diff --git a/contrib/jsonb_plperl/jsonb_plperl.c b/contrib/jsonb_plperl/jsonb_plperl.c
index f8e4a584fdd..97d147cc65a 100644
--- a/contrib/jsonb_plperl/jsonb_plperl.c
+++ b/contrib/jsonb_plperl/jsonb_plperl.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 
 #include "fmgr.h"
+#include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "plperl.h"
 #include "utils/fmgrprotos.h"
 #include "utils/jsonb.h"
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ Jsonb_to_SV(JsonbContainer *jsonb)
 	JsonbIterator *it;
 	JsonbIteratorToken r;
 
+	/* this can recurse via JsonbValue_to_SV() */
+	check_stack_depth();
+
 	it = JsonbIteratorInit(jsonb);
 	r = JsonbIteratorNext(&it, &v, true);
 
@@ -179,9 +183,20 @@ SV_to_JsonbValue(SV *in, JsonbInState *jsonb_state, bool is_elem)
 	dTHX;
 	JsonbValue	out;			/* result */
 
+	/* this can recurse via AV_to_JsonbValue() or HV_to_JsonbValue() */
+	check_stack_depth();
+
 	/* Dereference references recursively. */
 	while (SvROK(in))
+	{
+		/*
+		 * It's possible for circular references to make this an infinite
+		 * loop.  Checking for such a situation seems like much more trouble
+		 * than it's worth, but let's provide a way to break out of the loop.
+		 */
+		CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 		in = SvRV(in);
+	}
 
 	switch (SvTYPE(in))
 	{
diff --git a/contrib/jsonb_plpython/jsonb_plpython.c b/contrib/jsonb_plpython/jsonb_plpython.c
index 4de75a04e76..909612a6039 100644
--- a/contrib/jsonb_plpython/jsonb_plpython.c
+++ b/contrib/jsonb_plpython/jsonb_plpython.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "plpy_elog.h"
 #include "plpy_typeio.h"
 #include "plpy_util.h"
@@ -143,6 +144,9 @@ PLyObject_FromJsonbContainer(JsonbContainer *jsonb)
 	JsonbIterator *it;
 	PyObject   *result;
 
+	/* this can recurse via PLyObject_FromJsonbValue() */
+	check_stack_depth();
+
 	it = JsonbIteratorInit(jsonb);
 	r = JsonbIteratorNext(&it, &v, true);
 
@@ -410,6 +414,9 @@ PLyObject_ToJsonbValue(PyObject *obj, JsonbInState *jsonb_state, bool is_elem)
 {
 	JsonbValue *out;
 
+	/* this can recurse via PLyMapping_ToJsonbValue() */
+	check_stack_depth();
+
 	if (!PyUnicode_Check(obj))
 	{
 		if (PySequence_Check(obj))