diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 18b784ca064c..01f372ab14a5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     (ndossche)
 
 - Standard:
+  . Fixed bug GH-23089 (Stack overflow in array_merge_recursive() with deeply
+    nested arrays). (Lazizbek Ergashev, akasakariko)
   . Fixed dns_get_record() returning partially built records for malformed
     DNS responses. (Marti2203)
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/array.c b/ext/standard/array.c
index c10ad47c093f..9e308ca528f2 100644
--- a/ext/standard/array.c
+++ b/ext/standard/array.c
@@ -4100,6 +4100,13 @@ PHPAPI int php_array_merge_recursive(HashTable *dest, HashTable *src) /* {{{ */
 	zval *src_entry, *dest_entry;
 	zend_string *string_key;
 
+#ifdef ZEND_CHECK_STACK_LIMIT
+	if (UNEXPECTED(zend_call_stack_overflowed(EG(stack_limit)))) {
+		zend_call_stack_size_error();
+		return 0;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_STR_KEY_VAL(src, string_key, src_entry) {
 		if (string_key) {
 			if ((dest_entry = zend_hash_find_known_hash(dest, string_key)) != NULL) {
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/array/gh23089.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/array/gh23089.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85ba69484450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/array/gh23089.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-23089 (Stack overflow in array_merge_recursive with deeply nested arrays)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (ini_get('zend.max_allowed_stack_size') === false) {
+    die('skip No stack limit support');
+}
+?>
+--INI--
+zend.max_allowed_stack_size=1M
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$a = [];
+for ($i = 0; $i < 30000; $i++) {
+    $a = ['k' => $a];
+}
+try {
+    array_merge_recursive($a, $a);
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+    echo $e::class, ': ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+
+/* Avoid the separate stack overflow during array destruction (GH-15869). */
+unset($e);
+while ($a) {
+    $a = $a['k'];
+}
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Error: Maximum call stack size of %d bytes (zend.max_allowed_stack_size - zend.reserved_stack_size) reached. Infinite recursion?