diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4a980fea453697..c758749cd371ed 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7655,7 +7655,7 @@ then :
 fi
      ;; #(
               WASI/*) :
-    HOSTRUNNER='wasmtime run --env PYTHONPATH=/$(shell realpath --relative-to $(abs_srcdir) $(abs_builddir))/$(shell cat pybuilddir.txt):/Lib --mapdir /::$(srcdir) --' ;; #(
+    HOSTRUNNER='wasmtime run --wasm max-wasm-stack=8388608 --wasi preview2 --env PYTHONPATH=/$(shell realpath --relative-to $(abs_srcdir) $(abs_builddir))/$(shell cat pybuilddir.txt):/Lib --dir $(srcdir)::/' ;; #(
   *) :
     HOSTRUNNER=''
    ;;