diff --git a/lib/internal/main/mksnapshot.js b/lib/internal/main/mksnapshot.js
index 0d00acd6a16..63df8c50087 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/mksnapshot.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/mksnapshot.js
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ const { emitWarningSync } = require('internal/process/warning');
 const {
   initializeCallbacks,
   namespace: {
-    addSerializeCallback,
     addDeserializeCallback,
     isBuildingSnapshot,
   },
+  addAfterUserSerializeCallback,
 } = require('internal/v8/startup_snapshot');
 
 const {
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/process/pre_execution');
 
 const path = require('path');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 
 const supportedModules = new SafeSet(new SafeArrayIterator([
   // '_http_agent',
@@ -140,22 +141,56 @@ function main() {
   prepareMainThreadExecution(false, false);
   initializeCallbacks();
 
-  let stackTraceLimitDesc;
-  addDeserializeCallback(() => {
-    if (stackTraceLimitDesc !== undefined) {
-      ObjectDefineProperty(Error, 'stackTraceLimit', stackTraceLimitDesc);
-    }
-  });
-  addSerializeCallback(() => {
-    stackTraceLimitDesc = ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptor(Error, 'stackTraceLimit');
+  // In a context created for building snapshots, V8 does not install Error.stackTraceLimit and as
+  // a result, if an error is created during the snapshot building process, error.stack would be
+  // undefined. To prevent users from tripping over this, install Error.stackTraceLimit based on
+  // --stack-trace-limit by ourselves (which defaults to 10).
+  // See https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/v8/v8/+/3319481
+  const initialStackTraceLimitDesc = {
+    value: getOptionValue('--stack-trace-limit'),
+    configurable: true,
+    writable: true,
+    enumerable: true,
+    __proto__: null,
+  };
+  ObjectDefineProperty(Error, 'stackTraceLimit', initialStackTraceLimitDesc);
 
-    if (stackTraceLimitDesc !== undefined) {
+  let stackTraceLimitDescToRestore;
+  // Error.stackTraceLimit needs to be removed during serialization, because when V8 deserializes
+  // the snapshot, it expects Error.stackTraceLimit to be unset so that it can install it as a new property
+  // using the value of --stack-trace-limit.
+  addAfterUserSerializeCallback(() => {
+    const desc = ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptor(Error, 'stackTraceLimit');
+
+    // If it's modified by users, emit a warning.
+    if (desc && (
+      desc.value !== initialStackTraceLimitDesc.value ||
+        desc.configurable !== initialStackTraceLimitDesc.configurable ||
+        desc.writable !== initialStackTraceLimitDesc.writable ||
+        desc.enumerable !== initialStackTraceLimitDesc.enumerable
+    )) {
+      process._rawDebug('Error.stackTraceLimit has been modified by the snapshot builder script.');
       // We want to use null-prototype objects to not rely on globally mutable
       // %Object.prototype%.
-      ObjectSetPrototypeOf(stackTraceLimitDesc, null);
-      process._rawDebug('Deleting Error.stackTraceLimit from the snapshot. ' +
-                        'It will be re-installed after deserialization');
-      delete Error.stackTraceLimit;
+      if (desc.configurable) {
+        stackTraceLimitDescToRestore = desc;
+        ObjectSetPrototypeOf(stackTraceLimitDescToRestore, null);
+        process._rawDebug('It will be preserved after snapshot deserialization and override ' +
+                          '--stack-trace-limit passed into the deserialized application.\n' +
+                          'To allow --stack-trace-limit override in the deserialized application, ' +
+                          'delete Error.stackTraceLimit.');
+      } else {
+        process._rawDebug('It is not configurable and will crash the application upon deserialization.\n' +
+                          'To fix the error, make Error.stackTraceLimit configurable.');
+      }
+    }
+
+    delete Error.stackTraceLimit;
+  });
+
+  addDeserializeCallback(() => {
+    if (stackTraceLimitDescToRestore) {
+      ObjectDefineProperty(Error, 'stackTraceLimit', stackTraceLimitDescToRestore);
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/v8/startup_snapshot.js b/lib/internal/v8/startup_snapshot.js
index 7c789577aec..01204b96239 100644
--- a/lib/internal/v8/startup_snapshot.js
+++ b/lib/internal/v8/startup_snapshot.js
@@ -58,11 +58,16 @@ function addDeserializeCallback(callback, data) {
 }
 
 const serializeCallbacks = [];
+const afterUserSerializeCallbacks = [];  // Callbacks to run after user callbacks
 function runSerializeCallbacks() {
   while (serializeCallbacks.length > 0) {
     const { 0: callback, 1: data } = serializeCallbacks.shift();
     callback(data);
   }
+  while (afterUserSerializeCallbacks.length > 0) {
+    const { 0: callback, 1: data } = afterUserSerializeCallbacks.shift();
+    callback(data);
+  }
 }
 
 function addSerializeCallback(callback, data) {
@@ -71,6 +76,10 @@ function addSerializeCallback(callback, data) {
   serializeCallbacks.push([callback, data]);
 }
 
