diff --git a/include/config-netware.h b/include/config-netware.h
index 74b3c3720e9..503c8bbef67 100644
--- a/include/config-netware.h
+++ b/include/config-netware.h
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ extern "C" {
 /* On NetWare, stack grows towards lower address*/
 #define STACK_DIRECTION -1
 
+/* On NetWare, we need to set stack size for threads, otherwise default 16K is used */
+#define NW_THD_STACKSIZE 65536
+
 /* On NetWare, to fix the problem with the deletion of open files */
 #define CANT_DELETE_OPEN_FILES 1
 
diff --git a/innobase/os/os0thread.c b/innobase/os/os0thread.c
index 0278e3b2b66..e1a1119cfd4 100644
--- a/innobase/os/os0thread.c
+++ b/innobase/os/os0thread.c
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ os_thread_create(
           "InnoDB: Error: pthread_attr_setstacksize returned %d\n", ret);
 		 exit(1);
 	}
+#endif
+#ifdef __NETWARE__
+	ret = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr,
+					(size_t) NW_THD_STACKSIZE);
+        if (ret) {
+	         fprintf(stderr,
+          "InnoDB: Error: pthread_attr_setstacksize returned %d\n", ret);
+		 exit(1);
+	}
 #endif
 	os_mutex_enter(os_sync_mutex);
 	os_thread_count++;
diff --git a/netware/mysqld_safe.c b/netware/mysqld_safe.c
index a307b52bb7e..8e8f5111241 100644
--- a/netware/mysqld_safe.c
+++ b/netware/mysqld_safe.c
@@ -258,11 +258,11 @@ void finish_defaults()
 void read_defaults(arg_list_t *pal)
 {
   arg_list_t al;
-  char defaults_file[PATH_MAX];
+  char defaults_file[PATH_MAX];
   char mydefaults[PATH_MAX];
   char line[PATH_MAX];
   FILE *fp;
-
+
   // defaults output file
   snprintf(defaults_file, PATH_MAX, "%s/bin/defaults.out", basedir);
   remove(defaults_file);
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void read_defaults(arg_list_t *pal)
   // mysqladmin file
   snprintf(mydefaults, PATH_MAX, "%s/bin/my_print_defaults", basedir);
 
-  // args
+  // args
   init_args(&al);
   add_arg(&al, mydefaults);
   if (default_option[0])
@@ -279,11 +279,11 @@ void read_defaults(arg_list_t *pal)
   add_arg(&al, "server");
   add_arg(&al, "mysqld_safe");
   add_arg(&al, "safe_mysqld");
-
+
   spawn(mydefaults, &al, TRUE, NULL, defaults_file, NULL);
-
+
   free_args(&al);
-
+
   // gather defaults
   if ((fp= fopen(defaults_file, "r")) != NULL)
   {
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 7b9e7d54d8f..cce48cc0d54 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -3089,6 +3089,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
   }
 #endif
+#ifdef __NETWARE__
+  /* Increasing stacksize of threads on NetWare */
+  
+  pthread_attr_setstacksize(&connection_attrib, NW_THD_STACKSIZE);
+#endif
+
   thread_stack_min=thread_stack - STACK_MIN_SIZE;
 
   (void) thr_setconcurrency(concurrency);	// 10 by default