diff --git a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
index a9e0c9cb260f6..d4a1a35790936 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 //! Rust AST Visitor. Extracts useful information and massages it into a form
 //! usable for clean
 
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+
 use syntax::abi;
 use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::ast_util;
@@ -38,16 +40,21 @@ pub struct RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx: 'a> {
     pub attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute>,
     pub cx: &'a core::DocContext<'tcx>,
     pub analysis: Option<&'a core::CrateAnalysis>,
+    view_item_stack: HashSet<ast::NodeId>,
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     pub fn new(cx: &'a core::DocContext<'tcx>,
                analysis: Option<&'a core::CrateAnalysis>) -> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
+        // If the root is reexported, terminate all recursion.
+        let mut stack = HashSet::new();
+        stack.insert(ast::CRATE_NODE_ID);
         RustdocVisitor {
             module: Module::new(None),
             attrs: Vec::new(),
             cx: cx,
             analysis: analysis,
+            view_item_stack: stack,
         }
     }
 
@@ -228,8 +235,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
         if !please_inline && analysis.public_items.contains(&def.node) {
             return false
         }
+        if !self.view_item_stack.insert(def.node) { return false }
 
-        match tcx.map.get(def.node) {
+        let ret = match tcx.map.get(def.node) {
             ast_map::NodeItem(it) => {
                 if glob {
                     match it.node {
@@ -249,7 +257,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                 true
             }
             _ => false,
-        }
+        };
+        self.view_item_stack.remove(&id);
+        return ret;
     }
 
     pub fn visit_item(&mut self, item: &ast::Item,
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b7fc6d6c0ad5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-include ../tools.mk
+
+# FIXME ignore windows
+ifndef IS_WINDOWS
+all:
+	$(HOST_RPATH_ENV) $(RUSTDOC) -w html -o $(TMPDIR)/doc foo.rs
+	$(HOST_RPATH_ENV) $(RUSTDOC) -w html -o $(TMPDIR)/doc foo2.rs
+	$(HOST_RPATH_ENV) $(RUSTDOC) -w html -o $(TMPDIR)/doc foo3.rs
+else
+all:
+endif
+
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo.rs b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..29a909f139ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![crate_type = "lib"]
+#![feature(globs)]
+
+mod m {
+    pub use self::a::Foo;
+
+    mod a {
+        pub struct Foo;
+    }
+
+    mod b {
+        pub use super::*;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo2.rs b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7505d20566dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![crate_type = "lib"]
+#![feature(globs)]
+
+mod m {
+    pub use self::a::Foo;
+
+    mod a {
+        pub struct Foo;
+    }
+
+    mod b {
+        pub use super::*;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo3.rs b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo3.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..62a13f76ca4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-recursion/foo3.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![feature(globs)]
+
+pub mod longhands {
+    pub use super::*;
+
+    pub use super::common_types::computed::compute_CSSColor as to_computed_value;
+
+    pub fn computed_as_specified() {}
+}
+
+pub mod common_types {
+    pub mod computed {
+        pub use super::super::longhands::computed_as_specified as compute_CSSColor;
+    }
+}