diff --git a/src/libutil/current-process.cc b/src/libutil/current-process.cc
index 352a6a0fb..01f64f211 100644
--- a/src/libutil/current-process.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/current-process.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
+
 #include "current-process.hh"
 #include "namespaces.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
@@ -49,20 +52,27 @@ unsigned int getMaxCPU()
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
-#if __linux__
 rlim_t savedStackSize = 0;
-#endif
 
-void setStackSize(size_t stackSize)
+void setStackSize(rlim_t stackSize)
 {
-    #if __linux__
     struct rlimit limit;
     if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &limit) == 0 && limit.rlim_cur < stackSize) {
         savedStackSize = limit.rlim_cur;
-        limit.rlim_cur = stackSize;
-        setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &limit);
+        limit.rlim_cur = std::min(stackSize, limit.rlim_max);
+        if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &limit) != 0) {
+            logger->log(
+                lvlError,
+                hintfmt(
+                    "Failed to increase stack size from %1% to %2% (maximum allowed stack size: %3%): %4%",
+                    savedStackSize,
+                    stackSize,
+                    limit.rlim_max,
+                    std::strerror(errno)
+                ).str()
+            );
+        }
     }
-    #endif
 }
 
 void restoreProcessContext(bool restoreMounts)
@@ -72,7 +82,6 @@ void restoreProcessContext(bool restoreMounts)
         restoreMountNamespace();
     }
 
-    #if __linux__
     if (savedStackSize) {
         struct rlimit limit;
         if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &limit) == 0) {
@@ -80,7 +89,6 @@ void restoreProcessContext(bool restoreMounts)
             setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &limit);
         }
     }
-    #endif
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/current-process.hh b/src/libutil/current-process.hh
index 826d6fe20..97ea70bf4 100644
--- a/src/libutil/current-process.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/current-process.hh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ unsigned int getMaxCPU();
 /**
  * Change the stack size.
  */
-void setStackSize(size_t stackSize);
+void setStackSize(rlim_t stackSize);
 
 /**
  * Restore the original inherited Unix process context (such as signal