diff --git a/crates/base_db/src/lib.rs b/crates/base_db/src/lib.rs
index d80660f7c9a..a4c590cf6d9 100644
--- a/crates/base_db/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/base_db/src/lib.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@ pub trait SourceDatabase: FileLoader + std::fmt::Debug {
     /// The crate graph.
     #[salsa::input]
     fn crate_graph(&self) -> Arc<CrateGraph>;
+
+    #[salsa::transparent]
+    fn crate_limits(&self, crate_id: CrateId) -> CrateLimits;
+}
+
+pub struct CrateLimits {
+    /// The maximum depth for potentially infinitely-recursive compile-time operations like macro expansion or auto-dereference.
+    pub recursion_limit: u32,
+}
+
+fn crate_limits(_db: &dyn SourceDatabase, _crate_id: CrateId) -> CrateLimits {
+    CrateLimits {
+        // 128 is the default in rustc.
+        recursion_limit: 128,
+    }
 }
 
 fn parse_query(db: &dyn SourceDatabase, file_id: FileId) -> Parse<ast::SourceFile> {