diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-04-08-46-23.bpo-38965.Yl4gI2asdfa.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-04-08-46-23.bpo-38965.Yl4gI2asdfa.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9c07fb6be0d7b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-04-08-46-23.bpo-38965.Yl4gI2asdfa.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+After update to GCC10, the testcase is stuck and
+a pragma needs to be added.
diff --git a/Modules/faulthandler.c b/Modules/faulthandler.c
index d1280532ae2d4d..2543f11cb0a085 100644
--- a/Modules/faulthandler.c
+++ b/Modules/faulthandler.c
@@ -1169,6 +1169,11 @@ faulthandler_fatal_error_py(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 #endif
 static
 uintptr_t
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+  /* For the very same reason, the GCC compiler can turn the tail
+   * call into a loop.  */
+__attribute__((optimize("-O0")))
+#endif
 stack_overflow(uintptr_t min_sp, uintptr_t max_sp, size_t *depth)
 {
     /* allocate 4096 bytes on the stack at each call */