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diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6df8dd88b6..c16da836ee 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
import sys
from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
+# Workaround for sphinx-build recursion limit overflow:
+# pickle.dump(doctree, f, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
+# RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while pickling an object
+#
+# Python's default allowed recursion depth is 1000 but this isn't enough for
+# building docs/ref/settings.txt sometimes.
+# https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sphinx-dev/MtRf64eGtv4/discussion
+sys.setrecursionlimit(2000)
+
# Make sure we get the version of this copy of Django
sys.path.insert(1, dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__))))