diff --git a/lstate.c b/lstate.c
index 92d5165a..d4bc53eb 100644
--- a/lstate.c
+++ b/lstate.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ LUA_API lua_State *lua_newstate (lua_Alloc f, void *ud) {
   preinit_thread(L, g);
   g->allgc = obj2gco(L);  /* by now, only object is the main thread */
   L->next = NULL;
-  g->Cstacklimit = L->nCcalls = LUAI_MAXCSTACK;
+  g->Cstacklimit = L->nCcalls = LUAI_MAXCSTACK + CSTACKERR;
   g->frealloc = f;
   g->ud = ud;
   g->warnf = NULL;
diff --git a/ltests.h b/ltests.h
index 0ae6afc4..8c8de476 100644
--- a/ltests.h
+++ b/ltests.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 /* compiled with -O0, Lua uses a lot of C stack space... */
 #undef LUAI_MAXCSTACK
-#define LUAI_MAXCSTACK	(400 + CSTACKERR)
+#define LUAI_MAXCSTACK		400
 
 /* to avoid warnings, and to make sure value is really unused */
 #define UNUSED(x)       (x=0, (void)(x))
diff --git a/luaconf.h b/luaconf.h
index 39840e39..72018855 100644
--- a/luaconf.h
+++ b/luaconf.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 ** (It will crash with a limit too high.)
 */
 #if !defined(LUAI_MAXCSTACK)
-#define LUAI_MAXCSTACK		2200
+#define LUAI_MAXCSTACK		2000
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/testes/cstack.lua b/testes/cstack.lua
index c7aa740f..2a55ce21 100644
--- a/testes/cstack.lua
+++ b/testes/cstack.lua
@@ -4,15 +4,29 @@
 local debug = require "debug"
 
 print"testing C-stack overflow detection"
-
-local origlimit = debug.setCstacklimit(400)
-print("current stack limit: " .. origlimit)
-debug.setCstacklimit(origlimit)
+print"If this test craches, see its file ('cstack.lua')"
 
 -- Segmentation faults in these tests probably result from a C-stack
--- overflow. To avoid these errors, recompile Lua with a smaller
--- value for the constant 'LUAI_MAXCCALLS' or else ensure a larger
--- stack for the program.
+-- overflow. To avoid these errors, you can use the function
+-- 'debug.setCstacklimit' to set a smaller limit for the use of
+-- C stack by Lua. After finding a reliable limit, you might want
+-- to recompile Lua with this limit as the value for
+-- the constant 'LUAI_MAXCCALLS', which defines the default limit.
+-- (The default limit is printed by this test.)
+-- Alternatively, you can ensure a larger stack for the program.
+
+-- For Linux, a limit up to 30_000 seems Ok. Windows cannot go much
+-- higher than 2_000.
+
+
+local origlimit = debug.setCstacklimit(400)
+print("default stack limit: " .. origlimit)
+
+-- change this value for different limits for this test suite
+local currentlimit = origlimit
+debug.setCstacklimit(currentlimit)
+print("current stack limit: " .. currentlimit)
+
 
 local function checkerror (msg, f, ...)
   local s, err = pcall(f, ...)
@@ -104,7 +118,7 @@ do  print("testing changes in C-stack limit")
     return n
   end
 
-  assert(debug.setCstacklimit(400) == origlimit)
+  assert(debug.setCstacklimit(400) == currentlimit)
   local lim400 = check()
   -- a very low limit (given that the several calls to arive here)
   local lowlimit = 38