diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 474db936ef15..085119ff9d44 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - SQLite:
   . Fix leak when trying to close db if blob stream is still open. (ndossche)
 
+- Standard:
+  . Fixed bug GH-23089 (Stack overflow in array_merge_recursive() with deeply
+    nested arrays). (Lazizbek Ergashev)
+
 - Streams:
   . Fixed bug GH-15836 (Use-after-free when a user stream filter accesses
     $this->stream during the close flush). (iliaal)
diff --git a/ext/standard/array.c b/ext/standard/array.c
index 4527d9a80df8..49c90b88bca4 100644
--- a/ext/standard/array.c
+++ b/ext/standard/array.c
@@ -4047,6 +4047,13 @@ 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..e59900ec85d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/array/gh23089.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--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');
+}
+if (getenv('SKIP_ASAN')) {
+    die('skip ASAN needs different stack limit setting due to more stack space usage');
+}
+?>
+--INI--
+zend.max_allowed_stack_size=256K
+--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";
+}
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Error: Maximum call stack size of %d bytes (zend.max_allowed_stack_size - zend.reserved_stack_size) reached. Infinite recursion?