diff --git a/build/pymake/make.py b/build/pymake/make.py
index 3ce623d4e73f..845ddb12e720 100755
--- a/build/pymake/make.py
+++ b/build/pymake/make.py
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 
   # This is meant as a temporary workaround until issues with many targets
   # and prerequisites is addressed. Bug 874210 tracks.
+  #
+  # The default recursion limit for CPython is 1000.
   try:
-      sys.setrecursionlimit(2 * sys.getrecursionlimit())
+      sys.setrecursionlimit(10000)
   except Exception:
       print >>sys.stderr, 'Unable to increase Python recursion limit.'