diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c8ca98f..5025e77 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME_S),x86_64)
 endif
 
 EXTENSION = stringtheory
-DATA = stringtheory--1.0.1.sql
+DATA = stringtheory--1.0.2.sql
 PGFILEDESC = "stringtheory - tools for testing equality"
 
 PG_CONFIG = pg_config
 PGXS := $(shell $(PG_CONFIG) --pgxs)
 
-REGRESS = equality strstr
+REGRESS = equality strstr memory
 
 COMPILE.cxx.bc = $(CLANG) -xc++ $(BITCODE_CXXFLAGS) $(PG_CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -emit-llvm -c
 
diff --git a/expected/memory.out b/expected/memory.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fa5360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expected/memory.out
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+CREATE TABLE memory_test (i BIGINT, t TEXT);
+INSERT INTO memory_test SELECT 1, repeat('a', (2^19)::INTEGER);
+INSERT INTO memory_test SELECT 2, repeat('b', (2^20)::INTEGER);
+INSERT INTO memory_test SELECT 3, repeat('c', (2^21)::INTEGER);
+SELECT i, stringtheory.strstr(t, 'aa') FROM memory_test;
+ i | strstr 
+---+--------
+ 1 |      0
+ 2 |     -1
+ 3 |     -1
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT i, stringtheory.strstr(t, 'bb') FROM memory_test;
+ i | strstr 
+---+--------
+ 1 |     -1
+ 2 |      0
+ 3 |     -1
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT i, stringtheory.strstr(t, 'cc') FROM memory_test;
+ i | strstr 
+---+--------
+ 1 |     -1
+ 2 |     -1
+ 3 |      0
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT i, stringtheory.equals(t, repeat('a', (2^19)::INTEGER)) FROM memory_test;
+ i | equals 
+---+--------
+ 1 | t
+ 2 | f
+ 3 | f
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT i, stringtheory.equals(t, repeat('b', (2^20)::INTEGER)) FROM memory_test;
+ i | equals 
+---+--------
+ 1 | f
+ 2 | t
+ 3 | f
+(3 rows)
+
+SELECT i, stringtheory.equals(t, repeat('c', (2^21)::INTEGER)) FROM memory_test;
+ i | equals 
+---+--------
+ 1 | f
+ 2 | f
+ 3 | t
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/sql/memory.sql b/sql/memory.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e7be6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/memory.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+CREATE TABLE memory_test (i BIGINT, t TEXT);
+
+INSERT INTO memory_test SELECT 1, repeat('a', (2^19)::INTEGER);
+INSERT INTO memory_test SELECT 2, repeat('b', (2^20)::INTEGER);
+INSERT INTO memory_test SELECT 3, repeat('c', (2^21)::INTEGER);
+
+SELECT i, stringtheory.strstr(t, 'aa') FROM memory_test;
+SELECT i, stringtheory.strstr(t, 'bb') FROM memory_test;
+SELECT i, stringtheory.strstr(t, 'cc') FROM memory_test;
+
+SELECT i, stringtheory.equals(t, repeat('a', (2^19)::INTEGER)) FROM memory_test;
+SELECT i, stringtheory.equals(t, repeat('b', (2^20)::INTEGER)) FROM memory_test;
+SELECT i, stringtheory.equals(t, repeat('c', (2^21)::INTEGER)) FROM memory_test;
diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index 7841b2f..98b7220 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -74,16 +74,41 @@ Datum pg_strstr(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) {
     PG_RETURN_INT32(-1);
   }
 
-  /* Make a copy of the data to null terminate. */
-  char left_term[ len_left + 1 ];
-  memcpy(left_term, VARDATA_ANY(left), len_left);
-  left_term[ len_left ] = '\0';
-  char right_term[ len_right + 1 ];
-  memcpy(right_term, VARDATA_ANY(right), len_right);
-  right_term[ len_right ] = '\0';
-
-  /* Get the results from the simd functions. */
-  size_t ret = fast_strstr(left_term, len_left, right_term, len_right);
+  /*
+   * Make a copy of the data to null terminate.
+   *
+   * If either side is over 2^20 bytes, don't allocate
+   * on the stack, but use heap instead.
+   */
+  bool use_heap = (len_left >= 1048576 || len_right >= 1048576);
+  size_t ret;
+
+  if (!use_heap) {
+    char left_term[ len_left + 1 ];
+    memcpy(left_term, VARDATA_ANY(left), len_left);
+    left_term[ len_left ] = '\0';
+
+    char right_term[ len_right + 1 ];
+    memcpy(right_term, VARDATA_ANY(right), len_right);
+    right_term[ len_right ] = '\0';
+
+    /* Get the results from the simd functions. */
+    ret = fast_strstr(left_term, len_left, right_term, len_right);
+  } else {
+    char *left_term = (char *)palloc(len_left + 1);
+    memcpy(left_term, VARDATA_ANY(left), len_left);
+    left_term[ len_left ] = '\0';
+
+    char *right_term = (char *)palloc(len_right + 1);
+    memcpy(right_term, VARDATA_ANY(right), len_right);
+    right_term[ len_right ] = '\0';
+
+    /* Get the results from the simd functions. */
+    ret = fast_strstr(left_term, len_left, right_term, len_right);
+
+    pfree(left_term);
+    pfree(right_term);
+  }
 
   PG_RETURN_INT32(ret);
 }
@@ -107,9 +132,41 @@ Datum pg_equals(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) {
     PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
   }
 
-  /* Get the results from the simd functions. */
-  size_t ret =
-      fast_strstr(VARDATA_ANY(left), len_left, VARDATA_ANY(right), len_right);
+  /*
+   * Make a copy of the data to null terminate.
+   *
+   * If either side is over 2^20 bytes, don't allocate
+   * on the stack, but use heap instead.
+   */
+  bool use_heap = (len_left >= 1048576 || len_right >= 1048576);
+  size_t ret;
+
+  if (!use_heap) {
+    char left_term[ len_left + 1 ];
+    memcpy(left_term, VARDATA_ANY(left), len_left);
+    left_term[ len_left ] = '\0';
+
+    char right_term[ len_right + 1 ];
+    memcpy(right_term, VARDATA_ANY(right), len_right);
+    right_term[ len_right ] = '\0';
+
+    /* Get the results from the simd functions. */
+    ret = fast_strstr(left_term, len_left, right_term, len_right);
+  } else {
+    char *left_term = (char *)palloc(len_left + 1);
+    memcpy(left_term, VARDATA_ANY(left), len_left);
+    left_term[ len_left ] = '\0';
+
+    char *right_term = (char *)palloc(len_right + 1);
+    memcpy(right_term, VARDATA_ANY(right), len_right);
+    right_term[ len_right ] = '\0';
+
+    /* Get the results from the simd functions. */
+    ret = fast_strstr(left_term, len_left, right_term, len_right);
+
+    pfree(left_term);
+    pfree(right_term);
+  }
 
   /* If the result is 0, strings are equal. */
   PG_RETURN_BOOL(ret == 0);
diff --git a/stringtheory--1.0.1.sql b/stringtheory--1.0.2.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from stringtheory--1.0.1.sql
rename to stringtheory--1.0.2.sql
diff --git a/stringtheory.control b/stringtheory.control
index 2571ef7..b9ae28e 100644
--- a/stringtheory.control
+++ b/stringtheory.control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # compare extension
 comment = 'tools for comparing strings'
-default_version = '1.0.1'
+default_version = '1.0.2'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/stringtheory'
 relocatable = true