diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
index c095dd0b59300c..57f5de34fdc108 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -2564,6 +2564,7 @@ def __eq__(self, o):
         e.extend([ET.Element('bar')])
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, e.remove, X('baz'))
 
+    @support.infinite_recursion(25)
     def test_recursive_repr(self):
         # Issue #25455
         e = ET.Element('foo')