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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
index 46b0306d64f..91e9b0716d0 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ The value used here is passed to `quit-restore-window'."
:group 'debugger
:version "24.3")
+(defcustom debug-allow-recursive-debug nil
+ "If non-nil, erroring in debug and edebug won't recursively debug."
+ :type 'boolean
+ :version "29.1")
+
(defvar debugger-step-after-exit nil
"Non-nil means \"single-step\" after the debugger exits.")
@@ -534,7 +539,13 @@ The environment used is the one when entering the activation frame at point."
(error 0)))) ;; If on first line.
(base (debugger--backtrace-base)))
(debugger-env-macro
- (let ((val (backtrace-eval exp nframe base)))
+ (let ((val (if debug-allow-recursive-debug
+ (backtrace-eval exp nframe base)
+ (condition-case err
+ (backtrace-eval exp nframe base)
+ (error (format "%s: %s"
+ (get (car err) 'error-message)
+ (car (cdr err))))))))
(prog1
(debugger--print val t)
(let ((str (eval-expression-print-format val)))