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Overrides not set for ${_lang} compiler \"${CMAKE_${_lang}_COMPILER_ID}\"")
 endif()