diff --git a/tests/Kernel/Containers/list_test.cpp b/tests/Kernel/Containers/list_test.cpp
index 3325c579a..470a8634c 100644
--- a/tests/Kernel/Containers/list_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/Kernel/Containers/list_test.cpp
@@ -140,3 +140,16 @@ TEST_CASE ("contains") {
   CHECK_EQ (contains (normal, 2L), true);
   CHECK_EQ (contains (normal, 3L), true);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE ("long list under stack size") {
+  int initial_mem_used= mem_used ();
+  cout << "Initial mem used: " << initial_mem_used << LF;
+  list<string> long_l;
+  // increase the size to 5000, there will be a stackoverflow on Windows
+  for (int i= 0; i < 4000; i++) {
+    long_l= list<string> ("88888888", long_l);
+  }
+  int final_mem_used= mem_used ();
+  cout << "Final mem used: " << final_mem_used << LF;
+  cout << "Actual mem used: " << final_mem_used - initial_mem_used << LF;
+}
diff --git a/xmake.lua b/xmake.lua
index 6b8f01ab3..757f30b49 100644
--- a/xmake.lua
+++ b/xmake.lua
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ function add_test_target(filepath)
         if is_plat("windows") then
             add_cxxflags("/utf-8")
             add_ldflags("/LTCG")
+            -- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/stack-stack-allocations?view=msvc-170
+            -- explicitly set stack size to 1M on windows
+            add_ldflags("/STACK:1048576")
         end
 
         if is_plat("windows") or is_plat("mingw") then