+function addAfterUserSerializeCallback(callback, data) {
+  afterUserSerializeCallbacks.push([callback, data]);
+}
+
 function initializeCallbacks() {
   // Only run the serialize callbacks in snapshot building mode, otherwise
   // they throw.
@@ -117,4 +126,5 @@ module.exports = {
     setDeserializeMainFunction,
     isBuildingSnapshot,
   },
+  addAfterUserSerializeCallback,
 };
diff --git a/test/fixtures/snapshot/error-stack.js b/test/fixtures/snapshot/error-stack.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96afaec2252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/snapshot/error-stack.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+const {
+  setDeserializeMainFunction,
+} = require('v8').startupSnapshot;
+
+console.log(`During snapshot building, Error.stackTraceLimit =`, Error.stackTraceLimit);
+console.log(getError('During snapshot building', 30));
+
+setDeserializeMainFunction(() => {
+  console.log(`After snapshot deserialization, Error.stackTraceLimit =`, Error.stackTraceLimit);
+  console.log(getError('After snapshot deserialization', 30));
+});
+
+function getError(message, depth) {
+  let counter = 1;
+  function recurse() {
+    if (counter++ < depth) {
+      return recurse();
+    }
+    const error = new Error(message);
+    return error.stack;
+  }
+  return recurse();
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/snapshot/mutate-error-stack-trace-limit.js b/test/fixtures/snapshot/mutate-error-stack-trace-limit.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9d704ceb32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/snapshot/mutate-error-stack-trace-limit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+const {
+  addSerializeCallback,
+  setDeserializeMainFunction,
+} = require('v8').startupSnapshot;
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+if (process.env.TEST_IN_SERIALIZER) {
+  addSerializeCallback(checkMutate);
+} else {
+  checkMutate();
+}
+
+function checkMutate() {
+  // Check that mutation to Error.stackTraceLimit is effective in the snapshot
+  // builder script.
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof Error.stackTraceLimit, 'number');
+  Error.stackTraceLimit = 0;
+  assert.strictEqual(getError('', 30), 'Error');
+}
+
+setDeserializeMainFunction(() => {
+  // Check that the mutation is preserved in the deserialized main function.
+  assert.strictEqual(Error.stackTraceLimit, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(getError('', 30), 'Error');
+
+  // Check that it can still be mutated.
+  Error.stackTraceLimit = 10;
+  const error = getError('', 30);
+  const matches = [...error.matchAll(/at recurse/g)];
+  assert.strictEqual(matches.length, 10);
+});
+
+function getError(message, depth) {
+  let counter = 1;
+  function recurse() {
+    if (counter++ < depth) {
+      return recurse();
+    }
+    const error = new Error(message);
+    return error.stack;
+  }
+  return recurse();
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-snapshot-stack-trace-limit-mutation.js b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-stack-trace-limit-mutation.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe6c9fbd45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-stack-trace-limit-mutation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// This tests mutation to Error.stackTraceLimit in both the snapshot builder script
+// and the snapshot main script work.
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const { spawnSyncAndAssert, spawnSyncAndExitWithoutError } = require('../common/child_process');
+
+const blobPath = tmpdir.resolve('snapshot.blob');
+
+function test(additionalArguments = [], additionalEnv = {}) {
+  tmpdir.refresh();
+  // Check the mutation works without --stack-trace-limit.
+  spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+    ...additionalArguments,
+    '--snapshot-blob',
+    blobPath,
+    '--build-snapshot',
+    fixtures.path('snapshot', 'mutate-error-stack-trace-limit.js'),
+  ], {
+    cwd: tmpdir.path,
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      ...additionalEnv,
+    }
+  }, {
+    stderr(output) {
+      assert.match(output, /Error\.stackTraceLimit has been modified by the snapshot builder script/);
+      assert.match(output, /It will be preserved after snapshot deserialization/);
+    }
+  });
+  spawnSyncAndExitWithoutError(process.execPath, [
+    '--snapshot-blob',
+    blobPath,
+  ], {
+    cwd: tmpdir.path
+  });
+}
+
+test();
+test([], { TEST_IN_SERIALIZER: 1 });
+test(['--stack-trace-limit=50']);
+test(['--stack-trace-limit=50'], { TEST_IN_SERIALIZER: 1 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-snapshot-stack-trace-limit.js b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-stack-trace-limit.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ba760a9f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-stack-trace-limit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// This tests Error.stackTraceLimit is fixed up for snapshot-building contexts,
+// and can be restored after deserialization.
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const { spawnSyncAndAssert } = require('../common/child_process');
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+const blobPath = tmpdir.resolve('snapshot.blob');
+{
+  spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+    '--stack-trace-limit=50',
+    '--snapshot-blob',
+    blobPath,
+    '--build-snapshot',
+    fixtures.path('snapshot', 'error-stack.js'),
+  ], {
+    cwd: tmpdir.path
+  }, {
+    stdout(output) {
+      assert.match(output, /During snapshot building, Error\.stackTraceLimit = 50/);
+      const matches = [...output.matchAll(/at recurse/g)];
+      assert.strictEqual(matches.length, 30);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+{
+  spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+    '--stack-trace-limit=20',
+    '--snapshot-blob',
+    blobPath,
+  ], {
+    cwd: tmpdir.path
+  }, {
+    stdout(output) {
+      assert.match(output, /After snapshot deserialization, Error\.stackTraceLimit = 20/);
+      const matches = [...output.matchAll(/at recurse/g)];
+      assert.strictEqual(matches.length, 20);
+    }
+  });
+}