diff --git a/crates/cli/src/build.rs b/crates/cli/src/build.rs
index 0526d87d40..11129068b0 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/build.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/build.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub fn build_file<'a>(
     precompiled: bool,
     target_valgrind: bool,
     threading: Threading,
+    wasm_dev_stack_bytes: Option<u32>,
 ) -> Result<BuiltFile, LoadingProblem<'a>> {
     let compilation_start = Instant::now();
     let target_info = TargetInfo::from(target);
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ pub fn build_file<'a>(
         opt_level,
         emit_debug_info,
         &preprocessed_host_path,
+        wasm_dev_stack_bytes,
     );
 
     buf.push('\n');
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/lib.rs b/crates/cli/src/lib.rs
index 1f387f861c..20db6c8c5a 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ pub const FLAG_LINKER: &str = "linker";
 pub const FLAG_PRECOMPILED: &str = "precompiled-host";
 pub const FLAG_VALGRIND: &str = "valgrind";
 pub const FLAG_CHECK: &str = "check";
+pub const FLAG_WASM_STACK_SIZE_KB: &str = "wasm-stack-size-kb";
 pub const ROC_FILE: &str = "ROC_FILE";
 pub const ROC_DIR: &str = "ROC_DIR";
 pub const GLUE_FILE: &str = "GLUE_FILE";
@@ -117,6 +118,13 @@ pub fn build_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
         .possible_values(["true", "false"])
         .required(false);
 
+    let flag_wasm_stack_size_kb = Arg::new(FLAG_WASM_STACK_SIZE_KB)
+        .long(FLAG_WASM_STACK_SIZE_KB)
+        .help("Stack size in kilobytes for wasm32 target. Only applies when --dev also provided.")
+        .takes_value(true)
+        .validator(|s| s.parse::<u32>())
+        .required(false);
+
     let roc_file_to_run = Arg::new(ROC_FILE)
         .help("The .roc file of an app to run")
         .allow_invalid_utf8(true)
@@ -145,6 +153,7 @@ pub fn build_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
             .arg(flag_linker.clone())
             .arg(flag_precompiled.clone())
             .arg(flag_valgrind.clone())
+            .arg(flag_wasm_stack_size_kb.clone())
             .arg(
                 Arg::new(FLAG_TARGET)
                     .long(FLAG_TARGET)
@@ -515,6 +524,11 @@ pub fn build(
         process::exit(1);
     }
 
+    let wasm_dev_stack_bytes: Option<u32> = matches
+        .value_of(FLAG_WASM_STACK_SIZE_KB)
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u32>().ok())
+        .map(|x| x * 1024);
+
     let target_valgrind = matches.is_present(FLAG_VALGRIND);
     let res_binary_path = build_file(
         &arena,
@@ -528,6 +542,7 @@ pub fn build(
         precompiled,
         target_valgrind,
         threading,
+        wasm_dev_stack_bytes,
     );
 
     match res_binary_path {
diff --git a/crates/compiler/build/src/program.rs b/crates/compiler/build/src/program.rs
index 1899921b04..4e41c19248 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/build/src/program.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/build/src/program.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ pub fn gen_from_mono_module(
     opt_level: OptLevel,
     emit_debug_info: bool,
     preprocessed_host_path: &Path,
+    wasm_dev_stack_bytes: Option<u32>,
 ) -> CodeGenTiming {
     match opt_level {
         OptLevel::Normal | OptLevel::Size | OptLevel::Optimize => gen_from_mono_module_llvm(
@@ -177,9 +178,14 @@ pub fn gen_from_mono_module(
             opt_level,
             emit_debug_info,
         ),
-        OptLevel::Development => {
-            gen_from_mono_module_dev(arena, loaded, target, app_o_file, preprocessed_host_path)
-        }
+        OptLevel::Development => gen_from_mono_module_dev(
+            arena,
+            loaded,
+            target,
+            app_o_file,
+            preprocessed_host_path,
+            wasm_dev_stack_bytes,
+        ),
     }
 }
 
@@ -416,13 +422,18 @@ pub fn gen_from_mono_module_dev(
     target: &target_lexicon::Triple,
     app_o_file: &Path,
     preprocessed_host_path: &Path,
+    wasm_dev_stack_bytes: Option<u32>,
 ) -> CodeGenTiming {
     use target_lexicon::Architecture;
 
     match target.architecture {
-        Architecture::Wasm32 => {
-            gen_from_mono_module_dev_wasm32(arena, loaded, app_o_file, preprocessed_host_path)
-        }
+        Architecture::Wasm32 => gen_from_mono_module_dev_wasm32(
+            arena,
+            loaded,
+            app_o_file,
+            preprocessed_host_path,
+            wasm_dev_stack_bytes,
+        ),
         Architecture::X86_64 | Architecture::Aarch64(_) => {
             gen_from_mono_module_dev_assembly(arena, loaded, target, app_o_file)
         }
@@ -437,6 +448,7 @@ pub fn gen_from_mono_module_dev(
     target: &target_lexicon::Triple,
     app_o_file: &Path,
     _host_input_path: &Path,
+    _wasm_dev_stack_bytes: Option<u32>,
 ) -> CodeGenTiming {
     use target_lexicon::Architecture;
 
@@ -454,6 +466,7 @@ fn gen_from_mono_module_dev_wasm32(
     loaded: MonomorphizedModule,
     app_o_file: &Path,
     preprocessed_host_path: &Path,
+    wasm_dev_stack_bytes: Option<u32>,
 ) -> CodeGenTiming {
     let code_gen_start = Instant::now();
     let MonomorphizedModule {
@@ -474,7 +487,7 @@ fn gen_from_mono_module_dev_wasm32(
         arena,
         module_id,
         exposed_to_host,
-        stack_bytes: roc_gen_wasm::Env::DEFAULT_STACK_BYTES,
+        stack_bytes: wasm_dev_stack_bytes.unwrap_or(roc_gen_wasm::Env::DEFAULT_STACK_BYTES),
     };
 
     let host_bytes = std::fs::read(preprocessed_host_path).unwrap_or_else(|_| {