diff --git a/src/flag-definitions.h b/src/flag-definitions.h
index 0caca9ffee..0d4f395a7a 100644
--- a/src/flag-definitions.h
+++ b/src/flag-definitions.h
@@ -471,9 +471,7 @@ DEFINE_BOOL(enable_liveedit, true, "enable liveedit experimental feature")
 DEFINE_BOOL(hard_abort, true, "abort by crashing")
 
 // execution.cc
-// Slightly less than 1MB, since Windows' default stack size for
-// the main execution thread is 1MB for both 32 and 64-bit.
-DEFINE_INT(stack_size, 984,
+DEFINE_INT(stack_size, V8_DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE_KB,
            "default size of stack region v8 is allowed to use (in kBytes)")
 
 // frames.cc
diff --git a/src/globals.h b/src/globals.h
index 3eb95c644c..38deb3e88e 100644
--- a/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/globals.h
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ namespace internal {
 // Determine whether the architecture uses an out-of-line constant pool.
 #define V8_OOL_CONSTANT_POOL 0
 
+#ifdef V8_TARGET_ARCH_ARM
+// Set stack limit lower for ARM than for other architectures because
+// stack allocating MacroAssembler takes 120K bytes.
+// See issue crbug.com/405338
+#define V8_DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE_KB 864
+#else
+// Slightly less than 1MB, since Windows' default stack size for
+// the main execution thread is 1MB for both 32 and 64-bit.
+#define V8_DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE_KB 984
+#endif
+
+
 // Support for alternative bool type. This is only enabled if the code is
 // compiled with USE_MYBOOL defined. This catches some nasty type bugs.
 // For instance, 'bool b = "false";' results in b == true! This is a hidden