diff --git a/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ThreadPool.cpp b/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ThreadPool.cpp
index a292bb5de4..40b8eca188 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ThreadPool.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ThreadPool.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 class ThreadPool::ThreadPoolThread  : public Thread
 {
 public:
-    ThreadPoolThread (ThreadPool& p)
-       : Thread ("Pool"), currentJob (nullptr), pool (p)
+    ThreadPoolThread (ThreadPool& p, size_t stackSize = 0)
+       : Thread ("Pool", stackSize), currentJob (nullptr), pool (p)
     {
     }
 
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ ThreadPoolJob* ThreadPoolJob::getCurrentThreadPoolJob()
 }
 
 //==============================================================================
-ThreadPool::ThreadPool (const int numThreads)
+ThreadPool::ThreadPool (const int numThreads, size_t threadStackSize)
 {
     jassert (numThreads > 0); // not much point having a pool without any threads!
 
-    createThreads (numThreads);
+    createThreads (numThreads, threadStackSize);
 }
 
 ThreadPool::ThreadPool()
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ ThreadPool::~ThreadPool()
     stopThreads();
 }
 
-void ThreadPool::createThreads (int numThreads)
+void ThreadPool::createThreads (int numThreads, size_t threadStackSize)
 {
     for (int i = jmax (1, numThreads); --i >= 0;)
-        threads.add (new ThreadPoolThread (*this));
+        threads.add (new ThreadPoolThread (*this, threadStackSize));
 
     for (int i = threads.size(); --i >= 0;)
         threads.getUnchecked(i)->startThread();
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ThreadPool.h b/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ThreadPool.h
index c928592ed2..753ab1722c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ThreadPool.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ThreadPool.h
@@ -152,10 +152,14 @@ public:
     //==============================================================================
     /** Creates a thread pool.
         Once you've created a pool, you can give it some jobs by calling addJob().
+
         @param numberOfThreads  the number of threads to run. These will be started
                                 immediately, and will run until the pool is deleted.
+        @param threadStackSize  the size of the stack of each thread. If this value
+                                is zero then the default stack size of the OS will 
+                                be used.
     */
-    ThreadPool (int numberOfThreads);
+    ThreadPool (int numberOfThreads, size_t threadStackSize = 0);
 
     /** Creates a thread pool with one thread per CPU core.
         Once you've created a pool, you can give it some jobs by calling addJob().
@@ -309,7 +313,7 @@ private:
     bool runNextJob (ThreadPoolThread&);
     ThreadPoolJob* pickNextJobToRun();
     void addToDeleteList (OwnedArray<ThreadPoolJob>&, ThreadPoolJob*) const;
-    void createThreads (int numThreads);
+    void createThreads (int numThreads, size_t threadStackSize = 0);
     void stopThreads();
 
     // Note that this method has changed, and no longer has a parameter to indicate