diff --git a/mysql-test/main/json_debug_nonembedded.result b/mysql-test/main/json_debug_nonembedded.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e759cafa38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/main/json_debug_nonembedded.result
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# MDEV-28762: recursive call of some json functions without stack control
+#
+SET @saved_dbug = @@debug_dbug;
+SET debug_dbug='+d,json_check_min_stack_requirement';
+SET @json1= '{"key1":"val1"}';
+SET @json2= '{"key1":"val1"}';
+SELECT JSON_OVERLAPS(@json1, @json2);
+ERROR HY000: Thread stack overrun:  'used bytes' used of a 'available' byte stack, and 'X' bytes needed. Consider increasing the thread_stack system variable.
+SET @@debug_dbug= @saved_dbug;
+#
+# End of 10.9 test
+#
diff --git a/mysql-test/main/json_debug_nonembedded.test b/mysql-test/main/json_debug_nonembedded.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5813b46e556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/main/json_debug_nonembedded.test
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- source include/not_embedded.inc
+--source include/have_debug.inc
+
+--echo #
+--echo # MDEV-28762: recursive call of some json functions without stack control
+--echo #
+
+SET @saved_dbug = @@debug_dbug;
+SET debug_dbug='+d,json_check_min_stack_requirement';
+
+SET @json1= '{"key1":"val1"}';
+SET @json2= '{"key1":"val1"}';
+
+--replace_regex /overrun:  [0-9]* bytes used of a [0-9]* byte stack, and [0-9]* bytes needed/overrun:  'used bytes' used of a 'available' byte stack, and 'X' bytes needed/
+--error ER_STACK_OVERRUN_NEED_MORE
+SELECT JSON_OVERLAPS(@json1, @json2);
+
+SET @@debug_dbug= @saved_dbug;
+
+--echo #
+--echo # End of 10.9 test
+--echo #
diff --git a/sql/item_jsonfunc.cc b/sql/item_jsonfunc.cc
index acf5c199a02..da8478a5f27 100644
--- a/sql/item_jsonfunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_jsonfunc.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "sql_priv.h"
 #include "sql_class.h"
 #include "item.h"
+#include "sql_parse.h"
 
 
 /*
@@ -4406,6 +4407,11 @@ int json_find_overlap_with_object(json_engine_t *js, json_engine_t *value,
 */
 int check_overlaps(json_engine_t *js, json_engine_t *value, bool compare_whole)
 {
+  DBUG_EXECUTE_IF("json_check_min_stack_requirement",
+                  {alloca(my_thread_stack_size-(STACK_MIN_SIZE));}); 
+  if (check_stack_overrun(current_thd, STACK_MIN_SIZE, NULL))
+    return 0;
+
   switch (js->value_type)
   {
   case JSON_VALUE_OBJECT: