diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b3b22f471c2..d42e111666f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ PCbuild/win32/
 Tools/unicode/data/
 /autom4te.cache
 /build/
+/builddir/
 /config.cache
 /config.log
 /config.status
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_marshal.py b/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
index aae86cc257d..f5956fc3a15 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ def test_recursion_limit(self):
         #if os.name == 'nt' and hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount'):
         if os.name == 'nt':
             MAX_MARSHAL_STACK_DEPTH = 1000
+        elif sys.platform == 'wasi':
+            MAX_MARSHAL_STACK_DEPTH = 1500
         else:
             MAX_MARSHAL_STACK_DEPTH = 2000
         for i in range(MAX_MARSHAL_STACK_DEPTH - 2):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-10-31-18-03-10.gh-issue-98925.zpdjVd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-10-31-18-03-10.gh-issue-98925.zpdjVd.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f23969f4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-10-31-18-03-10.gh-issue-98925.zpdjVd.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Lower the recursion depth for marshal on WASI to support
+wasmtime 2.0/main.
diff --git a/Python/marshal.c b/Python/marshal.c
index 90a44050918..2690f55766c 100644
--- a/Python/marshal.c
+++ b/Python/marshal.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ module marshal
  */
 #if defined(MS_WINDOWS)
 #define MAX_MARSHAL_STACK_DEPTH 1000
+#elif defined(__wasi__)
+#define MAX_MARSHAL_STACK_DEPTH 1500
 #else
 #define MAX_MARSHAL_STACK_DEPTH 2000
 #endif