diff --git a/src/test/resources/examples/RecursiveAnnotation/Main.smali b/src/test/resources/examples/RecursiveAnnotation/Main.smali
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+.class public LMain;
+.super Ljava/lang/Object;
+
+;expected output (using the dalvik's default stack size)
+;@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=@RecursiveAnnotation(value=java.lang.StackOverflowError))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
+
+.method public static main([Ljava/lang/String;)V
+    .registers 3
+
+    sget-object v0, Ljava/lang/System;->out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
+
+    const-class v1, LMain;
+    const-class v2, LRecursiveAnnotation;
+
+    invoke-virtual {v1, v2}, Ljava/lang/Class;->getAnnotation(Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;
+    move-result-object v1
+
+    invoke-virtual {v0, v1}, Ljava/io/PrintStream;->println(Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+
+    return-void
+.end method
+
+.annotation runtime LRecursiveAnnotation;
+.end annotation
diff --git a/src/test/resources/examples/RecursiveAnnotation/RecursiveAnnotation.smali b/src/test/resources/examples/RecursiveAnnotation/RecursiveAnnotation.smali
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+.class public abstract interface annotation LRecursiveAnnotation;
+.super Ljava/lang/Object;
+.implements Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;
+
+;this is a recursive annotation that has a default value of itself.
+;Trying to print .toString() on an instance of this annotation
+;will cause a stack overflow
+
+.method public abstract value()LRecursiveAnnotation;
+.end method
+
+.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/AnnotationDefault;
+    value = .subannotation LRecursiveAnnotation;
+                value = .subannotation LRecursiveAnnotation;
+                        .end subannotation
+            .end subannotation
+.end annotation
+