diff --git a/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake b/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
index 2cec270e96d..40634294061 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ endif()
 if( MSVC )
   include(ChooseMSVCCRT)
 
+  # Visual C++ default stack size is 1MB. This is not enough for clang to
+  # instantiate templates up to the default maximum depth allowed, 256.
+  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -STACK:2097152")
+
   if( MSVC10 )
     # MSVC 10 will complain about headers in the STL not being exported, but
     # will not complain in MSVC 11.