diff --git a/Core/WorkflowServiceFacade.php b/Core/WorkflowServiceFacade.php
index 71bd969..c6985df 100644
--- a/Core/WorkflowServiceFacade.php
+++ b/Core/WorkflowServiceFacade.php
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ class WorkflowServiceFacade
     protected $cacheDir;
     protected $debugMode;
     protected $logger;
-
+    protected $recursionLimit;
     protected static $workflowExecuting = 0;
 
-    public function __construct(MigrationService $innerService, $cacheDir, $debugMode = false, LoggerInterface $logger = null)
+    public function __construct(MigrationService $innerService, $recursionLimit, $cacheDir, $debugMode = false,
+        LoggerInterface $logger = null)
     {
         $this->innerService = $innerService;
+        $this->recursionLimit = $recursionLimit;
         $this->cacheDir = $cacheDir;
         $this->debugMode = $debugMode;
         $this->logger = $logger;
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ public function triggerWorkflow($signalName, array $signalParameters)
                     return;
                 }
 
+                if (self::$workflowExecuting >= $this->recursionLimit) {
+                    throw new \Exception("Workflow execution halted as we reached {$this->recursionLimit} nested workflows");
+                }
+
                 $wfd = new WorkflowDefinition(
                     $workflowDefinition->name,
                     $workflowDefinition->path,
diff --git a/Resources/config/services.yml b/Resources/config/services.yml
index 49bd17b..5d2fb38 100644
--- a/Resources/config/services.yml
+++ b/Resources/config/services.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ parameters:
     ez_workflowengine_bundle.workflow_directory: 'WorkflowDefinitions'
     # Set to false to disable completely the debug log of executed migration steps (also echoed to cli in verbose mode)
     ez_workflowengine_bundle.enable_debug_output: true
+    # Abort execution when workflows triggered in cascade reach this limit
+    ez_workflowengine_bundle.recursion_limit: 100
 
     ez_workflowengine_bundle.workflow_service.facade.class: Kaliop\eZWorkflowEngineBundle\Core\WorkflowServiceFacade
     ez_workflowengine_bundle.workflow_service.inner.class: Kaliop\eZWorkflowEngineBundle\Core\WorkflowServiceInner
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ services:
         class: '%ez_workflowengine_bundle.workflow_service.facade.class%'
         arguments:
             - '@ez_workflowengine_bundle.workflow_service.inner'
+            - '%ez_workflowengine_bundle.recursion_limit%'
             - '%kernel.cache_dir%/ezworkflowdefinitions'
             - '%kernel.debug%'
             - '@?logger'