diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3caf15ecb0..513e3fd9cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1286,6 +1286,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "server",
  "signal-hook",
+ "size_ext",
  "table_engine",
  "toml 0.7.3",
  "toml_ext",
diff --git a/components/runtime/src/lib.rs b/components/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 42461e161e..755f4d3e69 100644
--- a/components/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ impl Builder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Sets the size of the stack allocated to the worker threads the Runtime
+    /// will use.
+    ///
+    /// This can be any number above 0.
+    pub fn stack_size(&mut self, val: usize) -> &mut Self {
+        self.builder.thread_stack_size(val);
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Sets name of threads spawned by the Runtime thread pool
     pub fn thread_name(&mut self, val: impl Into<String>) -> &mut Self {
         self.thread_name = val.into();
diff --git a/src/ceresdb/Cargo.toml b/src/ceresdb/Cargo.toml
index c16f7ea437..2c554cf67f 100644
--- a/src/ceresdb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/ceresdb/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,38 +27,48 @@ workspace = true
 [features]
 default = ["wal-rocksdb", "wal-table-kv", "wal-message-queue"]
 wal-table-kv = ["wal/wal-table-kv", "analytic_engine/wal-table-kv"]
-wal-message-queue = ["wal/wal-message-queue", "analytic_engine/wal-message-queue"]
+wal-message-queue = [
+    "wal/wal-message-queue",
+    "analytic_engine/wal-message-queue",
+]
 wal-rocksdb = ["wal/wal-rocksdb", "analytic_engine/wal-rocksdb"]
 
 [dependencies]
 analytic_engine = { workspace = true }
-catalog = { workspace = true }
-catalog_impls = { workspace = true }
-clap = { workspace = true }
-cluster = { workspace = true }
-datafusion = { workspace = true }
-df_operator = { workspace = true }
-etcd-client = { workspace = true }
-interpreters = { workspace = true }
-logger = { workspace = true }
-meta_client = { workspace = true }
-moka = { version = "0.10", features = ["future"] }
-panic_ext = { workspace = true }
-proxy = { workspace = true }
-query_engine = { workspace = true }
-router = { workspace = true }
-runtime = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true }
-server = { workspace = true }
-signal-hook = "0.3"
-table_engine = { workspace = true }
-toml = { workspace = true }
-toml_ext = { workspace = true }
-tracing_util = { workspace = true }
-wal = { workspace = true }
+catalog         = { workspace = true }
+catalog_impls   = { workspace = true }
+clap            = { workspace = true }
+cluster         = { workspace = true }
+datafusion      = { workspace = true }
+df_operator     = { workspace = true }
+etcd-client     = { workspace = true }
+interpreters    = { workspace = true }
+logger          = { workspace = true }
+meta_client     = { workspace = true }
+moka            = { version = "0.10", features = ["future"] }
+panic_ext       = { workspace = true }
+proxy           = { workspace = true }
+query_engine    = { workspace = true }
+router          = { workspace = true }
+runtime         = { workspace = true }
+serde           = { workspace = true }
+server          = { workspace = true }
+signal-hook     = "0.3"
+size_ext        = { workspace = true }
+table_engine    = { workspace = true }
+toml            = { workspace = true }
+toml_ext        = { workspace = true }
+tracing_util    = { workspace = true }
+wal             = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "8", default-features = false, features = ["build", "cargo", "git", "gitcl", "rustc"] }
+vergen = { version = "8", default-features = false, features = [
+    "build",
+    "cargo",
+    "git",
+    "gitcl",
+    "rustc",
+] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "ceresdb-server"
diff --git a/src/ceresdb/src/config.rs b/src/ceresdb/src/config.rs
index 9d855cdca3..7463f798f6 100644
--- a/src/ceresdb/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/ceresdb/src/config.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use cluster::config::ClusterConfig;
 use proxy::limiter::LimiterConfig;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use server::config::{ServerConfig, StaticRouteConfig};
+use size_ext::ReadableSize;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
@@ -92,6 +93,12 @@ pub enum ClusterDeployment {
 pub struct RuntimeConfig {
     /// Runtime for reading data
     pub read_thread_num: usize,
+    /// The size of the stack used by the read thread
+    ///
+    /// The size should be a set as a large number if the complex query exists.
+    /// TODO: this config may be removed in the future when the complex query
+    /// won't overflow the stack.
+    pub read_thread_stack_size: ReadableSize,
     /// Runtime for writing data
     pub write_thread_num: usize,
     /// Runtime for communicating with meta cluster
@@ -108,6 +115,7 @@ impl Default for RuntimeConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             read_thread_num: 8,
+            read_thread_stack_size: ReadableSize::mb(16),
             write_thread_num: 8,
             meta_thread_num: 2,
             compact_thread_num: 4,
diff --git a/src/ceresdb/src/setup.rs b/src/ceresdb/src/setup.rs
index ad9dab5b40..58729bf6ad 100644
--- a/src/ceresdb/src/setup.rs
+++ b/src/ceresdb/src/setup.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,18 @@ pub fn setup_tracing(config: &Config) -> WorkerGuard {
     tracing_util::init_tracing_with_file(&config.tracing, &config.node.addr, Rotation::NEVER)
 }
 
-fn build_runtime(name: &str, threads_num: usize) -> runtime::Runtime {
-    runtime::Builder::default()
+fn build_runtime_with_stack_size(
+    name: &str,
+    threads_num: usize,
+    stack_size: Option<usize>,
+) -> runtime::Runtime {
+    let mut builder = runtime::Builder::default();
+
+    if let Some(stack_size) = stack_size {
+        builder.stack_size(stack_size);
+    }
+
+    builder
         .worker_threads(threads_num)
         .thread_name(name)
         .enable_all()
@@ -71,9 +81,17 @@ fn build_runtime(name: &str, threads_num: usize) -> runtime::Runtime {
         .expect("Failed to create runtime")
 }
 
+fn build_runtime(name: &str, threads_num: usize) -> runtime::Runtime {
+    build_runtime_with_stack_size(name, threads_num, None)
+}
+
 fn build_engine_runtimes(config: &RuntimeConfig) -> EngineRuntimes {
     EngineRuntimes {
-        read_runtime: Arc::new(build_runtime("ceres-read", config.read_thread_num)),
+        read_runtime: Arc::new(build_runtime_with_stack_size(
+            "ceres-read",
+            config.read_thread_num,
+            Some(config.read_thread_stack_size.as_byte() as usize),
+        )),
         write_runtime: Arc::new(build_runtime("ceres-write", config.write_thread_num)),
         compact_runtime: Arc::new(build_runtime("ceres-compact", config.compact_thread_num)),
         meta_runtime: Arc::new(build_runtime("ceres-meta", config.meta_thread_num)),