diff --git a/vm/src/builtins.rs b/vm/src/builtins.rs
index c7e11a027..9fd7e08da 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins.rs
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ pub fn make_module(vm: &VirtualMachine, module: PyObjectRef) {
         "ReferenceError" => ctx.exceptions.reference_error.clone(),
         "SyntaxError" =>  ctx.exceptions.syntax_error.clone(),
         "NotImplementedError" => ctx.exceptions.not_implemented_error.clone(),
+        "RecursionError" => ctx.exceptions.recursion_error.clone(),
         "TypeError" => ctx.exceptions.type_error.clone(),
         "ValueError" => ctx.exceptions.value_error.clone(),
         "IndexError" => ctx.exceptions.index_error.clone(),
diff --git a/vm/src/exceptions.rs b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
index b6d9f33a2..e9979c1ac 100644
--- a/vm/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ pub struct ExceptionZoo {
     pub module_not_found_error: PyClassRef,
     pub name_error: PyClassRef,
     pub not_implemented_error: PyClassRef,
+    pub recursion_error: PyClassRef,
     pub os_error: PyClassRef,
     pub overflow_error: PyClassRef,
     pub permission_error: PyClassRef,
@@ -280,6 +281,7 @@ impl ExceptionZoo {
         let zero_division_error = create_type("ZeroDivisionError", &type_type, &arithmetic_error);
         let module_not_found_error = create_type("ModuleNotFoundError", &type_type, &import_error);
         let not_implemented_error = create_type("NotImplementedError", &type_type, &runtime_error);
+        let recursion_error = create_type("RecursionError", &type_type, &runtime_error);
         let file_not_found_error = create_type("FileNotFoundError", &type_type, &os_error);
         let permission_error = create_type("PermissionError", &type_type, &os_error);
         let file_exists_error = create_type("FileExistsError", &type_type, &os_error);
@@ -321,6 +323,7 @@ impl ExceptionZoo {
             module_not_found_error,
             name_error,
             not_implemented_error,
+            recursion_error,
             os_error,
             overflow_error,
             permission_error,