diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 6a383e6d..06e862c1 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ MARIADB_SOCKET_DIR="/var/run/mysqld/"
 CGIT_CLONE_PREFIX_PHP=https://localhost:8443
 CGIT_CLONE_PREFIX_FASTAPI=https://localhost:8444
 GIT_DATA_DIR="./aur.git/"
+TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT=10000
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a8ddf08f..17b666d3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ cache:
 variables:
   AUR_CONFIG: conf/config # Default MySQL config setup in before_script.
   DB_HOST: localhost
+  TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT: 10000
 
 before_script:
   - export PATH="$HOME/.poetry/bin:${PATH}"
diff --git a/aurweb/asgi.py b/aurweb/asgi.py
index 9b4f6c21..8ebeef29 100644
--- a/aurweb/asgi.py
+++ b/aurweb/asgi.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import http
+import os
+import sys
 import typing
 
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
@@ -25,6 +27,19 @@ app = FastAPI(exception_handlers=errors.exceptions)
 
 @app.on_event("startup")
 async def app_startup():
+    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67054759/about-the-maximum-recursion-error-in-fastapi
+    # Test failures have been observed by internal starlette code when
+    # using starlette.testclient.TestClient. Looking around in regards
+    # to the recursion error has really not recommended a course of action
+    # other than increasing the recursion limit. For now, that is how
+    # we handle the issue: an optional TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT env var
+    # provided by the user. Docker uses .env's TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT
+    # when running test suites.
+    # TODO: Find a proper fix to this issue.
+    recursion_limit = int(os.environ.get(
+        "TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT", sys.getrecursionlimit()))
+    sys.setrecursionlimit(recursion_limit)
+
     session_secret = aurweb.config.get("fastapi", "session_secret")
     if not session_secret:
         raise Exception("[fastapi] session_secret must not be empty")
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e86d8671..e19c8fb7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ services:
     init: true
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=conf/config
+      - TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT=${TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT}
     entrypoint: /docker/test-mysql-entrypoint.sh
     command: /docker/scripts/run-pytests.sh clean
     stdin_open: true
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ services:
     init: true
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=conf/config.sqlite
+      - TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT=${TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT}
     entrypoint: /docker/test-sqlite-entrypoint.sh
     command: setup-sqlite.sh run-pytests.sh clean
     stdin_open: true
@@ -262,6 +264,7 @@ services:
     init: true
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=conf/config
+      - TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT=${TEST_RECURSION_LIMIT}
     entrypoint: /docker/tests-entrypoint.sh
     command: setup-sqlite.sh run-tests.sh
     stdin_open: true