diff --git a/src/cmd/src/bin/greptime.rs b/src/cmd/src/bin/greptime.rs
index 707d2daa05..f49cf2dff0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/src/bin/greptime.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/src/bin/greptime.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,37 @@ enum SubCommand {
 #[global_allocator]
 static ALLOC: tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc = tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 
+#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    use snafu::ResultExt;
+    // Set the stack size to 8MB for the thread so it wouldn't overflow on large stack usage in debug mode
+    // see https://github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb/pull/4317
+    // and https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/34283
+    std::thread::Builder::new()
+        .name("main_spawn".to_string())
+        .stack_size(8 * 1024 * 1024)
+        .spawn(|| {
+            {
+                tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+                    .thread_stack_size(8 * 1024 * 1024)
+                    .enable_all()
+                    .build()
+                    .expect("Failed building the Runtime")
+                    .block_on(main_body())
+            }
+        })
+        .context(cmd::error::SpawnThreadSnafu)?
+        .join()
+        .expect("Couldn't join on the associated thread")
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    main_body().await
+}
+
+async fn main_body() -> Result<()> {
     setup_human_panic();
     start(Command::parse()).await
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/src/error.rs b/src/cmd/src/error.rs
index db347df9e5..66cc57c625 100644
--- a/src/cmd/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/src/error.rs
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ pub enum Error {
         error: std::io::Error,
     },
 
+    #[snafu(display("Failed to spawn thread"))]
+    SpawnThread {
+        #[snafu(source)]
+        error: std::io::Error,
+    },
+
     #[snafu(display("Other error"))]
     Other {
         source: BoxedError,
@@ -395,7 +401,9 @@ impl ErrorExt for Error {
             Error::SubstraitEncodeLogicalPlan { source, .. } => source.status_code(),
             Error::StartCatalogManager { source, .. } => source.status_code(),
 
-            Error::SerdeJson { .. } | Error::FileIo { .. } => StatusCode::Unexpected,
+            Error::SerdeJson { .. } | Error::FileIo { .. } | Error::SpawnThread { .. } => {
+                StatusCode::Unexpected
+            }
 
             Error::Other { source, .. } => source.status_code(),