diff --git a/compiler/gen/tests/gen_list.rs b/compiler/gen/tests/gen_list.rs
index 39cc706a77..71f9895f54 100644
--- a/compiler/gen/tests/gen_list.rs
+++ b/compiler/gen/tests/gen_list.rs
@@ -307,10 +307,16 @@ mod gen_list {
         assert_concat_worked(2, 3);
         assert_concat_worked(3, 3);
         assert_concat_worked(4, 4);
-        // TODO TCE seems to be broken for large concats
-        //        assert_concat_worked(150, 150);
-        //        assert_concat_worked(129, 350);
-        //        assert_concat_worked(350, 129);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn list_concat_large() {
+        // these values produce mono ASTs so large that
+        // it can cause a stack overflow. This has been solved
+        // for current code, but may become a problem again in the future.
+        assert_concat_worked(150, 150);
+        assert_concat_worked(129, 350);
+        assert_concat_worked(350, 129);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/compiler/mono/src/inc_dec.rs b/compiler/mono/src/inc_dec.rs
index b5f7dd3e17..9e90e80b7c 100644
--- a/compiler/mono/src/inc_dec.rs
+++ b/compiler/mono/src/inc_dec.rs
@@ -568,9 +568,43 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     }
 
     // TODO should not be pub
-    pub fn visit_stmt(&self, stmt: &'a Stmt<'a>) -> (&'a Stmt<'a>, LiveVarSet) {
+    fn visit_stmt(&self, stmt: &'a Stmt<'a>) -> (&'a Stmt<'a>, LiveVarSet) {
         use Stmt::*;
 
+        // let-chains can be very long, especially for large (list) literals
+        // in (rust) debug mode, this function can overflow the stack for such values
+        // so we have to write an explicit loop.
+        {
+            let mut cont = stmt;
+            let mut triples = Vec::new_in(self.arena);
+            while let Stmt::Let(symbol, expr, layout, new_cont) = cont {
+                triples.push((symbol, expr, layout));
+                cont = new_cont;
+            }
+
+            if !triples.is_empty() {
+                let mut ctx = self.clone();
+                for (symbol, expr, layout) in triples.iter() {
+                    ctx = ctx.update_var_info(**symbol, layout, expr);
+                }
+                let (mut b, mut b_live_vars) = ctx.visit_stmt(cont);
+                for (symbol, expr, layout) in triples.into_iter().rev() {
+                    let pair = ctx.visit_variable_declaration(
+                        *symbol,
+                        (*expr).clone(),
+                        (*layout).clone(),
+                        b,
+                        &b_live_vars,
+                    );
+
+                    b = pair.0;
+                    b_live_vars = pair.1;
+                }
+
+                return (b, b_live_vars);
+            }
+        }
+
         match stmt {
             Let(symbol, expr, layout, cont) => {
                 let ctx = self.update_var_info(*symbol, layout, expr);