diff --git a/ports/unix/variants/minimal/mpconfigvariant.h b/ports/unix/variants/minimal/mpconfigvariant.h
index 2edac41c7f..0e280a8f73 100644
--- a/ports/unix/variants/minimal/mpconfigvariant.h
+++ b/ports/unix/variants/minimal/mpconfigvariant.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_COMP_DOUBLE_TUPLE_ASSIGN (1)
 #define MICROPY_ENABLE_COMPILER (1)
 #define MICROPY_ENABLE_EXTERNAL_IMPORT (1)
+#define MICROPY_STACK_CHECK (1)
 #define MICROPY_FULL_CHECKS (1)
 #define MICROPY_HELPER_REPL (1)
 #define MICROPY_KBD_EXCEPTION (1)