diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/establish.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/establish.rs
index 545bad747c..5a6a4267bf 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/establish.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/establish.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub struct EstablishParams {
     busy_timeout: Duration,
     statement_cache_capacity: usize,
     log_settings: LogSettings,
+    pub(crate) thread_stack_size: usize,
     extensions: IndexMap<CString, Option<CString>>,
     pub(crate) thread_name: String,
     pub(crate) command_channel_size: usize,
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ impl EstablishParams {
             busy_timeout: options.busy_timeout,
             statement_cache_capacity: options.statement_cache_capacity,
             log_settings: options.log_settings.clone(),
+            thread_stack_size: options.thread_stack_size,
             extensions,
             thread_name: (options.thread_name)(thread_id as u64),
             command_channel_size: options.command_channel_size,
diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/worker.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/worker.rs
index ec8b38f0f6..a27018bf07 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/worker.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/connection/worker.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ impl ConnectionWorker {
 
         thread::Builder::new()
             .name(params.thread_name.clone())
+            .stack_size(params.thread_stack_size)
             .spawn(move || {
                 let (command_tx, command_rx) = flume::bounded(params.command_channel_size);
 
diff --git a/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/mod.rs b/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/mod.rs
index 5f22edd913..27ee8162a3 100644
--- a/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/mod.rs
+++ b/sqlx-sqlite/src/options/mod.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pub struct SqliteConnectOptions {
     pub(crate) log_settings: LogSettings,
     pub(crate) immutable: bool,
     pub(crate) vfs: Option<Cow<'static, str>>,
+    pub(crate) thread_stack_size: usize,
 
     pub(crate) pragmas: IndexMap<Cow<'static, str>, Option<Cow<'static, str>>>,
     /// Extensions are specified as a pair of \<Extension Name : Optional Entry Point>, the majority
@@ -191,6 +192,8 @@ impl SqliteConnectOptions {
         // Soft limit on the number of rows that `ANALYZE` touches per index.
         pragmas.insert("analysis_limit".into(), None);
 
+        let default_thread_stack_size = 512 * 1024; // 512KB
+
         Self {
             filename: Cow::Borrowed(Path::new(":memory:")),
             in_memory: false,
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@ impl SqliteConnectOptions {
             log_settings: Default::default(),
             immutable: false,
             vfs: None,
+            thread_stack_size: default_thread_stack_size,
             pragmas,
             extensions: Default::default(),
             collations: Default::default(),
@@ -230,6 +234,19 @@ impl SqliteConnectOptions {
         &self.filename
     }
 
+    /// Set the thread stack size in bytes.
+    ///
+    /// The default thread stack size is 512KB.
+    pub fn thread_stack_size(mut self, size: usize) -> Self {
+        self.thread_stack_size = size;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Get the current thread stack size in bytes.
+    pub fn get_thread_stack_size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.thread_stack_size
+    }
+
     /// Set the enforcement of [foreign key constraints](https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_foreign_keys).
     ///
     /// SQLx chooses to enable this by default so that foreign keys function as expected,